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Louise Dahl-Wolfe retrospective to open at Fashion & Textile Museum

London’s Fashion and Textile Museum have announced that they will stage the UK’s first Louise Dahl-Wolfe retrospective, Louise Dahl–Wolfe: A Style of Her Own. Set to open October 20, the retrospective will explore the famous work of Dahl-Wolfe, taken over a period of 30 years from 1930-1959. As a pioneer of modern fashion photography, Dahl-Wolfe...

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Suicide Blonde

Following a year's residence at the Shop at Fashion & Textile Museum, Suicide Blonde, the London-based leather accessories and jewellery label, has been invited to design a new collection exclusive to the museum to coincide with its new exhibition: Designing Women, which runs until the 16 June 2012. All accessories, designed by founder Estelle...

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FTM exhibit explores evolution of underwear

The Fashion and Textile Museum next week will launch its new exhibition 'Undercover', which traces the evolution of underwear from health garment, shape definer to fashion ‘must have’. The exhibition will explore a number of themes such as boudoir to everyday glamour – ‘Stars and their bras’ looking at celebrity branding; research and innovation...

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New Fashion Academy

The Fashion and Textile Museum (FTM) is redeveloped and home to a new Academy to provide education and professional development within the fashion, textile and jewellery sectors. Martin Tolhurst, Principal of Newham College, which now owns and manages the FTM said: ‘The fashion business can be a tough environment in which to flourish and yet the...