King William III’s underwear | Fashion unpicked | V&A
Serving as underwear in the 1700s, shirts were usually worn out and then recycled to make paper, but this one has survived for centuries. It is made of the finest…
100 Years of Fashionable Womenswear: 1830s – 1930s | V&A
Discover changing silhouettes and key fashion developments across 100 years of British and French womenswear: from a Victorian wedding dress inspired by Indian textile motifs, to an Edwardian lace day…
Marvel at dramatic silhouettes and intricate embroidery of Saudi Arabian dresses from the 1940s and 1950s.
Join V&A curator Fuchsia Hart as she unboxes two spectacularly embroidered traditional Najdi thobes (dresses) from the Najd region of Saudi Arabia. Traditionally worn to celebrations such as weddings, Eid…
Inside the Shed Where Tiny Dolls House Furniture Is Crafted | How Was It Made?
In this cosy, slow-paced How Was It Made documentary, we follow Terry as he carefully crafts miniature dolls house furniture by hand. Here he shows us how he's replicated an…
Smaller Than a Fingernail: Unboxing the World’s Tiniest Books
Have you ever seen a book smaller than a fingernail? In this unboxing, we explore some of the tiniest books ever created — from fairy-sized poetry, religious texts and miniature…
A brief history of (charming and mean) Valentine’s cards | V&A
From floral bouquets and scented hearts, to casual insults and a pig in human clothes – marvel at the sweet (and sometimes quite mean!) Valentine's cards in the V&A's collection.…
Twisting Tradition: Medieval Cats, Dead Dad Pots and the Ceramics of Vicky Lindo & Bill Brookes
Step inside the side-by-side studios of Vicky Lindo and Bill Brookes, two ceramic artists who reinvent traditional Devonshire pottery to combine a childlike love of animals, with powerful personal history.…
Rose Schmits takes a closer look at five iconic ceramic objects from the V&A museum 🏺
From historic delftware and playful studio pottery to otherworldly octopuses, online meme culture & Comic Sans – Rose shares her thoughts on these unusual pieces from the V&A collection, exploring…
Tatreez: The Ancient Art of Palestinian Embroidery | Fashion Unpicked
This video is made to coincide with the exhibition 'Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine' at V&A Dundee which runs until Spring 2026, and the 'Tatreez: Palestinian Embroidery' display at V&A…
Inside mid-century Tropical Modernist architecture | V&A
Welcome to “the Bauhaus in the Tropics”. Developed by British architects in the 1940s, Tropical Modernism is a unique style of mid-century architecture which brought the clean lines of European…