Teachers' resource: Using the dress collection
This resource aims to help secondary school teachers of Art, Textiles and Technology use the V&A’s collections of d…
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What is ethical fashion?
Ethical Fashion is an umbrella term to describe ethical fashion design, production, retail, and purchasing. It covers a range of issues such as working conditions, exploitation, fair trade, sustainable production, the environment, and animal welfare.
Fashion Collection Services
The V&A can arrange bookings for people to see the fashion collection that are not on public display.
Fashion in Motion: Iranian Night
The Iranian Night Fashion in Motion live catwalk event took place on 30 January 2004. The V&A and the Iran Heritage Foundation presented the works of contemporary Iranian fashion designers Massoud Ansari, Shirin Guild, Maryam Mahdavi, Shadi Parand and Laya Torkaman, from both inside and outside Iran in a special Fashion in Motion.
Fashion Design
This activity gives students an opportunity to use the V&A’s fashion collections in the way that professional designers do. Paul Poiret and Vivienne Westwood are just two of the many designers who have used the V&A to get ideas for their designs. Students will design a garment based on an item in the V&A’s collections of European and non-European dress, and will produce either a garment that is stylistically similar, or a collage.
Fashioning Diaspora Space: Research project
The Fashioning Diaspora Space project investigated the presence of South Asian clothing textiles in British culture in both colonial and post-colonial times. An introduction by Helen Scalway explains more about the project.
Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton
8 February – 22 April 2012
Featuring portraits of Queen Elizabeth II by royal photographer Cecil Beaton, this exhibition celebrates Her Majesty in her roles as princess, monarch and mother and coincides with the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Hair & Fashion
Hair is fashion and fashion is hair, a fascinating relationship which is investigated in detail in this timely book.
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Fri 23 March 2012 19:00
EVENING TALK: Discover fashion designer Henry Holland's London look which is constantly inspired by the variety of cultures, attitudes and mindsets that exist in the capital. Now firmly established on the international fashion scene, he discusses his ideas and recent work.
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