Dundee's V&A Museum reopens with Mary Quant fashion exhibition

V&A Dundee opened its doors to visitors on Thursday for the first time in five months, launching an exhibition on iconic British fashion designer Mary Quant.

The waterfront attraction has made several adaptions to gallery spaces and public areas to allow social distancing and hygiene measures to be put in place.

The cafe remains closed, as well as the Knox Terrace viewing area, while one way systems are in place, and there are restrictions on seating areas and toilets.

There is also a small new exhibition on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.

The main attraction, though, is the eagerly anticipated celebration of Quant, who is famous for popularising the miniskirt and starting a revolution in women’s fashion.

The arrival of the 1960s-focussed main exhibition, which was previously at the museum’s namesake sister building in London, was marked by the visit of Quant’s long-time colleague Heather Tilbury Phillips.