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Savile Row: Scabal & London College of Fashion
Scabal has partnered with the London College of Fashion, to support an industry project inspired by their collection of Salvador Dali paintings. Savile Row has long been the home of British tailoring. In 1972, Scabal settled into number 12 Savile Row and has been crafting traditional and modern style suits from this coveted address ever… →
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BOF500
Once again, for my fourth year running, I am honoured to be a part of Business of Fashion’s top 500 (BOF500 – the 500 people shaping the global fashion industry). Since 2013, The Business of Fashion has been hand-curating a list of fashion power players. This year, the list focused on change agents – those who are… →
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Something Curated: Interview
Interview: Frances Corner OBE, Head Of LCF & Pro Vice-Chancellor Of UAL →
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY: From Karl Lagerfeld to Karl Marx
Lois McNay, Professor of Political Theory at Oxford University, discusses the intersection of politics and fashion with Professor Frances Corner, Head of the London College of Fashion. Together they investigate what fashion means for the politics of identity, the often difficult relationship between fashion and feminism, and the apparent contradictions between fashion as a vehicle… →
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Inside Arc – Fashion | Space | Gallery – Exhibition
Inside Arc – Fashion | Space | Gallery Archives are usually repositories of objects, not intended for further use, rarely displayed in static exhibitions or museum cases. The Arc is a working archive, consisting of garments, accessories and other paraphernalia amassed by designer Jennefer Osterhoudt. Many items are by John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, with whom… →
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T-SHIRT: CULT, CULTURE & SUBVERSION
T-SHIRT: CULT, CULTURE & SUBVERSION Exploring this exhibition of T-shirts through the 20th century highlighted the multi-faceted role of such a simple, yet iconic garment. Curated by David Sinclair, Jenna Rossi-Camus and Dennis Nothdruft, the exhibition chartered the history, culture and subversion of the most popular item of clothing on the planet, the T-shirt. The… →
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Woman's Hour Craft Prize (V&A)
As we begin the centenary year of female suffrage in the UK, I thought I would make the first exhibition visit of 2018 a female focussed one. The Woman’s Hour Craft Prize exhibition at the V&A features the work of the twelve finalists for the £10,000 prize, which celebrates the 70th anniversary of the BBC… →
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Creatures and Creations (Waddesdon Manor)
Fashion is not art, nor is art fashion, but over the last few years the relationship between the two has definitely become a topic of interest, with more exhibitions and institutions that explore their boundaries opening. Francois Henri Pinault has the Palazzo Grassi gallery in Venice, Miuccia Prada has the Fondazione Prada and you’ve also… →
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Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion (V&A)
Fashion exhibitions are becoming an increasingly permanent feature on museum schedules, with popular ‘blockbuster’ shows like ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty’ or more recently ‘The Vulgar’ attracting a new wave of museum goers. With this in mind, I was surprised to discover the V&A’s latest fashion exhibition is of a more understated kind. ‘Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion’… →
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Cutler and Gross: Visionaries
I was delighted to be invited by Cutler and Gross to take part in their Visionaries series. In a Q+A I speak about the challenges facing the fashion education system today, the lessons I have learnt from my own creative life, and of course, glasses! You can read the piece here. Photo via Hannah Harley Young… →