These mannequins, while scaled to her petit frame, are almost unable to capture how her clothes worked with her: sculpting not only to her figure, but also her spirited personality. These deeply personal moments are punctuated by mannequins wearing her playful ensembles, with pieces from noughties high-street labels like Dorothy Perkins and Karen Millen that made her both charismatic and relatable to her fans.

In the next room, a great screen plays videos of some of her best moments on stage as you read her hand-written lyrics and pick up headsets to listen to her in interview or in the recording studio. Pages from her childhood notebooks are pinned to the wall as you enter the first room her jotted poems and shopping-lists speak of the charm and wit she had as a child and flourished in her public presence in the early years of her career. The intimacy constructed by the exhibition between viewer and Amy’s dresses, interviews and music did not disappoint.įrom the moment you descend the narrow white stairwell into the exhibition, you are immediately transported into the world that was Amy’s. So, as you can imagine, I had high expectations for this celebration of her life and musical career.

Amy is my favourite artist of all time she was my number one listened-to artist on Spotify last year, and He Can Only Hold Her was my most streamed song. Yesterday I visited Amy: Beyond the Stage, the Design Museum in London’s eclectic tribute to Amy Winehouse. Amy Winehouse photographed in her bedroom by Valerie Phillips, 2003.

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