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A love letter to ‘Debo’: Erdem exhibition celebrates Duchess of Devonshire’s style
Chatsworth House show based on imagined conversation explores youngest Mitford sister’s love of chickens and Elvis
The exhibition is an imagined conversation between Deborah Cavendish and the British-Turkish designer Erdem Moralıoğlu, whose last spring/summer show was a love letter to “Debo”, her wardrobe and the estate in Derbyshire of which she was chatelaine until her death, aged 94, in 2014. Photograph: Courtesy Chatsworth House TrustPractical and glamorous, she fits the mould of Moralıoğlu’s inspirations – he often looks to unconventional women throughout history and this exhibition, complete with an evocation of his studio, is lifting the lid on Erdem, a “fashion nerd’” and thoughtful designer, and his process. Photograph: Courtesy Chatsworth House TrustThe concept of make do and mend was central to the duchess, and finds its way into Moralıoğlu’s collection via a sense of done-undoneness.
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