Featuring costumes worn by Maria Callas, Cher, Elton John, Marilyn Monroe and more, the V&A’s latest fashion exhibition will capture the ‘creativity, ambition, and resilience’ of these showstopping divas
publishedAnnounced today, a new exhibition at London’s V&A museum will celebrate ‘the power of the diva’, collating costumes from some of the world’s most glittering stars – from Maria Callas to Marilyn Monroe, Elton John to Cher.
, the only surviving dress worn by icon of silent film Clara Bow, and various works by American fashion designer Bob Mackie, who is best known for his longtime collaboration with Cher. A pink gown by Julien MacDonald for Dame Shirley Bassey’s Glastonbury performance in 2007 – complete with diamanté-studded Wellington boots – also features in the display, which is completed with photographs by Sheila Rock, David Corio and Nick Knight and ephemera from the various stars’ careers.
In this spirit, ‘Diva’ will be divided into two acts; the first will look towards the ‘timeless opera diva’ of the stage, while the second will look towards those artists which have subverted and reclaimed the descriptor. These include Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Siouxsie Sioux and RuPaul, each of which has expanded the meaning of ‘diva’, often against the backdrop and challenges of social and political change.
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