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Shop for a 50s Dress, Rocking Chair and Unraveling Knitted Calendars and a Persistence of Vision Toy
Consider the 1950s 'Rose & Bow' Dress, a design adopted developed from an original day dress in the V&A's archives. Fitted waist and boice, free hips, 100 % cotton. The dress is worn over a "Superwhoosh"1950s petticoat for additional volume more »
Cameras and Software Track Our Shopping Behavior
"Basically, what VideoMining does is use software along with cameras mounted on the ceiling of stores to track shoppers as they move around the store and create data that helps us understand how shoppers are shopping" more »
I Kissed the Hibiscus
It’s hibiscus season again. The plants in my yard are in full, incredible bloom! I have seen various flowering plants – I understand there are over 200 varieties – but when I bought these several years ago I didn’t know that. I bought them because they were so vibrant and exciting. I knew I had to add them to my garden. more »
The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 at the V&A
The exhibition traces its development from the romantic bohemianism of a small avant-garde circle in the 1860s to a cultural phenomenon, concluding with the final Decadent phase at the end of the 19th century. more »