Fashion & Style
Uncover London’s evolving styles and trailblazing designers through these objects, stories and blogs.
Blogs-And-Stories
London’s fashion designers
Vivienne Westwood, Mary Quant and the many other talents that make London a fashion capital
London’s whaling trade: Blubber & baleen
Whether sporting a corset or reading by lamplight, Londoners once relied on the products of whaling
Edward Enninful: A west London fashion force
Model, stylist, fashion director, editor-in-chief at British Vogue
Liberty: A destination for high-quality design
A mock-Tudor treasure trove of fashion and homeware
Blitz: A revolutionary 1980s club night
How one small group of revellers shaped the style and sound of a decade
Bikers unite: Rockers & rebels at the Ace Cafe, 1963
A gathering of leather-jacket-wearing adrenaline junkies
Ozwald Boateng: A star of Savile Row
The designer who helped make bespoke suits cool again
Alexander McQueen: London’s fashion groundbreaker
The east Londoner who found inspiration in the history of his home city
Grace Wales Bonner: Tailoring the future of fashion
Her London-based label brings an approach to design that is brainy, beautiful and rooted in Blackness
Labrum tells West African stories through fashion
A modern menswear brand celebrating migration and movement
Portobello Market: London’s largest antiques market
London’s famous street market for antiques, fashion, food and quirky finds
Kensington Market led British alt fashion for 33 years
Where Freddie Mercury sold boots and punk thrived