The winning combination between the worlds of sport and fashion will take first place at the Fashion Museum in Bath this year.
- Courtesy of Adidas by Stella McCartney
As Great Britain prepares to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics, the Museum’s “Sport and Fashion” exhibition, opening on 4 February, will trace how historic sportswear has influenced the creations of contemporary designers.
With over 50 pieces on display, the show offers something for everyone – from the sports enthusiast to the casual follower of fashion or those with a passing interest in popular culture.
Exhibits include historic skiing and tobogganing outfits; such as the gold medal-winning ensemble Amy Williams wore at the 2010 Winter Olympics – alongside up-to-the-minute fashion pieces like a gold and silver body suit by designer Pam Hogg, who also designs second skin stage wear for the singer Jessie J.
Councillor Cherry Beath (Lib-Dem, Combe Down), Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, said: “This is a really imaginative celebration of how sport and fashion are intertwined – with eye-catching examples such as Serena Williams’ vivid blue tennis dress transforming the look on the court, and the Victoria Beckham-designed ‘hoody’ gown which appears to take inspiration from the world of boxing.
“From the race track to the catwalk to the high street – there’s a shared thread running through all these elements which the ‘Sport and Fashion’ exhibition explores. Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Fashion Museum is proud to be showing some iconic garments connected with such high profile names in the sporting and fashion arenas, including Maria Kirilenko and Stella McCartney.”
A one-off photographic display will run alongside the “Sport and Fashion” exhibition profiling the work of the influential stylist Ray Petri who created Buffalo, a design collective of young talented photographers, stylists and models in the 1980s. Petri’s ground-breaking work – putting together a signature look mixing up sportswear and fashion – created a cool aesthetic and produced some of the most famous front covers of the iconic magazine “The Face”.
The “Sport and Fashion” exhibition opens on 4 February 2012. The Fashion Museum is open daily from 10.30am to 4pm (exit 5pm). For more information visit http://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk or call 01225 477789.
