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On Monday morning, our course took a trip to London with the main agenda to see the Horst exhibition at the V&A. It was the first thing I did in the day, yet however, was not my favourite. I thought the composition of the photographs were rather minimalist; the photographs themselves, personally, seemed nothing I have not seen before; almost lacking a sort of striking creativity. Despite that, I did enjoy the part of the gallery were it was practically an entire Vogue archive showroom. It was interesting to see the contrast of modern Vogue front covers to what they used to be like, many even had different fonts and font sizes - there was not much of a clear consistency, compared to what there is today.
After the V&A we explored the Natural History and Science Museums; which were so much fun, made us feel as though we were four again; thrilled by a huge globe that had the ability to spin and illuminate in colours. We also took the opportunity to have lunch at the Science museum, as after an elongated coach journey, we were eager and tired as ever for lunch. The food was lovely, we even managed to get a good deal (it's a student life) with a two course meal and drink for £15, not too bad.
Afterwards, we explored the National Portrait Gallery, were the Grayson Perry exhibition is being held. After watching the documentary of his process of producing such portraits, it was really quite exciting to see them in person. And most of which almost looked a lot better than they did on television, for example, the episode were he researched for a portrait of a transgender boy seemed quite humdrum, pretty ordinary. Yet in reality, the detail was so intricate and definitive, it was really impressive! If you have not watched the Grayson Perry series on Channel 4 or seen the exhibition I highly recommend that you do both!
We also had some spare time were we travelled round to check out the Burberry store, Regent Street. This was mainly because we've spent so much time analysing and commenting on store and the brand, that we were all intrigued to see it for ourselves. When we first entered the shop it actually took us a while to find the grand archway, were the digital screening was held and the impressive instore merchandising was presented. Yet, once we did, we were all glad we made that extra tram journey to see it.