Each month, AnOther's editors give their fashion recommendations for the coming month. September's highlights include Alber Elbaz at the Royal Opera House, a look inside Hermès' secret workshops, Nicola Formichetti's pop-up shop, a Marc Jacobs
Alber Elbaz at the Royal Opera House
Curated by acclaimed film director Mike Figgis, Deloitte Ignite Arts Festival returns to the Royal Opera House for the fourth year, on 2, 3, 4 September. Lanvin's Alber Elbaz is one of the leading personalities who have been invited to present his provocations around the theme of truth, which takes place on Saturday September 3.
Focus on Craftsmanship: Hermès & Persol
Hermès are one of forerunners of brands dedicated to craftsmanship – each of their bags is created by one dedicated craftsman, a process which can take between 18 to 24 hours. Over a period of seven years, photographer Koto Bolofo captured the Hermès artisans at work in the secret workshops, 33 of which are being showcased in an exhibition at the gallery located in its Madison Avenue flagship in New York City. Persol, the Italian optical brand whose glasses go through 30 stages of craftsmanship also open their travelling exhibition in Milan during September 23-26. Entitled Magnificent Film Obsessions, the exhibition celebrates obsessive craftsmanship in cinema history, including Federico Fellini’s legendary casting sessions.
Nicola Formichetti's Pop-up Shop
Opening to coincide with New York fashion week, and conceived in collaboration with Gage/Clemenceau Architects, Formichetti's highly anticipated pop-up shop will stock his latest work and several ensembles he designed for Lady Gaga. The experimental space is comprised of hundreds of robotically cut, mirrored facets, mounted to lightweight composite structural backing to produce an endlessly reflective environment that refracts the clothing so that it can be viewed from a variety of unexpected perspectives.
Louis Vuitton's Marc Jacobs Tribute
The house will play tribute to its head designer (Marc Jacobs – currently rumoured to be in the running for the Dior job) in a major retrospective curated by longtime collaborator and stylist Katie Grand. Opening on September 22 until October 9 at the newly expanded Louis Vuitton store on Milan's Via Montenapoleone, the exhibition will showcase over 70 of Jacobs' ready-to-wear designs created since his appointment in 1997.
Gemma Land's Scarves
September sees the launch of the second collection of silk scarves by award-winning artist Gemma Land. Each of them unique, the scarves are an amalgamation of photography and British craftsmanship, using architecture and symmetry to create impossible structures and hallucinogenic patterns, all created entirely in the UK. Land launches her online store on September 1, and is showing her scarf collection at Paris fashion week and her photography at Frieze's Neon + Vinyl exhibition in October.
Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones' first solo show
Following a number of group shows at Haunch of Venison, National Portrait Gallery and the ICA, on September 15, Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones hold their inaugural solo show at The Vinyl Factory's new space in Chelsea, London. An evocative series, combining classicism and surrealism in an esoteric way, When The Night Falls presents the pair’s “dreams in reality” by exploring and working within unique artistic processes that show photography in a completely new light. Renowned artistic collaborators, the pair have worked with Alexander McQueen, Björk and Issey Miyake, and this latest exhibition has its genesis in a creative partnership with the musician and curator James Lavelle.
Fendi x Royal College of Art
In a special tribute to British design, Fendi celebrates the opening of its new Sloane Square store with students from the Royal College of Art's renowned product design department. Innovative uses of Fendi's signature craftsmanship techniques merged with discarded materials will be showcased in the store's windows.
The Return of The Museum of Everything
London's first ever museum dedicated to the untrained, unintentional and undiscovered artists of the modern world is back with Exhibition #4. This time, it moves from Primrose Hill to London department store Selfridges from September 2 until October 25. Occupying over 15,000 square feet including windows and the Ultralounge exhibition hall, Exhibition #4 will include over 200 artworks, The Cafe of Everything and various events. Custom goods on sale to benefit the museum and its artists include a limited edition footwear collaboration courtesy of shoe designer Tracy Neuls and self-taught artist Dan Mille.
Chelsea Girls at the BFI
On September 28, the BFI is screening Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey's double projection epic, which defined the legend of the downtown New York scene. Filmed at the now-closed Hotel Chelsea, the Factory and apartments including Velvet Underground's on West 3rd, the 1966 underground experimental film was Warhol's first major commercial success.
Compiled by Laura Bradley, Dimitra Sotirchos and Tish Wrigley
