The flagship exhibition Fashion at Belsay (FAB) displays their art throughout its vast empty rooms and landscaped grounds.

The 30 acre glorious gardens of Belsay Hall are included at Grad 1 on The Register Parks and Gardens, partly for their magnificent quarry gardens and rare bulb meadows. The rhododendron garden covers two acres and can be viewed from the house and the terrace.

The spectacular gardens were created in the19th century by Sir Charles Monk who built and designed the Hall, and his grandson Sir Arthur Middleton. The stone used to build the Hall was taken from the estate quarry, Sir Charles also used this stone for his extraordinary Quarry Garden. All through the year, exotic plants and evergreens flourish in the Quarry Garden amid the cliffs rising higher as you go deeper into the hillside.

The exhibition showcases new art installations by some of the most spectacular and avant-garde fashion designers of today, including the work of renowned visionaries – Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Clements Ribeiro, Zandra Rhodes, Paul Smith, Jean Muir and Agent Provocateur among others.

FAB gives some of Britain’s best fashion designers the chance to branch out and position themselves in the world of contemporary art. Each designer has created an installation in response to the historic surroundings of Belsay, fusing an atmospheric, futuristic environment within the imposing classical setting.

This exhibition shows fashion designers at their most creative, applauding fashion as one of the most influential elements of design in our society today – beautiful, challenging and constantly changing our ideas about our world and ourselves.

Belsay Hall is 14 miles Northwest of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the A696. For those local artists and fashion designers here might like to go and see it please note that it is open until 30 September.