A new exhibition looks at the impact migrants had on turning London into a fashion capital.
An exhibition looking at how migrants helped turn the UK's capital into a world fashion centre is an "important lens into London's Jewish communities", its lead curator says.
Between the last two decades of the 19th Century and the mid-20th Century, some 200,000 Jewish people arrived in Britain, many with design and clothes-making skills. "There are just so many Jewish people working in the tailoring trade in the late 19th and early 20th Century in particular that you can't look beyond that trade without acknowledging how important those people were in making it," says Dr Whitmore.
"It's my personal story, it's so many other people's personal story and it's a really important lens on London's Jewish communities," she says.Bengali seamstress Anwara Begum called her sewing machine "amar lokkhi", meaning "my lucky charm" As well as being behind innovations in manufacturing, Jewish retailers like Cecil Gee, Chelsea Girl and Wallis introduced new ways to sell garments and opened stores across the West End, according to Dr Whitmore.
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