In 2013 fashion exhibitions seem to focus much on celebrating the eternal, never-ending inspirational link between style and music. After MET hosted Punk: Chaos to Couture, Victoria and Albert Museum of London launched, in July, Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s.
Through more than eighty-five outfits, the aim of the show is to perform the exiting world of the historical clubs of the city, by making the viewer conscious of how they have deeply influenced the designers of the time – as well as all those people involved in the fashion field.
Among the others, you’ll find pieces from Betty Jackson, John Galliano and Georgina Godley who, talking about the exhibit, said: “Young London was all about taking risks and creating something out of nothing through passion and ambition”. Club to Catwalk traces the creative link between music, club and catwalk, by analyzing a special decade that consecrated London as the capital of eclecticism.
The exhibition runs until February 16th and the side events are many, like the one on Friday 6 September: a special talk for celebrating the thirty years of Paul Bernstock and Thelma Speirs, whose anarchic hats have always been worn by celebrities. From the museum’s website you’ll find the full events calendar.
