Fashion

London Fashion Week

With London Fashion Week starting today, the world’s fashion press are decamping from Milan to the British capital. To mark the fash-mag pack descending on London, Art & Hue rounds up stylish pop art prints featuring fashion icons, including editors, supermodels and style gamechangers.

Fashion Editors
Firstly, the front row of any catwalk event shouldn’t be without editors, the fash-mag luminaries who direct fashion into the pages of their magazines.

Discover Art & Hue’s stylish pop art illustrations in homage to iconic fashion editors, real & fictional, including Dame Anna Wintour, Diana Vreeland, Liz Tilberis & André Leon Talley, as well as the glorious creations of Patsy Stone, Miranda Priestly, Wilhelmina Slater & Maggie Prescott.

Available in 3 sizes & 21 colour options, all pop art prints by Art & Hue are printed to order on 310gsm museum-quality archival card, made from 100% cotton, with fine-art pigment inks.

Fashion Editors stylish pop art prints in a group by Art & Hue
Supermodels
And what would a catwalk show be without models to strut the runway? 35 years ago this year, five fashion models were photographed on the streets of New York by the visionary photographer Peter Lindbergh. That 1989 image became the cover of the January 1990 issue of British Vogue, under Liz Tilberis‘ editorship, and heralded the birth of the supermodel.

Nicknamed Supermodels, these were fashion Superstars who became known by the first names.

Disover the collection of pop art illustrations featuring Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Kate, Claudia, and Amber Valletta, who have been given the Art & Hue treatment in this group of stylish graphic illustrations.

Supermodels Group by Art & Hue
60s Models
Before the supermodels of the 1990s, there were the iconic faces of the 1960s who revolutionised fashion.

Unlike the haughty atelier models of previous years, the new breed of 60s models were a refreshing part of the “youthquake” of the decade, exporting British style around the world.

Capturing the spirit of the 1960s, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Peggy Moffitt, Donyale Luna, and Veruschka changed the face of fashion.

The combination of compelling British television such as The Avengers, the London retail revolution led by Carnaby Street, music of Swinging London & Merseyside, art, architecture, and fashion, all made Great Britain the centre of the universe in the Sixties.

1960s Models
Nancy Kwan
60s icon Nancy Kwan redefined fashion in 1963 with her Vidal Sassoon bob & Quant wardrobe for the film “The Wild Affair”.

Vidal cut away three feet of her hair after which Terence Donovan photographed the new style on the 9th of August 1963. The image of Nancy Kwan‘s hairstyle was published in the October editions of British & American Vogue (the 1st then 15th October issues respectively) and circled the world.

The revolutionary bob cut (previously called the “Quant cut” as it had first featured in her fashion show, but became universally known as the “Nancy Kwan cut”) heralded a new era of women’s mod fashion.

Nancy Kwan stylish pop art group by Art & Hue
Pattern Models
Bring colour & pattern to your home with the Pattern Models collection of stylish & fun pop art.

The range includes 1960s fashion models set against retro patterned backgrounds reminiscent of vintage wallpaper.

From bold mod florals to playful graphic repeats, the prints epitomise the energy & style of the 60s fashion scene. With a wide choice of colour combinations that are both vibrant and nostalgic, these prints are the perfect way to add a touch of retro-chic to any space.

All pop art by Art & Hue is available in three sizes & many colour options, printed on museum-quality archival card of 310gsm, made from 100% cotton, with fine-art pigment inks for longevity.

Pattern Models Group of stylish pop art prints by Art & Hue
Music, film & TV fashion icons

Of course, there are many other figures from music, film & TV who became fashion icons also, such as the groundbreaking women of “The Avengers“, singers including Sandie Shaw & Françoise Hardy, 60s It-girl Julie Christie, Joan Collins‘ Dynasty power-dressing, and still-revered fashion inspiration Audrey Hepburn.

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn is still renowned as a fashion icon who developed her own distinctive style, but even before she began her lifelong collaboration with designer Hubert de Givenchy on “Sabrina”, Audrey carried herself with elegance, as the publicity images from “Secret People” demonstrate.


Emma Peel

Credited with inventing the mini-skirt, John Bates created a wonderful op-art collection under the Jean Varon label for Diana Rigg as Mrs Emma Peel. “The Avengers” was the first television show to have a fashion range available in stores so fans could buy Mrs Peel’s wardrobe. Shops stocked footwear made by Rayne, Dents gloves, Charnos & Echo hosiery, berets by Kangol, and Jean Varon clothing made under license by various firms. From leather catsuits to graphic dresses, the collection featured pieces and accessories that perfectly complemented Emma Peel’s modernity and independence.

John Bates Jean Varon

Honor Blackman

Transcending fickle trends, The Avengers have been perpetually stylish for over 60 years, paragons of elegance and ingenuity who became instant fashion icons with famous London designers wanting to work on the show.

Regarded to be the first independent female character on British TV, the tough leather catsuit Honor Blackman wore as the character Dr. Cathy Gale was an inspirational breath of fresh air for women’s fashion. Her outfits made a lasting impression on audiences and her “kinky boots” led to a song, recorded by Honor & Patrick Macnee.
Honor Blackman

Julie Christie

Billy Liar” introduced Julie Christie to cinema-goers as the free-spirited Liz and, even though she was only onscreen for a relatively short amount of time, she captivated audiences as the embodiment of 1960s carefree and adventurous youth. A couple of years later, Julie Christie portrayed Diana Scott in “Darling”, also directed by John Schlesinger, which made her an international star and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, leading Life magazine to describe 1965 as “The Year of Julie Christie”. As well as forever being an icon of “Swinging London”, Julie Christie has given memorable film performances in widely admired and cult films, including “Don’t Look Now“.


Speaking of fashion and clothing, after 10 years of Art & Hue pop art being exclusively available as art prints on archival cotton paper, two artworks have made the jump to apparel. Exclusively available from the Ashmolean Museum shop in Oxford, Art & Hue has collaborated with Britain’s, and possibly the world’s, first public museum on new organic t-shirts.

Discover more info about the organic t-shirts here.

Ashmolean x Art & Hue organic T-shirts collaboration

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