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Fashion quote | James Laver on conceptual layers and clothes

W&V — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:01:01 +0000

Fashion quote on clothes, conceptual layers and meaning from the English author, art historian, museum curator for the Victoria and Albert Museum and pioneering fashion historian: James Laver.

James Laver on clothes, fashion and the mind

W&V — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:14:19 +0000

Quote on clothes, fashion and the human mind from the English author, art historian, museum curator who acted as keeper of prints, drawings and paintings for the Victoria and Albert Museum and pioneering fashion historian: James Laver.

Flower by Nick Knight

W&V — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:58:32 +0000

Nick Knight is among the worlds most influential and visionary photographers. As a fashion photographer, he has consistently challenged conventional notions of beauty and is fêted for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with leading designers as well as editorial for W, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, Dazed & Confused, Another, Another Man and i-D magazines have consistently kept Knight at the vanguard of progressive image-making for the past three decades. His first book of photographs, Skinheads, was published in 1982. He has since produced Nicknight, a twelve year retrospective, and Flora, a series of flower pictures, both published by Schirmer Mosel. Knight’s work has been exhibited at international institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers Gallery and Hayward Gallery. He has also produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London and was the first of Channel 4′s ‘Big 4′ 50-foot installations outside its London HQ in 2007.

The below Flower video by Nick Knight is featuring a remix of Special Cases by Massive Attack.

Photo and video: Nick Knight featuring Massive Attack | Youtube