Ballgowns (V&A)
Gown by Victor Edelstein, 1986. Worn and given by Lady Heseltine. Museum no. T.264-2001. Image © David Hughes 2011 Fashion is often accused of being frivolous, ephemeral and unnecessary. It is not essential to our… View Full Post
Fashion Illustration (Fashion Space Gallery)
For a long time the relationship between illustration and fashion has been symbiotic. Designers used drawings to develop and communicate their ideas, whilst historically magazines relied on them to show the latest fashions to an… View Full Post
Yayoi Kusama (Tate Modern)
This week I visited the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Tate Modern. As originally a fine artist, I have always been inspired by the works of female artists such as Frida Khalo and Louise Bourgeois. Kusama’s… View Full Post
Boudicca
For some years Boudicca (aka Zowie Broach and Brian Kirby) have had a close relationship with London College of Fashion, contributing to conferences, projects and helping in the selection of students for catwalk shows. Well… View Full Post
Yohji Yamamoto
SUBLIME: Going Forward, Looking Back
In his essay, Dialogue between Fashion and Death, Giacomo Leppardi has Fashion making the case to Death that as sisters: “I’m saying that it is our nature and our custom to keep renovating the world.”… View Full Post