What Does Fashion Mean to You? Meet Christelle

#YouChoose #FashionMuseum #fashionarchive "What Does Fashion Mean to You?" Meet Christelle, one of our co-curators for the current 'You Choose' exhibition. Christelle is a French-Malagasy curator based in Bristol, who also presents a radio programme from Fairfield House in Bath, where Emperor Haile Selassie I lived from 1936 to 1941. Christelle is the founder of Razana Afrika, an organisation with the aim of empowering people of African descents to learn about their culture and history. She says: "It is not very often that you see African cultural dresses in museums. I believe it is important to expand the narrative of fashion history displayed in museums to offer the audience more diversity and multi-layered stories, so they don’t feel excluded.” Christelle chose three items: 1970s Habesha kemis and netela, cream woven cotton dress with matching shawl, embroidered in green threads 1970s Habesha kemis and netela, cream woven cotton dress embroidered with sequins, with matching shawl 1970s Menswear top, cream woven cotton embroidered in Ethiopian cross design. See Christelle's choice, and other selections, at our unique exhibition, 'You Choose' co-curated by local people. On display until 30 October 2022. Filming credit Street Films. Music by BenSound Fashion Museum Bath has temporarily closed before moving to a new location in the centre of Bath. While the collection is in temporary accommodation you will still be able to access it online, where we will create an e