Fashioned from Nature at V&A, is the first UK exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day.
This key style exhibition is for April 2018, will present fashionable dress alongside natural history specimens, innovative new fabrics and dyeing processes. Further exploring how designers such as Christian Dior, Dries Van Noten, and Philip Treacy draw inspiration from the beauty and power of nature.
Outfit made from leather off-cuts and surplus yarn, Katie Jones, 2017. Photograph by Rachel Mann
Skirt with train, about 1890, England. Museum no. T.35-1950. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Pair of earrings, about 1875. Museum no. AP.258-1875. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
However, the highlights will be environmentally and ethically conscious Stella McCartney’s work displayed next to an upcycled dress made by British designer Christopher Raeburn alongside Emma Watson’s 2016 Met Gala dress, made by Calvin Klein using recycled plastic bottles.
Calvin Klein Green Carpet Challenge dress worn by Emma Waston to the MET Gala 2016. © Matt Baron_REX_ Shutterstock
Ensemble, Stella McCartney, Winter 2017. © Stella McCartney
