Club to Catwalk

Perhaps the ultimate in Throwback Thursday, I spent my day off this week being taken (yes, taken, chivalry isn't dead sugar) around Club to Catwalk, the V&A exhibition charting the rise of club culture dominated fashion.

From the sublime to the ridiculous, the obvious to the unexpected, the V&A takes you on a magical tour of the seedy underworld of early 80's London fashion scene and the impact it has had on modern day dressing today.

So I might be a total 90's baby, but thats not to say I don't appreciate a journey back a decade further, fully immersing myself in the dugeonesque video space watching old film footage of the london club scene and glimpses of glam fetish and new romantics and being in total awe of Adam Ants gold fringed leather jacket- my inner fetishist was in heaven (!)

All the usual suspects were in attendance, Westwood and McLaren, the New Romantics, a handful of Goths and Cyber Punks with a sideline of political satire from Catherine Hammnet.

Crop To It

Throwback Thursday
Miley, Beyonce, Coco... Its obvious what Im talking about, the sudden outbreak of crop fever. Pixie cuts, paige boy cuts, high fades, short hair isn't just for the boys anymore.

But this isn't a new craze, despite the sudden celebrity hype and media outcry (remember the VS backlash when Karlie went high fashion with her tousled bob?!) It was a whole other generation of leading ladies that started this one. 

It was way back in '67 that the pixie cut first broke global headlines when Vidal Sassoon cut Mia Farrow's hair for the film Rosemary's Baby. The media reaction so strong a line in the film was even included to mention the Sassoon cut, and in the 40+ years since actresses' have sighted Mia Farrow as their hairspiration; Emma Watson, Carey Mulligan, Natalie Portman to name a few.