Alice Cicolini worked as a curatorial consultant to the festival director, Di Robson. She was involved in the commissioning of Utterly Elegant.
A late night celebration of quintessential British style: they asked the public to “come in your finest clothes to catch the eye of fashion photographer Marius Hansen, reviving the V&A’s Day of Record series.” They could get advice from celebrity stylist Grace Woodward, or join Noel Stewart’s millinery workshop to complete their look, or they could be led on an elegant whirlwind performance by dANTE or dIE, or take a twirl on the Road Show’s outdoor Ballroom.