Three hundred years of practical, fashionable and seductive underwear for men and women. Taken from the Museum’s important fashion collections this exhibition includes eighteenth century stays, Victorian corsets and crinolines, Edwardian combinations, 1950s waspies and 1970s Y fronts.

The display will explore our relationship with the most intimate parts of our wardrobe from its design, manufacture, promise and attraction.

There are a number of talks relating to this exhibition, see Support and Seduction Talks

Held in the Fashion Gallery's Changing Room.

Usual museum entry Prices apply, however entry to the Fashion Gallery is free two hours before closing each Wednesday.

From austerity inspired underwear, footwear and evening wear, this exhibition shows that the fashion of the war years was full of colour and vibrancy lifting the black and white memories that are so familiar to us all.

Alongside the exhibition are garments from De Montfort University's Fashion students who have designed and produced outfits both inspired by the museums utility garment collection and the restrictions of the utility scheme.

Usual museum entry Prices apply, however entry to the Fashion Gallery is free two hours before closing each Wednesday.