“I have never thrown anything out of my wardrobe since 1964. If I had a large open space in my home, I would dedicate it, like an art gallery, to my collection. But there is something sad about clothes laid in a tomb of trunks.” So says Suzy Menkes, doyenne [...]
Fashion
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Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!
“Fashion is a vampiric thing, it’s the hoover on your brain. That’s why I wear the hats, to keep everyone...
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Fashion on Film: Petits Bisous – “Viewing By Appointment Only”
For most of us the thought of buying sexy lingerie falls into two categories. 1 – for the “cheeky weekend...
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From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk: Jean Paul Gaultier Exhibition is London Bound
Some may call it a retrospective, but ‘The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk‘...
Exhibition Review: ‘Mannequin – le corps de la mode’ (Paris)
‘Mannequin, le corps de la mode’ (Model – the body of fashion) is an exhibition currently on show in Paris at Les Docks – Cité de la Mode et du Design, the fashion museum used for last year’s Balenciaga and Comme des Garçons / Rei Kawakubo exhibitions. Via 120 images, 10 [...]
Read more ›Fashion & Music: From the Club to the Catwalk at The V&A
Oh the 80s, the era that kept neon light manufacturers in business, rhinestone cameo brooches sparkling against our spiked glasses of Sodastream and Italian dance diva Spagna’s spiky mane burning tiny holes in our eyes – aww, I remember it well. Actually that’s kind of a lie, because for the [...]
Read more ›Valentino: Master Of Couture
For over half a century, Valentino has created some of the world’s most elegant and classic gowns for some of the world’s most iconic women and Hollywood A-listers. From Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, 60s supermodel Veruschka and Sophia Loren, to Gywneth Paltrow, Anne Hathaway and Daphne Guinness – Valentino [...]
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