![]() ![]() Naomi Parry at the ‘Beyond Black – Celebrating the Career and Style of Amy Winehouse’ at The Museum of Style Icons, Newbridge Silverware. “When she saw it – the yellow polka dot – she started singing ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini and so that became the Itsy Bitsy Camden dress,” recalls Parry as she makes her way towards the glass cabinet filled with her bold designs. Another anecdote from Parry reveals that the name for the ‘Itsy Bitsy Camden dress’ came about after Winehouse erupted into song when she laid her eyes on the tiny yellow number. The name of each garment is inspired by Winehouse and her initial thoughts on the design. That sketch was scrapped, re-drawn and turned into what is now on the display at the museum and called ‘the Flamingo Dress’. “It looks like a brain,” Winehouse said of a flamingo design drawn up by Parry. At the launch of the temporary exhibition in Newbridge, Kildare, Parry explains how some of these sketches were created in Winehouse’s flat, while she sat on the couch across from her, offering her (typically) very honest opinion. ![]()
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