Lecture One at 10.30

Fashion From Downton to Gatsby: Jewellery from 1890 to 1929.

For the series and film "Downton Abbey", Andrew was commissioned to make jewels for the characters and tells of his involvement with the production, as well as describing the unique period within which it is set. Clothes and jewellery are often seen as two entirely separate fields of design but he illustrates the close relationship between them, and guides you through the decades between 1890 and 1929, when the great couturiers and finest of jewellers collaborated to produce gowns and jewels of outstanding quality and glittering opulence.

Along with this, Andrew brings many of the actual jewels that he made for the film and series for guests so see.

Lecture Two

The Glamour Years: Jewellery and Fashion from 1929 to 1959

Hollywood of the 1930's and the Second World War had an extraordinary effect on fashion and jewellery design. Why were great stars like Marlene Dietrich and Joan Crawford through to Grace Kelly so important to the everyday person. With the development of labour-saving devices, leisure time, and political events it all influenced design and what was worn.

Belle Époque and Art Deco styles did not end with the outbreak of war but combined to flower again with Christian Dior's "New Look."

Lecture Three

Andrew Prince and his work

A fascinating insight into how Andrew started, what he has made and for whom!

Andrew has had a passion for jewellery perhaps since at the age of three when he swallowed one of his mother's pearl earrings having found her hidden jewel box. In 1980 at nine, his mother took him to the 'Princely Magnificence' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, of Renaissance jewels dating from 1500 to1630. He was dazzled by the splendour and opulence of the pieces. This was the only thing he wanted to do.