Curiously poptastic!

Pop! Design Culture Fashion at London’s Fashion and Textiles Museum is still showing (until 27^th October).  Fashionholics are advised not to miss this exhibition featuring 300 items from the 1950s through to the 1970s.  Showcasing the impact of music, art and celebrity on fashion from rock ‘n’ roll to punk, there are vintage album covers, retro posters, popular consumer goods and, of course, stylish clothes and unique accessories from the likes of Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood. 

Some of ShopCurious’s favourites are the 1960s Mondrian style vinyl coat (above) and Harry Gordon’s disposable paper Eye Dress, below. 

I’m curious to know why wearing paper dresses never caught on - even in warm countries…

Are you?

Fashionably busy? Bring back the past...

“I do hope you'll offer some commentary on LFW. I feel somehow so out of the fashion week spirit this time around! I need a jolt of inspiration,” was Style Porn’s comment on my previous blog post. 

That was a few weeks ago. Since then I’m sure there’s been tons of coverage on every fashion week everywhere. I can’t quite manage to keep up. In the past few weeks I’ve been to countless fashion and design events in London and Europe, whilst continuing to follow what’s happening elsewhere in the world online.

Anyway, after a lecture earlier this week by Kerry Taylor (of whom more later) on 1960s style at the Fashion and Textiles Museum, I was inspired to take an online trip down memory lane.

Can’t repeat the past? But of course you can (see simple geometric prints and styles by MaxJenny above - and video below). 

         


And we should expect to see much more of then past, as the present becomes curiously complicated... and the future a little too worrying to contemplate.  Read our latest Curious Trends post for a taster of what's to come.

Will you?

To be continued...