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Areas of the exhibition are dedicated to highlighting black British designers whose work explores both blackness in terms of identity and the role the colour plays in crafting a futuristic, sci-fi aesthetic

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The 1926 garment would go on to become a fashion staple, so well-known that it is often referred to simply by the acronym LBD. Its a mythic origin story, Georgina Ripley, a curator of modern and contemporary design at the National Museum of Scotland, tells BBC News Pauline McLean

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