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06
February 2006
Gold
Pants Among Kylie's
Minogue's
Treasures
Kylie
Minogue's
dressing room has gone
on display at the
Victoria and Albert
Museum - alongside
treasures such as her
minuscule gold lame
hotpants.
The
exhibition features 200
objects and will allow
fans to see just how
tiny the Princess of
Pop, 38, really
is.
Highlights
include the star's white
hooded jumpsuit from her
2001 Can't Get You Out
Of My Head video. The
vintage gold hotpants,
which cost just 50p but
resurrected Kylie's
career, are from her
Spinning Around (2000)
video.
Kylie
- The Exhibition begins
in 1988 with the tomboy
mechanic overalls she
wore as Charlene in
Neighbours. There is
also the white dress
from the singer's first
single with Stock Aitken
and Waterman.
The
exhibition is brought up
to date with her pink
Galliano corset and
Dolce & Gabbana
leopard print catsuit
from her Showgirl
Homecoming tour. The
singer's recent feather
dresses and ostrich
feather head-dresses are
also on
display.
The
dressing room is based
on Kylie's backstage
area at Wembley from her
comeback Showgirl
Homecoming tour, which
followed her recovery
from breast cancer. Her
dressing table is
cluttered with make-up
brushes, good luck
cards, and a Kylie Says
Relax mug while shelves
are lined with Teddy
bears and
shoes.
A
silk screen dress,
featuring many of her
best-known images, has
been especially designed
for the exhibition, for
which the Victoria and
Albert Museum has been
criticised for dumbing
down.
Kylie
is attending Tuesday
night's private view
despite her heartbreak
over her split with
boyfriend Olivier
Martinez.
She
says: "The V&A is
renowned for its superb
fashion and performance
collections and there
isn't a better place for
this exhibition to be
launched in the UK. I
feel honoured to have
such an important part
of my career, and
something so personal to
me, being recognised in
this way."
Kylie
adds: "What I imagine
people will want to see
is the wear and tear,
the ingrained make-up
after 50 shows, where
the audio-pack rubs -
these are the things
that for me bring the
costumes to
life."
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