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Club to Catwalk explores the creative explosion of London fashion in the 1980s. London fashion began to create a stir internationally and the risk-taking designers behind the styles remain some of the most influential figures in fashion today.

Upon entering the Club to Catwalk exhibition I sensed a true feeling of nostalgia, hearing music that I had heard my mum play on the vinyl player when I was a lot younger. The amount of bright colours that were displayed around the exhibition were very bright, bold and mixed. Looking around the exhibition I was quite astonished by the amount of clashing colours and tacky accessories that were worn in that era, but when I looked closer into detail about the various sub-cultures (Pop, Goth, Glam Fetish, Hard times etc..) I realised that a lot of this culture and style is still a big part of todays fashion.

I found this exhibition exceptionally different to any other, it was fun, exciting, colourful, bold and playful. I found it very interesting and found it easy to get into the whole 80's vibe, which really helps with my understanding of how the 80's was like. I found a new love for the work of Katharine Hamnett, who uses bold statements that often revolve around the political side of Britain - purely to get her opinion across. I also really liked the Evening dress "Birds wing" by Anthony Price, who had designed garments for Duran Duran The Birds wing dress amazed me with the geometric shape to it, Anthony Price had said "I am an architect, I build frocks" and this is definitely see-able within his work, the structure of the dress produces a very bold and sophisticated statement.