Fashion & Style
Uncover London’s evolving styles and trailblazing designers through these objects, stories and blogs.
Blogs-And-Stories
Something blue: The 1920s wedding dress that changed colour
Theories, investigations and the dress colour conundrum
Inside 'The Vegetable Kingdom': From India to London
Una Maw's Vegetable Kingdom dolls: Blending Indian fabrics and British wit
Women's fashion in 1920s London: Going out!
Delve into the wardrobes of the fashionable woman in the 1920s
The mystery of the female Beefeater dress
Who wore this Beefeater dress by designer Colin Wild?
Strange & delightful dolls in our collection
Featuring headless puppets, the ever-stylish Sindy and a 300-year-old doll with human hair
Marvellous moustaches & brilliant beards from the London Collection
Need ideas for your Movember look?
Pointy shoes & sexuality in medieval London
How some extremely elongated footwear caused controversy in the capital
Fashionable eveningwear in 1930s London
Delve into the evening wardrobes of the fashionable woman in the 1930s
‘Mermaid slinkiness’ in 1930s London fashion
Hemlines, silhouettes and coquettishly tip-tilted hats
London’s ‘tiniest’ dragon & medieval fashion laws
What does a tiny medieval dragon belt-mount say about London’s fashion, social status and laws
David Sassoon: Making London fashionable
We unpack the glamourous world of Bellville Sassoon and celebrate David’s contribution to London as a Fashion City
Anna Pavlova's Swan costume & the evolution of tutus
Deconstructing the complex artistry behind Anna Pavlova’s most famous tutu
Fired up about pipe finds: A Thames mudlark’s passion
While plain tobacco pipes are common, decorated ones are a special find for Germander Speedwell
Anna Pavlova’s ballet costumes
The clothes, shoes and accessories this ballet superstar wore onstage
Summer style at Wimbledon 1960
Bob Collins’ photos of London’s famous tennis tournament
The Forty Elephants: South London’s supreme shoplifters
How an all-women clan of career criminals hounded West End department stores
Katharine Hamnett shaped the style of the 1980s
Oversized silhouettes, worn-in denim, political slogans – Hamnett’s designs drove a new London look
Norman Hartnell: Couturier to queens & stars
The south Londoner who brought a theatrical flair to high-end fashion design
