In the UK alone, the fashion industry was worth £26 billion ... Image caption, Nylon was invented in the USA in the 1930s. London was never involved That’s simply not true.

The images feature all manner of festive goings-on during the period between the 1900s to the 1930s, from the familiar ... through the streets of south London by a group of excited youngsters.

London fashion has always been defined by a mood of eclecticism ... and John Galliano, as well as 1930s underwear, costume jewellery and millinery. A spirit of anarchy still defines the small, busy ...