With the success of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s David Bowie Exhibition, the combination of music and fashion in their upcoming Club to Catwalk: London Fashion Exhibition seems like a good continuation on the theme. Focusing on the fashion that span out of the 1980s London club scene to take over the world’s catwalk shows.
The exhibition opened on the 10th July and will be running through until the 16th February 2013. Timed tickets are on sale now with prices of £5.00 (+£0.70 booking fee per ticket) for a standard ticket, £6.00 with a donation to the museum (+£1.00 booking fee per ticket), £10.00 for a family with 1 adult and 2 12–17 year olds (+£2.05 booking fee per family ticket) and £15.00 for a family with 2 adults and 2 12–17 year olds (+£2.30 booking fee per family ticket). Tickets are free for under twelves.
More than 85 outfits are on display for the exhibition featuring some of the fashion design innovators of the era, including Betty Jackson, Katharine Hamnett and Wendy Dagworthy. It showcases the influence of London’s colourful club scene on the designers lighting up the runways during the eighties with their increasingly dramatic creations.
The New Romantic and High Camp styles are featured in detail showing the distinct trends and their lasting influence on the fashion world. The creative passion that fuelled the transformation of both the London club scene and British fashion in the 80’s were intertwined as one followed the other with young designers working on what they’d be wearing on the weekend as much as what they’d be creating for their catwalk shows.
As well as the main exhibition, their will be a series of events throughout the run of Club to Catwalk: London Fashion at the V&A. Ranging from fashion illustration workshops to evening talks, the events give you a chance to get even closer to the inspiration behind the creative developments of the 80s thanks to London club nights and trend setting designers.
Club to Catwalk: London Fashion exhibition events:
Create-it: Fashion Illustration workshop with fashion illustrator Stuart McKenzie for 10-12 year olds
Wed 31st July 2013
11:00
Club to Catwalk: Fashion Illustration 1 day long practical workshop
Sun 28th July 2013
10:30
Create! Fashion Illustration workshop for 13-15 year olds
Thu 8th August 2013 to Tue 13th August 2013
Create! Fashion Illustration workshop for 16-19 year olds
Fri 9th August 2013 to Wed 14th August 2013
BSL Talk: Club to Catwalk
Fri 30th August 2013
18:30
Bernstock Speirs: Anarchic Hats evening talk
Fri 6th September 2013
18:30
Visually Impaired Talk: Club to Catwalk
Thu 12th September 2013
11:00
Dylan Jones: The Eighties: One Day, One Decade evening talk with the GQ Editor
Mon 23rd September 2013
19:00
Bold, Beautiful & Damned: Fashion and Illustration in the 1980s evening talk
Wed 16th October 2013
19:00
For more information about the Club to Catwalk: London Fashion exhibition events visit https://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/exhibition-from-club-to-catwalk-london-fashion-in-the-80s/club-to-catwalk-events/.
