'After losing touch with my Indian heritage, this collective was the perfect opportunity to relearn the culture of my  ancestors.'- YP

Descending the Runway was a Youth Collective evening takeover event. The ‘Gen Z’ collective took over the National Maritime Museum, exploring culture, identity and heritage through the lens of fashion. There was an evening of artist workshops, fashion tarot, body art, henna, rap, Chinese Opera, Bamboo flute, competitions, alternative tours of the collections, free street food and a multicultural red carpet fashion show. Everything on the evening was free. The Youth Collective planned and produced the event as a group over a series of months - working across museum departments learning skills in marketing, events production, design, AV, catering, visitor experience and more. They had complete ownership of the event - from research, event conception through to production, and were paid to participate.