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📣 PSA - you can now get 2 for 1 tickets across all ticket types to the Africa Fashion exhibition this month!
Bring a friend to see vibrant designs from over 40 designers across the continent.
Just enter the code 'AF241' when purchasing your tickets. Book here: https://fal.cn/3v5QA
Offer valid until January 31st.
Mindbending Monochromes! 🖤⚪
🖤 The Piano Dress, Karl Lagerfeld, 1985
⚪ Skirt suit, jacket and skirt, black and white optical check wool, Foale & Tuffin, London, 1964.
🖤 Dress in check print, designed by Rabih Kayrouz
⚪ Newspaper suit worn by Suggs from Madness in the video for (Waiting for) The Ghost Train
Contents of an Ostrich's Stomach
A collection of objects retrieved from an ostrich’s stomach incl. gloves and coins, probably lost by zoo visitors.
Ostriches eat small, hard objects to help digestion, but this ostrich consumed a four-inch nail, tragically causing its death.
F.W. Bond, Contents of an Ostrich's Stomach, 1930
You wear what you eat. But can you match the designer to the tasty treat?
🍪 Eileen Agar
🍪 Anya Hindmarch
🍪 Moschino
Edward Penfield's gorgeous illustrations for Harper's Magazine are an American match for the style that Alphonse Mucha and Toulouse Lautrec were popularising in Europe.
Those shown here date between 1895 and 1897.
Remembering David Bowie who would have turned 76 this year. He was born on 8 January 1947.
Celebrating his rebel rebel life and career with some of the Bowie outfits that featured in our 'David Bowie Is' exhibition...
First of 2023!
Sleeveless evening dress of tulle and silver sequins, possibly made in England or France, 1935-1936
Guess the fairy story...
Hand-painted tiles, Designed by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, 1862-1865
Not to be outdone by her famous dad (William Morris), May Morris was a talented designer whose work is said to have been occasionally misattributed to her father.
She was Director of Embroidery at Morris & Co and co-founder of the Women’s Guild of Arts (set up because the Art Workers Guild would not admit women).
"Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top."
This poster for P***y Riot's COVID-cancelled Berkeley concert features P***y Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, Edward Abbey quotes [above], and a background of riot grrls, punk rockers, political protesters and political protesters, including Bikini Kill, Blondie, Siouxie Sioux, Patti Smith, Aretha Franklin and Greta Thunberg.
P***y Riot Postponed, Zoltron, 2020
The beauty of these African Prayer Cards - from Madagascar to Zambia to Uganda...
1. Ave Maria, Holy Card, 1945-1970, Religieuses Trinitaires, Madagascar
2. 'Our Lady of Africa' Holy Card, Poor Clares, Zambia, 1960-2000
3. The Martyrs of Uganda Holy Card, late 20th century
Date this picture:
1901, 1972, 2007
British illustrator Julie Verhoeven worked first as an assistant for John Galliano, before launching her own fashion label and then collaborating wtih Versace, Mulberry and Louis Vuitton.
The V&A acquired a collection of her work in 2012 including designs for record sleeves, Christmas cards, Topshop, Jasper Conran and more, all from the late 20th/early 21st century.
Titled 'The Rising of the New Year' by Julia Margaret Cameron, one of the most important and innovative photographers of the 19th century. Her photographs were rule-breaking: purposely out of focus, and often including scratches, smudges and other traces of the artist’s process. Best known for her powerful portraits, she also posed her sitters as characters from biblical, historical or allegorical stories.
Cheers folks.
🎨Line drawing poster by Alan Fletcher; British, ca. 1989.
From Art Noveau illustrator Alphonse Mucha, and from us too.
Mucha became an overnight sensation in 1895, with his characteristic females becoming an ever-present and much-copied leitmotif.
🎨 2 x advertisements by Alphonse Mucha for "Moet et Chandon's Champagne." 1890s.
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"Alright thanks mate"
[📷 'Sweet Dreams', photograph, by John Heywood, 1999]
Another one of those days. This woodlock print is titled 'Rain Time'.
🎨Fritz Capelari, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Japan, 1915
Festive holidays with loved ones. 🍰
'The Toads' Tea Party' by Beatrix Potter, 1905.
Had enough chocolate this Xmas? Keep scrolling.
This surreal handbag design 'Fudge The Fashionistas, Let Them Eat Cake' is Moschino, 1996. When the label launched in 1983, their trademark was their good-natured mockery of haute couture.
Get your fix of musical theatre this Christmas. Visit Re:Imagining Musicals, our FREE exhibition all about your favourite shows. Find out more: https://fal.cn/3uHXe
Time to test out those presents.
These candid photographs of children by photographer John Heywood are essentially a record of everyday life in the 1970-80s. See more of his works: https://fal.cn/3uGL3
"Thank you but I couldn't possibly eat another bite"
👀 15th century manuscript cutting.
12 Dresses of Christmas: The final dress!
Which is your favourite of the 12?
Christmas comes but once a year!
Happy Christmas to all of our followers!
For A Brief History of Christmas Cards: https://fal.cn/3uG6n
It's Christmas Eve!
Mince pies out! Stockings up! Presents at midnight!
12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 11!
Low-key. For those of us who don't like to attract too much attention... This one was originally worn by Ginger Rogers
Planning to visit the V&A over Christmas? The museum will be closed on December 24th, 25th and 26th.
We'll be open for the remainder of the festive season, including New Year's Day, operating with our regular hours.
12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 10!
Tricky to get a roast out of the oven in this Balmain, but you like a challenge
Merry Christmas from Beatrix Potter 🎄
This heart-warming selection of Christmas cards were drawn by Potter between 1925 and 1941 to help raise money through the International Children's Aid Association for “Peter Rabbit beds” for children in hospitals.
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature closes on 8th January - https://fal.cn/3uCJL
12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 9
Perfect days only in this hand-embellished 1960s Owen Hyde-Clark (for Worth London)
12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 8!
No red wine and strictly no gravy on Christmas Day. But it's worth the sacrifice to wear this Imane Ayissi.
12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 6
The weather outside is frightful. But this Dior is so delightful...
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12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 7!
[Strictly speaking Dresses 8, 9 and 10]
A modern interpretation of traditional hanbok by South Korean designer Lee Young-hee. See them here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/hallyu-the-korean-wave
1903 Mistletoe brooch - with gold leaves and berry pearls.
Deserves a kiss!
Just a collection of people weeing messages in the snow.
Postcard, Georges Mouton, 'Bonne année', Boy urinating 'bonne année' on the snow, pig looks on, France; 1903
✨ Postcard, Milford Haven Collection, by Georges Mouton, ✨'Bonsoir', Boy urinating 'Bonsoir' on the snow, Georges Mouton, France, ca.1903
✨ Postcard by Georges Mouton, 'Bonjour', Boy urinating onto a snowman, lineblock print, French, ca.1903
✨ Postcard, Georges Mouton, 'Zut', French, ca.1903
Sinceri Auguri (Sincere Wishes), Italy, 1905
12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 5!
This dress guarantees a fairytale festive season 🍄 - designed by Cindy Beadman, late 1970s
12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 4!
Fancy blocking the doorways of every Christmas party you go to in this 18th century sack dress?
Snow in Japan... ❄️
❄️ Evening Snow at Asakusa, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1843-1847❄️ Winter Play, Harunobu Suzuki, 1765-1770
❄️ Fan print: 'Snowy Morning at the Kanda Myojin Shrine', Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1843-1847
❄️ Crow and Heron In The Snow, Isoda Koryusai, Japan, 1772,1781
❄️ Hana Ni Uzumu Aoizaka No Bosetsu, Utagawa Kunisada, 1839
12 Dresses of Christmas: Dress 2
Popping the nut-roast in the oven in Valentino (2013-2014)
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Thebe Magugu reveals how the women in his family inspired him to get into fashion. Featuring footage of Thebe's recent Fashion In Motion catwalk show at the V&A - his first international runway. Sponsored by Libbie Scher Mugrabi
Dive into the glittering world of musical theatre. Re:Imagining Musicals opens TODAY! Explore the evolution and craftmanship of iconic musicals. Recognise your favourites? Free entry→ https://fal.cn/3sKZP #musicaltheatre #WestEnd #broadway
What's the difference between European Fashion and Africa Fashion? Joris Lechene and Triple Minor visit our Africa Fashion exhibition for @artfund . Get your tickets: https://fal.cn/3sGZo
🎭 We wish we could tell you who these belonged to... All will be revealed in our new display, Re:Imagining Musicals opening THIS SAT→ https://fal.cn/3sD00 Explore how some of the best-loved musicals have been adapted, revived and retold. #musicaltheatre #WestEnd #broadway
All the looks from today's Fashion In Motion: Thebe Magugu at the V&A. His first ever international runway show.
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