James Laver, the twentieth century’s leading authority in Britain on the history of costume and fashion, was Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings and of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from 1938 until 1959. Among his many publications were Taste and Fashion; Fashions and Fashion Plates; British Military Uniforms; Drama: Its Costume and Decor; Costume; Women’s Dress in the Jazz Age; and Dandies.
Professor Amy de la Haye is Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Dress History & Curatorship at London College of Fashion. She was formerly Curator of Twentieth-Century Dress at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Her many publications include Chanel: Couture & Industry and, as co-author, Fashion Since 1900 (published by Thames & Hudson); Exhibiting Fashion: Before and After 1971; and Gluck: Art and Identity.
Andrew Tucker is a fashion journalist and author of The London Fashion Book; Dries Van Noten; and Fashion: A Crash Course.