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London, GBR, UNITED KINGDOM · Sep 24, 2025


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Sep 24, 2025

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From set #3362142

'For Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion' exhibition at The Barbican · 101 assets in this set

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BGUK_3362142 - The Barbican's first major fashion exhibition runs 25th September to January 25th 2026. It includes over 100 looks by 60 designers, exploring how contemporary fashion has harnessed the rebellious romantic and regenerative potentials of dirt and decay. Exhibits photographed: - Hamish Morrow 'From Function to Decoration' Spring/Summer 2002 - Yaz XL with 'Corrosion Perversion' 2025 - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Wellington boots ( 1960 ) - Kate Moss Hunter Wellingtons - Giles Deacon 'The Vesper Pyre' Autumn/Winter 2012 - Paco Rabanne 'Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 1992' - Andrew Groves 'Cocaine Nights' Spring/Summer 1999 - Hodakova 'Conventional Collection 112303' Autumn/Winter 2023 - Tom Van der Barght '7 WAYS TO BE T.VDB' Hyeres Collection 2020 - Alexander McQueen 'Highland Rape' Autumn/Winter 1995 - Piero D'Angelo 'Physarum Lab' 2014 - Piero D'Angelo 'Grow Your Own Couture' 2024 - Dilara Findikoglu 'Waking the Witch. Femme Vortex ' Autumn/Winter 2024 - Robert Wun 'The White Moth, Time Haute Couture' Autumn/Winter 2024 - Hussein Challayan 'Map Reading' Autumn/Winter 2001 - Robert Wun 'The Snow Gown, Time Haute Couture' Autumn/Winter 2024 - Robert Wun, 'The Yellow Rose, Time' Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2024 - Michaela Stark 'Growing Pains' 2025

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London, GBR, UNITED KINGDOM

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