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V&A to open overnight for McQueen Savage Beauty exhibition

More than 345,000 people have already visited the largest-ever retrospective exhibition of the late designer Alexander McQueen at the V&A, and to accommodate “unprecedented demand” the museum will open throughout the night for its final two weekends. With less than a month to go all pre-bookable tickets have already sold out, so the V&A has...

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V&A celebrates 150 th anniversary

The V&A launched its 150th anniversary of its opening in South Kensington with a decadent cocktail party on Tuesday. As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A promotes knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world, and it inspires creativity. To reflect this and to mark the occasion, the museum invited 150 leading...

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V&A to exhibit Golden Age of fashion

The Victoria and Albert Museum in September will launch a glamorous exhibition showcasing Parisian and British couture between 1947-1957, a decade that Christian Dior described as the 'Golden Age' of fashion. Dior's launch of the 'New Look' for his first collection in 1947 shocked and delighted the fashion world, creating a new style that...

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New York fashion at V&A

The Victoria and Albert Museum on Monday launched their New York Fashion Now exhibition. The show, which features Zac Posen, John Varvatos, Cloak, Sean John, Derek Lam and Proenza Schouler explores the stories of twenty designers who launched their own labels in the five years between 1999 and 2004. Key to the early success of some has been the...

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V&A host Kylie Minogue fashion exhibition

Chanteuse and style icon Kylie Minogue will be the subject of an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in February.The exhibition will explore Kylie Minogue as a popular style icon and international performer. On display will be her flamboyant stage costumes, accessories, photographs, sound and video. The exhibition will look at...

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Spectres at the V&A

Through the clothes of leading, cutting-edge designers, Spectres explores the influence of the past on the present. This new exhibition illustrates how the power of the historical muse shapes fashion today. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has brought together beautiful historic costumes by designers such as Christian Dior and Elsa...

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Exhibition Black British Style

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is hosting a new exhibition entitled "Black British Style". The exhibition opened last week and explores fashion and styling in all aspects of black life and culture in Britain. Outfits worn by immigrants in the 1950s and 1960s feature alongside other extraordinary historical outfits and photography. Even...