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April 2019
From miniskirts and hot pants to vibrant tights and makeup, discover how Mary Quant launched a fashion revolution on the British high street, with over 200 garments and accessories, including unseen pieces from the designer's personal archive.
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From gastronomic experiments to urban farming, this exhibition brings together the politics and pleasure of food to ask how the collective choices we make can lead to a more sustainable, just and delicious food future.
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Experience the extraordinary creative process of one of the world's most inventive photographers through his pictures, films, photographic sets, and special installations – including ten new series of photographs influenced by the V&A's collections.
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Spanning three hundred years, Jewelry for America explores the evolution of jewelry in the USA, from the early eighteenth century to the present day.
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Julius Bryant has researched a new history of the V&A’s collections that reveals the personal contribution of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His talk, along with an accompanying book Creating the V&A, will explore how the young royal couple played key roles as public supporters and as large-scale lenders, before the museum grew its own collections.
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Over its short 130-year history, the car has become one of the most loved, contested and influential innovations in the world. It has revolutionized manufacturing, transformed how we move, forever changing our cities, environment and economies.
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The ultimate symbol of Japan, the kimono is often perceived as traditional, timeless and unchanging. Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk will counter this conception, presenting the garment as a dynamic and constantly evolving icon of fashion.
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Join Connie Karol Burks, co-lead curator of the exhibition Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, to learn more about the illustrious history of the House of Dior. The show traced the impact of one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers, and the six artistic directors who succeeded him, exploring the enduring influence of the fashion house.
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