Northern Exposure “I still think that people from down South don’t understand people from up North. And it is this huge cultural, class and every-which-way divide.” – Stephen Jones, Milliner. Northern style has had a major impact on the global fashion industry. Even today those graphic stripes of the ‘Haçienda’ nightclub are being used in ‘Off-White’s’ designs and ‘Raf Simons’ put Peter Saville’s album imagery on the back of his parkas. Now Somerset House are hosting a huge exhibition dedicated to Northern style. ‘North: Fashion Identity’ will feature contemporary photography, fashion collections, multimedia artworks, social documentary film and photography. The show will look at how the realities of life in the north of England captured in the mid-20th century continue to influence new generations of photographers, artists and designers. The exhibition will show over 100 photographs, fashion garments and artworks from a host of renowned photographers, designers and artists including Alasdair McLellan, Corinne Day, Mark Leckey, Jeremy Deller, Raf Simons, Paul Smith, Off White’s Virgil Abloh, Peter Saville, Stephen Jones, Gareth Pugh, Nick Knight, Glen Luchford, Jamie Hawkesworth, Shirley Baker, John Bulmer and Peter Mitchell. ‘North: Fashioning Identity’ will run from November 8, 2017 – February 4, 2018 at Somerset House. #chapeaulondon #chapeaublog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #wordsandpictures #amazing #london #lifestyle #north #northfashioningidentity #northernidentity #fashion #photography #design #style #music #infulence #somersethouse (at Somerset House)
