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Mounting Queen Victoria’s mourning dress

How do you display a fragile costume that’s over 100 years old?

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From our experts

The Backstreet: London’s iconic men-only leather bar

For 37 years, The Backstreet was an iconic part of London’s leather and gay bar scene

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Behind the scenes

Stitches in time: Remaking a 1577 Bible cover

Recreating the embroidery on a 1577 Bible cover that could have been done by Queen Elizabeth I herself?

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6 women’s stories from London’s history

London Museum staff choose their favourite object with a female focus from our collection

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Mapping London’s LGBTQ+ history in our collection

We look through our collection for symbols of the long struggle by LGBTQ+ Londoners for equal rights

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Behind the scenes

Why are you touching that object without gloves?

All you need to know about glove-wearing while handling objects at London Museum

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How Moss Bros transformed with London’s fashion industry

Moss Bros is one of the longest-surviving Jewish-founded firms in London fashion

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Why fashion manufacturing moved away from London

From the 1940s onwards, here’s why many London-based fashion makers struggled to retain their base in the capital

Fashion & Style
Fashion & Style

How Mary Quant revolutionised 1960s fashion

This champion of super short hemlines influenced how a generation dressed

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Behind the scenes

Conserving Una Maw's famous 1920s Vegetable Dolls

How we conserved and restored these amazing century-old handmade dolls by Una Maw

Fashion & Style
Fashion & Style

Inside the Big Biba department store

Open for just two years, the 1970s flagship shop for this fashion label was a shopper’s paradise

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From our experts

These boots were made for Romans

What can we learn about the residents of Roman Londinium by studying their shoes?

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Princess Margaret's iconic Dior Cinderella dress

How a fabulous ballgown helped turn a British princess into a fashion icon

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The queen’s chatelaine bag

Tracing the origins of three royal accessories with Medieval roots

Fashion & Style
Fashion & Style

Hardy Amies: London’s great tailor & couturier

The Savile Row-based designer had a long career spanning luxurious couture and casual menswear

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Fashion & Style

Who are the pearly kings and queens?

Since the late 1800s, pearlies have donned their button-covered regalia to raise money for charity

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Music icons, Soho fashion streets & the Swinging 60s

Here’s how music and fashion were intrinsically linked in 1960s London

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Of Victorian cravat pins and Cleopatra’s Needle

How did a chip off a 3,500-year-old Egyptian obelisk wind up as a fashionable Victorian cravat pin?