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Think of it as the world's greatest dressing-up box. The Supremes' slinky stage outfits, vast Japanese suits of armour, tiny whalebone corsets, those famous Vivienne Westwood shoes - the V&A is crammed with the most beautiful and extravagant outfits. Of course, it's much more than that. Dark galleries full of glittering jewellery give way to halls of ceramics, sculpture and glass, hidden corridors of prints, photographs and posters, around every corner there's another surprise at the world's greatest museum of design and the decorative arts.
There are more surprises at their addictive on-line shop. Delicate blown-glass earrings, rich indigo dyed scarves, Baroque ostrich paté, Japanese paper balloons, glossy books of haute couture, toy crocodiles, jewellery commissions from Betty Jackson, Grayson Perry and John Rocha, and a nice line in rare fashion and theatre posters... The choice covers a huge range of prices from wind-up tin toys at a couple of pounds through to vintage one-offs and iconic products already part of design history.