A burkini and a Vote Leave campaign leaflet are to go on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum as part of a collection exploring global events and cultural changes.
The museum acquired the burkini, a full-body swimming costume, from Australia-based fashion designer Aheda Zanetti, who created the garment in 2004.
The burkini hit the headlines in August when the mayor of Cannes in France banned it from his beaches saying it was “the uniform of extremist Islamism”.
Corinna Gardner, acting keeper of the free Rapid Response Collecting gallery, said: “These objects have become newsworthy because they advance what design can do, or because they reveal truths about how we live today and how we might live tomorrow.”