Bande à part

We talk about the display The Clash: London Calling which just opened at the Museum of London and the National Army Muse... Read more

We discuss the wonderful Atelier E.B: Passer-by exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, and wonder about the ethics of usi... Read more

We discuss the costumes in Pose, it’s influences and the history of Drag Balls. See links below.Jennie Livingston (direc... Read more

We wonder what natural makeup is, and marvel at Nick Knight’s photographs of Rihanna.Blog post by cosmeticsandskin about... Read more

We discuss the upcoming Conference on fashion and passing, and Raf Simons' references to Christiane F. in his latest col... Read more

We discuss why we think the latest Valentino haute couture collection was designed to be drawn and the women photograph... Read more

We discuss Phantom Thread and a visit to the V&A's stores to see haute couture.Phantom Thread official site: http://... Read more

We discuss Mae West - her transgressive and contradictory negotiations of gender, sexuality, class and ethnicity, her bo... Read more

We discuss the significance of costume in Otto Preminger’s film Bonjour Tristesse (1958). See also links below.François ... Read more

We talk about the concept of everyday dress following the Everyday Fashion conference in Huddersfield and Leeds. (Apolog... Read more

We discuss the mesmerising exhibition of Frances Upritchard’s work at the Barbican, and enjoy the multi-layered referenc... Read more

We discuss Kim Jones’ finale at Louis Vuitton, the proliferation of plastic and nylon raincoats in the menswear shows, a... Read more

We devise the Bande à part Manifesto of acceptable approaches to fashion design based on our observations of the current... Read more

We discuss the wonders of Bonhams jewellery sale and the historical references contained within jewellery designStill Pr... Read more

We discuss the significance of jeans in the film I,Tonya, and interpreting Claire McCardell’s Monastic dress.I,Tonya (20... Read more

Inspired by a recent event at Autograph ABP in London we talk about colourism and film. See links below.Celeste Bell and... Read more

We discuss the recent sale of Catherine Deneuve’s Yves Saint Laurent clothes, and wonder about the values and meanings a... Read more

We consider the wonders of menswear prompted by Murnau's 1921 film Schloss Vogelöd and discuss the V&A Museum’s curr... Read more

We discuss the ways fashion and autobiography intersect - prompted by a visit to see clothes in the Museum of London arc... Read more

We discuss Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s beautifully conceived and edited documentary about Cecil Beaton. See links below.Co... Read more