Artsview Productions, London, UKThe Victoria & Albert museums Dress Collection Film/Video © Artsview Productions Ltd 2003
 
The Victoria and Albert Museum
 

"..it's fantastic
to have a piece in
the V&A Collection"

 Paul Smith, Fashion Designer
Paul Smith
Paul Smith, Fashion Designer
Fashion Designer
Artsview has produced a 52 minute film
featuring the V&A’s world renowned Dress Collection. This film takes viewers behind the scenes explaining the functions of its various departments and how it operates through its dedicated curators and staff.		 The Victoria and Albert Museum
  We learn about acquisition, exhibitions and the Collection’s role as reference and resource for
theatre, film and contemporary fashion
designers. Professor Ribeiro and Paul Smith
among others, extol its virtues.		 Margaret Scott, Assistant Curator, with wedding outfit  
We learn of the Collection’s importance and its
relevance in the field of education, and how it is
revered by designers, students and teachers
alike.		  
  Catwalk model in the V&A fashion show "Men in Skirts" An extremely important activity is conservation. The film shows in great detail, work on the famous Paquin dress which starred in the V&A’s Art Deco exhibition. The conservation of this dress took approximately 300 hours!

Professor Ribeiro with Lucy Johnston, doing research for a New York exhibition
This unique look at a familiar collection is now
available on DVD from this website or through the V&A shop - a must for all fashion aficionados! Susan North, Senior Curator of Fashion with shoe display
  400 years of fashion - anatomy of a collection
 DVD - 52 minutes £18.99
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