Opened to the public this weekend and sponsored by Gucci, the exhibition, 'House Style: Five Centuries of Fashion at Chatworth,' is set to be the largest exhibition ever to be held at the stately home.
Six years in the making, the house will showcase clothing from the past 500 years, highlighting couture pieces from Christian Dior and Jean-Phillipe Worth, along with items from Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Vetements and Erdem, to uniforms from Chatsworth throughout the years, as well as 19th Century fancy dress costumes and the family's wedding and coronation gowns.
Curated by Hamish Bowles, the idea for the exhibition came about when Lady Laura Burlington was searching through the textile archive for a christening gown and came across the vast collection of clothing and textiles gathered over the centuries.
"It is so exciting to see the designs become a reality for this complex and layered exhibition. Hose Style has developed over the last six years to encompass far more than we originally envisaged when we first started delving into the Chatsworth archive. I hope visitors will appreciate the scale and ambition of the exhibition, and enjoy exploring the stories that this clothing and memorabilia reveal about the Cavendish family," Lady Burlington said of the exhibition.
When it came down to the exhibition, Bowles said: "Chatsworth is a real treasure house and the characters of generations of Cavendish family members who have peopled its rooms and gardens and landscapes is revealed as vividly through their choice of clothing and adornments, as through the canvases and lenses of the great artists and photographers who have memorialised them through the centuries."
Opened March 25th to October 22nd 2017, this truly will be one of the most mesmerising exhibitions out there.
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