Snuggle and Stitch: Childhood Textiles of Hong Kong

In 1950s Hong Kong, nearly one in every two people you’d meet was a teenager or child – swaddled in a baby sling, dressed in home-sewn clothes, or clutching a toy worn from love. While lacking the convenience of today’s screen-based world, children grew up surrounded by textiles, textures and playful peers just as creative.

Snuggle and Stitch brings together local childhood textiles from the 1930s to the 2020s, featuring heirloom garments, ready-made fashion, mass-produced toys, artisanal dolls and hands-on activities. It invites you to revisit fading social values and to nurture human connection, resourceful thinking and care for the materials we pass on.