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Immersive Vogue show lifts curtain on catwalks past and present

Exhibition at London venue Lightroom explores inner workings of runway shows since early 20th century

When the immersive London exhibition venue Lightroom announced The Moonwalkers, a high-budget production narrated by Tom Hanks charting the first landing on the lunar surface, the aim was to allow visitors to relive those historic small steps and the “giant leap for mankind”. From Victoria Beckham to Vivienne Westwood, Jacquemus to Jean Paul Gaultier, Christopher John Rogers to Comme des Garçons, the list of names is encyclopaedic. “It’s fitting to host this Lightroom experience within skipping distance of Central Saint Martins, where so many of the UK’s fashion students begin their journeys to becoming designers we know and love,” said Chioma Nnadi, the head of editorial content at British Vogue, who could have been referencing Alexander McQueen, who graduated from the the London art school in 1992.

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