The latest Vivienne Westwood exhibition rolls into Tokyo this week. After the acclaimed "Vivienne Westwood: 35 Years in Fashion" held at the Mori Arts Center in 2005, this show includes one of the largest fashion books ever published, and is sure to be an instant hit with Westwood's huge Japanese fan base.
Showing July 19 till Aug. 10 at Zel Cafe Gallery in Roppongi, "The Vivienne Westwood Opus Exhibition" showcases portraits of her family and friends wearing some of her majestic creations. They have all been snapped on the world's biggest Polaroid camera — 50x61 cm — the only one of its kind in Europe.
The portraits on display are all included in a suitably enormous book, "The Vivienne Westwood Opus." Coming in at 90x64 cm and weighing 25 kg, the ¥367,500 "Opus" has a print run limited to just 900 copies worldwide. Each book is personally signed and has nine different cover designs in addition to 196 pages that contain 97 portraits.