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Screenshot of a video with Beatrice Behlen, fashion curator, explaining a dress designed by Hardy Amies. Fashion Alphabet

London's fashion alphabet: A for Hardy Amies

Who was Hardy Amies and how did he change London's fashion history?

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Fashion curator Lucie Whitmore explains a boudoir cap. Fashion Alphabet

London's fashion alphabet: B for boudoir caps

The bizarre and bewildering fashion for boudoir caps is explored by our fashion curator.

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Coloured advertisement for 'Harness' Electric Corsets'. The 'Harness Corsets' were sold by The Medical Battery Co. Limited of 52 Oxford Street for 5/6. The reverse of this advertisement carries more detail about health benefits of corsets and includes an illustration of The Medical Battery Co. premises. 4

Fashion Alphabet: C for corsets

Meet a game-changing corset designer, Roxey Anne Caplin, as we bust myths about this historic undergarment.

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Syd's coffee stall in 1919, photograph. New Acquisition

East End icon Syd's Coffee Stall moves to the museum

After over a century of serving Londoners, Syd's is moving to a new home at the Museum of London.