Immersive Vogue show lifts curtain on catwalks past and present

Exhibition at London venue Lightroom explores inner workings of runway shows since early 20th century

When the immersive London exhibition venue Lightroom announced The Moonwalkers, a high-budget production narrated by Tom Hanks charting the first landing on the lunar surface, the aim was to allow visitors to relive those historic small steps and the “giant leap for mankind”.

For the venue’s next project, the focus will be on historic steps of a very different kind. Vogue: Inventing the Runway will explore the history of the catwalk, from the intimate couture salons of the early 20th century to the all-singing, all-dancing global productions of the present.

Vogue: Inventing the Runway is at Lightroom in London from 25 October 2024.