Ready to ponder the deep meanings behind words and dress? The V&A takes us on such an exploration via film, music, games and speech.

Enjoy a host of other events around the museum that play with ideas about the meaning of words, collections, dress and how we feel about what we wear…

Sit in on a spectacular performance as the host, writer David Gale, invites you into the diverse and eruptive world of the Peachy Coochy. Take a seat in the Cabaret Bar for a special screening of short films that illustrate the evening's themes selected by freelance writer and curator, Karen Alexander. Explore The Concise Dictionary of Dress with its creators, Judith Clark and Adam Phillips, in an intimate and thought-provoking discussion.

Join the host of the Games Room, 2009's Scrabble Champion Craig Beevers, as we explore some of the well known (and rather obscure) word games out there, and pitch yourself against him if you dare! Test your quick-fire word skills in our Giant Speed Scrabble and hunt the galleries for crossword clues.


An evening imspired by Artangel's The Concise Dictionary of Dress at Blythe House, a V&A store.


Part of the V&A's monthly Friday Night commission.