My visit to the Design Museum in London
- ashleyraynor1
- Mar 25, 2015
- 2 min read
Whilst in London visiting the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition, I decided to make a day of it and travel to the Design Museum and also the Tate Museum. There were two reasons I wanted to visit the design museum: firstly, I am using the curator of this museum, Alice Rawsthorn, in my univeristy essay and wanted a wider look at her museum and herself. Secondly, I had heard of an exhibition currently at the Design Museum called: Women Fashion Power (it's showing until the 26th April 2015). It's a collection of clothing and accessories that offers an unprecedented look at how princesses, models, CEOs, Dames and designers have used fashion to define and enhance their position in the world.
Who is featured in the exhibition?
Each of the contemporary women featured in the exhibition is contributing an outfit for display as well as sharing their personal style philosophy. In alphabetical order, the women are:
Genevieve Bell, Vice President of Intel Labs, Director of User Experience
Camila Batmanghelidjh, Founder and Director of Kids Company
Joan Burstein, Founder of Browns
Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty
Wei Sun Christianson, Co-CEO Morgan Stanley, Asia Pacific
Livia Firth, Creative Director of Eco Age
Lady Gaga, Musician and performer
Miriam González Durántez, Partner at Dechert, wife of Deputy Prime Minister of the UK Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP
Diane von Furstenberg, Founder and Co-chair of Diane von Furstenberg
Thea Green MBE, Founder and Managing Director of Nails Inc.
HSH Princess Charlène of Monaco
Dame Zaha Hadid, Founder and Director of Zaha Hadid Architects
Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris
Roksanda Ilincic, Designer
Qiong-er Jiang, Artistic Director of Shangxia, China
Anna Jones, Chief Executive of Hearst Magazines UK
Alfiya Kuanysheva, CEO of BATT, Kazakhstan
Pearl Lam, Owner of Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore
Natalie Massenet MBE, Founder and Executive Chair of NET-A-PORTER, Chair of British Fashion Council
Megha Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director of Escada
Charlotte Olympia Dellal, Designer
Julia Peyton-Jones, Director of the Serpentine Galleries
Dame Zandra Rhodes, Designer
Skin, Musician and lead vocalist of Skunk Anansie
Kirsty Wark, Journalist, broadcaster and writer
Dame Vivienne Westwood, Designer
Morwenna Wilson, Senior Projects Director at Argent LLP
The first female tuxedo by Yves Saint Laurent
With outfits, information and interviews with women such as Lady Gaga, Charlotte Olympia, Diane Von Furstenburg and Dame Vivienne Westwood it's a rare opportunity to learn a lot from these women and how fashion has contributed to their success, if at all.
I found the exhibition so full of life and so inspiring to see so many powerful women collaborate together to share their wisdom within an exhibit. To see all the clothes that have inspired generations to be successful and motivated. It was an uplifting exhibition that I would definately recommend.
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