Hints and tips:
...Instead, seek out a flattering V and adjustable strap. And don’t forget to have a magic trick on hand if things go awry....
.../ From John V Baldwin, Cernobbio, Italy...
...‘Please Stand By’, Marlène Huissoud for Brompton Biotopia Marlène Huissoud’s chairs are, at first glance, in the David Cronenberg body-horror tradition and definitely not something you’d want to sit on...
...It was Marlene Dietrich aboard the Queen Mary, got up in a grey wool single-breasted Dior suit with peplum and notched lapels ....
...The V&A stages at least three large-scale exhibitions each year and numerous smaller ones....
...As will the beaded flapper dress of New York socialite Emily Grigsby and the Christian Dior day suit worn by Marlene Dietrich on-board Queen Elizabeth in 1950....
...Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road The V&A returns as the LDF’s official hub and host of the Global Design Forums — a series of talks, including Merel Bekking on “Brain Manufacturing”, which explores...
...(When Horst shot Marlene Dietrich for Vogue, he overruled her strict instructions on how to best light her face.)...
...‘David Bowie Is’, V&A, London, from today until August 11. www.vam.ac.uk...
...There is also a dedicated “A/V bar” for those with questions about purchasing video art and the technicalities of displaying it....
...Though entitled Loretta Young: Hollywood Legend, the show also features Louis’s Gilda dress, photos of Marlene Dietrich’s age-defying body stocking, and the sheer, sparkling gown Marilyn Monroe wore when...
...David Thomson is author of ‘The Big Screen’ (Allen Lane, £25) ‘Hollywood Costume’ is at the V&A, London, October 20-January 27 2013, www.vam.ac.uk...
...There are lots of restaurants and cafés here and every evening we walk down the Avenue Georges V to the cinemas in the Champs Elysées. We see all kinds of films, new releases and older ones....
...Lesser known than many of Krenek’s other works, which include Karl V (also being performed at Bregenz) and Jonny spielt auf, this operetta is set during Vienna’s tumultuous inter-war years....
...Rauschenberg’s “Trophy V (for Jasper Johns)” evokes the artist by items – map, window frame, ruler – connected with him....
...enclosed space with continuous noise is sufficient to produce high blood pressure, fatigue and other ailments, as the plaintiffs complained in their testimony regarding airport noise in Hatton and Others v...
...MARLENE DIETRICH: The Movie Collection Universal Pictures Video Marlene Dietrich is one of those movie stars whose iconic status far outstrips the quality and profile of her film work (try naming three...
...Charlotte Mullins is editor of the V&A Magazine....
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