Fashioning Masculinities at The Victoria & Albert Museum [London]
Frances Stewart, later Duchess of Richmond ©
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear
19 March – 6 November 2022
This exhibition considers menswear and masculinity from the Renaissance to the present day, exploring how designers, tailors and artists - and their clients - have fashioned ideals of masculinity. Women wearing clothes which are traditionally deemed masculine is an interesting thread in the exhibition, and a portrait of Frances Stewart loaned from the Royal Collection Trust, is an excellent example. Masculine style riding habits were sometimes worn by fashionable women in this period but wearing a military buff coat, as in this portrait, was very unusual for a female sitter.
Other items from the Royal Collection are on long-term loan to the Victoria & Albert Museum
