"Anyone looking for Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and The Man Who Sold The World can now find all of David Bowie's personas in the same place a vast warehouse in East London. This weekend saw the opening of the David Bowie Centre in London's Stratford. It's home to an archive of 90,000 items that belonged to the iconic British rock star, who died in 2016."
"One such costume is a delicately embroidered silk cream jacket that Bowie wore on the Ziggy Stardust tour, which was created for him by Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto as well as the pants and booties Bowie wore to complete the outfit. Nearby is a Harptone 12-string Jumbo acoustic guitar, which has scratches on it and a broken string, and which was used in one of Bowie's videos for his hit Space Oddity."
The David Bowie Centre opened in Stratford, East London, housing an archive of 90,000 items that belonged to David Bowie. The collection includes costumes such as a Kansai Yamamoto-embroidered silk jacket from the Ziggy Stardust tour, matching pants and booties, and instruments like a Harptone 12-string Jumbo acoustic guitar used in a Space Oddity video. The archive contains thousands of Bowie’s notes and drawings, fan art, and personal items including the key to an apartment he shared with Iggy Pop in Berlin. Curators have continued to discover new materials, including plans for a tentative musical called the Spectator.
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