Sussex Blazing Saddles is exploring the pioneering heritage of women & cycling since 19th, its role in the transformation of women’s clothing & society, & the suffrage movement.
Today, cycling clothing, lycra, helmet hair etc are one of the biggest perceived barriers discouraging more women & girls from cycling; most stop riding when they reach puberty & never ride again. But you don’t need special clothes to ride… unless you make or remake them!
SBS is running free talks & sewing workshops to re-imagine, re-frame & re-make women’s cycling clothing in the next few months.
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Come & transform preloved clothes – repairs or making them fit, or transforming them completely adding splashes of colour or different fabrics, or merging two or more completely different items in chaotic experiment.
We’re also creating a dressing up box of bloomers upcycled from men’s shirts, to tour alongside the Sussex Blazing Saddles exhibition. Come along to the Worthing session to find out how:
Worthing, Saturday 13 April 2024, 11am – 4pm – A FREE, all day or drop in workshop at
CREW (Climate Resilience Centre Worthing) 8-9 South Street, BN11 3AL
More to follow in Bexhill & Newhaven
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We started this element of the Sussex Blazing Saddles project with two conversation sessions in February 2024 where we invited local people to hear about the project, help us develop ideas & frame how we will work together. The initial sessions took place in:
Worthing – Saturday 24 February 1.30-3pm at CREW, Climate Resilience Centre, Worthing, 8-9 South Stree, Worthing, BN11 3AL, &
Bexhill – Monday 26 February 1.30-3pm at Bexhill Museum, 47 Egerton Road, Bexhill, TN39 3HL
Please contact infoatsussexblazingsaddles.co.uk for more information
