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Festival
The Red Ladies, a group of mysterious identically dressed women, kick of the V&A Performance Festival this spring
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Visual Arts
Black every-men and women mix in with the V&A's permanent sculpture galleries
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Visual Arts
This used to be a museum about remembering childhood, and now it’s one for celebrating childhood
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Shopping
Chic ankle boots have been a wardrobe staple for the past couple of years. Meanwhile, knee-high boots are making a comeback.
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Visual Arts
K-pop, politics and Parasite are all part of a sensational blockbuster exhibition of Korean culture at V&A
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Visual Arts
Revisiting menswear from the Renaissance to our digital contemporary time, the V&A’s gorgeous exhibition explores how, as a mirror to masculinity, men’s fashion is inexorably becoming genderless
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Visual Arts
This charming little exhibition is a bucolic escape into the poetic and water-coloured world of Beatrix Potter
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Jewellery
This exquisite exhibition at the V&A invites us into the opulent world of Carl Fabergé and his London clientele and reflects on the grand and final days of Imperial Russia.
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Visual Arts
From the re-opening of the Courtauld Gallery to the much-awaited Lubaina Himid exhibition at Tate Modern, here are the most anticipated exhibitions in London this November.
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Beauty
The top 11 standout beauty trends for Winter 21/22 will update your beauty look instantly and propel your WFH aesthetic to the next (glamorous) level
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Design
The V&A's new exhibition explores how a bag is much more than a functional object, but a statement full of symbolic meanings
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Visual Arts
The V&A's Epic Iran exhibition explores 5,000 years of Iranian art, design, and culture through 300 objects in the largest Iranian exhibition in the UK in 88 years
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Design
The heroine of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books has influenced fashion, art and even politics. This blockbuster exhibition at the V&A charts Alice’s enduring appeal
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Fashion
A new exhibition explores the sartorial, aesthetic and social significance of the kimono from the 1660s to the present day
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Netflix
Miles of tulle, exquisite couture and needle-sharp quips provide the pattern for our selection of the best fashion documentaries
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Visual Arts
Your passport to the weird and wonderful world of Tim Walker, the man who brings fashion fairy tales to life
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Fashion
The V&A's Bags: Inside Out exhibition celebrates the wonderful world of bags through 300 objects
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Shopping
Think pink: the rosiest shade is everywhere this autumn
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Opera
What went on behind the scenes at the studio of the prolific and inventive Leonardo da Vinci? This new opera brings the artist's notebooks to life
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Jewellery
Choker necklaces are all grown up
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Fashion
From glittering cocktail heels to soft fuzz and punk leather, here are all the major shoe trends AW19 will kick to the fore
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Design
The V&A's exhibition on the history of the car tackles much more than just fancy engines
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Visual Arts
The V&A’s Renaissance Watercolours will bring together 200 masterpieces to reveal the subtle beauty and important functions of this under appreciated art form
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Fashion
The beloved London brand will show current and archival pieces
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TV
In a special Q&A for BBC Two's Summer of Rockets, Stephen Poliakoff describes how real-life elements formed the basis for his new and enticing cold war drama
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Visual Arts
From giant squid and Renaissance chapels, there's a lot more to the best permanent museum exhibitions in London than you might think
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TV
Luther series 5 is back. We met with Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson to find out more about the surprises in store for series 5
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There's another chance to come worship at the altar of Frida Kahlo in a rare exhibition of her wardrobe and possessions
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Visual Arts
Looking for a museum experience unlike any other? Try an Uncomfortable Art Tour
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Shopping
Get your Frida fix ahead of one of the best London museum exhibitions of the year
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Dance
The glam and glitter of Bollywood return to the London stage when the Taj Express extravaganza takes over the Peacock stage once more
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New V&A museum exhibition explores the power of design and technology in shaping the future of our world – It's got honourable ambitions, but unfortunately lands a little flat