While visiting the National to see Three Sisters in early January we were hunting for a slice of cake and came across this wonderful little exhibition about the costume department. We worth a stop off to take a look if you are in the vicinity - the skill you can see on show is wonderful and you can get really close and see the detail. The first outfit is from Follies - that headdress is so huge, I couldn’t fit it all in one picture; the second is a close up of the embroidery on Sophie Okonedo’s coat from the fabulous production of Antony and Cleopatra; the final headdress I didn’t note the production it is from but shows the detail that goes into the smallest item.
