# londonfashionweek fashion batsford175 vintagebook

When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1542, their extraordinary European clothes caused great astonishment. This man depicted on a Japanese gunpowder flask wears a red cap, cuffs and billowy trousers. He would fit in well on the runway for don't you think?

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2018-09-14

As the capital is gearing up for we've been digging out some old books from the archive. Here is 'Gallery of Fashion 1790–1822', a book in the Batsford Colour Books series published in 1950.

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2018-02-16