Chatsworth House in Derbyshire has housed
some of the most fashionable women English society has ever laid eyes upon. And
now for the first time in the stately home’s history, Chatsworth, home to the
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, is staging its largest ever exhibition
celebrating some of those stylish ladies, in ‘House
Style: Five Centuries Of Fashion At Chatsworth.’
Curated by couture enthusiast and
editor at large of American Vogue, Hamish Bowles, the exhibition brings
together a variety of special Haute Couture pieces as well as clothes treasured
by the Cavendish family who have lived at Chatsworth for generations. Gowns by
Jean-Phillipe Worth, Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen feature inside while
Gucci and Vetements make a surprise appearance too. Gucci shot their Cruise
2017 collection in the gardens of Chatsworth and are also the main sponsors of
the exhibition which charts the outfits of the famous women who have swept
through the house’s halls - the most famous being Georgiana the 5th
Duchess of Devonshire. Described as the “Empress of Fashion,” Georgiana was a
national style icon and socialite during the eighteenth century. And a fun fact
for you, she was also the great-great-great-great-aunt of Princess Diana,
another woman known for her immaculate sense of style.
As well as Georgiana, model Stella
Tennant, granddaughter of Andrew Cavendish the 11th Duke of Devonshire, Adele
Astaire, sister to Fred, and the notorious Mitford sisters are just a few other
famous names whos clothes are featured in the exhibition. For those of you who
were wondering, the six Mitfords sisters were the Kardashians of their day. The
siblings were the cause of widespread controversy through their dalliances with
Adolf Hitler, politician Oswald Mosley and Esmond Romilly, Winston Churchill's
nephew. Nobody could have accused them of being boring.
“Chatsworth is a real treasure
house and the characters of generations of Cavendish family members who have
peopled its rooms and gardens and landscapes is revealed as vividly through
their choice of clothing and adornments, as through the canvases and lenses of
the great artists and photographers who have memorialised them through the centuries,”
Hamish Bowles told Vogue regarding the exhibition. Fashion, art, history…
what’s not to love?
House Style: Five Centuries
Of Fashion At Chatsworth is open until the 22nd October,
2017.
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