Icons of British Fashion at Blenheim Palace

  • Black silk jersey dress, black tailored leather jacket and black beret by Jean Muir and black suede leather shoes by Manolo Blahnik for Zapata. Selected as Dress of the Year 1979 by Geraldine Ranson at The Sunday Telegraph.
  • Black and white checked cotton pinafore dress and coat, worn with a dark brown cotton shirt, white cotton organdie collar and a brown felt ‘tilt’ hat by John Galliano, grey tights by Fogal, and brown suede shoes with elastic straps by Patrick Cox.

Sargent and Fashion at Tate Britain

  • Cream linen Argentan needle lace collar, 1730s
  • Cream painted silk fan by Duvelleroy with cherub design, inset lace, and mother of pearl sticks and guards, belonged to Mary Crowninshield Endicott, possibly a gift on her marriage to Joseph Chamberlain c.1883
  • Hair ornament of black feathers and beads on velvet, worn by Mary Endicott Chamberlain, c.1902
  • Hair ornament of black and peach-coloured