Design your own Peter Pan Collar!

Step into the charm of the 1960s with our hands-on Peter Pan Collar Workshop!

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to embroider and embellish your own unique Peter Pan collar, perfect for adding a touch of vintage flair to any outfit.

You will learn introductory embroidery stitches including sating stitch, couching and french knots and introductory beading skills.

At the end of the workshop you will have your own bespoke embellished felt collar you can add to your wardrobe.

Guided by Fashion Historian Dr Casci Richie, you’ll gain an insight into 1960s fashion and learn about the distinctive style of this iconic era.

All materials included. All abilities welcome.

Tea, coffee, and biscuits will be provided.

Saturday 6th December 2025

36 Houstoun Court, Johnstone PA5 8DL

Time Slot 1: 11.15 am - 1.15 pm

Time Slot 2: 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

When booking your timeslot, you have the option of including a discounted ticket to the Refractive film screening of "Twiggy" at JTS at 6.00pm on the same day!

In this colourful and fascinating documentary portrait, director Sadie Frost charts the rise to fame and multifaceted career of Twiggy, a true innovator of fashion and modelling.

£12.50: workshop only

£18.50: workshop + ticket to Twiggy Screening

More about Casci:

Dr Casci Ritchie is a fashion and cultural historian, writer, and educator. She was recently awarded her doctorate for her thesis titled “(Un)dressing the Love Symbol: The Life, Death, and Legacy of Prince’s Wardrobe,” which explores the cultural influences, materiality, labor processes, afterlives, and affective legacies of the musician. She has published her research widely in journals including Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion and Queer Studies in Popular Culture. Her book, On His Royal Badness: The Life and Legacy of Prince’s Fashion, was published in 2021.

She is currently Senior Research Assistant on the ‘Fashioning Ageing Identities: Images, objects and experiences on and beyond the screen’ project alongside Dr Sarah Gilligan at Northumbria University.

Alongside her research, Casci is a public speaker and workshop facilitator, working at a wide range of events and institutions including Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Paisley Book Festival, Glasgow Film Festival, Inverness Film Festival, Glasgow Youth Film Festival, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Heritage Trust, West Dunbartonshire Women’s History Group and Tenement House.