Vidal Sassoon

Just watched the wonderful documentary film showing the life of the legendary hairdresser, Vidal Sassoon.

Now in his 80's the film methodically goes through his career interviewing everyone from colleges, clients, the media, friends and family. Personally I think the most interesting and informative part shows Sassoon and Mary Quant informally chatting about how life and fashions were in the 60's - you get more of an insight into how and why Sassoons style came about.

Above are the haircuts that defined him and got his career rolling.

Tommy Nutter - Rebel on the Row

Tommy Nutter - the radical tailor of the 60's/70's has a retrospective exhibition at the Fashion and Textile museum, London. His clients included Cilla Black (her suit at top) and The Stones to name a few. Precisional tailoring using amazing fabrics made his designs a success and last the test of time - my favorites are the two white suits - one of which was worn by Jagger on his wedding day to Bianca. Love the huge lapels with the silk/satin details.

Go before it finishes on the 22nd October, 2011

Novelty Knits

The novelty knit is back - most recently seen on the runway from designers such as Balenciaga, Marcus Lupfer, Moschino, Bella Freud and Haute Hippy to name a few.......

The image above is just at relevant now as it was back in the 1960's/70's - a design from one of Saville Row's top tailors, Tommy Nutter.

exhibition currently showing at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London - 'Tommy Nutter - the Rebel on The Row'

                                                     Balenciaga

                                               Marcus Lupfer

                                              Bella Freud



Corinne Day

Corinne Day at Gimpel Fils - 30 Davies Street London

A very good selection of the wonderful Corinne Days portraits are being exhibited at Gimpel Fils until early October..Mainly featuring a very young Kate Moss, each portrait extrudes the 90's glamour that Day herself founded. Her black and whites are definitely my favourites, simple styling letting the subject be the focus.

Photograph above - Corinne Day in Japan

The Last Tuesday Society

Based in Hackney, London this little treasure trove is jammed full with taxidermy amongst other (very) random bits and bobs including plastic eye balls, telescopes and cartoon figures.

The composition and display methods of the objects plays with the idea of object value...valueless objects becoming more interesting when placed in unusual situations.