Went to the exhibit of Madonna's dance and movie costumes at the Old Truman Brewery last week. A weird place with Madonna's music blaring- seemed like some uber-fan's industrial size loft at first. It was pretty hokey overall- but very cool. I'm not a major fan, but I definitely left in the M-zone. Up close you could see the wear and tear on the costumes. I can't really imagine today's Madonna running around in these polyester get-up's. Guess everyone's gotta start somewhere. Most dresses were designed by Adrianne Phillips. A lot of Evita dresses, the infamous red material girl dress, Jean Paul Gautier's Tasseled Teddy. Each of the mannequins were accompanied by a mini-me Barbie doll wearing the exact same outfit- kind weird. Highlights were what I call the 'Kitchen Sink Dress' (pictured here from the back) this was from the 'Like a Virgin' tour. A wall full of magazine covers with Madonna on the cover from over the years, Concert paraphernalia, divorce papers from Sean Penn, Concert t-shirts and posters from the beginning of Madonna-time, and 'Desperately Seeking Susan' dolls (who knew?).
