Dancers from the English National Ballet

Dancers from the English National Ballet perform a routine prior to competing at the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on August 2, 2012.

David Bowie is: About the Exhibition

The V&A has been given unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive to curate the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie. David Bowie is will feature more than 300 objects that include handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs and Bowie's own instruments.

Victoria and Albert Museum
The world’s greatest museum of art and design
23 March – 28 July 2013. 

The Archer Station to Station tour, 1976 John Robert Rowlands

Striped bodysuit for Aladdin Sane tour 1973
Design by Kansai Yamamoto Photograph by Masayoshi Sukita. Sukita The David Bowie Archive,  2012

Original photography for the Earthling album cover, 1997
Union Jack coat designed by Alexander McQueen in collaboration with David Bowie
Photograph by Frank W Ockenfels 3 © Frank W Ockenfels 3

 Album cover shoot for Aladdin Sane, 1973. Photograph by Brian Duffy © Duffy Archive

The Rose Adagio by Darcey Bussell

This is from the Royal Opera House Opening Gala in December, 1999.

Navidad en París

©Francois Durand/Getty Images

 Galeries Lafayette, Paris

Grands Magasins Printemps , Paris

Grands Magasins Printemps , Paris

Vivienne Westwood: Punk chic

La diosa de flamígeros cabellos de la moda británica

Tras una intensa investigación en los archivos de la revista, i-D ofrece una descripción única del mundo de una diseñadora excepcional, la icónica Vivienne Westwood. El libro recupera entrevistas y reportajes, desde los primeros años de su carrera, inmersa todavía en el punk, hasta la actualidad, y documenta su implicación en el resurgimiento de la crinolina, sus ideas a propósito de cómo la moda puede marcar la diferencia y su trayectoria profesional, que la ha llevado a ser una de las diseñadoras más originales e influyentes del Reino Unido. El atractivo de Vivienne no ha hecho sino ir a más con los años, y en la actualidad goza de idéntica popularidad tanto entre los nuevos aficionados a la moda que la descubren por vez primera como entre quienes han seguido su carrera desde los inicios.

Las 120 páginas de este volumen, repletas de información biográfica y personal, incluyen también imágenes extraídas de los más de 30 años de historia de i-D, obra de fotógrafos como Juergen Teller, Nick Knight y Chen Man, así como entrevistas con Caroline Baker, Caryn Franklin, Ben Reardon y Terry Jones.

Sobre el editor:

Fundador y director creativo de la revista i-D, Terry Jones inició su carrera en la moda en los años 70, como director artístico de la revista Vanity Fair y de la Vogue británica. Desde 1977, su estudio Instant Design, ha producido catálogos, campañas, exposiciones y libros – incluyendo los libros para la editora TASCHEN: Smile i-D, Fashion Now 1, Fashion Now 2 y Soul i-D.

Vivienne Westwood
Terry Jones
Tapa dura, encuadernación en cuarto, 29,6 x 42 cm, 120 páginas, € 29,99
ISBN 978-3-8365-3888-6
Edición plurilingüe: Español, Inglés, Italiano, Portugués

TASCHEN

Disney princesses play dress up at Harrods

This Holiday season the Brompton Road in London has welcomed new residents, with Snow White in Oscar de la Renta, Sleeping Beauty in Elie Saab, Pocahontas in Roberto Cavalli and Cinderella in Christian Louboutin currently gracing the windows at Harrods. The legendary department store commissioned ten artisans to create unique gowns and glittering backdrops fit for a fairytale princess. Complete with Cinderella's carriage, Snow White's apple and Aurora's bed, Harrods has created an enchanted Christmas realm in the heart of London.    

Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road  London SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom

Vivienne Westwood

Spring Summer 2013 Full Fashion Show

Las Princesas Diseny en Harrods

Esta Navidad los escaparates de los grandes almacenes Harrods de Londres luciran a las princesa de Disney vestidas con bellos trajes de noche de diseñadores famosos.

Por ejemplo, la Sirenita lucira un vestido de Keren Craig y Georgina Chapman de Marchesa, la Bella Durmiente de Elie Saab, Cinderella por Donatella Versace, Pocahontas de Roberto Cavalli, y Blanca Nieves por Oscar de la Renta. En Harrods funciona muy bien el pop-up store Disney Princess, y el escaparate ya listo al público de presentará muy pronto, el 1 de noviembre.

Si estas en Londres, puedes pasarte por Harrods y ver a las princesas Disney.

Cenicienta por Versace 

Sirenita por Marchesa

Belle ("La Bella y la Bestia") por Valentino

Jasmine por Escada

Mulan por Missoni

Dame Ninette de Valois

Conducting a Class at the Royal Ballet (1959)

Dame Ninette de Valois Conducting a Class at the Royal Ballet (1959)

Anuario D&AD

 D&AD 2012

Llega la edición de 2012 del exclusivo y codiciado anuario de D&AD que presenta los mejores trabajos creativos del año. El jurado de los premios D&AD evalúa más de 20.000 obras de estudios de diseño, agencias de publicidad, consultorías de branding, agencias fotográficas y de producción cinematográfica, pioneros de los medios digitales y otras empresas creativas de todo el mundo. Los ganadores reciben el legendario premio Yellow Pencil D&AD o, en el caso de trabajos excepcionales, el destacado premio Black Pencil. Este repaso de los galardonados sirve para hacer una parada simbólica y conocer todo lo candente en el sector. El anuario D&AD es una obra de referencia imprescindible para cualquier persona interesada en la creatividad, la comunicación, el diseño o la publicidad.

Con los últimos trabajos premiados por D&AD en las áreas de: Ambiente, Dirección de arte, Diseño de libros, Branding, Innovación en las comunicaciones, Instalaciones digitales, Directos, Diseño medioambiental, Diseño gráfico, Ilustración, Diseño de revistas y diarios, Marketing Móvil, Videos musicales, Publicidad online, Diseño de packaging, Fotografía, Pósters de publicidad, Publicidad en prensa, Diseño de producto, Publicidad para radio, televisión y cine, Virales, Sitios web, Redacción publicitaria y Redacción para diseño.

D&AD 2012 - TASCHEN
Tapa dura, 23,9 x 25,6 cm, 544 páginas,
Edición plurilingüe: Alemán, Francés, Inglés

Ice Cream . Client: Warp Records - Award Category: Selected in Music Videos . Agency: Partizan, London © D&AD

Fashion Museum

  Fashion Museum

Top Trends Autumn/Winter 2012 - September 2012

The stylish new “Top Trends” display at Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Fashion Museum provides a wish-list guide to the autumn/winter 2013 collections and shows how the latest fashion looks from the designer catwalks can be achieved by looking back at fashions of the past.

Six fabulous new ensembles have gone on display at the museum – housed in the Assembly Rooms in Bennett Street, Bath – and each one profiles the latest “must have” look found in fashion magazines and on the high street this season. Whether it's the sexy “Hourglass” trend, or the eccentric “Layered Luxury” look, the fashion for “The Colour Purple” or for “Gothic Leather”, all the key catwalk styles are featured in this innovative exhibit at the Fashion Museum. Other on-trend looks that are highlighted include winter florals, jewelled hair decorations and the vogue for clutch bags. But the difference here is that rather than clothes from current fashion designers and high street retailers, all the fashions on display at the Fashion Museum are historical pieces from the museum's world class collection, all styled imaginatively and given a new lease of life and a look that is 100% glamour.

Councillor Cherry Beath (Lib-Dem, Combe Down), Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, said: “By looking to the past Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Fashion Museum has brought the displays right up to date, and at the same time given an important message that fashion can be interpretative and personal to the individual.

“Visitors can see six top fashion looks for this autumn/winter which have all been put together using historical fashions from the Fashion Museum collection. It shows how our cultural heritage is not only fascinating to discover but can also have an influence on our modern lives.” One of the most popular trends this autumn/winter is shown in the display at the Fashion Museum labelled “Capes”. Three lavishly-bejewelled and embroidered capes from the 1890s, 1920s and 1930s are already proving a hit with visitors. This season the cape is one of the items at the top of the shopping list for the fashionista. Designers who showcased this look on their catwalks include Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino and Jason Wu.

Rosemary Harden, Manager of the Fashion Museum, said: “Essentially these are ‘vintage’ clothes – a trend which has become so prevalent in fashion in recent years. But the aim too is to show how fashion is about styling and personal choice, about putting a look together yourself so as to follow the catwalk trend of the day. “The ‘Top Trends’ fashion looks at the Fashion Museum feature a mixture of styles and periods, all assembled so as to be right on trend for the autumn/winter 2012/13 season. and create a look which equals ‘fashion now!’” 

All of the exhibits in “Top Trends” are original and form part of the Fashion Museum’s designated collection of historic and contemporary dress.

Fashion Museum
Assembly Rooms
Bennett Street
Bath - BA1 2QH
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 477789

 Fashion Museum

Burberry Prorsum

Desfile de Burberry Prorsum en el London Calling de LFW: Arcoiris de metal.

© Gorunway/Indigital

PUNK: Chaos to Couture

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that the spring 2013 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute will be PUNK: Chaos to Couture.  The exhibition, which will be on view from May 9 through August 11, 2013 (preceded on May 6 by The Costume Institute Benefit), will examine punk’s impact from its birth in the 1970s through its continuing influence on high fashion today.

Punk Fashion Will be Focus of Spring 2013
Costume Institute Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum
May 9–August 11, 2013
Exhibition location: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall
Press preview: Monday, May 6, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

 

A look from Chanel in 2011. Photo by David Sims/Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rambert Dance Company

Filmed by FACT during the creation of Mark Baldwin's Seven for a secret, never to be told.

Choreography Mark Baldwin
Music Stephen McNeff
Design Michael Howells
Lighting design Michael Mannion

Seven for a secret - Rambert Dance Company

The English National Ballet

The English National Ballet troupe performs during a pre-show at the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (AP)

Swan Lake - The English National Ballet (AP)

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

a unique collaboration with The Royal Ballet

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 will see a range of contemporary artists – including choreographers, composers, poets and visual artists respond to paintings by Renaissance master Titian. Their work will be displayed at the National Gallery and performed at the Royal Opera House by The Royal Ballet.  

‘Metamorphosis: Titian 2012’ – featuring new work by contemporary artists Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger in a unique collaboration with The Royal Ballet.

This multi-arts project, part of the Cultural Olympiad's London 2012 Festival, will draw on the powerful stories of change found in Titian’s masterpieces, revealing how these spectacular paintings continue to inspire living artists.

A multi-faceted experience celebrating British creativity across the arts, ‘Metamorphosis: Titian 2012’ brings together a group of specially commissioned works responding to three of Titian’s paintings – Diana and Actaeon, The Death of Actaeon and the recently acquired Diana and Callisto – which depict stories from Ovid’s epic poem ‘Metamorphoses’. The three paintings, displayed at the heart of the exhibition, will be seen together for the first time since the 18th century.

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
11 July – 23 September 2012
Sainsbury Wing Exhibition
Admission free

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 - Chris Ofili and Conrad Shawcross© The National Gallery, London 

 Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 - Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross, Mark Wallinger © The National Gallery, London

British Glamour Since 1950

The V&A celebrates the opening of the renovated Fashion gallery with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers. Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 features more than sixty designs for social events, revealing a strong British design tradition that continues to flourish.

Elegant eveningwear by designers including Victor Stiebel and Zandra Rhodes is shown alongside spectacular new creations by Alexander McQueen and Jenny Packham. The exhibition also features a selection of royal ballgowns, including Princess Diana’s ‘Elvis Dress’ designed by Catherine Walker, and dresses worn by actresses and celebrities such as Helen Mirren, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daphne Guinness and Beyoncé.

Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
Victoria & Albert Museum
19 May 2012 – 6 January 2013
Sponsored by Coutts

Design for a Wedding Outfit, with large hat © V&A Images

British Design 1948–2012

The V&A's exhibition, British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age, celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the present day. Over 300 British design objects highlight significant moments in the history of British design and how the country continues to nurture artistic talent and be a world leader in creativity and design.

Drawing on the V&A’s unrivalled collections and complemented by works drawn from across Britain, the exhibition brings together over 300 objects including product design, fashion and textiles, furniture, ceramics and glass, graphics, photography, architecture, fine art and sculpture telling the story of British design in all its forms.

In 1948 London hosted the first Olympic Games after the Second World War. The ‘Austerity Games’ (as they became known) took place at a time of economic crisis in a city devastated by bombing, but they provided a platform for reconciliation and reconstruction. In 2012 Britain welcomes the Olympics once more, and while the spirit remains, the context in which they are taking place has entirely changed. British Design 1948–2012 traces those changes by exploring buildings, objects, images and ideas produced by designers and artists born, trained or based in Britain.

The displays examine the shifting nature of British design over 60 years: three galleries respectively explore the tension between tradition and modernity; the subversive impulse in British culture; and Britain’s leadership in design innovation and creativity. The exhibition reveals how British designers have responded to economic, political and cultural forces that have fundamentally shaped how we live today. They have created some of the most inventive and striking objects, technologies and buildings of the modern world.

British Design 1948–2012
Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March – 12 August 2012
Victoria and Albert Museum

 British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama - Infinity Mirrored Room – Filled with the Brilliance of Life, 2011

Yayoi Kusama - Infinity Mirrored Room – Filled with the Brilliance of Life, 2011

The nine decades of Yayoi Kusama’s life have taken her from rural Japan to the New York art scene to contemporary Tokyo, in a career in which she has continuously innovated and re-invented her style. Well-known for her repeating dot patterns, her art encompasses an astonishing variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film, performance and immersive installation. It ranges from works on paper featuring intense semi-abstract imagery, to soft sculpture known as ‘Accumulations’, to her ‘Infinity Net’ paintings, made up of carefully repeated arcs of paint built up into large patterns. Since 1977 Kusama has lived voluntarily in a psychiatric institution, and much of her work has been marked with obsessiveness and a desire to escape from psychological trauma. In an attempt to share her experiences, she creates installations that immerse the viewer in her obsessive vision of endless dots and nets or infinitely mirrored space.

At the centre of the art world in the 1960s, she came into contact with artists including Donald Judd, Andy Warhol, Joseph Cornell and Claes Oldenburg, influencing many along the way. She has traded on her identity as an ‘outsider’ in many contexts - as a female artist in a male-dominated society, as a Japanese person in the Western art world, and as a victim of her own neurotic and obsessional symptoms. After achieving fame and notoriety with groundbreaking art happenings and events, she returned to her country of birth and is now Japan’s most prominent contemporary artist. This is a varied, spectacular exhibition of a truly unique artist. There has never been an exhibition of this size of her work in the UK and this is an unmissable opportunity for both Kusama fans and those new to her work.

The Kusama retrospective opens on 9 February and 5 June 2012.  
Tate Modern Gallery - London

Noel Stewart

Recognised for his innovative, modern and beautiful designs ...

Noel Stewart’s, famoso sombrerero de Londres, se inspira en el arte contemporáneo y la arquitectura, los paisajes naturales, la ciencia ficción y el arte contemporáneo.

Noel Stewart