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Bonington Vitrines #27: Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s

Two men wearing 80s-style loud jackets and bowler hats, with umbrellas, and a women posing on a covered railway station footbridge, whilst two more people are climbing an iron gate in the background.
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Bonington Gallery are delighted to be dedicating the final Vitrines instalment of their 2024/25 season to archive material, information and clothing that documents the dynamism of the independent fashion scene of Nottingham in the 1980s. Free and open to all.

  • From: Saturday 22 March 2025, 11 am
  • To: Saturday 10 May 2025, 3 pm
  • Location: Bonington Gallery, Bonington Building, Dryden Street, Nottingham, NG1 4GG
  • Cost: Free
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Event details

Head to Bonington Gallery to explore their latest Vitrines exhibition. Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s celebrates and establishes a legacy for this important period within the city’s [sub]cultural history.

An open call for materials will run in the lead-up and during the exhibition, allowing anyone to submit related materials that will join an evolving noticeboard. A selection of garments by contemporary designers practising locally will be presented as part of this exhibition, showing the continuation of dynamic fashion practice in the city and region.

This exhibition runs alongside Weird Hope Engines in our main gallery space.

Image credit: Clockwork Orange collection by Olto (now One BC). Photo by Paul Edmondson, circa 1984

Exhibition launch

Book your free ticket for our exhibition launch event on Friday 21 March.

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Location details

Address:

Bonington Gallery
Bonington Building
Dryden Street
 Nottingham
 NG1 4GG

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