Kylie Minogue is the focus of a new display at the Australian Music Vault, featuring six iconic costumes from her music videos.
Titled Kylie Minogue: The Music Videos, the exhibit spans more than three decades and includes designs by Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana, and Fee Doran. The display highlights key moments in Minogue’s visual career, exploring how fashion has played a central role in her pop identity.
Australian Music Vault curator Olivia Jackson said music videos allowed Minogue to push creative boundaries in a way that live performances often can’t.
“The display explores select moments from Kylie’s artistic evolution over the years,” said Jackson. “It is comprised of six costumes spanning three decades of Kylie’s career, beginning with ‘Hand On Your Heart’ (1989) and ending with ‘All the Lovers’ (2010). Kylie’s music videos have left an indelible mark on her legions of fans over the years, and this display provides an opportunity to have a close interaction with iconic costumes from these videos.”
The earliest costume is from “Hand On Your Heart” (1989), shot in Melbourne and featuring Kylie in a dress that appeared to change colour on screen. The “Did it Again” outfit (1997) represents one of four personas Kylie played in the video, reflecting media portrayals of her at the time. The “On a Night Like This” dress (2000) draws inspiration from the film Casino, showing Kylie as a glamorous mob wife.
The “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” jumpsuit (2001) became one of Kylie’s most iconic looks, designed by Fee Doran and inspired by Grace Jones. From 2004, the “I Believe in You” costume was created by Dolce & Gabbana and features in a futuristic video setting.
Finally, the “All the Lovers” outfit (2010), designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier, accompanies a video shot in Los Angeles where Kylie performs atop a mountain of bodies.
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The Australian Performing Arts Collection, which holds more than 300 Kylie costumes, supports the exhibit. The display is open at the Australian Music Vault in Arts Centre Melbourne, a free exhibition celebrating Australian contemporary music.
For deeper insight, visitors can join Collection Store Tours for behind-the-scenes access to the Performing Arts Collection, featuring rare items from Australia’s rich arts history.
