FREE EVENT

Fashion icon Vivienne Westwood is holding an exclusive audience at Sheffield Hallam University on Wednesday 28 May at 3pm.

She will read the various parts of her cultural manifesto on stage with local performing arts students on the eve of the launch of her international exhibition at the Millennium Galleries.

Her manifesto, called Active Resistance to Propaganda, is full of ideas about art and culture and is played out by 26 characters including Alice in Wonderland and Pinocchio.

Tickets to this exclusive event are FREE but limited to two per application, so they must be reserved in advance on a first come first served basis.

FREE refreshments will be served pre and post-event. Register now by calling 0114 225 4957 or email events@shu.ac.uk.

Please contact the University's Corporate Events Team on 0114 225 4957 or events@shu.ac.uk.

Meanwhile, check out the manifesto at www.activeresistance.co.uk

I visited The Vivienne Westwood Exhibition in The Winter Gardens yesterday. This is the second time Ive been this year. I believe it finishes at the end of September. I am not a fan of hers, but to see her creations , is something else.! I was never into Punk Rock, but she combines such unusual materials together, like Harris Tweed with silk or leather. Some of the outfits are quite erotic, but very interesting and startling. Well worth a visit.:thumbsup:

oooo, thanks for the reminder Patricia, I definitely want to try and visit before it finishes. I had a peek in the lovely shop in town (Division street I think) to drool over some of her current items - was v tempted :)

I'm not particularly into fashion designers either. But I did see some of the baby punk items on sale in the millenium gallery and was tempted to buy one for little Ouija.

I went along a few weeks ago with a group of friends that used to fashion designers in London and their hangers on and was suitable impressed with the exhibition if not the price to get in. It however had nothing on the Beat Goes On exhibition I saw in Liverpool last month on music/ bands from Liverpool from the 40's to the present day. I was disappointed with the Slavery museum there though they could have learned a thing or two about how to display items from the former. To say I did my thesis on Racism and Slavery I found it very underwhelming.

I found the exhibition a bit disappointing. Obviously the clothes were amazing but I thought they could have been displayed a lot better. When the labels are telling you about the detail on the clothes and then you can't even get round the back to see. I thought it could've been laid out in a different way so that viewing things properly was possible.


I still wanted absolutely everything there though...must remember to buy a lottery ticket....!!

roughly how long does it take to get round? I really want to go to this and just haven't got there yet, but can't get there till about an hour before closing this week, will that be long enough do you think?

Yeah I reckon you can do it within an hour

you could get round in an hour easily!

i went last month and it wasnt as big an exhibition as i imagined, but then theres always some things that grab more attention than others so your time will be split according to your personal taste.

your challenge, should you go, is to work out which bit was my favourite! :P:hihi:


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you could get round in an hour easily!

i went last month and it wasnt as big an exhibition as i imagined, but then theres always some things that grab more attention than others so your time will be split according to your personal taste.

your challenge, should you go, is to work out which bit was my favourite! :P:hihi:


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I bet I could!!

May scarper a bit early from work tomorrow then!

For anyone who still wants to go, I think the exhibitions ends on Sun 21st Sep.

I am gonna check it out tomorrow.:)