Comments on: A museum of Maltese clothes through the ages

By: Brian Sinclair

Brian Sinclair — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:29:42 +0000

From what I remember from the 60s till early 80s there is nothing to shout about. Even now the style seen in most localities is so low and ugly. Clothes Museum?

By: Stefan

Stefan — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:16:16 +0000

How random. A museum of clothes. Are we creating some new trough?

By: Maltri

Maltri — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:35:21 +0000

Towns and villages like Birgu, Zabbar, Zejtun, Qormi and Rabat are over seven centuries old and they all had their windmills, bakeries, dairy farms and butchers.

Between the 5 per cent and the people living on boiled onions, there was a larger more common demography. These people had meat possibly a few times a week, daily goat’s milk, daily fresh bread, seasonal fruit and vegetables, they also had seasonal sweets.

Of course they had home made toys and tailor made shoes and trousers and dresses. Again each village had its rich (ironmongers, butchers, haberdasheries) and its poor.

The life in villages, was far from comfortable and I agree with your point, that the choice in food and clothing was very limited. But here I think you are pointing out only the extremes of the society.

[Daphne – The larger demography was poor too, Maltri. They most certainly did not eat meat a few times a week. They ate a chicken once a year, on Christmas Day. The people you describe lived on minestra every day, and lack of protein was in fact a major contributing factor to general lack of size, as distinct from girth. You are talking of situations in which your blacksmith would have 15 dependents: his 12 children, their mother and a couple of random parents in the pre-welfare state era. However much he earned, they wouldn’t have eaten anything other than vegetable stew and bread.]

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:01:43 +0000

Will Madame Tussauds be contracted to create a sculpture of Mrs. Prime Minister so that contemporary Maltese rags can be suitably exhibited?

By: Painter

Painter — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:39:44 +0000

There is no such thing as ‘Maltese clothes’, not even today because what we wear today is Western clothing, just like the rest of Europe.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:33:28 +0000

A museum for textiles has been in the making for a very long time, since the early 2000s to be precise, when the Malta Centre for Restoration was set up in Bighi and a textiles department established.

The Malta Centre for Restoration was taken over by Heritage Malta. Incidentally, Mario Cutajar (now principal perm sec.) was human resources head at Heritage Malta, back then, so you can imagine the hemorrhage of staff and much else besides. The place still hasn’t recovered.

And now they try to recycle an old idea. Just as well because the national collection has been restored in the meantime.

Why not the Bus Museum we were promised? Or is it too much for Labour to stomach? Perhaps Joe Mizzi still thinks the disused vehicles might come in handy someday.

By: Banana Republic .... again

Banana Republic .... again — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:57:23 +0000

I take it that Rita Spiteri (Tunis) won’t be contributing much to this museum.

By: C C

C C — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:45:48 +0000

All we need to hear now is that the Museum of Maltese Clothes will be sponsored by Leisure Clothing.

By: TinaB

TinaB — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:15:42 +0000

Some suggestions for the museum of Maltese clothes:

https://www.facebook.com/priscilla.farrugia.9/media_set?set=a.901121526572127.1073741862.100000228647219&type=1&pnref=story

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1495670057386285&set=a.1374870959466196.1073741825.100008299140986&type=1&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1470093396565282&set=a.1399253420315947.1073741826.100006939065999&type=1&theater

By: eve

eve — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:33:03 +0000

X’differenza hux! Illum hafna hela fl-ikel u epidemija ta’ hxuna zejda.