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Oriole Cullen & Leonie Bell

  • 18/11/2023
  • St Margaret's
Oriole Cullen and Leonie Bell in conversation at Festival of Fashion in 2023
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Close-up of Oriole Cullen and Leonie Bell on-stage at Festival of Fashion in 2023

Paris-Scotland: Gabrielle Chanel’s Love Affair with Scottish Savoir-Faire

A V&A power conversation between Oriole Cullen – Curator of the V&A’s current sell-out exhibition Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto – and Leonie Bell, Director of V&A Dundee – about Chanel’s love affair with textiles in Scotland and the borders. V&A Dundee’s current exhibition, Tartan, features a couture piece by Chanel in that typically Scottish fabric, and her iconic suits gave some inimitable French style to British tweed.

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