20 Years of Dazed & Confused Magazine @ Somerset House

Making It Up As We Go Along

4 Nov - 29 Jan, 10.00-18.00
Terrace Rooms
Free Admission

Dazed & Confused has been a go-to reference for style and culture since its explosive launch in London in 1991 by Jefferson Hack and renowned photographer Rankin. Quickly developing into a notoriously creative platform for new artists, musicians, designers, and filmmakers, and being widely known for its irreverent attitude, Dazed & Confused represented a new wave in the British press, bringing together figures from an assortment of fields and eras to produce extraordinary interviews and original artwork exclusively for the magazine.

Curated by Jefferson Hack and Emma Reeves in collaboration with Somerset House, this multi-layered exhibition immortalises the magazine’s most infamous visual stories, featuring legendary photoshoots, iconic covers, controversial editorial content and artwork from influential photographers, designers, and artists.

Work featured includes ground-breaking photography by Rankin, Nick Knight, David Sims and Terry Richardson, specially commissioned projects by artists Jake & Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst and Sam Taylor-Wood, cutting edge fashion pages by stylists Katie Grand, Katy England, Alister Mackie and Nicola Formichetti, and specially selected designs by fashion giants Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Gareth Pugh.

This exhibition coincides with an anniversary book published by Rizzoli.

Signed copies of  20 Years of Dazed & Confused Magazine - Making It Up As We Go Along available now in our Rizzoli Bookshop, signed by Jefferson Hack and Rankin. 

http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/ 

The Tweed Run: Saturday 9th April 2011

Ladies, Gentlemen,

The third annual 2011 London Tweed Run will be held on 9 April. This friendly 10 mile jaunt around the Capital will take in London’s famous sites –– including St Paul’s, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Savile Row –– with a stop for a spot of tea, and ending with a bit of a knees-up out Shoreditch way.

The ride will benefit Bikes4Africa, our designated charity. There’ll be more announcements as the day gets closer. I do hope you can make it.

source: http://tweedrun.com/

The Culture Club

The Culture Club was born out of a number of things.

• Curiosity – There’s loads going on in London, but what, where and when?  Hmmmm?
• A desire to meet new people
• Empathy for newcomers to London (especially those from another country who,  within a week, were brainstorming the quickest and most efficient way to get back home because of A) an altercation on the Tube B) the horror of Oxford Street C) You got robbed D) All of the above)
• The thrill of new, fun experiences. Like the ones you get in my favourite city of all time, NYC.

So  The Culture Club is a members-only social club for people who:

• A) want  to meet genuinely cool people
• B)  want to enjoy what the London has to offer and try out new experiences
• C) Fancy a break from online socialising in favour of  ”real-life” socializing

It started in September 2010, and within 3 months nearly 300 people had signed up to the free membership. Best bit is, They do all the hard work for you; organising socials, meet-ups and events,  sending out invitations which go directly into your e-mail inbox, sourcing great hookups and members benefits likemoney-saving discounts, competitions, special offers, etc.

http://www.cultureclublondon.co.uk 

The ReSee Fashion Film Celebration Yesterday

James Small SS11 Film 'Journey

James Small presents ‘Journey‘ – a short film showcasing the menswear designer’s SS11 collection, directed by Tom Beard with creative direction from Jamie Hince.

To see more short films and future events, please go to www.theresee.com 

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Interesting colour palette with amazing architectural cuts. 

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Our favourite off schedule fashion show this year.. 

A child of the jago was founded in 2007 by Simon "Barnzley" Armitage and Joseph Corre. As long standing friends they have for many years been making clothing for them selves as individuals using end of line luxury wools cashmeres and cottons. after many years of dressing up and showing off to each other they decided to open a store in the east end within walking distance of the local tailors shops. A Child Of The Jago is a child of the street. The destitute and illegitimate progeny of a hopelessly rundown environment.

In the case of Joseph Corre and Simon “Barnzley” Armitage, the street is Great Eastern and the physical environment is a former Victorian slum in East London where the alley wise hero of Arthur Morrison’s book, A Child of the Jago takes place. But the spiritual environment that has catalyzed Corre and Armitage’s enterprise is an even more threatening and sprawling slum, that of the creatively impoverished and commercially corrupt homogeny represented by the menswear status quo.

Corre and Armitage are acutely aware that the world their new child is entering will offer it no sympathy and give it no quarter. A Child of the Jago isn’t being raised to expect a warm welcome. It’s being brought up to cause trouble while it contrives to raises the bar.