During this week I had to visit some exhibitions on my way to discover my own designing style. I went to several exhibitions, starting with Kensington Palace.
Kensington Palace is a royal residence and a museum with showcases, including costumes and dresses worn by the Royals. What I found interesting were the two gowns worn by Princess Diana and Princess Margaret. I really liked the detail of this black dress and the shape of it. The antique furnitures of the palace were a must see for me too, because their shapes were not ordinary. For example, I remember this amazing couch that had an S-shape. 
After the palace, I visited the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). For me, the V&A is one of the best museums in the world. It always has interesting exhibitions for people with different interests and taste. Since I’ve been in the V&A before and I’ve seen most of the exhibits, I chose to go to two exhibitions: Wedding dresses 1775-2014 and Horst- Photographer of Style. The first one was like a fashion trip back in time. I had the opportunity to see iconic wedding dresses and accessories designed by my favourite designed and worn by famous celebrities. The Dior outfit worn by Gwen Stefani and the John Galliano couture wedding dress worn by Kate Moss were the ones that captured my interest. Although I have seen them before in magazines, they looked even better live. The wedding accessories were a great source of inspiration for me because of the complexity of the materials and the shapes. 
When I finished with this exhibition, I went to the presentation of Horst’s work. Horst is one of the 20th century’s master photographers. What I really enjoyed was seeing how his work developed over the years. Although in the early 30’s photographs were in black and white and fashion was totally different from now, the pictures remain timeless. He had the ability to create illusions and a unique atmosphere and he didn’t even had the tools that we have today (Photoshop, etc). Apart from the Haute Couture portfolio, he also worked with Salvador Dalí, one of my favourite artists of all times, and they presented the female body in a surrealistic way, fragmented and very erotic. 
The next stop was the Design Museum. I visited the Women Fashion Power exhibition, which illustrated how powerful women of the past have used fashion to empower themselves and enhance their position to the world. In this exhibition the exhibits were wonderful, but it wasn’t them that inspired me. What inspired me was the message of this exhibition. Fashion is not just about clothing or to put something on and look great. It is more than that. Through fashion you can tell something to the world. You can express your point of view and you can demonstrate if you feel that there is something wrong with the world.
Somerset House was my next stop. I visited the EGON SCHIELE: THE RADICAL NUDE exhibition. I always admired Shiele for his drawing abilities, but I never realised how good he was. Shiele had a different approach to nude figures. His drawings are abstract, but still a bit detailed. I liked the colours he used to make them more alive.
Last but not least, I went to Barbican and among all the exhibitions that take place there, I chose the Constructing Worlds: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age one, since Architecture is one of the greatest sources of inspiration for me. It was an architectural journey through the 20th and 21st century. What I really enjoyed was the fact that although the buildings were famous, the photographers presented them through their own eyes. My favourite photograph was a landscape of rubbish and habitations in Cairo by Bas Princen.
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