Fashioning London
Schedule
Thu Jun 04 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
10 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC
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Join Dr Christopher Breward to explore the importance of London as a fashion capital through three centuries of iconoclastic style. Biba launched as a mail-order business in 1963, and soon took on premises in Kensington, London. The city proved the perfect setting for the emergence of the dolly bird - a fashionable young woman who embodied both Biba and "Swinging Sixties" style. Discover how and why London helped foster not only the Biba-girl but so many other exciting explosions of subcultural taste, and the ingredients of space, architecture and performance that influence what is fashionable.The talk will be followed by a book signing to mark the launch of the new 2026 edition of Fashioning London: Clothing and the Modern Metropolis by Christopher Breward (Bloomsbury).
Tickets £15 (includes entry to The Biba Story: 1964–1975 from 5pm before the talk).
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