Poets in Vogue

Uncover the relationship between the language of poets and the clothes they wear in this free exhibition at Southbank Centre.

Poets in Vogue presents the fashion worlds and poetic work of seven women poets through a series of displays. The clothing on display include a skirt that belonged to Sylvia Plath, a reconstruction of Anne Sexton’s red ‘reading dress’, creative interpretations of Audre Lorde’s, Edith Sitwell’s and Stevie Smith’s signature looks, a fabric-adaptation of a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks and the clothes-performances of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

The exhibition is curated by Sophie Oliver, Sarah Parker and Gesa Werner and is on loan from The Second Shelf, a feminist rare bookstore.