The last image of V&R is a play on the Madonna and Child motif of Western art: David Beckham holding Harper. Becks is a national institution in Britain. Regarded as a “top bloke,” he is well-known as a proud Briton. Something of a clotheshorse for classical British tailoring he is also a style mentor to…
This article contains wonderful images of YSL clothes and drawings, as well as the beautiful museums being built to house his archive (http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/suzy-menkes-pierre-berge-ysl-should-fashion-legacies-be-controlled). The article is misnamed somewhat: Suzy Menkes only arguing that the museums need to offer the context in which YSL’s creativity flourished. This might be right but I imagine there are arguments…