History & Culture

Lunchtime Lecture: British West Indies, Luxury, Identity and the New World

Victoria and Albert Museum · Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL

9 July 2026

Free

A free lunchtime talk on how Creole women in the 18th and 19th century Caribbean turned clothing and accessories into quiet tools of resistance against colonial rule. It's a short, sharp look at how personal style became a form of self-determination, not just decoration.

Lunchtime Lecture: British West Indies, Luxury, Identity and the New World

Victoria and Albert Museum

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