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ISABELLA BLOW: FASHION GALORE! 20 November 2013 – 2 March 2014 Embankment Galleries, Somerset House

The eccentric Isabella Blow exhibition

November 19, 2013 by The CoF

On Nov. 20 at London’s Somerset House opens exhibition «Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!», Which will showcase more than one hundred items from the personal wardrobe of Isabella .The exhibition is supported by the Central Saint Martins College and Isabella Blow Foundation. Isabella Blow was the inimitable personality with a tragic fate : she was wearing fabulous hats, awakened the genius of Alexander McQueen and Sophie Dahl beauty , inspired the iconic milliner Philip Treacy and the famous photographer Steven Meisel […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: Isabella Blow, ISABELLA BLOW: FASHION GALORE!, LONDON, Somerset House

Alice Temperley And Her Country Estate In Somerset

February 27, 2013 by The CoF

Temperley, using her dining-room table as a makeshift studio, designs paper patterns for bespoke bridal dresses that she prefers to work on in the peace and quiet of the countryside. The designer contrasts the classic English style of her Cricket Court estate with bold-colored accents, such as the ornate fuchsia couch pillows in the house’s piano room. The working stand displays Temperley’s paper and textile patterns in the dining room. The figurative antique bronze lamp in the dining room was […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Alice Temperley, Fashion, Home and Garden, LONDON, Somerset House

Mojito Shoe from Julian Hakes

January 17, 2013 by The CoF

The modern fashion world contains thousand of beautiful, stylish and even strange shoes’ models. Created by London architect Julian Hakes this Mojito shoe consist of a single piece of wrapped around the wearer’s foot, supporting the heel and ball with no footplate in-between.

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Arts, Design, Fashion, Julian Hakes, LONDON, Mojito, Shoe, Somerset House