Episode 76

Fashion City: An Interview with Dr Lucie Whitmore and Dr Bethan Bide

Dr Lucie Whitmore and Dr Bethan Bide
Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style book cover
Neymar wedding dress designed by Nettie Spiegel, circa 1971, private collection

P. Lewis & Co. evening dress designed by Peggy Lewis, made for Ann Marcus, circa 1950, Museum of London

Anwara Begum’s sewing machine, Museum of London

Three pieces suit purchased in 1936-7 from an unnamed Jewish tailor in Hoxton, Museum of London

Coat by Alexon, worn by June Brown as Dot Cotton, Museum of London

Moss Bros overcoat or Chesterfield, Museum of London

Coat designed by Irvine Sellar, 1967, Westminster Menswear Archive, University of Westminster

Photograph of girls in Standard 3 learning to cut a pinafore pattern at the Jews’ Free School, training for work in the local garment trades, circa 1900-1910. Courtesy of JFS, Jewish Museum London

Photograph of girls in Standard 2 learning to knit at the Jews’ Free School, training for work in the local garment trades, circa 1900-1910. Courtesy of JFS, Jewish Museum London

Rahvis beaded evening dress designed by the Rahvis sisters, worn by Lady Adeline Tresfon, 1930-7, Museum of London 
Rahvis beaded evening jacket designed by the Rahvis sisters, worn by Lady Adeline Tresfon, 1930-7, Museum of London 

Rahvis evening gown designed by the Rahvis sisters, 1952, Museum of London