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…
Audrey Hepburn – Tribute Exhibit at the Ara Pacis Museum
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast At Tiffany's
On the fiftieth anniversary of Breakfast at Tiffany's, Audrey Hepburn for the first time in her beloved Rome is being honoured with a tribute-exhibit at the Ara Pacis Museum. This celebration of the actress's life, career and humanitarianism will raise funds for UNICEF's project to fight child malnutrition. The exhibition which runs until December 4th…
Dazed and Confused- A good exhibition if ever I saw one
Today has been a day of culture, as I popped along to the "Making it up as we go along" exhibition. Trying to squeeze twenty years of one of the edgiest British fashion magazines into the rooms at Somerset House is no mean feat, but the exhibition, curated by Jefferson Hack and Emma Reeves, cherry picked the most memorable and visually inspiring stories, shoots and artwork, in a very Dazed way.…