Everyday Glamour

A glorious celebration of Horrockses, the post-war British fashion brand that led the ready-to-wear market, empowered women designers and integrated avant-garde artistic ideas into its textile designs, transforming everyday clothing into wearable art.

Based in Lancashire, Horrockses Fashions made stylish garments accessible to women from all walks of life - from factory workers to royalty. Famously, in 1953-54 Queen Elizabeth II packed Horrockses cotton dresses for her Commonwealth tour. Their full-skirted dresses used colourful textile prints, with floral, geometric or avant-garde designs by artists including Eduardo Paolozzi or Graham Sutherland, and empowered women designers such as Joyce Badrock too.

Everyday Glamour showcases the world's largest Horrockses collection at The Harris museum, while six contributors discuss the brand and its appeal to vintage fashion followers today. It is published to mark the 80th anniversary of the first collection, coinciding with an exhibition at The Harris.