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David Bowie Exhibition at Victoria & Albert Museum in London (PHOTOS)

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See highlights from the exhibition David Bowie Is opening in London this week, by Isabel Wilkinson

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Design by Brian Duffy and Celia Philo, make up by Pierre La Roche

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David Bowie’s on a roll: he turned 66 in January, released his first album in a decade, and now is the subject of a sweeping new exhibition, David Bowie Is, at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. The show includes 300 items from Bowie’s archives, including photographs, music videos, handwritten lyrics, and (of course) some pretty outrageous costumes. One standout: the Ziggy Stardust bodysuits designed by Freddie Burretti in 1972. See highlights from the exhibition, which opens March 23 and runs through August 11.

 

Left design by Brian Duffy and Celia Philo, make up by Pierre La Roche

(c) Duffy Archive
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Photograph by Roy Ainsworth

Courtesy of The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image (c) V&A Images
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Design by Kansai Yamamoto. Photograph by Masayoshi Sukita

(c) Sukita / The David Bowie Archive 2012
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Photograph by Terry O'Neill. Hand colouring by David Bowie.

Courtesy of The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image (c) V&A Images
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Design by David Bowie, film stills by David James

Courtesy of The David Bowie Archive 2012. Film stills (c) STUDIOCANAL Films Ltd
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Photograph by John Rowlands

(c) John Robert Rowlands
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David Bowie

(c) The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image (c) V&A Images
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David Bowie

(c) The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image (c) V&A Images
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Union Jack coat designed by Alexander McQueen in collaboration with David Bowie

Photograph by Frank W Ockenfels 3. (c) Frank W Ockenfels

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