Valentino
This is another exhibition when the set up is so key. You beginning with a section which has invitations and letter so people that have worn Valentino's designs varying from Liza Minnelli and Princess Diana. Then moving on to the photographs through the year of his fashion house developing. The main attraction is a long thin room set out like a run way with white chairs and mannequins with his couture designs on them which start from the beginning of his career to the end. Even all the chairs are labelled with famous peoples names who have worn his designs. It is astonishing seeing the clothes up close and seeing the amount of detail that is goes into each hand stitch. Elegantly presented which I feel reflects Valentino's label.Three words that sum up Valentino's collections: Elegance, sophisticated and timeless.
I had to get a postcard at the end just to have a souvenir of this amazing experience of seeing this exquisite dresses up close. This made me discover the photographer Cathleen Naundorf. She creates these amazing images that she then by taking simple Polaroid photographs and manipulates them into looking aged. I'm not sure how she does it, However it is incredible.
'She’s developed a unique technique of using the characteristic quirks of Polaroid – once again, an anachronistic technology, though hardly without its own warmth and charm – playing with shadow and light and developing a visual language entirely her own'
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