It’s all about the details in this latest exhibition at the bag and purse museum. Accessories are a Girl’s Best Friend shows the accessory collection of the Rijksmuseum. Find special umbrellas, hats, hair accessories, scarfs, gloves, shoes and panties that people wore through the ages.
Accessories are a Girl’s Best Friend
Some of the items are purely practical, others where the first real accessories of their time. Who used them and why? All of this will be explained as you walk through the museum. You will find out the special meaning behind wearing some of the simplest things and be amazed at how much fashion has changed throughout the years. See the iconic parasols, purses, dance booklets and hand fans from various centuries and learn the meaning behind these accessories.
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