Glorious exhibition of 18th century costume at the Palais Galliera in Paris @palaisgallieramuseedelamode@museedelamode #palaisgallieramuseedelamode #18thcenturyfashion #18thcentury #18thcenturycostume #parisfashion #panier #robevolonte #polonaise #robealafrancaise #waistcoat #embroidery #frenchfashion #pannier #courtdress
On the day that I didn't vote Labour for the first time ever, we went on a 14+ mile walk from Lewes to Brighton, over the South Downs and along the coast path from Saltdean
Our trip to see the William Nicholson exhibition at Pallant House uncovered some designs he had made for Léonide Massine and CB Cochran during the 1920s - a version of The Rake's Progress and also a ballet called The Tub. Also included was his book illustrations for The Velveteen Rabbit, a portrait of his son Ben Nicholson, and a print of the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt @pallanthousegallery #pallanthouse #williamnicholson #leonidemassine #cbcochrane #rakesprogress #theatredesign #costumedesign #illustrator #artist #velveteenrabbit #sarahbernhardt #bennicholson #artexhibition #ballet #1920sballet
Merry Christmas to all my friends and family. This is a Christmas Card designed by my mum, Judith Gray, many years ago #merrychristmas🎄 #christmascard #judithgray #femaleartists #motherandchild #maryandjesus #madonnaandchild #merrychristmas
Gorgeous exhibition at the Fashion and Textiles Museum - Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop - co-curated by my friend Keith Lodwick. So many wonderful film and television costumes on display, including A Room With a View, Tess, Jefferson in Paris, Out of Africa, The Golden Bowl, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, Napoleon, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Danish Girl, Howards End, Sense and Sensibility, Portrait of a Lady, Gentlemen Jack, Downton Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, Poirot, The House of Eliott and more… @fashiontextilemuseum@cosproplondonuk@filmcostumes@filmcostumedesign@johnbrightcollection #theatredesign #costumedesign #costumedesigner #filmcostume #tvcostumes #televisioncostumes #costumier #costumiers #cosprop #cosproplondonuk
Dulwich Picture Gallery has a very attractive exhibition of paintings by the Danish artist Anna Ancher on at the moment. Working between the 1870s and the 1920s, her work spanned social realism and a more painterly response to the play of light in interiors and landscapes. I didn’t like everything I saw, but here are some of the paintings that I admired @dulwichgallery #annaancher #danishartist #19thcenturyart #20thcenturyart #interiors #landscapes #portraits #19thcenturydanishart #20thcenturydanishart @annaa_ancher@ancheranna #exhibition #danishartexhibition
Out with his great uncles, and his mum, on his first proper visit to London #greatuncle #greatuncles #greatnephew #firstvisittolondon #firstlondonvisit #paddingtonstation #paddingtonbear #londonsciencemuseum #sciencemuseum #naturalhistorymuseum #elizabethline #thameslink
Who knew that London’s largest theatre was the Streatham Hill Theatre, which opened in 1929, and could seat 2,500? The audience capacity was bigger than the London Coliseum, the Royal Opera House and the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and saw such star performers as Ivor Novello, Anna Pavlova, Paul Robeson as Othello, John Gielgud as Hamlet and Peggy Ashcroft as Hedda Gabler. It’s been closed as a theatre since 1962, but is Grade 2 Listed, and was open to the public again this evening as part of Streatham Festival. This was the theatre that Mary Clarke saw her first ballet - the Markova-Dolin Ballet in 1936, and Antoinette Sibley told me “That’s where I did my second Swan Lake”. @streathamhilltheatre #streathamhilltheatre #streathamhill #streatham #southlondon #theatre @streathamfestival
Style over substance? I think so with the V&A’s exhibition on Marie Antoinette. Some gorgeous frocks on display, though @vamuseum@marieantoinettestyle@marieantoinetteofficiel #18thcenturyfashion #18thcenturycostume #ancienregime #frenchrevolution #marieantoinettestyle #victoriaandalbert #victoriaandalbertmuseum #fashionexhibition #costumeexhibition #frenchfashion #robealafrançaise #robealanglaise #panier #panniers #courtdress #frenchcourtdress #18thcenturycourtdress #queenmarieantoinette #styleoversubstance #polonaise #shift
