Fashioning Winter

Yesterday I went to see the Fashioning Winter exhibition at Somerset House. The admission was free so I wasn't expecting too much, however I did expect to see various displays of mannequins and clothes. To my great disappointment there was in fact very minimal on display. The exhibition was scattered around Somerset House and each location (of nine) featured a brief description about the display. The displays included: 

Winter Mode by Rebecca Arnold

Skating in Streatham by Beatrice Behlen

Skating on Film by Caroline Evans

Hobble-skirted Skaters by Professor Amy De La Haye

White Perspectives by Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov

Fashioning Narratives by Shonagh Marshall

Greetings for Christmas: Angus McBean by Alistair O'Neill

Moving Mountains by Tory Turk

Winter in Wartime by Benjamin Whyman

The best display was 'White Perspectives' as there were mannequins positioned down the spiral staircase which added a nice touch. The rest of the display had little or no complementary information other than what was written on the wall for each and I was therefore quite disheartened by the lack of visuals involved with the exhibition, and it certainly contrasted with what I thought the exhibition would be like. I suppose it was justified by it's free admission.