Freddie Mercury in the Made in Heaven music video. Photography by Simon Fowler © Mercury Songs Ltd
It's a kind of magic: Eight outfits worn by musician and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury go on show in a free display at the V&A South Kensington this autumn.
Freddie Mercury | Splendid Things marks what would have been the singer's 80th birthday by showcasing some of his looks from the 1970s-80s, spanning both his time in Queen and his solo career.
Freddie Mercury, Magic Tour 1986. Photograph by Denis O’Regan
Similar to the museum's 2024 Taylor Swift | Songbook Trail, the display is spread throughout the building. The trail has six stops, each showcasing a different high of Mercury's career within a dramatic setting in the museum's galleries — specially-placed mannequins posed to channel Mercury's stage presence.
