Museum to Go – Passements in the interplay of fashion of beautiful women, pearls, tears and musicians

Adventure day in the Marienberg mining store house

A display of colorful lace-making pillows with wooden bobbins, showcasing intricate lace designs. In the foreground, an overlay illustration of two children playfully climbing on the lace structure.
A display of colorful lace-making pillows with wooden bobbins, showcasing intricate lace designs. In the foreground, an overlay illustration of two children playfully climbing on the lace structure.
Photo: Natalie Bleyl / Illustration: Ulrike Schell (Bikini Kommando)

Not only women’s evening dresses, but also the uniforms of civil servants used to be decorated with elaborately crafted trimmings. These haberdashery items are called »passements«. Some very special ones will be presented as part of a fashion show. This will be accompanied by the ERZ-BÖHMISCHEN brass ensemble. Because there is a historical connection between music and the production of passements in the Ore Mountains. During times where there was no work, men and women were forced to earn money as musicians. The highlight will be a performance during which dancers will wrap ribbons around an upright pole to create a vivid impression of running yarn in bobbinlace-making.

When? 8 March 2025 at 3 p.m. 

Where? Marienberg mining store house

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.