Naomi Parry at the Amy: Beyond the Stage private view ©Getty They started working together 18 months later. Case in point: the first time 19-year-old Parry met Winehouse one night in Soho, her future friend was backcombing her hair. She is quick to point out that ‘Amy was very much the architect of her image’. You can see it in the ease, the comfort, the unmistakable ‘Amy-ness’ of the looks. Parry’s role as Winehouse’s stylist was born out of their friendship. While the 10-year anniversary of her death didn’t feel like a reason to celebrate to her, it was an opportune moment to ‘shift the focus and start remembering her in the way she should be remembered,’ says Parry. I was really desperate to change that narrative, or at least get some balance in it because I don’t think you can really talk about Amy honestly without talking about some of her struggles they were definitely part of her and part of her music,’ says Parry now. ‘I was so sick of the same old story being trotted out about Amy focussing on the more difficult parts of her life and not actually on what she achieved, and who she was and how inspirational she was. For Parry, who was above all one of Winehouse’s closest friends and who took on the role of Special Advisor for the exhibition, working on the Design Museum project has been part of her grieving process. That yellow dress is just one of the pieces on display in the Design Museum’s new exhibition, Amy: Beyond the Stage, a celebration of the singer’s life, work and style. Amy Winehouse at the 2007 Brit Awards ©Getty