Fashion & Style

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

A 17th-century recorder of women’s clothes and London's skyline

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

A jaw-dropping stash of lost Tudor and Stuart jewels

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

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

This champion of super short hemlines influenced how a generation dressed

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

The 'people’s princess' was a 20th-century celebrity whose image was tightly linked to her hometown

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

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

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

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

An emerald watch, a salamander brooch and a cornelian squirrel

Sporting long jackets and quiffs, the Teds were born in London

Photographs from a stylish, scooter-riding 1960s scene

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

From treating a real feather skirt to conserving silk tulle, here are details of the conservation work