There is a clear poignancy to the timing of Fashion City, which charts the arrival and industry of Jewish people in London, fleeing persecution from the late 19th to mid 20th century. Of the 200,000 who would arrive in this country, over half found work in the fashion, clothing and textile trade. It is a quietly profound curation of these life stories, which follows both the unknown, worn hands of the workrooms of the East End, and the glitz and glamour of high society couturiers.
The exhibition is staged as a literal walk through of the streets and shops in which they were residents and purveyors, with a Central line tube tunnel linking East to West.
