Pop

I saw the Richard Hamilton exhibition at the Tate today, where his 1962 painting (for snappy title see below) seemed  particularly relevant given the current trends in both men's and womanswear - and not least because London's fashion darlings were seated in the turbine hall below watching Topshop's show for Fashion Week.

'Towards a definitive statement on the coming trends in menswear and accessories'

Richard Hamilton, 1962

LOCK II

More pictures from a recent shoot I styled at Lock Studios with Hannah Johnson, shot by Tom Warren

 

Tessa's Pillows

Handwriting embroidery reads: "Even as a girl she never 'ad any elastic in her knickers"

Dot Cotton, Eastenders

Both embroidered by Tessa, I got this gem for my birthday

Jackets

More from this shoot I styled recently

Valentino Gold

What's not to love - especially those doorstopper rings. Less likely to find one of those in my favourite pawn shop haunts I reckon.

Warhol, Lynch & Burroughs

The pictures of Andy Warhol, David Lynch and William S Burroughs are currently on show at The Photographer's Gallery in Oxford Circus. Not primarily known for their photography, the 3 capsule exhibitions cast an intimate and thought provoking light on the period from which each artist worked.

Jerry Hall, 1976 -1987

Andy Warhol

People in the Street, 1976

Andy Warhol

Warhol's photographs clearly refrence his fascination with advertising which we know so well from his painting and prints. His pictures are lively, full of energy and interestingly, people. 

David Lynch's photographs were unsurprisingly cinematic, dramatic and ominous

Untitled (England) late 80s early 90s

Lynch

Lodz, 2000

Lynch

Some favourites of mine from Burroughs are too difficult to find pictures of, but involve roses being shoved in to coca cola bottles - a favourite practice of mine during my kooky university phase...

Probably London, 1972

William S Burroughs

Unknown photographer, Tangier

William S Burroughs

Hamptons

One of my favourite shoots from Paris Vogue last year

Josh Olins shot Anna Ewers for Vogue, October 2013

Love the styling - definitely want to be this girl from the Hamptons.

Lock I

A few images from a recent shoot I styled

Photographs by Tom Warren

Shot at Lock Studios

January sparkle

Sofia decked out in Louis Vuitton seems like a pretty good guideline for January dressing?

The campaign showcases Marc Jacobs' last collection for Louis Vuitton and features women he found most inspirational during his tenure with the fashion label, including faces such as Gisele and Edie Campbell.

New Year

New Calender... better than the one I made last year.
This one is hand printed by a family friend, who also created this print a few years ago.

A long time coming

It's been a long time coming. Almost 10 years since the boy with the Del Boy ring (see here).

A birthday and Christmas windfall allowed me to run in to a favourite Shepherd's Bush pawn shop and finally realise a teenage dream.

Suits you

A few looks from a tailoring shoot I styled at the end last year...

PETAL

I tried to give up saying 'babe' a few years ago - unfortunately I just said 'petal' instead. Christopher Kane obviously has suffered from this problem too judging from his SS14 collection

Facing the Modern

I've finally got round to seeing the Viennese portraiture exhibition at the National Gallery. I don't know a lot about the period or the main painters featured - Egon Shiele, Gustav Klimt, Gustav Mahler - but really enjoyed the show, despite its really quite dark undertones.

Klimt, whose painting 'The Kiss' has seen a thousand mugs and placemats, painted some very beautiful portraits of dead women

Portrait of Ria Munk on her Deathbed

1912 

And one of the most moving drawings was by Egon Shiele, of his pregnant, dying wife

 

 Portrait of Edith Shiele Dying

1918

But there were also lots of portraits of beautiful women in their Viennese finery, i.e lots of sartorial inspiration

Portrait of Maria

1912

Josef Maria Auchentaller

Hermine Gallia

1914

Gustav Klimt

The show skims the surface of what preoccupied Vienna at the turn of the century - I certainly left with a long list of things to google....and it's definitely worth a visit before it closes on the 12th January.

Sequined military

An inch or so above the bed

My birthday present from West Polar, embroidered by her own fair hand.