SKIN+BONES: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture

Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Hussein Chalayan are taking part in a new exhibition, SKIN+BONES: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture, Vogue UK reports.

SKIN+BONES: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture opens at London's Somerset House next April. The show featuring around 200 works will focus on "visual and conceptual ideas that unite fashion and architecture, dating from the 1980s to the present day."

Works include iconic garments, three-dimensional architectural models and film footage arranged in a series of themes such as shelter, identity, folding and draping - within a new installation designed by Eva Jiricna in the house's grounds. Boudicca, Comme des Garcons, Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, Junya Watanabe, and Yohji Yamamoto are also involved, while Zaha Hadid, David Adjaye, Frank Gehry and Thomas Heatherwick are flying the flag for the architects.

SKIN+BONES: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture runs from April 24 to August 10 2008 at Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA; for more information, visit http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/