The Semple team recently took to the streets of East London’s Shoreditch, in search of the much hyped about Duffy exhibition. The almost secreted but superb Idea Generation Gallery, typical of exhibition spaces in Shoreditch, played a fantastic host. Despite its understated exterior, the gallery provides the perfect home for the Duffy retrospective. The stark...Read More
This week the Maggie Semple team were lucky enough to be shown around the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition, Glamour of the Gods: Hollywood Portraits, by its curator Terrence Pepper. On display are a collection of nearly 70 vintage photographs, on loan for the duration of the exhibition from the John Kobal Foundation, which depict...Read More
What springs to mind when you think of Italy? The food, the wine, the sun, perhaps George Clooney sitting by Lake Como….and permeating all of those things, the style! The effortless glamour and allure which, no matter how hard we try to recreate, Italians seem to emit with frustrating insouciance. It was with this in...Read More
The Semple team recently visited ‘The Vorticists: Manifesto For A Modern World’ at the Tate Britain which is on until 4th September 2011. Despite lasting for only a brief period before and during World War One, Vorticism is regarded as one of the only truly avant garde art movements of the 20th Century and is...Read More
As technology faltered and the images organised to illustrate the discussion between Prof. Louise Wilson and acclaimed designer Mary Katrantzou refused to project onto screen, Wilson’s witty recommendation was ‘to not rely on technology’ and stressed instead the importance of skills. It quickly became clear as Mary talked passionately about her career and recent collaboration...Read More
The Semple team recently took some time to wander over the River Thames to soak up the atmosphere and cultural delights on offer at London’s Southbank Centre. Of course, as Maggie is a member of the Board we are often privy to the exciting array of events, but the most fantastic element of London’s cultural...Read More
‘His was the kind of genius that only comes around once in a generation.’ That is what Kristin Knox, ‘The Clothes Whisper’ blogger and journalist turned author, had to say of the legendary sartorial God that was Lee ‘Alexander’ McQueen, at her talk which took place at the V&A on Monday the 16th May. A memoriam...Read More
‘People’s emotional relationship with what they wear has always been intriguing to me. More than any other aspect of fashion, I have always maintained an interest in how clothes make us feel’ said Louise Chunn of the concept behind Semple Secrets. Louise’s career trajectory spans the most discerning fashion titles on the market including British...Read More
On Thursday 7th April the Semple team went to the V&A to view their current major exhibition The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900. The Cult of Beauty is a close examination of the Aesthetic movement which gripped Victorian culture in Britain between 1860 and 1900. At this time aesthetes sought to escape the...Read More
On Wednesday 6th April the Semple team went to the Yohji Yamamoto exhibition which takes place until 10th July 2011 at the V&A. Yohji Yamamoto is a retrospective of the Japanese born designer’s work to date. His story is told through many mediums including, of course, the outfits he produced but also behind the scenes...Read More
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