Reveals the decorative seams, exquisite stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up the clothing in the V&A's superlative seventeenth and eighteenth-century fashion collection. This work is suitable for students, designers, collectors and followers of fashion.
Queen Maud of Norway was one of the best-dressed women of her age: a setter as well as a follower of fashion. Her wardrobe includes a range of creations, from her wedding trousseau of 1896 to the latest Worth designs of the 1930s, showing the changes in women's lifestyles and fashions from Edwardian bustles to informal sportswear.