The collective’s readings for the V&A’s Selected Poems series, with readers including Liz Berry, Matthew Gregory, Tim Cockburn and Abigail Parry, are now available for listening on the Clinic website.

With titles such as The Age Of Insecurity, Hermione And Frog: Honeymoon Days In The Blue and Google, the playlist is sure to be an entertaining audio experience no matter what your poetic taste.

Listen to Selected Poems — The Recordings here.

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Words by Carla Seipp

Held together by no specific theme, his images are poetic plays on light and space. Taking images of everyday experiences, there’s an anonymity to his photographs that hints at stories the viewer can only imagine. Whether it’s a girl teetering over the precipice of New York or an alien smoke puff hanging above a kitchen sink, Barber’s camera intimately and lovingly records moments in life.

Tim Barber: Untitled Photographs exhibition and book signing is tonight at 7pm at Mother, Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch Street, London, E2 7DD

RSVP Richard@webberrepresents.com

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After ten years and counting, Twin celebrates the designer’s reign with a recount of the looks that have made the label a must have…

F/W 2002

The one that started it all. Elbaz’s debut for the label may seem a bit a more restrained than his most recent collections, however the fur, feminine cuts and luxurious fabrics proved that the Moroccan designer has Parisian chic down to a tee.

F/W 2006

A bit of bow tie never hurt anyone, plus can one really go wrong wearing the Alber Elbaz signature?

S/S 2007

Perhaps a prediction of the pandemic top knot and oversized jewellery invasion that was to ensue, this collection was the quintessential fashion survival kit for the urban city slicker.

S/S 2008

Elbaz’s Spring/Summer 2008 collection proved to be both a critical and commercial success for the label. With pieces mixing splashes of lemon and lime colours, in fabrics of free-flowing silk, fur and sequins, it was like one of those perfectly sunny summer days, only better.

F/W 2008

For Fall/Winter 2008 it was all about excessive amounts of sequins, jewel encrusted hems, and chunky golden necklaces. If clothes could speak, this dress would probably say ‘Go heavy embellished or go home’. We agree.

Resort 2010

Thick acetate-framed sunglasses paired with a tulle tiered skirt and slouchy t-shirt resulted in a Courtney Love circa 1992/bridesmaid outfit hybrid. An unexpected look from the label known mostly for its luxurious cocktail and evening dresses, it’s an Elbazean token of wisdom not to take ourselves so seriously.

S/S 2011

If a decade of his designs has taught us anything, it’s that there is probably no better and more stylish way to beat the heat than in a leather harness, racerback tank and lightweight maxi skirt combo.

Pre-Fall 2012

His most recent collection proved that even after ten years, Elbaz is still at the top of his game. With lashings of jewel-toned colours, patent leather trenchcoats and body-skimming silhouettes, the designs wrapped the feminine, cool and fresh into one highly-covetable package.

When it comes to ruling the Lanvin empire, nobody does it like Alber.

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Words by Carla Seipp

In the Seventies, Burdett was a post-boy at Island Records when he came across a dumped tape intriguingly labelled, “Nick Drake, Cello Song. With love.” It was 20 years before he actually listened to it, discovering an earthy version of Drake’s famed song and another few years passed before he decided what to do with his discovery.

Inspiredly, instead of releasing it into the online ether, Burdett  travelled the length and breadth of Britian, stopping some famous people and some not on streets, hills and work places to offer them a chance to hear the song. Each time, he took a portrait of the listener.

The results are now on display at the Idea Generation gallery in East London. The Strange Face Project, takes it’s name from the first line of Cello Song and also refers to the expressions Burdett observed of his listeners and a fitting ode to one of music’s lost talents.

The Strange Face Project is at the Idea Generation gallery until Sunday, February 12.

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Last Wednesday his Net-A-Porter range, Karl, sparked a global rush for cutaway leather gloves and stiff necked white collars. And thanks to some innovative use of augmented reality pop-up windows, shopping online has never felt so communal. With windows in New York, Paris, Sydney, Berlin and of course Net-A-Porter’s hometown London, this was a truly Twenty-first century collaboration.

While many of the key items sold out in a flash, there are still many covetable pieces, sleeveless biker vests and gladiator sandals for two, that are just a few clicks away from landing on your doormat. If you haven’t already, it’s time to get online with Karl.

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Twin recounts our haute couture highlights from Paris…

Alexis Mabille

Proving that haute couture doesn’t have to keep to a demure palette, Mabille punched up the colour factor with his neon designs. Inspired by photographs of Lisa Fonssagrives and Christy Turlington, the creations in fabrics ranging from metallic lame to guipure lace proved that even when it comes to couture, girls just want to have fun.

Bouchra Jarrar

Working with crepe de soie, fur collars and wide-legged tailored trousers, Jarrar’s collection was a take on casual luxe. A bit of tomboy and a dash of urban sophisticate resulted in a whole lot of effortless cool.

Chanel

No couture week is complete without Karl Lagerfeld’s latest mind musings. Taking the double Cs to a more ethereal place this time around (airplane runway, anyone?) resulted in a collection of beautifully hand-embellished pieces in icy blues, ivories and midnight blacks.

Elie Saab

Elie Saab is the go-to designer for anything feminine and delicate, and this season was no exception. Lace and crystal embroidery on nude, pastel pink and pale lemon high-waisted dresses and A-line skirts made being a woman that bit more enticing.

Giambattista Valli

It may only be Valli’s second showing on the haute couture circuit, but the Italian designer proves that he can hold his own among fashion’s heavyweights. With a plethora of expertly tailored feather, lace and embroidered pieces, he’s as couture as they come.

Jean Paul Gaultier

In a beehive and winged eyeliner tribute to Amy Winehouse, Gaultier sent out a collection that was every bit as eccentric and nonchalant as the late singer herself. Encompassing pieces such as back to black shirt-tail hem skirts, leather varsity jackets and silk kimono coats tied at the waist, Winehouse probably wouldn’t have wanted her couture any other way.

Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal

Leave it to the house of Margiela to put an unconventional spin on couture. Rope, braided bracelets and hundreds of pearlescent buttons were turned into  knee-length trench coats, colourful micro dresses, and slouchy blazer and pegged trouser combos, proving that recycled fashion doesn’t have to be drab.

Valentino

It has only taken a few seasons for Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri to fully establish their trademark of girlish and graceful designs at Valentino. Marking a sweet end to haute couture fashion week, this collection of chiffon, lace and tulle in fine floral prints had a glamourised Charlotte Brontë/Jane Austen novel feel to it. Piccioli and Chiuri clearly have a talent for capturing fashion daydreams.

Text by Carla Seipp

Self’s colourful pencil drawings of female subjects from the 1960s, addressing the zeitgeist of passivity and fear during the Cold War, as well as the escapism that entertainment offered during this period, will be on display.

Whilst Self’s work is a thoughtful reflection on the isolation of the individual, consumer culture and politics, the screening of American film artist Kenneth Anger’s 6-minute short film Puce Moment offers an exploration of Hollywood hedonism.

Glasgow-based creative Sophie Macpherson, known for her work on the formation of self-identity through communication, presents an archive of Barbara Hulanicki for Biba dresses for the exhibit, while sculpture artist Clare Stephenson has created digital cut-and-paste martini glass designs as a representation of decadence.

Showing in the Victorian-style interior of temporary arts space The Hidden Noise, House Of Yvonne is an interesting and eye-opening fusion of art and fashion.

House Of Yvonne is on display at The Hidden Noise, 1/1, 24 Hayburn Crescent, Glasgow, G11 5AY, until February 11.

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Text by Carla Seipp

At the opening party for their installation Numéros Privés, a sea of Chanel clad beauties, including Diane Kruger and Alexa Chung,  were transported through ten magical spaces inspired by the brand’s iconic codes. The materials, figures, symbols, colours and coveted objects that make Chanel so recognisable were transformed and reinterpreted.

From a recreation of Coco Chanel’s Paris apartment to a room with quilted leather walls in tribute to the 2.55 bag, Numéros Privés is a magical microcosm of Chanel’s world.

If you haven’t already received your invitation then it’s time to beg, borrow or steal your way into their breathtaking installation.

Numéros Privés by Chanel is at the Wynn Las Vegas until January 28th

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Those who haven’t been able to grab one of her highly-coveted digital print pieces now have the chance to own a fluorescently bright handbag created by the Greek designer.

Part of her collaboration with Longchamp and now available exclusively at Colette Paris, the totes in 3D prints of lanterns, orchids and aquariums are the perfect excuse to put a bit of Katrantzou in your closet.

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Words by Carla Seipp

Throughout the Seventies and Eighties, Coddington collaborated with her then husband on a series of experimental fashion photographs. The little seen results are now part of an exhibition of Christie’s work at London’s Eight Club.

From hauntingly lit scenes of cinematic glamour to striking and powerful monochrome portraits it’s an opportunity to gaze at the beauty of one of fashion’s most important and enigmatic visionaries.

Willie Christie’s Limited Edition Collection is on show at the Eight Club, London EC3 until 24th February.

Words by Boudicca Fox-Leonard