Crown to Couture will see dazzling contemporary couture worn by celebrities including Lizzo and Lady Gaga, displayed alongside beautiful historic costume, highlighting parallels between the world of the red carpet and the Royal Court.
The Silver Tissue Dress is a rare example of fashion worn at the court of Charles II and will be loaned from the Fashion Museum collection for the duration of the exhibition. Handmade of fine silk woven with silver thread, it is believed to have been worn to court by a young Lady Theophila Harris and is one of very few complete dresses from the seventeenth century. Crown to Couture will be one of the largest exhibitions ever staged at Kensington Palace, with over two hundred stunning objects filling the palace’s spectacular historic State Apartments. We can’t wait!
