THE LONDON LOOK:
FASHION FROM STREET TO CATWALK
29 October 2004 – 8 May 2005
museumoflondon.org.uk

fig.: T-Shirt designed by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McClaren for Sex, 1974 – 1977 Photograph ©Museum of London

London is the source for the alternative look: from the Teddy boys of South and East London and the Mods of Carnaby Street, to the Punks of the Kings Road. Legendary: the t-shirt, slit over the bust, designed by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood for their store Sex at 430 Kings Road, printed with pornographic excerpts from Alexander Trocchi’s book of lesbian fantasies, Schools for Wives. next>>>