A Doll's House by Viktor & Rolf

I went to the opening preview of The Viktor & Rolf exhibition at the Barbican. It was quite amazing! I love the doll's house - I think every girl loves a doll's house. I had so many dolls when I was little, and my mum would make matching clothes for me and my dolls. I never had my own doll's house and was jealous of one girl who had a German doll house. Viktor & Rolf's doll house is 6m-high with three floors, endless rooms and it feels very luxurious and empty at the same time. There are 55 porcelain dolls living in the house. The dolls are only 2 feet high, with human hair and are made by hand by master craftsman Mr. B. Terrie. Each doll is designed & styled after the model who originally wore the outfit and the dolls have the same make-up that was worn in the catwalk show. The dresses are a true replica - everything is made to scale and even the original leather is used to make the shoes.I keep thinking of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and everything that Nora felt. Dolls can be so beautiful but have a very scary side to them especially the porcelain doll. One of exhibits had a doll surrounded by broken porcelain. In Viktor and Rolf's work there is lots of dark humour, and there is a lot of it in the way the models are displayed as porcelain dolls. It's eerie and adorable at the same time!Of course an exhibition like this attracts fabulous people. I spotted super stylish Roisin Murphy. She's a true fashionista and a wonderful singer!...and one of my favourite people: Gok Wan!Girls in Viktor & Rolf