The Dress of the Year

Fashions by Mary Quant, Ossie Clark, Jean Muir, BodyMap, John Galliano, Rifat Ozbek, Paul Smith, Julien McDonald, Versace and Tom Ford are on display at the Fashion Museum.

These are all pieces from the museum’s famous Dress of the Year collection: each year since 1963 a fashion expert has chosen the best fashions in the world for the museum collection. New selections for 2006, 2007 and 2008 are included.

The collection now includes over 50 pieces along with some stunning accessories. A must see is a grey flannel button-through pinafore dress by Mary Quant from 1963 chosen by the Fashion Writers' Association.

Lucy Yeomans, editor of the glossy fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar, has chosen a dress designed by Antonio Berardi for the coveted title of Dress Of The Year 2009. Gwyneth Paltrow wore Berardi’s Dress Of The Year for the premiere of her film Two Lovers in Paris in November 2008. The black and white trompe l’oeil corset dress featuring lace panelling was originally shown in Berardi’s Spring/Summer 2009 collection.

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