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Inside the Fashioned From Nature exhibition

  • Last updated: 17 April 2024

From stunning botanical embroidery to earrings made from birds of paradise, the relationship between nature and fashion is complex and often controversial. This exhibition will take you on a journey through centuries of fashion that have drawn inspiration from, and plundered the natural world – through to the contemporary innovators who are directly addressing the issues caused by the industry.

It’s about the future of fashion – and the planet.

Time Out

It’s a well-rounded, candid insight into the complex relationship between fashion and nature.

WGSN Insider

By looking at the wider issue of environmentalism, this show will appeal to more than just the fashionistas and we get a stronger and more nuanced exhibition because of it.

Londonist

This V&A show will change the way you think about fashion forever.

Refinery 29

This is the V&A doing what the V&A does best: staging world-class exhibitions of immaculately preserved and presented fashion.

Time Out

Inspiring V&A show determined to incite change.

Karen Dacre, Evening Standard

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