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...The burgeoning fashion industry of the early 20th century was a haven for queer creatives, from the American-English designer Charles James onwards....
...“Import duties, extra taxes, the [declining] footfall of fashion week, it’s all to do with Brexit,” says Charles Jeffrey, creative director of Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, a brand that was founded in London...
...Made of bullion, crystal and silver thread, the three-dimensional design was a collaboration between Jess Collett and Alexander McQueen....
...“Charles gave it to me after I created the set for his show in 2020,” says Costin....
...“Charles Heidsieck NV is good in jeroboam – ideally the fruit-forward 2014 base. The oft-overlooked Piper Heidsieck in jeroboam is also amazing....
...Simon Costin, the art director and former Alexander McQueen collaborator who founded the Museum of British Folklore in 2009, has wanted to curate an exhibition on folk costume at a major art institution...
...Fantastic movie, cast included Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, and James Coburn. Which means there was more badassery in that movie than there currently exists in the entire world....
...She relied on her long-standing trio of trusted British brands: Alexander McQueen, Catherine Walker and Jenny Packham....
...“We have a particular affection for him at Tag Heuer, not least because he was the man who taught Steve McQueen to drive the Porsche 917 in the film Le Mans, which made the Monaco watch so famous....
...And I like a very low-key brand from Singapore called Charles & Keith. I don’t do skinny heels....
...Trooping saw the return of the white Alexander McQueen coat dress worn last year when she attended the G7 reception....
...Formerly of Alexander McQueen and most recently Versace, Akeroyd’s plans for the 166-year-old fashion brand are yet unknown....
...Shirt-maker Charles Tyrwhitt has seen a steady sales decline since 2018; and Pink Shirtmaker, the retailer founded as Thomas Pink in 1984, whose moniker became synonymous with flashy yet affordable City...
...Crutchley and Grace Wales Bonner alongside fashion’s most significant disrupters, among them Tom Ford, Hedi Slimane, Miuccia Prada (including Gary Oldman’s runway outfit from AW12) and Alexander “Lee” McQueen...
...It enabled me to photograph skinhead gangs back in the 1970s and the Queen of England with Prince Charles a couple of years ago....
...worst possible kind of living theatre” by Don McCullin at Tate Liverpool; Zanele Muholi’s grave, arresting portraits of South Africa’s black queer community at Tate Modern; news from the classroom in Steve McQueen...
...He stocked Alexander McQueen’s seminal Dante collection in 1996, ran a chain of Vivienne Westwood’s stores and looks after Y-3 in London....
...Musicians and artists have had creative and social links for decades, says Charles Saumarez Smith, former chief executive of the Royal Academy of Arts, but in the UK, contemporary art has been more closely...
...At the Loverboy show of Charles Jeffrey, an audience member was valiantly attempting a “look”, painted blue with eight-inch talons on one hand and a military officer’s hat atop their head....
...You could see the same level of talent in few others in London: Charles Jeffrey, whose increasingly serious clothes are better when stripped of their theatrical environs....
...One implication is the expectation that we will work for longer,” says Alistair McQueen, head of savings and retirement at Aviva....
...McQueen was joined by the venerable Quincy Jones, by Maureen Mahon as “chief academic adviser”, and a host of other musicians and critics....
...New York womenswear brand Tibi and Alexander McQueen’s and Balenciaga’s menswear collections have all added black block panels in quilting or leather as updates....
...“I don’t hate it, but I’ve never got [video art], apart from Steve McQueen.”...
...Was Charles Jeffrey Loverboy another early contender for best collection of the season? You bet....
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