Gold choker & earrings, by Niphon Yodkranpan, 2003
These outstanding examples of modern Thai goldwork were created by two senior master craftsmen and tutors at the Ro…
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Traditional Japanese pastimes: fashion
The kimono worn by women, particularly the young, were the most richly decorated and it is generally these that sur…
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Living in China
Living shows furniture, textiles, ornaments and clothing used in the homes of wealthy people between 1000 and 1900.…
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Traditional dress from East Asia
Traditional clothing from the East Asian countries of Japan, China and Korea tends to conceal the form of the body.…
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Ethical Fashion Debate
This debate aimed to discuss the problems with the way the fashion industry currently operates, such as exploitative labour, environmental damage, the use of hazardous chemicals, waste, and animal cruelty, as well as possible alternatives to dominant High Street Fashion business practices.
Contemporary New York fashion
Dynamic new fashion labels are invigorating New York's menswear. In the past half-decade, a handful of talented designers have founded clothing lines exclusively for men.
Dialogues between past and present: Historic garments as source material for contemporary fashion design
This article explores London fashion designers' use of historic garments for research and inspiration for their collections. Examples of work by graduates from the Royal College of Art, two established designers and an interview with Professor Wendy Dagworthy, Head of Fashion at the RCA demonstrate how historical research helps to build fashion collections redolent of meaning and narrative.
An adorned print: Print culture, female leisure and the dissemination of fashion in France and England, around 1660-1779
Marie-Thérèse Perdou de Subligny (1666-1735) was one of the first opera dancers, with a career that began in around 1688. Her presentation in an adorned engraved print (fig.1) provides an ideal platform for the discussion of cultural life between 1660 and 1779, bringing together diverse issues such as the production and consumption of French prints; opera; celebrity; the dissemination of fashion and female domestic craft. This paper sets the Subligny print in its cultural contexts, and rejects the notion that decorated engravings, such as this one, disseminated contemporary fashions.
19th-century fashion reading list
Recommended reading about 19th century fashion
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
From 19 May 2012 the V&A celebrates the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers.
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British Asian Style: Fashion and Textiles, Past and Present
The influence of South Asian styles on British fashion and dress
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Wed 06 June 2012 13:00
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Learn about the redisplay of the V&A permanent collection in the newly refurbished Fashion Gallery and new ways of displaying fashion in the 21st century with curator Claire Wilcox.
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