Taylor Swift has followed in Naomi Campbell’s footsteps to have her own exhibition at the V&A London.
As her Eras tour roars on, fans of Taylor, 34, will get the chance to be up, close and personal with outfits and memorabilia from her previous tours and music videos.
Original items from Taylor’s different musical eras have been integrated into galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington.
Costumes, guitars and more from Taylor’s archive have been curated into the ‘Songbook Trail’ exhibition which will open on July 27.
Of the Trail, Kate Bailey, the senior curator of theatre and performance at the V&A, said: ‘There’s so many really iconic objects and looks worn by Taylor across her career from her breakout moment in country.
Taylor Swift, 34, has followed in Naomi Campbell’s footsteps to have her own exhibition at the V&A London
As her Eras tour roars on, fans of Taylor will get the chance to be up, close and personal with outfits and memorabilia from her previous tours and music videos
‘It’s wonderful to be able to share her musicality and her microphone. So, many, many things.’
‘The V&A feels like the perfect stage for a Taylor Swift trail. I think there´s so many touchpoints within Taylor´s work that respond to art, literature, history.
‘There’s so many ways that we can kind of interpret and layer and present Taylor´s work here.’
Some of the items that will be on show date back to 2007 when Taylor was just a mere supporting act.
These particular items are pale blue heart-adorned cowboy boots, turquoise dress and a Taylor acoustic guitar made of koa wood.
All of Taylor’s pieces will be scattered in amongst the V&A’s priceless works of art, fashion, photography, furniture, performance, architecture, and ceramics.
A purple skirt and pink and green sequined jacket from the 2015 tour of her Grammy-winning 1989 album are in a case next to a painting by the High Renaissance artist Raphael.
A jumper from her Cardigan music video sits in front of a piano in a gallery of landscape paintings.
Original items from Taylor’s different musical eras have been integrated into galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington
Costumes, guitars and more from Taylor’s archive have been curated into the ‘Songbook Trail’ exhibition which will open on July 27
Of the Trail, V&A said: ‘There’s so many really iconic objects and looks worn by Taylor across her career from her breakout moment in country…’
‘It’s wonderful to be able to share her musicality and her microphone. So, many, many things…’
‘The V&A feels like the perfect stage for a Taylor Swift trail. I think there´s so many touchpoints within Taylor´s work that respond to art, literature, history…’
V&A’s senior curator of theatre and performance, Kate Bailey, finished: ‘There’s so many ways that we can kind of interpret and layer and present Taylor’s work here’
All of Taylor’s pieces will be scattered in amongst the V&A’s priceless works of art, fashion, photography, furniture, performance, architecture, and ceramics
In summer 2023, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City presented Taylor Swift: Storyteller, featuring a different array of costumes and objects spanning her career
The Cinderella-like yellow gown from Taylor’s 2022 Bejeweled music video is displayed in the Prince Consort Gallery.
And a stage costume from her Reputation Tour – complete with snake microphone – sits proudly in the British Gallery.
In summer 2023, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City presented Taylor Swift: Storyteller, featuring a different array of costumes and objects spanning her career.
Taylor Swift’s Songbook Trail exhibition at the V&A South Kensington will be open from July 27 to September 8.
Taylor Swift’s Songbook Trail exhibition at the V&A South Kensington will be open from July 27 to September 8
