Ultrasuede in Search of Halston

Halston vs Warhol Ultrasuede in Search of Halston was just released this month on DVD. The biography was made by Filmmaker Whitney Sudler-Smith and looks back on the career of Fashion Icon Halston. Halston dressed some of the most glamorous women of the 1970s. Clients included Elizabeth Taylor and Jacqueline Kennedy.  The designer also left his mark on the fashion industry as the creator of…

Sofia Coppola vs Robert Mapplethorpe

Sofia Coppola Sofia Coppola has curated an exhibition by photographer and artist Robert Mapplethorpe.  Mapplethorpe was best known for his controversial images which captured the underground scene during the 70s and 80s in New York. Coppola however has produced a show which portrays his imagery in a very different light. Focusing on the softer side of Mapplesthorpe's artist vision. Robert…

RICHIE CULVER.

Photo by James D. Kelly FAULT: How did you become an artist? It ended up being quite late for me to be honest. It's not like I went to art school and dreamt of one day becoming one, far from it! In short, I guess you could say it's the only thing I'm any good at or maybe the only thing other people think I'm good at. It was the case of one piece I made having got quite a lot of attention…

The Pencil Skirt: Then and Now

‘Bettina’ in Christian Dior, photographed by Henry Clarke, 1950 : Marc Jacobs AW11 Collection The glamorous 1940’s silhouette made a comeback this season with loose silk blouses, waist-clenching pencil skirts, pearls and structured handbags, celebrating the return of immaculately dressed women with perfectly coiffed hair. The pencil skirt, key to the trend, dominated the runways of Louis…

Kate Bush – New Album “50 Words For Snow”

Kate Bush - 50 Words of Snow Kate Bush has just released her 10th studio album this week 50 Words of Snow. This is the singers first album of original material in 17 years. In a recent biography Bush goes into detail about her attraction to songwriting: "songs are just like a little story: you are in a situation, you are this character. This is what happens. End. That's what human beings want…

The Tuxedo: Then and Now

‘Le Smoking’ by Helmut Newton, 1975 : The Row AW11 Collection When transgender Andrej Pejic took the modelling world by storm, appearing in nearly every editorial and runway in early 2011, was it any wonder that androgynous dressing would soon follow, taking centre stage this Autumn/Winter season? The runways have been taken over by masculine shapes including tailored trousers, pressed white…

Francesca Woodman Exhibition – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Francesca Woodman 30 years after Francesca Woodman's death, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has drawn from the private collections of Woodman's family to create the largest exhibition of the artist's photography to date. Included in the exhibit are many images that have never been seen previously. The influences behind her work range from her idol, fashion photographer Deborah…

ANNIE LENNOX EXHIBITION – VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM

Annie Lennox The Victoria and Albert Museum is showcasing The House of Annie Lennox exhibition where the music icon's costumes, interviews, photographs and personal memorabilia are all on display. Annie Lennox rose to fame as front-woman of The Eurythmics. The duo's first major hit “Sweet Dreams” featured  Annie’s distinctive  vocals and her gender-bending style which quickly became Lennox's…