Junky Styling refashion: side way jumper top
Annika from Junky Styling shows how to make an asymetrical Side Way Jumper Top from two old polo neck jumpers.…
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Junky Styling refashion: UD-shrug
Annika from Junky Styling shows how to make an asymetrical Side Way Jumper Top from two old polo neck jumpers.…
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Junky Styling refashion: bat-back jumper-dress
Annika from Junky Styling shows how to make an asymetrical Side Way Jumper Top from two old polo neck jumpers.…
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Kimono: making kimono
By the beginning of the Edo period, the kimono ('the thing worn') was the principle garment of both sexes and all c…
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V&A Young People Flickr group
Showcasing the Create! programmes for young people at the V&A
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Cut and structure in stage costume
Designs are an evocation of a costume and not a detailed pattern of cut and seaming, so working out the structure i…
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Fashion drawing & illustration: 1920s
Developments in fashion following WWI were greatly influenced by the changing attitudes of women. Younger women were empowered by their wartime independence and deliberately flouted the style preferences of their mothers' generation for flounces, frills and lace.
The fashion show
English designer Charles Worth is widely credited as being the first to present his designs in a fashion show.
20th-century designers (USA-based) reading list
Recommended reading list about 20th century designers based in the USA.
Archives held by the Archive of Art & Design
An alphabetical list of archives held by the Archive of Art and Design
Interview with Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin
Determined not to make 'elderly clothes' for an established manufacturer, friends Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin set up their own business in 1961.
Donate to the Stained Glass Appeal
We are currently working on an exciting project to conserve and re-install the original stained glass on the landings of the Manfred and Lydia Gorvy Lecture Theatre. We need your help to raise £75,000 to bring these historical features back to their former glory for us all to enjoy.
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