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Featuring iconic fashion photographs, couture garments, wigs, hairpieces and film and audio installations, the exhibition will unveil the little-known creative process behind the craft of hair styling and explore McKnight’s relationships with key, long-term collaborators.
Throughout his career, McKnight has worked with the most celebrated image-makers, collaborating with designers, photographers, stylists and make-up artists to create some of the most recognisable images of the past 40 years. He has worked with fashion legends like Karl Lagerfeld and Dame Vivienne Westwood, photographers such as Nick Knight and Patrick Demarchelier, and make-up artists including Mary Greenwell and Val Garland.
Hair and fashion react to and reflect the moods and events of our times, and this exhibition traces different styles created by McKnight from Hollywood glamour to androgynous, romantic to sexy, and fantasy to natural, cataloguing the transformative nature of hair within the image.
McKnight has created some of fashion’s most recognisable styles such as Princess Diana’s slicked back bob, Tilda Swinton channeling David Bowie and Kate Moss’ trademark ‘done/undone’ look. He has created over 100 Vogue UK covers and over 190 Vogue covers internationally, and styled models, stars and musicians ranging from Linda Evangelista to Cara Delevigne, Cate Blanchett to Uma Thurman,and Lady Gaga to Björk.
The exhibition is curated by Shonagh Marshall and the exhibition design is by Michael Howells.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a book of the same name, published by Rizzoli and available for £35.
Embankment Galleries, South Wing, Somerset House
