Stephen Jones's Life Hat

Stephen Jones Solo exhibition will debut in Antwerp

When the famous British designer Stephen Jones celebrates the 30 year old personal fashion house, the Antwerp Fashion Museum also announces the special case to hold a solo exhibition this autumn to pay tribute to the designer who owns decades of hat making experience.

The British fashion circle is like a global leader. Design trend The micro climate zone can always draw inspiration from fashion fans or cutting-edge fashion people. This year, when the famous British designer Stephen Jones celebrates the 30 year old personal fashion house, the Antwerp Fashion Museum also announces the special case to hold a solo exhibition in the first week of September this year to pay tribute to the designer who owns decades of hat making experience. The exhibition, called "Stephen Jones:Accent on Fashion", is said to be the largest Stephen Jones exhibition held outside the UK, with a total number of over 120 pieces. Most of the exhibits are provided by two private collectors in Antwerp, Geert Bruloot and Eddy Michiels, and the degree of value can be imagined.

In terms of popularity in fashion circles, Stephen Jones may not be well-known for its main partners, such as John Galliano, Thierry Mugler, Vivienne Westwood, etc. However, if there is no Stephen Jones design of those weird and exquisite hat, whether it is John Galliano for Christian Dior designed uniform, or Thierry Mugler's creativity is inevitable to make some discount. As the capuchin master claims, "hat is like cherry on top of a cake, satisfying people's fantasies and turning clothes into real fashion."

The designers who worked with Stephen Jones, such as Walter Van Beirendonck, Claude Montana, Marc Jacob, praised the imagination of Stephen Jones in design. They thought that the identity of the Marc was not like a designer, but rather a magician who performed magic tricks in the background of the show. Because he never tied himself to the fashion itself, but designed with a brilliant hat, and he wanted to interpret or even modify the connotation of fashion. This is from the Comme des Garcon hat perfume gift box designed by Wakubo Rei for Stephen Jones. Kate Moss The Muslim headscarf designed and designed for Kylie Minogue MTV can be roughly read.

In view of this, the Stephen Jones solo exhibition, which has been prepared for a long time in Antwerp Fashion Museum, will not only review the cooperation between designers and the above brands, but also show the designer's cross border art design in film, music and photography, the contact with fashion idol Anna Piaggi, and the design process and Inspiration of her debut in thirty years. It is reported that the early design of Stephen Jones mainly includes some hat decorations worn at parties, which are exaggerated and quite experimental. After that, he completed many unique style hat with unique design style and rich material as fabric. Most of these works are equipped with artistic appearance, like small sculptures on the heads of gentry celebrities. In 1979, when Stephen Jones graduated from the central Saint Martin Institute of art, he used Stephen Jones Millinery as a personal signboard to formally enter the fashion circle. In 1984, when Kawa Kuborei invited to the Paris fashion week's extension platform, the design of Stephen Jones became more diversified, and its work content was also launched from a number of front-line fashion designers to launch a new series, which gradually extended to Princess Diana. Madonna Mick Jagger, Anna Piaggi, Kylie Minogue, Dita Von Teese, Beyonce and other public figures custom hat decoration.

It has been roughly calculated that since Stephen Jones set up a personal design studio in Covent Garden square, it is only for the purpose of setting up a personal design studio. Christian Dior The hat design is worth thousands of dollars, counting the hat and accessories of other designers, celebrities and celebrities, which can not be less than 10 thousand. In this exhibition, the Antwerp Fashion Museum is also subdivided into 20 theme exhibition areas in accordance with the creation stage of Stephen Jones, so that all fashion lovers can enjoy the fashion legend of "hat Sheng" in thirty directions.

It has to be mentioned that Stephen Jones became famous in the British fashion world in 1980s, while its peers, John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood, were also the most representative fashion people of that era. In fact, John Galliano and Stephen Jones had their first collaboration as early as 1980, when John Galliano was a student at the central Saint Martin Institute of art. He pleaded with the latter to make a hat for his graduation design show. Stephen Jone first rejected him, and later, because of various opportunities to start cooperation again, since then. "Every season, John Galliano always brings us into the abyss, and then we reach the other side." Stephen Jones explains this way. And the older Vivienne Westwood, who has worked with Stephen Jones to complete many well received fashion collections, is one of the most well-known works, including the "witch" series reinterpreted with traditional underwear and bra skirt as the theme. It is worth noting that Vivienne Westwood's writing style is rich and varied, which is particularly close to the personal style of Stephen Jones. Through the design, they challenge the traditional costumes of the fashion industry and attack the traditional costumes aesthetics. This is precisely the kind of style that ignores British orthodox education and rules. fashion "Has become one of the most representative English fashion styles.