Anne de Courcy

A love story — with clothes as heroes

Claire Wilcox recalls her years in the textile department of the V&A and the many radical couture exhibitions she curated

Finishing touches are put to Savage Beauty at the V&A, 2015 — the largest retrospective of Alexander McQueen’s work to be presented in Europe, curated by Claire Wilcox. Credit: Alamy

  • Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes

    Claire Wilcox

    Bloomsbury, pp. 304, £16

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