Seeing as this weekend may be my last opportunity to see the Kylie Exhibition at the Manchester Art Gallery on Mosley Street, AND it's Manchester Gay Pride weekend (I doubt that's a coincidence) I decided to get in during the week and catch the 'show' before it gets packed out on the weekend. Accompanied by my friend Helen, we entered the Gallery to find two large rooms displaying the costumes and pictures of Kylie through her career, including the 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' jumpsuit and of course the gold hot pants from 'Spinning Around' in 2000. (These, by the way, in real life appear much more orange/bronze than they do in the videoclip.) Included in the free (yep, free!) exhibition are two screens where you can see 'behind the scenes' footage and the Showgirl tour. Also, there is a wardrobe room where little girls can dress up in all sorts of Kylie type clothes. For any fans of Kylie, it was a real treat - and most if not all the costumes will be familiar. I'd always heard that Kylie is not tall (she's 5 foot) - but she's also really tiny in width - the showgirl corsets being barely bigger than my arm!Kylie may be bashful about the popularity of such an exhibition, but thank god someone kept all those costumes - it really was a fun stroll down pop history!
Did you know that those hot pants cost her 50 pence!!!! What a bargain considering how much publicity they attracted and then all that money she earned...lucky cow.. of course it helps her arse is very cute! Unlike my derriere!
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50p well spent. I neglected to mention it on my blog, but she's worn them at least twice before the video - and the crotch is quite worn!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing to see all the clothes and even more amazing is that she doesn't appear to have ever put on any weight in 20 years - VERY lucky cow!