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2025

Royal Style in the Making: The art of dressing icons

Start Date
15 March 2025
End Date
04 January 2026
Venue
Hillsborough Castle
Location
Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
Curator
Claudia Acott Williams
Floor-length, sleeveless gown with a fitted bodice and wide straps, featuring a soft ivory or off-white base colour. The dress is richly embellished with gold floral embroidery that cascades symmetrically down the front and continues onto the train, adding elegance and texture.

2021

Royal Style in the Making

Start Date
03 June 2021
End Date
02 January 2022
Venue
Kensington Palace, Historic Royal Palaces
Location
London, UK
Curator
Matthew Storey
On display is the wedding dress of Diana, Princess of Wales. The dress is an ivory with puss sleeves and a bow in the middle of the collar.

2025

Dress Codes: Decoding the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection

Start Date
13 March 2025
End Date
30 November 2025
Venue
Kensington Palace
Location
London, UK
Curator
Matthew Storey
A collection of clothing from Lady Diana's collection. In hues of green, red and white outfits made up in dresses, blazers and skirts.

2024

The Indian Army at the Palace

Start Date
15 September 2023
End Date
29 September 2024
Venue
Kensington Palace
Location
London, UK
Curator
Rav Singh and Dr Tej Pal Singh Ralmill
Exhibition Lead
Zakira Begum
Red soldier's uniform displayed on a mannequin

Untold Lives: A Palace at Work

Start Date
14 March 2024
End Date
27 October 2024
Venue
Kensington Palace
Location
London, UK
Curator
Dr Mishka Sinha
Mannequin with a lilac dress on display among other objects in case

2021

The Princesses’ Pantomimes

Start Date
25 November 2021
End Date
31 January 2022
Venue
Windsor Castle
Location
London, U.K.

2023

Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians

Start Date
21 April 2023
End Date
08 October 2023
Venue
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Anna Reynolds

Crown to Couture

Start Date
05 April 2023
End Date
29 October 2023
Venue
Kensington Palace, Historic Royal Palaces
Location
London, U.K.
Curator
Polly Putnam and Claudia Acott-Williams
Designer
Joseph Bennett
Gallery view showing mannequins wearing historical dress

2009

Dressed to Rule: Imperial Robes of China

Start Date
17 April 2009
End Date
06 September 2009
Venue
National Gallery of Victoria
Location
Melbourne, Australia

2019

Majesty & Mystery: Saving a Napoleonic Court Gown

Start Date
05 February 2019
End Date
13 April 2019
Venue
FIDM Museum
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Curator
Kevin Jones
A white empress-style dress is worn on a white mannequin. Illustrated pattern cuttings are printed onto the wall behind the dress. The caption 'PIECING HISTORY TOGETHER' is printed near the bottom of the wall in large font.

2011

The Duchess of Cambridge’s Wedding Dress, Jewellery and Accessories

Start Date
23 July 2011
End Date
03 October 2011
Venue
Buckingham Palace
Location
London, UK
Exhibition display ofwhite wedding dress with long train

The Queen and The Painter, His Wife and Her Wedding Dress

Start Date
09 April 2011
End Date
03 October 2011
Venue
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Location
Aberdeen, UK

2012

Grace Kelly: Style Icon (Touring)

Start Date
11 March 2012
End Date
17 June 2012
Venue
Bendigo Art Gallery
Location
Bendigo, Australia
Curator
Jenny Lister
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins and images

2019

Treasures from the Palace Museum: The Flourishing of China in the 18th Century

Start Date
15 March 2019
End Date
30 May 2019
Venue
Moscow Kremlin Museums
Location
Moscow, Russia
Exhibition display of paintings and dress

2011

Court and Fashionable Dress

Start Date
30 March 2011
End Date
30 October 2011
Venue
Waddesdon Manor
Location
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK

2009

Rudolf Noureev: 1938-1993, La Trame D’une Vie
(Rudolf Noureev: 1938-1993, La Trame D’une Vie)

Start Date
09 May 2009
End Date
11 November 2009
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa
Designer
Ezio Frigerio

Opéras Russes, À L’aube Des Ballets Russes, 1901-1913
(Russian Operas, At the Dawn of the Russian Ballets, 1901-1913)

Start Date
12 December 2009
End Date
16 May 2010
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Delphine Pinasa and Martine Kahane
Designer
Giuliano Spinelli
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2013

Costumer Le Pouvoir À L’opéra Et Au Cinéma (Costumer Le Pouvoir À L’opéra Et Au Cinéma)

Start Date
26 January 2013
End Date
20 May 2013
Venue
Centre National du Costume de Scene
Location
Moulins, France
Curator
Noelle Giret and Martine Kahane
Designer
Simon De Tovar and Alain Batifoulier
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2019

Costuming The Crown

Start Date
30 March 2019
End Date
05 January 2020
Venue
Winterthur Museum
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

2011

Dress for Excess: Fashion in Regency England

Start Date
05 February 2011
End Date
05 February 2012
Venue
The Royal Pavilion
Location
Brighton, UK

2013

From Philadelphia to Monaco: Grace Kelly, Beyond the Icon

Start Date
06 June 2013
End Date
06 October 2013
Venue
McCord Museum of National History
Location
Montreal, Canada
Curator
Cynthia Cooper

Painted Pomp: Art and Fashion in the Age of Shakespeare

Start Date
26 January 2013
End Date
06 May 2013
Venue
Holburne Museum
Location
Bath, UK

2018

Royal Women

Start Date
03 February 2018
End Date
28 April 2019
Venue
Fashion Museum Bath
Location
Bath, UK

2008

Magnificence of the Tsars

Start Date
10 December 2008
End Date
29 March 2009
Venue
V&A
Location
London, England
Curator
Svetlana Amelekhina

2005

Style and Splendour: The Wardrobe of Queen Maude of Norway

Start Date
02 February 2005
End Date
08 January 2006
Venue
V&A
Location
London, England
Curator
Susan North
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2011

The Royal Wedding Dress: A Story of Great British Design

Start Date
22 July 2011
End Date
03 October 2011
Venue
Buckingham Palace
Location
London, UK

2012

Charlotte, The Forgotten Princess

Start Date
12 March 2012
End Date
10 March 2013
Venue
The Royal Pavilion
Location
Brighton, UK

2006

Unfolding Pictures

Start Date
17 November 2006
End Date
11 February 2007
Venue
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Location
London, UK

2013

The Queen’s Coronation 1953

Start Date
27 July 2013
End Date
29 September 2013
Venue
Buckingham Palace
Location
London, UK
Curator
Caroline de Guitaut

2019

Queen Victoria’s Palace

Start Date
20 July 2019
End Date
29 September 2019
Venue
Buckingham Palace
Location
London, UK
Curator
Lucy Peter
Exhibition display of dressed mannequin and artwork on stand

2018

Marie Antoinette. The Oscar-Winning Costumes of a Queen

Start Date
11 February 2018
End Date
10 June 2018
Venue
Museo del Tessuto
Location
Prato, Italy
Curator
Stefania Ricci
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

2016

Fashioning a Reign – 90 Years of Style from The Queen’s Wardrobe

Start Date
17 September 2016
End Date
08 January 2017
Venue
Buckingham Palace
Location
London, UK
Curator
Caroline de Guitaut
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins with Queen Elizabeth II garments against a backdrop

2012

Hartnell to Amies: Couture by Royal Appointment

Start Date
16 November 2012
End Date
23 February 2013
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, England
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration

Start Date
29 June 2012
End Date
06 October 2012
Venue
Buckingham Palace
Location
London, UK
Curator
Caroline de Guitaut

Britannica 1951 – 1953

Start Date
04 May 2012
End Date
24 June 2012
Venue
Selfridges
Location
London, UK
Curator
Judith Clark
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

The Game of Court

Start Date
26 March 2012
Venue
Kensington Palace
Location
London, England

Victoria Revealed

Start Date
26 March 2012
Venue
Kensington Palace
Location
London, England
Curator
Deirdre Murphy and Claudia Williams
Exhibition display of three mannequins in black garments

2019

Norman Hartnell – A Tribute

Start Date
27 September 2019
End Date
26 January 2020
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, UK
Curator
Dennis Nothdruft
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins

Victoria: Woman and Crown

Start Date
24 May 2019
End Date
05 January 2020
Venue
Kensington Palace
Location
London, England
Curator
Polly Putnam
Designer
Nissen Richards Studio
Specially commissioned installation:
Jane Wildgoose 
Exhibition display of dressed mannequins within yellow frame

2015

Rayne, Shoes for Stars

Start Date
22 May 2015
End Date
13 September 2015
Venue
Fashion and Textile Museum
Location
London, UK

2010

The Diana Dresses

Start Date
17 July 2010
End Date
09 January 2011
Venue
The Fashion Museum
Location
Bath, England

Kronprinsessa, Drottning, Kronbrud och Bröllop 2010 (Crown Princess, Queen, Bridal Crown and Wedding 2010)

Start Date
16 June 2010
End Date
12 September 2010
Venue
Röhsska Museum of Fashion, Design and Decorative Art
Location
Gothenburg, Sweden