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diary events
Shift into SPRING
With spring just
around the corner
NATALIE LI suggests
some ways to fill a
stolen afternoon
Foale and Tuffin –Made In England
Fashion &Textile Museum, until Feb 24
T’S fair to say the 1960s might not have
been so swinging without one key fashion
item –the revolutionaryminidress.
Iconic images of ayouthful stick-thinI
British model Twiggy striking carefree
poses, draped elegantly in vibrant shift
dressesoften harkbacktoanage of
hedonistic glamour.
Mary Quant may have stolen the limelight
with her mini skirt, but it was one often
overlooked British fashion duo whose
Carnaby Street boutique became amecca for
trendsetters.
Thanks to British designers Marion Foale
and Sally Tuffin, two influential movers and
shakers in the industry during the 1960s, the
shift dress exploded onto the fashionscene.
Tapping into the mood of the time they
successfully established abrand, epitomising
the changing London scene where hip
young things paraded the fashion quarter of
Carnaby Street.
Along withtheir fun,sexyshift dresses
theyfirst createdthe elegant, understated
tailored trousersuitthatbecameone of their
key pieces.
This retrospectiveexhibitionfinishessoon
so catch the chance to learn about the
personal story of thisboundary-breaking
fashionduo,plusviewarecreationoftheir
boutique, showroom and design studio with
around 100 garments on display.
◗ 83 Bermondsey Street SE1 3XF. 11am-
6pm, Wednesday to Sunday. Tickets cost
£6.50 adults, £3.50, students and concs,
free for under-12s. Visit www.ftmlondon.org
or call 020 7407 8664. SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL:
Jenny Boyd in 1966,
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