"With the tenth anniversary of David Bowie's death coming up early next year, more than a few fans will have their minds on a pilgrimage to mark the occasion. Perhaps with that very time frame in mind, the V&A East Storehouse in London has just opened the David Bowie Center. Run by the Victoria and Albert Museum, to which Bowie left an archive of about 90,000 of his possessions,"
"Some of the featured objects, like the suits Bowie wore in his videos for 'Life on Mars?' and 'Let's Dance' or the crystal ball he held aloft as Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth, may well be recognizable even to casual Bowie appreciators. Longer-term fans will surely recognize the outlandish but elegant Kansai Yamamoto-designed costumes that visually defined personae like Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane,"
The V&A East Storehouse in London has opened the David Bowie Center, run by the Victoria and Albert Museum, housing items from Bowie's archive of about 90,000 possessions. The center will rotate a few hundred artifacts at a time and make a range of items available on request to visitors. Exhibits include iconic stage costumes, film props, and musical instruments, such as suits from music videos, the Labyrinth crystal ball, Kansai Yamamoto designs, an Alexander McQueen Union Jack frock, metal angel wings from the Glass Spider Tour, and electronic instruments like a Stylophone used on "Space Oddity."
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