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    Apr 28

    Something magical has been unleashed in the V&A. ​​ Creativity. It's what makes us.

    Creativity. It's what makes us.
    Visit the V&A to discover the creative possibilities of the collection yourself
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  2. 9 hours ago

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    Who's watching Eurovision? 🎙️✨ Here's how you conserve a winner (Sandie Shaw's dress, 1967) in ASMR 🎧
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  3. 10 hours ago

    📸 3. Pink silk, pink chiffon overdress with sequins, worn by Sandie Shaw when she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. Made by Parker Costumier Ltd

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  4. 10 hours ago

    📸 2. Shocking pink silk chiffon, appliqued with sequins. Worn by Sandie Shaw for her Royal Variety Performance in 1967. Maker unknown.

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  5. 10 hours ago

    with a sixties twist this week... All pretty in pink and worn on stage by singer Sandie Shaw. 📸 1. Sequined pink, worn by Sandie Shaw, 1960-69. Maker unknown.

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  6. 17 hours ago

    A thrusting pose from a fashion-conscious captain in the 1800s. He had his uniform tailored to his own taste- glinting gold details and the latest fashionable silhouette, a cutaway coat and tight breeches. Discover the Fashioning Masculinities exhibition–

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  7. 21 hours ago

    Your timely reminder that entries for the V&A Illustration Awards close TOMORROW, Monday 16 May. Entry is free and you could see your work displayed at the V&A!

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  8. May 14

    AND you can come see the dress yourself for free in our Theatre and Performance galleries

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  9. May 14

    Watch the full film (by ) here:

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  10. May 14

    Who's watching Eurovision? 🎙️✨ Here's how you conserve a winner (Sandie Shaw's dress, 1967) in ASMR 🎧

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  11. May 13

    1839: This shawl is thought to have derived from a gift made by the Shah of Persia to Queen Victoria. A French fashion magazine of April 1839 spoke of a shawl with a border depicting a procession of dignitaries, musicians, Arab horses, elephants and camels. Maker unknown.

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  12. Retweeted
    May 13

    For anyone who missed it, the recording of my talk-through of works by Eric Ravilious in the collections is now up here:

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  13. May 13

    Pretty, perfect plates. 1. Charger, Charlotte Spiers, 1882 2. Plate, Charlotte Spiers, 1882 3. Plate, Charlotte Spiers, 1884 4. Charger, Charlotte Spiers, 1883

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  14. May 12

    1872. Portrait of a Hindu woman wearing a head-dress, John Joseph Fonceca

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  15. May 12

    Known and Strange. This is our display of contemporary photography that blurs the familiar with the unfamiliar. Below is The Unseen by Tereza Zelenkova, known for her imaginative explorations of mysticism. See her work in our Photography Centre:

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    May 12

    This makes us want to dance on over across the road to our neighbours at the ! 💃 ✨

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  17. Retweeted
    May 11

    Wanna see what marvels visitors called forth in the Study Room today? [THREAD] V&A Member visited, bringing to see Robert Mapplethorpe’s photography of Patti Smith for his birthday...

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  18. May 12

    Did you know that you can request to view these and other prints if you come to the V&A Prints and Drawing Room? 📸All images dated 1913-1918, Henrietta Mackennal

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  19. May 12

    Mackennal was a fashion writer and illustrator for Vogue, the Daily Express and other London newspapers. 📸All images dated 1913-1918, Henrietta Mackennal

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  20. May 12

    Fashion photography? Who is she? Just look at the showstopping elegance of these wartime Henrietta 'Rita' Mackennal illustrations.

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  21. May 11

    With eyes of blue stone, and lips of red foil, two profiles face each other. And in the negative space, a vase of roses of tucked pink silk and leaves of green thread stand on a fluted gold column. 📸Elsa Schiaparelli, Jean Cocteau and Lesage, Ankle-length coat, London 1937

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