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Katy Canales

Curator, Young V&A

Young V&A Curator. A collection specialist in children's clothing and childhood material culture and creativity. Exhibition Curator for the Young V&A's inaugural exhibition Japan: Myths to Manga. Online Exhibition Producer for Play in the Pandemic and Project Curator for Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today.

V&A Museum of Childhood

Plastic fantastic – new acquisitions on show

What does Disney’s ‘Elsa’ fancy dress costume and an orange toadstool desk have in common?  Apart from an awful lot of plastic, they are two of the new acquisitions NOW...

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V&A Museum of Childhood

Hats off to the straw and shellac

Can you separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to straw hats? Sadly I struggle to, which is why it’s so helpful to have students from the ‘Period Hat’ class at...

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