'Sleeping Beauty'

ID: A large sculpture of a penguin wears pink satin pyjamas and fluffy pink slippers. She has green, blue, yellow and red rollers in her hair, large false eye lashes and blusher on her cheeks. ‘Sleeping Beauty’, 2009 “Beauty had quite a reaction, thankfully the people of Liverpool have an enormous sense of humour, and she was very popular.” Brian D Hanlon, designer and maker Looking stylish in her pyjamas, false eyelashes and hair curlers, this Liverpool fashionista penguin was displayed in the Metquarter as part of the Go Penguins public art trail in 2009. Almost 200 uniquely decorated penguins were unveiled to help spread the climate change message during the Year of the Environment. She represents a time when fashion-conscious Liverpool women were associated with being seen in public in the process of getting ready for a big night out.