Fashioning Diaspora Space was a research project investigating the presence of South Asian clothing textiles in British culture and British Asian style.
Fashioning Diaspora Space: Research project
The Fashioning Diaspora Space project investigated the presence of South Asian clothing textiles in British culture…
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Fashioning Diaspora Space: Moving Patterns
Moving Patterns was an artists' installation at the Royal Geographical Society shown from 7–21 May 2009. The work b…
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Fashioning Diaspora Space: British Asian style
British fashion has long been enriched by the presence of South Asian textiles, but in the last 50 years the clothi…
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Indian textiles & Empire: Caspar Purdon Clarke
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke (1846-1911) was an architect, archaeologist and museum director. In 1882 he was sent to In…
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Indian textiles & Empire: John Forbes Watson
John Forbes Watson's (1827-1892) idea for 'portable industrial museums', led to the publication of The Collections …
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Indian textiles & Empire: Owen Jones
The 1852 Great Exhibition, held in London's Hyde Park, was the first of a series of international exhibitions to be…
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Collecting Indian textiles at the V&A
The V&A's Indian collections have their origins in the East India Company's Museum, or Oriental Repository, founded…
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Consuming Indian textiles
Indian textiles were valued for a variety of reasons in 19th-century Britain. They were prized as symbolic trophies…
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Circulating Indian textiles
While recent histories have emphasised the role of imperial authority in shaping the V&A's South Asian collections,…
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Owen Jones and the V&A Collections
The sparsity of serious historical attention given to Jones is surprising, considering his role in the history of t…
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Interview with Elizabeth Laskar, founder and director of the Ethical Fashion forum
Elizabeth Laskar is the founder and Director of the Ethical Fashion Forum and one of the few Ethical Fashion Image & Life style consultants in the UK.
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.
Past exhibitions & displays 2005
Listings of past major exhibitions, displays and installations that opened in the V&A in 2005.
Past exhibitions & displays 2006
Listings of past major exhibitions, displays and installations that opened in the V&A in 2006.
Historical & cultural sources for 20th-century fashion
Throughout the 20th century cross-cultural and historical influences have exerted a profound impact upon fashion design. The styles, designs and materials of other times and cultures have become more accessible to designers at first hand as improved travel and communications enable continents to be crossed with ease.
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 16 May 2012–Sat 15 September 2012
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