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In the course of the Renaissance, the wealthier and more prosperous members of a metropolis, city or region typically wore elaborate and extremely-embellished renaissance clothes that was hand crafted from a wide range of rich and expensive fabrics and finishes. Within the 1850s, ladies’s skirts had been domed and bell-formed, supported by crinoline usually featured deep flounces or bloomers and pantaloons trimmed with lace were common.Tiered cape-jackets were fashionable, as had been paisley patterned bonnets were worn and hair was swept into buns or side coils from a centre parting.

In the Fashionable Galleries stands a rare 18th-century Spitalfields silk court-dress, for instance, silver-embroidered with bales of barley and anchors, worn by the Mayor of London’s (a corn merchant) daughter Anne Fanshawe at his swearing-in.

The newest London Style Week included the fifth Worldwide Fashion Showcase , in which 80 designers from 24 international locations confirmed designs on the theme of ‘Utopia’ (a reference to the 500th Anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s philosophical book of the same title).

I feel so many trend exhibitions show some form of far-off, fantasy world that people can solely aspire to or dream of. I hope people come to this show and …