Table of Contents

Introduction -- Covering Up -- Decoration -- Control and Constrict -- Fastenings -- Support and Uplift -- Volume -- Inside Out

About the Author

eleri lynn has managed the refurbishment of the V&A's Fashion Gallery and the new Clothworkers' Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and Fashion at Blythe House. She is curator of the V&A exhibition, Undressed: 350 Years of Underwear in Fashion, was assistant curator of The Golden Age of Couture (V&A 2007) and co-coordinator of V&A's Fashion in Motion series of live catwalk events.