Fringe for a woman's dress of reindeer skin ornamented with quillwork: North America, Canada, Athapaskan

Bodice, part of a woman's dress of wool tartan trimmed with dark green velvet: British, c. 1885

Skirt, part of a woman's dress of wool tartan trimmed with dark green velvet: British, c. 1885

Woman's dress of cream-coloured corded silk, said to have been worn by Margaret Oliphant of Gask at the Great Ball of Holyrood after the Battle of Prestonpans: British, about 1745

Woman's dress, in white cotton block printed and painted in black, red and purple-blue with a pattern of broad stripes alternately filled with a repeating design of large sprigs, and a dense design of trailing flowers: cotton fabric Indian, dress British, c. 1740 - 1760

Woman's dress of lime green silk, trimmed with pinked strips of the same silk and handsewn in a darker shade of green silk thread: British, about 1795 - 1800

Woman's dress of black net, embroidered with a floral design in black silk thread, part of an ensemble with cotton under dress A.1963.459 A: British, c. 1810 - 1820

Woman's high-waisted dress of silk, with a lace-trimmed bodice and a band of white satin on the skirt, supposed to have been worn by Mrs Macpherson of Cluny: Scottish, 1832

Woman's day dress of deep red silk satin, trimmed with matching red velvet: English, c. 1838 - 1840

Bodice of white silk taffeta trimmed with white silk fringing, part of a woman's evening dress: British, c. 1852 - 1857

Skirt of white silk taffeta trimmed with white silk fringing, part of a woman's evening dress: British, c. 1852 - 1857

Woman's dress of twilled silk printed with a bold pattern in pink, grey and black with zigzags and flowers: Italian, Florence, by Emilio Pucci, c. 1960 - 1965

Woman's ball dress with a leaf green lace bodice, turquoise blue sash and bow, and tartan silk skirt: English, London, by Hardy Amies, 1989

Woman's dress, in white wool jersey, sleeveless with broad shoulder straps, fastened to bodice front with white buttons, upper bodice front with Courreges logo, panel construction, waistband detail with a white button at each side at front and each side at back, fastening with zip at wearer's left side, A-line skirt extending to knee: French, Paris, by Andre Courreges, Hyperbole range, c. 1968 - 1969

Woman's dress, made from viscose fabric printed with a bold striped lozenge pattern in different colours imitating warp ikat weave, bought in Bukhara, Uzbekistan in 1984: Central Asia, Tajikistan, Leninabad (Khujand), 1983.

Woman's cotton strapless summer dress, pale purple colour ground printed with white 'plates' each with a vegetable, fruit, or serving of food: British, Horrockses Fashion, retailed Jenners, Edinburgh, c. 1952 - 1956