London is often regarded as a city full of inspiration, forward-thinking and bound-breaking people when it comes to fashion and style, and in the 1980s it was not an exception. At that time the city was a creative explosion of colors, patterns, styles and unique people walking down the streets.
It was a time when creativity was flowing free by fashion provocateurs such as Vivienne Westwood, Katherine Hamnett and John Galliano, and the club scene’s theatrical style icons – such as Boy George, Adam Ant and Leigh Bowery.

The capital’s vibrant and eclectic club scene was booming in the 80’s and influenced a new generation of designers. At the same time fashion took off and London’s art colleges, such as Central Saint Martins, made London designers famous for their inventiveness and their vibrant fashion began to create a stir internationally.

You can now re-discover this bold and inspirational epoch of London fashion in the 1980s through more than 85 outfits and a range of selected images in an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL, London until February 14, 2014.

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