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Evening Standard
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Emma Magnus

Why I live in Bermondsey: Dame Zandra Rhodes on the riverside area where she lives, works and runs a museum

I live on Bermondsey Street, above the Fashion and Textile Museum that I founded. I moved here in 1995, when there was only one pub, one restaurant and one café. I’ve loved every minute.

My great friend Andrew Logan [sculptor, jeweller and performance artist] had his studio around the corner. He saw this building, which was a cash-and-carry warehouse at the time, and said: “Zandra, you’ve always wanted to do a museum — why don’t you get this building?”

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