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Margot Fonteyn and Fashion Designers in the 1940s

2010; Edinburgh University Press; Volume: 44; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1179/174963010x12662396505969

1749-6306

Rosemary Harden,

Crafts, Textile, and Design

This paper examines the role that ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn played as an advocate for British fashion in the 1940s, with particular reference to the Sadler's Wells tour of the USA after the Second World War. The article draws on surviving ensembles from Dame Margot's wardrobe in the collection at the Fashion Museum (formerly the Museum of Costume) in Bath as well as material in the Theatre Museum Archive in London.