Hollywood Costume at the V&A
Our fashion editor Kate Lawson looks forward to the V&A’s ‘Hollywood Costume’ exhibition which will bring together over 100 iconic costumes seen on the big screen from over a century of film-making.
Author Kate Lawson
Worship Street Whistling Shop
“If you haven’t yet experienced the Worship Street Whistling Shop, you should. And no, it’s not actually a shop, and you don’t need to be good at whistling. But you do need to like gin, which is where I come in.”
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum is to trace the role and evolution of the ballgown over the past 60 years. May 19th 2012 to January 6th 2013.
Ronald Falloon: The Man Who Shot The 60s
When you think 1960s fashion photographers, you think Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, David Bailey, Norman Parkinson, Barry Lategan and Terence Donovan. You probably don’t think Ronald Falloon. His images featuring 1960s models, muses and icons lay in an attic for years.
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
“Exposure is huge, and once you put your foot in it, and it takes off, it’s quite a beast. It’s quite devouring, because you have to find a way that you are not invaded all the time by lenses and by people looking.”
Pretty Much Everything: Inez & Vinoodh
Known for their iconic images, Dutch photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin (a husband-and-wife team, just in case you didn’t know), have defied genres for two decades with their radical mix of subversive portraiture and fashion imagery, masterfully navigating between the absurd, the beautiful and the surreal, presenting a twisted take on glamour which constantly transgresses the boundaries of contemporary image making.
My Week with Marilyn
If you want to watch a film about style and screen icon Marilyn Monroe’s tumultuous…
David Lynch’s Club Silencio
Thomas Devaux’s official title is photographer, but that doesn’t immediately spring to mind when I…
Giving Doll: BillyBoy* and Mdvanii
One of the largest private collections of vintage haute couture, owned by BillyBoy*, a contemporary of Andy Warhol and the creator of the iconic Mdvanii doll, is being auctioned by Christie’s in London this December.
Matthew Campbell Laurenza
“My job is to make people happy. I want people to put my jewellery on…
Fairy-God, Fashion-Mother
An exhibition of collage drawings by artist Hormazd Narielwalla, Savile Row’s Dege & Skinner’s artist…
Wild Ashish Ski Wear
Ashish is a long term collaborator with Topshop, and they return for AW11 with a…