dr lucy gundry

Worn Out in Frome is an exhibition of lives worn in and out through clothes in Frome from 1800 to the present day staged in the Georgian windows of Amica on Cheap Street, Frome and Frome Museum.

Through the act of getting dressed as ‘wearers’ we feel the characteristics of our clothes on and off our body, inside and out, private and public in our home and on the street. Over time the stresses and strains created during this wearing and caring become embedded as in our clothes as characteristics that communicate not just the look but the feel of being a wearer in the world, which we all are.

This exhibition explores how our wearing relationship with clothes can be ‘felt’ through the way we ‘see’ clothes, how we care for clothes and the impact of repair on the sustainability of this relationship as we view it.