We’ve got literature, theatre, music and more, but an arts festival in Chelsea just wouldn’t feel right without a nod to the area’s rebellious fashion history. And fashion itself is an artform regardless, as we will learn at these sartorial events on the Chelsea Arts Festival agenda.
A Guide To Chelsea Arts Festival (For Fashion Lovers)
Express Yourself: Fashion, Identity & Liberation
Featuring Dame Zandra Rhodes and Daniel Lismore, fashion lovers would be loath to miss this Chelsea Arts Festival event. One of Britain’s most iconic and influential designers, Rhodes has borne witness to Chelsea’s fashion boom from the swinging sixties to the punk seventies. As such, this Chelsea Arts Festival event will showcase her unparalleled insight into fashion’s capability to reflect and reshape society. Joined by acclaimed ‘living sculpture’ Daniel Lismore, expect an exuberant conversation underscoring fashion’s canvas for radical self-expression and artistic rebellion.
A Celebration of British Film & Television
Chelsea is almost synonymous with sixties fashion – and so is Britain’s first supermodel Twiggy. The iconic woman herself, whose sartorial impact continues to make waves today, will be joined by talented documentarian Sadie Frost for two special film screenings at Everyman Chelsea offering unique perspectives on fashion, culture and creativity through Twiggy and fellow fashion icon Mary Quant. Then the much-needed debrief: film critic and podcaster Anna Smith will host a panel starring Twiggy, Frost and award winning composer and musician Dr Nitin Sawhney CBE for an inspiring celebration of British film and television.
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Everyman Screenings of Quant and Twiggy.
Rupert Everett In Conversation With Hannah MacInnes
Rupert Everett is best known for his acting, directing and writing – but he has also always moved in very fashionable circles (think Donatella Versace, Jean Paul Gautier and more). And from starring in Robert Altman’s Prêt-à-Porter (1994) to Emily in Paris to presenting the 2001 Victoria Secret Fashion Show, fashion has played a role in his screen career, too. At this talk, hosted by broadcaster, journalist and podcaster Hannah MacInnes, Everett will delve into his new novel The American No, and take us on a whistlestop tour of his multifaceted career, offering a fascinating glimpse into the worlds of entertainment and storytelling.