Dear Arachnes, I thought I'd post details of an upcoming exhibition at the V&A: Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, which will be on display at the V&A from 16th April 2016 to 12th March 2017.
"Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear will display more than 200 examples of men's and women's underwear from about 1750 to the present day. In particular, it will investigate how underwear design combines the practical and personal with the sensory and fashionable, in the process both protecting and enhancing the body. The exhibition will map developments in underwear design and explore the ways in which fashion designers have transformed underwear into outerwear." There is an almost inevitable blog about the planning and curating of the exhibition on the V&A website here http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/section/undressed There is a nice article just posted about the importance of a clean chemise. And if you look at the entry on "trying on tights" there is a picture of a fabulous embroidered silk stocking made for Princess Alexandra. If you want to know what a stocking front is meant to look like here it is! There is not mention yet of an accompanying book / catalogue but given it is a major exhibition like the recent wedding dresses there probably will be. Louise In stormy Cambridge, I hope those of you in wetter parts are keeping safe & dry. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
