European Motoring Wear
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of over 30 items of European motoring wear dating from 1900 to 1935. The collection includes both men’s and women’s motoring coats, caps, gloves, veils and googles. The majority of garments in the collection are Edwardian, but there are examples from the 1920s as well as a chauffeur’s uniform from the 1930s. It is one of the larger collections of its kind in the United Kingdom and provides context to Glasgow Museums' collection of Cars.
When the motor car was introduced in the 1900s the models were open topped, many before 1905 did not even have a windscreen. It was therefore necessary for specialist garments, such as caps to be worn to protect clothes from dusty roads and bad weather. Meanwhile coachmen were slowly replaced with chauffeurs in smart new liveries.
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