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.
Browsing: Fashion
The Politics of Heavage
“Having previously been the reserve of Ed Westwick and the occasional indie rock band, suddenly it’s cool for chaps to make like John Travolta and expose our ‘heavage’, undoing an extra button on our shirts…”
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.
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.
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…
Wolf in Women’s Clothing
Loulou de la Falaise, bohemian, former muse to Yves Saint Laurent, synonymous with the designer’s 70s era entourage of creatives and beautiful people, died on November 5th, aged 63.
Something Old, Something New
I am intrigued by blends of old and new. Modern on its own is entirely dull and narrow-minded to me, but old on its own isn’t enough either. So, I couldn’t be more charmed by the launch of the fluoro range of the classic Cambridge Satchel.
Nuj Novakhett: Fall 2011 Collection
Nuj Novakhett is a New York based womenswear designer, whose eponymous line is already a…
London Fashion Week: A Retrospective
A week in the life of The Arb’s fabulous Fashion Editor, Kate Lawson, as she struts her stuff through the Spring-Summer 2012 shows and parties. Expect Espresso Martinis, pouting in shades, and flashing lights…