Does an Armani fashion exhibit belong in the British Academy? “Prejudice, fear and suspicion still surround the status of fashion within many galleries. This sometimes takes the form of fashion being tolerated as a form of entertainment which will pull in the crowds, with no acknowledgement of the serious contribution it also makes to the educational role of the museum. More than anything else, however, it is fashion’s slippery nature that helps to perpetuate the prejudice.”