A few days off last week, and in the abscence of decent weather, we headed down to the V&A for the Kylie exhibition, on loan from the Arts Centre in Melbourne (highly recommended website, but not Firefox friendly).
We all enjoyed it a lot. I've had a thing about Kylie since her Neighbours days (I still remember her first episode), not just during her Deconstruction period - though Confide in Me and her collaboration with Nick Cave are obvious highlights.
The exhibition was really well put together; the main room held most of the costumes - from the white dress of I Should Be So Lucky, through the gold lame hot pants and white denim shorts of Spinning Around, to the white hooded dress and purple dress of Can't Get You Out Of My Head - arguably the first iconic single of the 21st Century. This also had a timeline along one wall - made up of cd covers and photographs. Cara was entranced by the other wall - incorporating a floor to ceiling video screen. Raya's thing is live performance, so she was more fascinated by the stage costumes from last years' tour which were in a seperate room.
A good exhibition from the fashion perspective, an interesting study into the development of an icon. And - hurrah for publically funded arts (and sponsorship from Evian) - a free day out in London.
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