Tag: Fashion

• Return of the Rudeboy: Ska, Swagger and ‘Sapologie’ at Somerset House

  

  After reading Sean O’Hagan’s thought-provoking preview of the ‘Return of the Rudeboy’ exhibition at Somerset House in London – titled, ‘Rude Boys: Shanty Town to Savile Row’ (The Guardian/Observer, 24th May 2014) – I placed this event quite high on my list of top 10 “must see” summer showcases, and managed to get along to…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 31, 2014

  Caribbean Diaspora, Curating, Curatorship, Diasporas, Exhibition Review, Exhibitions, Fashion, London, United Kingdom

  Baudouin Mouanda, Brazzaville, Carol Tulloch, Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, CNHI, Dandyism, Fashion, Kinshasa, Les Sapeurs, London, Michael McMillan, Monica L. Miller, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, Robyn Orlin, Rudeboy, Rudegirl, Sapologie, Ska, Somerset House, Sound System

• The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk – Barbican Art Gallery, London

  “It’s not only the beauty of the person, but the beauty of the soul and the culture.” – Jean Paul Gaultier Recently I went to see the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery, and was pleasantly surprised by all the dramatic tableaux created to showcase a diverse selection of his signature garments…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 18, 2014

  Exhibition Review, Fashion

  Barbican Art Gallery, Contemporary art, Fashion, Gaultier, haute couture, La Mariée