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Saatchi Gallery Exhibitions

Last Sunday AVFF headed over to the Kings Road in Chelsea... Not only was our fab friend 

Matthew's vintage fair Frock Me on at the town hall but there was some great shops and galleries to browse too. At Frock Me we was able to catch up with many friends, stallholders and familiar face alike and browse the rails full of beautiful vintage pieces - it was great to hear that so many of AVFF stallholders were so excited about our next vintage fair on 25th November at the Battersea Arts Centre and had some real treasures that they will be bringing along. We even picked up a vintage faux fur collar with a vintage brooch which is perfect for the winter months. 

  We saw many people wandering down the streets with large rolled B&W posters - intrigued we soon realised they were from the Little Black Jacket exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. Just a hop, skip and a jump down the road we headed into the gallery (which is free admission) out of he chilly weather to take a look at the displays. Split over several floors we firstly explored at the Out of Focus Photography exhibition which is currently on. It was really great to step back and take in the wonderful images... take a look at some of the examples below: 

Gallery 1: Katy Grannan 

Anonymous

A series of candid 'street style' portraits of various individuals in California. It had an intriguing underlining meaning and social commentary aspect to the image which were striking and bold.  

Gallery 3: Sohei Nishino

Diorama of New York

2009

These spectacular series of photographed cites Paris, Tokyo & New York were cleverly collaged together to represent that today we are "over-mapped". Nishino reinvests cities with wonder (and not incidentally cites 18th-century cartographer Inō Tadataka, who also did his surveys on foot, as an influence). 

Gallery 4: John Stezaker

She (Film Portrait Collage) V

The artist ransacks old bookshops for discarded images that still have some faint breath of life within them and meticulously pairs them up - marries the two strangers. Sliced magazines, postcards, books, shopping catalogues, manuals and publicity photographs to create a new composition.  

Gallery 5: Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin

Untitled series

Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin revisited the photographic and documentary archive amassed of the Troubles in Belfast and seeked to reveal the truths in the turbulence of the near past. they chose images not with a curatorial eye, but rather with a throw of the dice: they would expose only what was hidden below the round stickers placed willy-nilly by the archivists on the prints. And as a way of revealing the strong feelings these pictures could unleash, they included images purposely defaced by the subjects themselves, obviously fearful of repercussions.

THE LITTLE BLACK JACKET

12 October - 4 November 2012

If you can - make sure you catch this travelling exhibition this weekend at the Saatchi Gallery in London before it  closes and moves on to Moscow, Sydney & Paris.  

CHANEL's photographic exhibition dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld's latest book, 'The Little Black Jacket: CHANEL's classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld'.

Karl Lagerfeld photographed 113 various portrait shots of friends of the House, including celebrities, models, actors and musicians all in a classic Chanel jacket. Each personality adapted the garment to reflect their own inimitable style - worn as a cape on singer Lily Allen, draped around model Stella Tennant, or even transformed into a vest by model Edie Campbell. This exhibition showcases the versatility and timelessness of the iconic CHANEL jacket. 

This exhibition is on from Friday 12th October to Sunday 4th November 2012.

Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York's HQ
King's Road
London, SW3 4RY

thelittleblackjacket.chanel.com 

Vintage bags - Rosenfeld

Haunt

Vintage Golf Brooch

Vintage Style Ascot 2012

50's cat eye shades image via Zimbio

Hats galore at Royal Ascot this year and the whackier the better we say... enough to make even Anna Dello Russo feel right at home (especially the cherries on-top). Nice to see that many race-goers taking AVFF's advice from our summer events special vintage fair and opted for unique and classic vintage pieces to accessorize their looks. We picked the best vintage and 'vintagesque' looks from 4 day Racing event, the pouring rain didn't put off these starlets... 

Nichole Fitch, (artist and vintage store owner) wears a beautiful light peach vintage dress matched perfectly with Kurt Geiger shoes and vintage floral hat. Image via Vogue.co.uk

Time for Afternoon Tea anyone? Image via The Telegraph

Image Via Telegraph: Caroline Sieber,  (Stylist) in a Chanel dress, Maison Michel headpiece and Louis Vuitton shoes. 

Amanda Holden was one of the few celebs to hit the right mark with her Ascot look - a 50's style floral print tea dress with oversized bow with her nude pink Aspinal Hepburn bag and Hat by DeDe Valentine. Image (lrft) via Telegraph Fashion & Image (Right) via Yahoo.

Many also paid homage to Her Majesty's 60 year reign of the British Monarchy with Royal colours and English connotations. Some went that little further than others...

Full English Fry up:  Ebony Silk, (burlesque performer and model) in a hat by The Libertarian, wearing a Stop Staring dress, Vivienne Westwood necklace and a United Colours of Benetton stole accessorised with vintage gloves. Image via The Independent

Princess Eugenie in a cream and red floral fitted dress on Ladies Day - Image via Elleuk.com

Jenson's Girlfriend Jessica Michibata stood out in a vibrant red dress with white veiled hat and union jack clutch.  Image (right) via The Telegraph Fashion

Jubilation: red white and blue - image via The Guardian.

With a black cherry on top - image via Daily Mail

Fantastic girl band the Tootsie Rollers looked fab in their matching outfits when they performed on Ladies Day. Image via The Independent