Club To Catwalk At The V&A

(Corbin, Anita, 1985, The Cloth, Summer Summit)

The exhibition at the V&A Museum looks at how "clubbers" style in the 1980s transferred to the world of fashion. "In 1984 London Fashion Week started up. For the first time designer creations were being shown under the same roof, it put British fashion on the map in a much more professional way, and there was increased government support.But parallel to that was the appearance of a really exciting underground club culture, whereby musicians would organises club nights and the creativity with fashion on display was incredibly influential