The Collection
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Black Cotton Long Binder - T-Kingdom Brand
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/026
Tag Damaged T-Kingdom binder. circa 2015. This binder is poorly made, of thick, uncomfortable fabric. It was painful to wear and broke a rib once – but still offered feelings of gender euphoria and reconnection with my body. It represents a complex relationship with binding, especially when safer options and trans-centered companies were not around & how imperfect means are better than none.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 480 mm Width 380 mm Depth 20 mm
Black, T-Kingdom brand, binder on a wooden hanger.
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Black Denim Jacket With Various Patches
MOT/2024/NDOTC/PLYM/028
Tag Jacket, patches, and badges made for my best friend and ex partner's degree project exhibition that got cancelled fue to Covid-19. Has handmade patched, embroidery and badges by me.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 60 cm Width 52 cm Depth 1.5 cm
A dark vest with rainbow fabric hangs against a plain white wall.
- Black Dress MOT000199
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Black wool dress worn by E-J Scott. A black wool crepe dress by Vivienne Westwood. Worn by EJ Scott with black boots (MOT000002) when appearing in the Channel 4 programme "Born Risky: Grayson Perry".
A black dress on a white background.
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Black Dress - Sainsburys
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/039
Tag The first dress I ever bought
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 930 mm Width 430 mm Depth 10 mm
A black dress on a wooden hanger.
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Black Fan 'Trans Agenda For Liberation'
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/001
Tag UNITE! ADVOCATE! THRIVE! THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME AT GATE'S GLOBAL TRANS CONFERENCE IN MUNICH ON JULY 2024. THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR! WE MUST HAVE A TRANS AGENDA!
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- Collection
- Letter To My Little Trans Self
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 24 cm Width 42 cm
The image shows a black fan labeled "Trans Agenda for Liberation" with a handwritten tag.
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Black High Hell Shoe - Wide Fit
MOT/2024/NDOTC/PLYM/016
Tag Black high heel shoe (left) (not original) 1982 -1992 used for running away from skinheads (the transphbic ones)
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 15 cm Width 25 cm Depth 9 cm
The image shows a black high-heeled shoe with a strap, accompanied by a handwritten tag.
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Black Long Vest Binder (Made In USA, Size Medium)
MOT000051
Tag When I recieved my first binder, I cried. I could finally start the long journey to being who I want to be. It makes it difficult for me to breathe and theres times where it does nothing to silence my dysphoria, but I've never loved a clothing article more. Its funny how something so restrictive can make you feel so free. Ryan Kidd, 17, NB.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Black full-length binder and tag. Black long vest style binder & 1 tag (made in USA size M). Well worn. White bobbles around armpits, small stains on right edge and middle bottom.
- Dimensions
- Height 59.1 cm Width 38.3 cm
Black full-length binder.
- Black Suede Boots MOT000002
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- A pair of black thigh-length boots. Pair of black synthetic suede thigh length boots, size 6, with zip fastening to ankle side and a 105mm heel and drawstring through the top of each boot leg. Worn by E-J Scott with a Vivienne Westwood black dress (MOT000199) when appearing in the Channel 4 programme "Born Risky: Grayson Perry".
- Dimensions
- Height 110 cm Width 16.2 cm
The image features a pair of black, high-heeled over-the-knee boots with zippers
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Black T-Shirt 'Stand By Your Trans' LGBT Outside Project
MOT000085
Tag "Fashion meets trans, meets a call to action. #StandByYourTrans"
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Fashion, T-Shirts
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- #Stand by your trans ,t-shirt and tag from the LGBT Outside Project Black T shirt & Tag; T shirt black cotton short sleeved screen printed in white with slogan "#Stand by your Trans". Good condition, stained (lightly) on back, small stain on left sleeve.
- Dimensions
- Height 76.2 cm Width 76 cm
Black T-shirt with white block letters reading "# STAND BY YOUR TRANS"
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Black T-Shirt, 'They Them' Printed on Orange Breast Pocket
MOT/2024/NDOTC/DUND/041
Tag T-shirt with they/them pronouns
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Fashion, T-Shirts
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 74 cm Width 71 cm
Black t-shirt with they them print on breast pocket.
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Black Top Surgery Compression Binder
MOT001001
Tag This binder was so uncomfortable, the surgeon let me roll up the bottom because it was so nasty to war
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Black top surgery compression binder.
- Dimensions
- Height 44 cm Width 42 cm
Black half-length binder with hooks in the front. A small white tag is visible on the back of the neck.
- Black Trans Lives Matter London 2020 Polaroids
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- Collections
- Polaroids, Black Trans Lives Matter (BTLM)
- Category
- Black Trans Lives Matter (BTLM)
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Black Trans Lives Matter London 2020 Polaroids
A person wearing a mask holds a sign supporting Black Trans Lives during a protest in London.
Special Collections
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Saturday closed
Sunday closed
How to get here
Bus or Tube to Liverpool Street Station
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