Selling Dreams - One hundred years of fashion photography

Miles Aldridge, Le Manège Enchanté #4, 2007
© Miles Aldridge / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Horst P Horst, Mainbocher Corset. Pink satin corset made by Detolle for Mainbocher, American Vogue, 4 March 1939
© Horst Estate / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Ilse Bing, Salut de Schiaparelli, Perfume Advertisement, 1934 © Estate of Ilse Bing / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Erwin Blumenfeld, Model and Mannequin, American Vogue Cover, 1 November 1945
© Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Frank Horvat, Fashion by Harrods, London. British Harper’s Bazaar, February 1962
© Frank Horvat / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Melvin Sokolsky, Simone wears fashion by Venet, River Seine, Paris.American Harper’s Bazaar, March 1963
© Melvin Sokolsky / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Ronald Traeger, Twiggy wears Twiggy Dresses Battersea Park, London . Unpublished Fashion Study for British Vogue, Young Idea, July 1967
© Estate of Ronald Traeger / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Arthur Elgort, Wendy Whitelaw, Park Avenue. Personal picture taken on American Vogue fashion shoot, July 1981 © Arthur Elgort / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Corinne Day, Woman dancing at a London club, 1992 © The Estate of Corinne Day / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Rankin, Silver Ladies. Margo wears Jacket by Isaac Mizrahi, Vest by Marc Jacobs' Look and Shoes by Helmut Lang, Dazed & Confused, Issue 18, March 1996
© Rankin / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Tim Walker, Lily Cole & Giant Camera, Italian Vogue, 2005 © Tim Walker / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Miles Aldridge, Blooming #3, 2007 © Miles Aldridge / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Deborah Turbeville, The Bath House. Models Chris Royer, Sara Kapp, Sunny Reymond, Yasmine and one unidentified wear fashion by Jean-Louis Scherrer, Stephen Burrows,
André Courrèges and Emanuel Ungaro, American Vogue, May 1975 © Deborah Turbeville courtesy of Staley-Wise Gallery N.Y. / Victoria and Albert Museum, London