On Sunday, my mum surprised me with a trip to London to see exhibition 'Dressed by Angels'. Angels is a costume company dating all the way back to the 1800's that has produced award winning costumes from film, TV and stage. The exhibition was based in Brick lane so we took the opportunity to have a look round Brick lane and Spitalfields after the exhibition, where i grabbed a few purchases which i'll show you later on in the post.
The exhibition itself was amazing, every room was filled with iconic costumes that i recognised straight away, and i was lucky enough to be allowed to take photos and even touch the costumes.
Here's a little collection of some of the 'Royal' dresses. They range from Judi Dench's costume for 'Elizabeth' (which was literally encrusted with pearls and diamonds and weighed 30 pounds) to a version of the Queen's coronation dressed which was re-made for the jubilee and shown in Harrods window.
Sorry about the dodgy screenshot! The two pictures on the left are from the stage show 'Miss Havisham Presents' which isn't yet on the West End. The middle four are from five famous films, The Theory of Everything, Billy Elliot, The Iron Lady and My week with Marilyn. The pictures on the right i recognised straight away as the costumes from Wicked the musical. The costume designer had aimed to merge all the tailoring ideas and confuse them to create these costumes and that was certainly evident when seeing them in real life. I couldn't believe how heavy they were!
These are costumes from British TV shows such as The Good Life and Doctor Who. I was most excited when seeing the Batman and Robin costumes which were featured in one of the most iconic episodes of Only Fools and Horses which one of my favourite shows.
Here are some costumes from historic films such as The Red Shoes, The Boyfriend, and Dracula. The centre one is costumes from Downton Abbey (one of which hasn't even been featured in the show yet) This was interesting for me as my dream job is to work on shows like Downton Abbey!
Here are some costumes you might recognise from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Young Victoria.
After the exhibition we grabbed lunch in a cute fish and chip restaurant called Poppies right on the corner of Brick Lane. It was decorated in a really cute, retro fashion with a 40's/50's style interior, and the walls covered in unique posters, pictures and memorabilia.
WHAT I WORE:
JACKET. Asos
JEANS. Topshop
SHIRT. River Island
BOOTS. Asos
BAG. Missguided
NECKLACE. Vintage Shop, Bexhill on sea
MAC:
MATTE LIPSTICK IN FASHION REVIVAL
MATCHING LIP LINER
PREP AND PRIME LIP PRIMER
BOBBI BROWN.
SKIN WEIGHTLESS POWDER FOUNDATION IN WARM IVORY
REAL HANDMADE SEUDE MINI SKIRT.
UNDERGROUND VINTAGE MARKET, BRICK LANE
NOTE PAD.
TYGER
GLASSES.
IWEAR ITALIA
Couldn't resist a quick seflie in my new glasses, i absolutely love them. They go with anything and for only £5 you can't really go wrong! I snapped them up as soon as a i saw them in Spitalfields market.
So there you go! Quite a long blog post but i had a really nice day and if you're in London at any point over the next few weeks i'd definitely recommend seeing the exhibition, it's still up there for a while yet. Plus it's right in the middle of a great location which is brilliant for grabbing some shopping and food afterwards.
Hope you guys had a great weekend.
Bryony x
