Hollywood costume exhibition in London

This ground-breaking exhibition includes over 100 of the most iconic and unforgettable film characters from a century of Hollywood filmmaking, 1912–2012. 'Hollywood Costume' takes us on a three-gallery journey from Charlie Chaplin through the Golden Age of Hollywood to the cutting-edge design for 'Avatar and 'John Carter of Mars'.

Act 1, Deconstruction, puts us in the shoes of the costume designer and illuminates the process of designing a character from script to screen;

Act 2, Dialogue, examines the key collaborative role of the costume designer within the creative team;

Act 3, Finale, celebrates the most beloved characters in the history of Hollywood and the ‘silver screen’.
These galleries are filled with cinema costumes that have never left the private and archival collections in California. Most of these clothes have never been publicly displayed and have never been seen beyond the secure walls of the studio archives.

20 October 2012 - 27 January 2013 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.