The show, called "The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947 - 1957", showcases a period when designer Christian Dior launched his "New Look" collection. He created a new style that delighted and shocked the fashion world.

Described by Dior as "The Golden Age", this decade in fashion came as a reflex to hardships endured during the war years. Designs not only emphasized femininity but exaggerated it, in decadent full skirts with abundant of material for creating the hour-glass silhouette.

The show features outfits from designers such as Balenciaga, Norman Hartnell, Givenchy, as well as Dior, of course.

It also pays notice to the impact French fashion houses had on the British design industry.

Claire Wilcox, curator, said, "The development of couture in London was very very important to the British economy. In 1942 the British fashion designers grouped together and formed an alliance and this group was called The Incorporated Society Of London Fashion Designers. What was important was they were emulating the union system of the French couture, which protected and publicized the activities of London couture designers. You have a small group constituted mainly of couture designers in London who focussed on tailoring, but also you had Norman Hartnell who designed state gowns for the Queen and Princess Margaret."

A handful of today's modern couture designs from the likes of John Galliano of the House of Dior also feature in the show.

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