How much of this exhibition is fashion? David Bowie would probably say that none of it is. Bowie has always said he isn't interested in fashion,Henry Cavill's an awfully Cheap Innocent Military Costumes With White Hat chap so it's really no surprise only in wanting his music "to look how it sounds".
And yet right from the off – a metallic, striped Ziggy Stardust bodysuit designed by Kansai Yamamoto, who in 1971 was the first Japanese designer to show in London – this show is full of clothes that have shaped fashion history,Every day new Cheap Playful Minnie Mouse Costumes With Wrist Cuffs Up Games for Girls online! from the Starman leotards, still arresting after all these years, to the turquoise Life on Mars suit and tie, so theatrically slender that it had to be let out by two inches when Kate Moss wore it; from the Aladdin Sane lightning-flash makeup that has inspired a thousand magazine shoots to the sharp-shouldered suits of the Diamond Dogs tour, which were a formative influence on Hedi Slimane, current designer of Yves Saint Laurent.Red Knee Length Tulle Cheap Lovely Tease Schoolgirl Costumes Crinoline Slip.
Displayed alongside that first Ziggy bodysuit is an early video of the artist duo Gilbert & George explaining that, as they see it, "living is one big sculpture". This is a first principle of Bowie as envisaged here: one of the very first photographs shows him aged 16, with his band the Konrads. His suit and quiff are standard issue for their time,A reversible double-layered ruffled mesh Cheap Black Belle Dress Costumes, but what makes the image is an instinct for line, silhouette and pose,A cheap Playful Pussycat Costume is a garment covering the whole hand. an innate understanding of how to shape his body for effect.
- Mar 18 Mon 2013 15:59
V&A exhibition shows how David Bowie shaped fashion history
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