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Art
Please note: this exhibit is no longer running.
The Versace
Exhibition at The V & A
Where: The Victoria & Albert Museum
Nearest Tube: South Kensington
Running from: 17 Oct 2002 - 12 Jan 2003
Opening hours: 10.30am - 4.00pm
Review: Click here
The
Versace Exhibition
The V &
A has opened its doors to one of the biggest names in fashion
this month. Designer to an endless stream of supermodels and
celebrities, the late Gianni Versace's offerings are now on show
to the public until January of next year.
Extravagant as Versace's style is, the celebrity factor certainly
adds to the glamour. Dresses worn by Diana, Courtney Love, Madonna
and Jennifer Lopez fill up the exhibition as well as designs
inspired by the likes of Lichenstein and Andy Warhol.
The first creation that greets you as you walk in is "that
dress" complete with its famous gold safety pins, albeit
minus Liz Hurley. The layout curves round to reveal a parade
of ball gowns and evening dresses in sumptuous designs of tulle,
chiffon & silk positively brimming with diamonds and heavy
embroidery.
Next, you're transported through to the eighties and early nineties,
where tulle & chiffon gives way to leather and lycra. Bolero
jackets and bouffant skirts reign supreme on this second catwalk
along with studded waistcoats and the dangerously short mini-dress.
The last section of the exhibition shows off some of Versace's
more extreme designs mostly created with the stage in mind. If
by this point the temptation to reach out and touch is too much,
the organizers have kindly left some designs until last that
you can stroke, pat and paw.
If you're still hungry for more, the souvenir shop boasts the
usual array of t-shirts, diaries, pens and posters. They even
have an endless supply of gold safety pins on sale, so you can
try and convince anyone who'll listen that you modified Elizabeth
Hurley's dress while no one was looking.
Standing in stark contrast to its neighbouring exhibition of
the Japanese Samurai, the Versace collection won't offer you
centuries of discovery, but for glitz and glamour just walk right
in.
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