Memorabalia from The Shining on show at Stanley Kubrick, The Exhibition at the Design Museum

Apollo 11 jumper - the original worn by Danny Lloyd who played Danny Torrance, the young boy in The Shining, the thriller  directed by Stanley Kubrick.  Descriptions at the Design Museum exhibition credited the sweater to American director Lee Unkrich, who lives in Kentfield, California.

Photo by Lucia Carpio.

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As we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Man landing on the Moon, it was wonderful to see this hand-knitted sweater - featuring an Apollo 11 rocket - worn by young Danny Lloyd who played Danny Torrance (son of Jack Nicholson's character) in the Stanley Kubrick 1980 thriller The Shining.  It is one of the many exhibits on show at the Design Museum in London, in the magnificent Stanley Kubrick, The Exhibition currently running until 15 September.  The memorable scenes in The Shining feature 5-year-old Danny in the Apollo jumper riding his tricycle in the haunting corridors of the Overlook Hotel when suddenly he encounters the ghosts of twin girls who had been murdered in the hotel. 

Dresses and shoes worn by Lisa and Louise Burns as Grady's daughters, from the Stanley Kubrick Archive, University of the Arts London.
Picture taken at an exhibition at the Design Museum, featuring original costumes used in
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, and all of the great director's great movies.

Photo by Lucia Carpio.

Further research revealed that according to British actor Leon Vitali, who was personal assistant of Mr Kubrick at that time, Danny's sweater was knitted by a friend of award-wining costume designer Milena Canonero, who had worked with Kubrick on a number of movies including The Shining.  Vitali said in a 2017 interview in The Guardian that  Canonero thought the jumper was "just the sort of thing that a kid that age would have liked."

New Art Exchange presents Hassan Hajjaj: The Path 6 April – 23 June 2019

A new solo exhibition featuring the latest works by Moroccan-British photographer Hassan Hajjaj entitled The Path will put you on a journey experiencing his unique travel photographs in exciting colours and stimulating settings.

My Rockstar Series featuring (from left) Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, 2017/1438 and Kamaal Williams,
2016/1437 by Hassan Hajjaj

Presented by the New Art Exchange - a contemporary arts space in Nottingham - The Path  will take place from 6 April to 23 June showing new works from the celebrated My Rock Stars series; a new collection of previously unseen travel photographs, In Between; new works from the Dakka Marrakchia series and a site-specific installation called Le Salon.   This exciting showcase will exhibit Hassan Hajjaj’s diverse wealth of work, curated by Ekow Eshun.

Dakka Marrakchia series - Dotted Peace, 2000/1421 by Hassan Hajjaj

Hajjaj’s work is characterised by an exuberant melee of colours, patterns, appropriated brand logos and everyday objects, such as the Sprite cans and tomato tins he works into his picture frames. Taking a view through an international lens, Hajjaj uses photography to present a unique and timely consideration of culture and identity in the modern, globalised world.

In the photography series Dakka Marrakchia, women pose like fashion models on the streets and rooftops of Marrakech while dressed in camouflage pattern kaftans and luxury print face veils. The portraits offer Hassan’s perception of Muslim women as dynamic and empowered.

My Rockstar Series featuring (from left) Rilene and Marc Hare, 2013/1434 by Hassan Hajjaj

The Path confronts Hajjaj’s dual-identity through the bold use of colour, shape and pattern. The exhibition title references Hajjaj’s personal journey from his birthplace in Larache, Morocco, to London, UK and beyond, into his experience working around the world.  The showcase draws inspiration from the album The Path by the jazz-fusion musician Ralph MacDonald, which pays artistic testament to the diasporic scattering of people of African descent around the globe, a common theme in Hajjaj’s practice.

(Above: Between series (from left): Neon In The Night, 2011/1432 and Chanel Back, 2010/1431
by Hassan Hajjaj)

Much of Hajjaj’s work focuses on figures whose family origins mostly lie abroad, in Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East or elsewhere. Through this theme, Hajjaj conjures a vision of a society united, not divided, by difference.  At a time of major conflict within Britain, Hajjaj’s portraits make an urgent, timely case in favour of hybridity and multiculturalism. In his images, cultural identity is seen as fluid and multiple rather than fixed and singular.

From left: Laroussa table, 2009/1430 and Astral bucket stool, 2002/1423 by Hassan Hajjaj

At NAE Hajjaj turns his focus to British personalities, concentrating primarily on figures such as the painter Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, jazz musician Kamaal Williams and the shoe designer Marc Hare. As always, his subjects hail from a range of cultural backgrounds creating, in composite, a portrait of Britain at its most dynamically diverse.

Brussel exhibition showcases students' fashion artworks in Darquer lace

If you're visiting Brussels during this festive season, and would like to get some fashion inspiration or experience something of design nature, you may be pleased to learn that the exhibition: Mad Vitrine / Double Jeu/ La Cambre - where you can discover the artworks of fashion design students at La Cambre arts visuels - is now on.

The textile design students have invested the culture and archives of Manufactures Catry - which specialised in the manufacture of high quality woven carpets since 1912 - to address the formidable technique of weaving Jacquard Wilton, while through a singular exercise of double volume, propose an original use of Leavers lace.

Photo © Dominique Maitre/ Catwalkpictures.com 

The fashion artworks have been based on a theme of Parade Animaliere, the result of great support from French textile mill Darquer - a lace specialist - and the initiative of its artistic director Stéphane Plassier.   Darquer specialises in Leavers lace which has been developed since the nineteenth century in the region of Calais and Caudry of France.

Enjoy the unexpected silhouettes which sublimate Darquer's lace giving them a very contemporary reading.

The exhibition is on until 10th January 2019.

Venue: MAD

Nouveau Marché aux Grains 10

1000 Brussels

Water - precious medium for many cultures in the Pacific as highlighted in Oceania

An intensely blue 11-metre installation ‘Kiko Moana’ (made in multi-layers of polyethylene and cotton), which hangs in the opening room of the Oceania exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London's Piccadilly, sets the mood for what to expect.  It's displayed in the centre of the room with on one wall an imposing map showing the great stretch of water of the Pacific in which cultures in island groups have lived throughout the centuries.

Photos © Lucia Carpio

The shape and colour of water as well as deep tones and intimate hues serve well to take visitors on a journey in the Oceania exhibition to explore a treasure trove of some 200 artefacts, exceptional art and amazing crafts -   materials that various cultures and island civilisations in the Pacific used covering "shell, greenstone and ceramic ornaments, to huge canoes and stunning god images."

Spanning 500 years. Oceania showcases impressive techniques and provides insights into the life of the indigenous populations encountered by Captain James Cook on his voyage to the unknown lands in the vast ocean.  

Impressive to view is New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana's in Pursuit of Venus (infected ) -2015-17 single-channel ultra HD video set up in a room of its own.  It presents in a continuously running screen scenes of encounters between Polynesians and Europeans, acknowledging "the nuances and complexities of cultural identities and colonisation."

And John Pule's Kehe te Hauaga foou (To all new arrivals - 2017) is a fascinating painting to round up the exhibition.   It serves as a map of the Pacific ocean providing a perspective "onto the nature of worldwide reality.  

Look intensely closer, and study the images. depicted on the painting  You will find images of various representations of our world today, "bombs and nuclear testing are contrasted with pollution and global warming. 

All photos © Lucia Carpio

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Newark Museum Exhibition Highlights Impact of Japanese Aesthetics on Global Fashions

Japan has long been a major draw for tourism and undoubtedly its iconic ancient architecture and traditions have made it a favourite tourist destination in Asia.

Now this beautiful ancient country of the Far East is the focus of a new exhibition due to be launched  at the Newark Museum, USA which will showcase the impact of Japanese garments, textiles, design and aesthetics on global fashion created by internationally recognized designers such as John Galliano, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Iris van Herpen and Issey Miyake.

Ensemble by celebrated Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto / Spring/Summer 1995 /
Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute / Photo by Takashi Hatakeyama

Opening October 13, 2018, Kimono Refashioned: 1870s-Now! will feature more than 40 garments by some 30 Japanese, European and American designers.  Co-organized by the Kyoto Costume Institute and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Newark Museum is the exclusive East Coast venue for this exhibition, where it will remain on view until January 6, 2019.

CATWALKING: FASHION THROUGH THE LENS OF CHRIS MOORE

Back in the days before the internet was invented and there were no digital cameras, professional fashion photographers played the important role of capturing key catwalk moments onto the pages of fashion magazines.

Yves Saint Laurent, Spring/Summer 1974

Now a new major exhibition at the Bowes Museum*, County Durham, north England, will highlight the key role played by one specific fashion photographer whose work has won him the accolade of the king of catwalk photography.

Comme des Garçons, Spring/Summer 2017

After carving a career that spans six decades, Chris Moore is still today capturing all the iconic catwalk moments in the fashion capitals of the world, from London to Paris, Milan and New York.

Balmain, Autumn/Winter 1977 

The new exhibition, CATWALKING: Fashion through the Lens of Chris Moore, running from 7 July until 6 January 2019, will bring a rare insight into the fashion world, with previously unseen images and glimpses of behind-the-scenes at shows.  

Vivienne Westwood
Autumn/Winter 1995

John Galliano
Spring/Summer 1993

The exhibition also charters the startling evolution of fashion over 60 years, demonstrating the impact that emerging designers had on fashion, the rebirth of haute couture, and the rise of the supermodel.

It offers an exclusive opportunity to see 200 original photographs, chosen by Moore from his extensive archive, taken at legendary fashion shows including those at Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, John Galliano, Comme des Garҫons, Christopher Kane, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Vivienne Westwood.  

Hussein Chalayan, Spring/Summer 2007
All images © Catwalking

A selection of original catwalk outfits, as seen in the accompanying photographs here, will be lent to the Museum by the world’s leading fashion houses in a unique collaboration.

“Chris Moore is the eye that shows the catwalk to the world. "

 Joanna Hashagen, Curator of Fashion and Textiles at The Bowes Museum, said: “Chris Moore is the eye that shows the catwalk to the world.  Our exhibition charts the evolution of fashion in displaying clothes and accessories by the top designers that are captured in Chris’s photographs -   Vivienne Westwood, Prada, Comme des Garҫons, Giles Deacon and Jean Paul Gaultier, to name just a few! I’m excited and honoured to be working with Chris Moore and (co-curator) Alex Fury, as The Bowes Museum becomes home to an exclusive fashion exhibition once again.”

Born in Newcastle, Moore entered the world of fashion in 1954, aged just 20, when he began work at Vogue Studio in London, assisting photographers including Henry Clarke and Cecil Beaton. By the late 1960s he was documenting the collections of designers such as Paco Rabanne, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. Moore has worked with all the leading UK national newspapers and is also the founder of Catwalking.com, the first UK website dedicated to catwalk imagery.

The exhibition expands on Catwalking: photographs by Chris Moore, published by Laurence King, with words by Alexander Fury, an award-winning fashion journalist and critic. Fury, co-curator of the exhibition, said of its concept: “The excitement is in combining the ephemeral with the eternal – translating the fleeting ‘fashion moment’, experienced by so few at the international collections, cementing it through the reality of the clothes, and translating into an exhibition all can enjoy. These clothes will literally ‘leap,’ out of the images and back to life again.”

The exhibition opens on 7 July 2018, running until 6 January 2019, at the Bowes Museum*, County Durham, north England.

* The Bowes Museum which has undergone a major redevelopment, was created over 100 years ago by John and Joséphine Bowes, who built up their private collection of fine and decorative arts in the North of England and constructed a magnificent building to house them in.  The collection contains thousands of objects including furniture, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and many other items covering an extensive range of European styles and periods.

All images © Catwalking

The I LOVE LINEN campaign has landed in London

I LOVE LINEN being promoted in the atrium of the Peter Jones department store, Sloane Square, London.
Photo © Lucia Carpio 2018

Sharp-eyed shoppers and eco-conscious consumers probably already notice that an extensive campaign is going on in London this month in major retailers and brand name shops around town where a natural and wonderfully versatile fabric – Linen - is being promoted.

Following successful campaigns in Milan (2017) and in Paris (2016), the I LOVE LINEN campaign has arrived in London to raise the awareness on the wide range of applications and qualities of this eco-friendly natural fabric.

Billed as the world’s oldest fabric, linen comes from flax, the only fibre of plant that originates from Europe, here 80% of the world’s supply is grown along Normandy and the northern coasts of France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

During the month of April until May 13, a series of special events are held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and in a network of some 40 local partner brands. The I LOVE LINEN message is splashed across some 200 shop windows representing the best of British fashion and home furnishings.

Jaeger is one of the brands promoting
linen in their Spring 2018 collections.
Photo © Lucia Carpio 2018

For example, at John Lewis and Peter Jones department stores in London where metres of linen fabrics are hung in the centre atrium of the stores promoting the I LOVE LINEN campaign.

Other participating brands include Poetry, Oska, L.K. Bennett, Ally Capellino, Jigsaw, Uniqlo, Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Skandium, Brora and Velorution, to name but a few – all promoting the qualities of linen through men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, children’s wear, sportswear, home furnishings and fashion accessories etc.

Just opened this week at the V&A is the event Fashioned from Nature and it is the UK’s first exhibition to showcase the complex relationship that fashion has with the natural world.  The comprehensive and informative exhibition highlights how fashion has been inspired by nature, and the demand the industry calls for raw materials, the enormous impact on the environment and the technology advancement is affecting our daily lives.   The European Confederation of Flax and Hemp - CELC, the authority of linen, is the major sponsor of this landmark exhibition which runs to January 27, 2019.

Also at Chelsea College of Arts – University of the Arts London, third year BA textile design students explore the fibre and fabric as part of a special creative project, in tandem with the V&A.
For more information on linen you can visit the ilovelinen.uk website.

I LOVE LINEN is jointly financed by the flax/linen industry and the EU. 

Photo © Lucia Carpio 2018.

Star Wars/Po-Zu co-brand ethical-shoes launched at Museum of Brands, London

In celebration of Force Friday, London-based ethical shoe brand Po-Zu launches its New Star Wars™ shoe collection today at the Museum of Brands, in trendy Notting Hill, London.

The brand's founder and creative director Sven Segal and managing director Safia Minney marked the occasion by wearing their favourite designs from the cutting edge Star Wars™| Po-Zu footwear collection at the presentation.

The new exhibition  is opened until Sunday 12th November. and showcases sustainable shoes inspired by the Star Wars characters including Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, BB-8, Chewbacca and the First Order stormtroopers!

Sven Segal, Founder and Creative Director of Po-Zu says: “We built the range to be collectible but also highly wearable. We wanted the shoes to resonate with the Star Wars community whilst also being commercially designed by incorporating some strong trend-led cues. The craftsmanship and quality have been widely praised – our history of working in partnership with our suppliers has helped us to bring sustainability into this collaboration.”

Karin Kihlberg, Museum Manager says: “We are thrilled to showcase a contemporary brand that leads on creating sustainable products in a highly commercial environment.”

STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd.

One of Po-Zu's new launches today at the Museum of Brands was the iconic Rey knee-high boot as featured in Star Wars™: The Last Jedi.

The Rey leather boot features a fully adjustable calf/rear lace-up system and a convenient side zip. Stitched rather than glued. A built-in shock absorbing coconut fibre Foot-Mattress™ combines with a highly flexible natural rubber sole, with a ‘Star Wars/Po-Zu’ co-brand heat embossed on heel.



The Star Wars/Po-Zu collaboration was launched to the public for pre-order earlier this year. Apart from Rey, other featured key characters in the collection include Poe, Finn, Chewbacca, BB-8 and stormtroopers, alongside high-top Resistance sneakers for men, women and children.

Sven Segal, Founder of Po-Zu says, “With our design aesthetics these boots can be worn for everyday street and fashion-wear and they are possibly the best match out there for character cosplayers. I also love the association with the heroic Star Wars Resistance, as there are parallels with Po-Zu’s mission to resist wasteful and polluting manufacturing methods by using low-impact materials and incorporating sustainable production techniques.”

Fans of the range will be able to view the REY Hi Boot and other styles in person at the exhibition of the collection at the Museum of Brands in Ladbroke Grove, London.

Embellishments and prints rule at Textile Forum in London

Fabric suppliers move up a creative gear says organiser, while trade is predicted to be challenging.

The Textile Forum taking place 15-16 March 2017 at One Marylebone, London promises to offer an even greater choice of embellished and textured fabrics for designers looking to be inspired, according to co-founder and organiser Linda Laderman.

British textiles with unique novelty are sought after at major trade fairs such as
Premiere Vision as shown above in February 2017. © Lucia Carpio 2017

“Fabric designers have produced some of the most elaborate ranges we have seen at Textile Forum since the show was launched in 2002,” she says.  “Suppliers have moved up a gear when it comes to creativity in texture, pattern and colour and are keen to introduce British quirkiness in design and artisanal techniques, to provide exciting collections to tempt fabric buyers.

“While there is an overall mood of optimism among the majority of exhibitors, there is no doubt that trade is going to be more difficult this year and prices have risen a little. With the decision to leave the EU and the uncertain consumer market, innovation, matched with exceptional service, are going to be the keystones for winning business.”

British textiles with unique novelty are sought after at major trade fairs
such as Premiere Vision Paris. © Lucia Carpio 2017 

Among the exhibitors at Textile Forum this season is Bella Tela which has found inspiration from within the British monarchy regalia for its the Koh-i-Nor diamond and regal florals in its Spring/Summer 18 collection called Ethereal.  It features 100 new designs and has used traditional artisan techniques mixed with delicate laser and intricate embroidery, with colours inspired by the fragmentation of light that occurs through the stone, so includes tones found between colours of blush, rose and coral as well as a new faint heron grey and subtle golden tones.

Top left – Bella Tela; Top right – AW Hainsworth; Bottom left – Michael’s Bridal Fabrics; Bottom right – Jane Makower Fabrics.  Photo courtesy Textile Forum.

Best known for its plain, Pongees has recognised the importance for prints in spring 2018 and has pulled together a wide range of plain silks that are prepared for digital printing. These include crepe satins, double crepes, crepe de chines, chiffons, georgettes and habotais, twills and jerseys. It is advising designers looking to create 3D effects to use  layers of crisp organza ruffles and frills that can work alongside crumpled and rumpled, surface detail lace for an easy and relaxed mood and has also introduced more fancy fabrics, including embroideries, laces and jacquards, into the collection.

While lace continues to be strong in bridal and eveningwear,  James Hare  will showcase a new guipure featuring an intricately patterned, yet elegant design, for a traditional style gown with a modern twist, available in black or white.  In addition with the return of colour in bridalwear, James Hare offers two new pastels - spring rose and blue prism – introduced into its chantilly lace group and a rose to co-ordinate with its crepe backed satin and chiffon palette.

Michael’s Bridal Fabrics, which has also extended its range of laser cuts with 3D effects, has a guipure with laser cut panels and another with embroidery and beading. It has also introduced its first print designs, including one on silk organza and will also have some new Italian jacquards.
Meanwhile, as more brides now realise that the back of their dress is as important as the front, Michael’s Bridal Fabrics is offering a back panel design with a crystalled/beaded motif on each shoulder area, which is linked together by several layers of looped crystal or clear beaded bands.
For menswear, shirtings specialist Ringhart Fabrics is again opting for Britishness with traditional Tattersall checks in updated shades, along with textured plain fabrics aimed at younger men looking for an investment piece.

On the suitings side, Holland & Sherry continues with the celebrations of its 180th anniversary, with collections for both men and women. Imperiod Gold, one of its most exclusive fabrics, woven in England, combines luxurious Mongolian cashmere and pure worsted vicuna with a dusting of 22 carat gold. Its anniversary collection features jacketing and suiting fabrics woven from Super 180s 14.5 micron yarns in worsted and woollen spun qualities available in a range of glen checks, guarded windowpanes, gun clubs and grid checks in classic colours.

A W Hainsworth, which provided the red fabric for the tunics of the British army at the battle of Waterloo, is introducing new colours based on its military heritage.

A new media partner for Textile Forum is Savile Row Style, which puts the spotlight on bespoke clothes.  It also covers other upmarket topics of interest to those who shop in the Row or aspire to, and concentrates upon quality and craftsmanship in the modern world.

The Cass to stage Fabric of the City in mid-July to celebrate the legacy of the Huguenot Weavers

I am very pleased to learn that The Cass, London Metropolitan University is staging a major contemporary textile exhibition called Fabric of the City, to celebrate the legacy of the Huguenot Weavers in Spitalfields, East London coinciding with the Huguenots of Spitalfields festival, taking place during the summer across the capital. 

To be honest, I did not know much about the Huguenots but my interest in them increased recently after seeing British actress Julia Sawalha on the BBC programme Who do you think you are? in which she traced her maternal ancestry through her grandmother and found that she is a descendant of the Huguenots, French protestants who migrated to the UK in the 17th century and settled down in the Spitalfields.

Cass course leader and curator, Gina Pierce comments: “It’s surprising how few people have heard of the Huguenots, as their influence on craft and design was incredibly widespread, with the legacy of the weavers in Spitalfields having a lasting effect on the local textile industry.’’

Pierce added that the upcoming Fabrics of the City exhibition will highlight the creativity of 14 East London-based textile and fashion designers - including CuteCircuit, House of Flora, Jane Bowler and Alison Willoughby to name a few – who were invited to respond to the rich heritage of the Huguenots silk weavers that made Spitalfields a leading textile centre in the 17th Century, and create original work to be displayed in the Cass Bank Gallery.

One example of the stunning designs created for the high society by the Huguenots is The Fanshawe Dress (above), on display at the Museum of London.   An exceptional example of their highly skilled workmanship, this piece features signature silver thread and lace - distinctive features in the Huguenots’ designs, which have served as a starting point for the new designs exhibited in Fabric of the City. 

With first-hand access to archive material from the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Museum of London, the designers carry the legacy of the Huguenot Weavers to their contemporary practices - from the choice of materials to the use of cutting-edge techniques – to craft unique exhibits, celebrating the skills and creativity in fashion and textile design of East London as well as the continued influence of the Huguenots on the textile courses run by the Cass.

Between 1670 and 1710, up to 50,000 Huguenots fled to the UK from France, and particularly to Spitalfields, bringing with them their exceptional silk weaving skills. Spitalfields had always had a silk weaving industry but the influx of such skilled craftsmen, along with the increase in the availability of silk, made the area a leading fashion production centre for the British upper class.

Today, London designers use distinctive features found in the Huguenots designs as a starting point for their creative works exhibiting in Fabric of the City.

Jane Bowler's Copper Dress

One such piece is Jane Bowler’s Copper Dress (on the right here), which draws inspiration from the use of metallic thread.

The Copper Dress has been constructed using hand-cut plastic multiples in combination with soft metallic strips, hand-woven throughout the garment, allowing the material to organically grow over the body of its wearer.

Bowler’s fascination with material innovation, process and craftsmanship – practised by applying traditional techniques with a modern twist – also mirrors the Huguenots’ inventive choice of materials and skilled craftsmanship.

CuteCircuit, The Eliza Dress, Pink and Black

Separately innovative use of materials is also a key aspect of the work of Shoreditch-based designer label CuteCircuit which creates haute couture clothing that has micro-electronics embedded into the fabrics, pushing the boundaries of wearable technology to create beautiful, interactive garments. For Fabric of the City, CuteCircuit continues to push the boundaries of this technology by presenting the K-Dress, a ready-to-wear version of the bespoke CuteCircuit creation worn by Katy Perry to the 2010 Met Gala. The delicate pleated silk chiffon seamlessly merges with the micro-lighting smart textile to create a magical garment that can change colour controlled by an iPhone App.

Fabric of the City runs at the Cass Bank Gallery from 10 -31 July 2015.  A number of workshops and talks will run throughout the exhibition.  These will include a Fabric of the City Symposium at The Cass (14 July), featuring talks by speakers from the V&A and the Royal College of Art, looking at different aspects of fashion-making in the area of Spitalfields, from 17th Century uses through to today.