Ballgowns: British glamour since 1950 at the V&A - in pictures

The latest exhibition at the V&A contains 60 ballgowns from 1950 to the present day, presented in the newly renovated V&A Fashion Galleries Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images A taffeta dress by Elizabeth and David Emanuel (right) worn by Joan Collins, displayed next to a silk dress by Norman Hartnell Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Zhanna Emelyanova poses with Giles Deacon in a red silk satin ballgown from Deacon's current collection Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features A collection of Rayne Shoes, the most glamorous shoemaker in Europe in the 1950s, fabled for its delicate but exquisitely well-made designs Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images A dress by Gareth Pugh made with silvered leather Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The new V&A exhibition shows off 60 ballgowns from 1950 to the present day, providing an insight into social changes in the UK as well as showing off homegrown design talent Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images An image of a dress projected onto the ceiling of the newly renovated V&A fashion galleries Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Manequins in the V&A's newly refurbished fashion gallery Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Christian Dior designs at the V&A exhibition Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Ballgowns are not all silk and taffeta, as these radical robes from 1990 to 2012 highlight. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images