The 'Some kind of wonderful: 80s fashion from the Darnell Collection' exhibition opens on Friday May 2 at the Rockhampton Art Gallery. 'I mean everything here is supremely beautiful.' 'I hope that when people come and see this exhibition they will walk away saying I don't think there was one ugly outfit or something I would never wear and laugh at kind of a look,' she said. She says the exhibition shows the best of the 80s. 'This is very much my contribution to the collection, along with the pieces that I bought in the 80s to wear.' 'I absolutely love the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and modern because I think it really shows how fashion is continuing in a wonderful, cyclical manner,' said Charlotte. She says she collected all the 80s outfits in the collection because Doris felt that anything past the 70s was too new for her. 'For me it really sums up a decade of extravagance.' The clothes were complimented by the sneakers and men’s fashion accessories such as gold chains and caps. Baggy clothing was a part of the hip-hop look in men. The rappers had an oversized dressing look with this hip-hop fashion. 'It's all about the quality and it's all about using exquisite fabrics whether they're synthetics or whether they're silks. The music stars of the 80’s were seen flaunting the hip-hop fashion.

'Which means that if there are big shoulder pads, it's really well proportioned. 'I think what you'll see in this exhibition and certainly with the 80s pieces in my collection is the top, top level of fashion in that decade. 'I always get very defensive when people speak rudely about the 80s and say oh that was so ugly when they had their hair up doing this and big shoulder pads and things like that,' she said. The exhibition highlights some of the most beautiful fashion items from the 80s that have become part of the collection, first started by her godmother Doris Darnell.Ĭharlotte inherited the collection in 2004 and has continued to let it grow to about 5,500 pieces. 80s style fashion illustration clip art- woman with smokey eyes, poster illustration, boutique illustration, INSTANT DOWNLOAD. 'Everything about them just oozed wealth,' she said. The Darnell Collection curator Charlotte Smith believes this is what makes the 'Some kind of wonderful' exhibition which opens this weekend at the Rockhampton Art Gallery.

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