London's Fashion Alphabet | F - Flowers

#LondonsFashionAlphabet continues and this week it's F, for flowers but these ones are not so sweet smelling as they're artificial. A huge business during the Victorian era, flower makers would rush to mimic the fashions of Paris to add to the bonnets of London's high society. But there's a darker side to this sweet looking sartorial trend, a lot of flowers were made by the poor, for a pittance. If you would like to have an explore through the rest of our wonderful dress and textiles collection you can view a lot of it online here: http://bit.ly/2lHj6PP Follow #LondonsFashionAlphabet on Instagram and explore other London stories via our social channels (we're funny and nice, promise!): https://instagram.com/museumoflondon https://www.facebook.com/museumoflondon/ https://twitter.com/MuseumofLondon