Bianca Jagger - a timeless style icon

Bianca Jagger, with a fashion sense as iconic as her name, stands out as a symbol of the 70s' glitz and glamour. Known for her marriage to Mick Jagger and...

The Story of PAOLO GUCCI

The Designer They Tried to Erase Paolo Gucci helped build one of the most recognisable brands in the world. History gave him a footnote. When Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported...

Kenneth Jay Lane Jewellery: A Collector's Guide to KJL Marks and Dating | Jagged Metal

Kenneth Jay Lane launched his first jewellery line in 1963 and spent the next five decades making costume jewellery that didn't apologise for being costume jewellery. A guide to the...

Veruschka: The Model Who Rejected Fashion | Jagged Metal

  Veruschka von Lehndorff — German countess, 1960s icon, body painting pioneer. The anti-model who defined an era and walked away from it on her own terms.

Dynasty Jewellery: The Bold Glamour of 1980s Power Dressing | Jagged Metal

  Nolan Miller, Les Bernard, Kenneth Jay Lane — the designers behind Dynasty's iconic jewellery, and why the pieces from the show's golden era remain worth collecting.  

Donyale Luna: The First Black Model on the Cover of Vogue | Jagged Metal

  Donyale Luna — Detroit-born, London-made. The first Black model on the cover of Vogue in 1966, and one of fashion's most overlooked icons.

Coco Chanel - Celebrating a Costume Jewellery Legend

Vintage Chanel Jewellery Coco Chanel has long been considered a fashion legend. Little black dresses,  signature suits, collarless cardigans, layered with pearls; brooches and cuffs along with the iconic quilted handbag...

YSL Africa 1967: The Collection That Changed Haute Couture's Frame of Reference | Jagged Metal

Yves Saint Laurent didn't ease ideas into fashion. He staged them. By the time he presented the Autumn/Winter 1967 collection — what's now referred to as the Africa collection —...

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Versace AW91: The Night Fashion Met Pop Culture | Jagged Metal

By the early 90s, fashion had the faces — Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford — but Versace was the one who turned them into a moment. The...

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Thierry Mugler Haute Couture 1995: The Show That Rewrote the Rules | Jagged Metal

Remembering a fashion legend - a tribute to the one and only Thierry Mugler.   The Fall/Winter 1995 Mugler couture show ran for an hour at the Cirque d'Hiver. Pat...

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90s CHANEL - FALL 1991 - THE 'HIP HOP' COLLECTION

Iconic Vintage Chanel Jewellery Moments In the early 90s, Karl Lagerfeld was on a mission to transform the brand's somewhat stuffy image. His keen eye for the cultural zeitgeist and deep respect for Gabrielle’s precious...

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70s Music: Funk, Soul and Disco and What They Actually Built | Jagged Metal

The 70s is the decade that gets credited with everything and understood least. Disco gets remembered as camp and then killed. Funk gets flattened into a mood. The actual story...

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90s Music: The Decade That Split Everything Apart | Jagged Metal

  The 90s didn't produce something for everyone. It split everything apart. Scenes stopped blending and started forming their own worlds — and most of them didn't cross over. That's...

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80s Music: What the Decade Actually Built | Jagged Metal

The 80s get remembered as one thing — synthesisers, shoulder pads, big hair — when they were actually several things happening simultaneously, most of them in disagreement with each other.

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1970s New York: Studio 54, The Loft and Paradise Garage | Jagged Metal

1970s New York: The Disco Era Disco is usually understood as a genre. It was really a system — about who controls the room, who gets through the door, and...

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