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Walker’s highly elaborate photographs, known for their life, colour and humour, were shot entirely on film. To illustrate the mechanics behind the productions, the exhibition will include installations and a selection of the props and models on show, namely giant dolls and an almost life-size replica of a Spitfire fighter plane. His subjects include Alber Elbaz sporting a pair of rabbit ears, Karen Elson against a giant crocodile, Agyness Deyn in the sand dunes of Namibia, Tilda Swinton in Iceland, Alexander McQueen and a memento mori of skull and cigarettes, Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton turning an Essex garden centre into a danse macabre, Stella Tennant in a pink cloud among the rhododendrons of an English country garden, and a visitor from outer space surprising a foxhunt in Northumberland.

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Inspired by the traditional design of southern European residences and medieval convents, with a courtyard at the core of the building, the contemporary villa contains five guest rooms hidden and protected from the outside in order to allow more privacy, while offering bright views from inside.

The interior decoration (carried out by the Parisian owners) mixes traditional local handicraft (in the form of carpets, blankets, bowls and tiles) with pieces by established designers from the 1950s to now, including Jean Prouve, Charlotte Perriand, Marc Newson, Konstantin Grcic, Pierre Paulin, Joe Colombo, and Jasper Morrison.

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The museum has always displayed furniture in other galleries but this will be the first ever gallery at the V&A dedicated to furniture and the only gallery in the world devoted to a comprehensive display of furniture. Designed by NORD Architecture, the gallery will display more than 200 pieces of British and European furniture, from the Middle Ages to the present day, as well as examples of American and Asian furniture.

The gallery will feature some objects that have not been on display for over three decades, including chairs, stools, tables, bureaux, chests, cabinets, wardrobes, clocks, mirrors and screens. Designers represented will include Thomas Chippendale, David Roentgen, Grinling Gibbons, George Bullock, Robert Adam, Eileen Gray, Michael Thonet, Charles and Ray Eames, Ron Arad and Tom Dixon.

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However, and in spite of the increased success of online retail, when it comes to buying clothes, The Style Examiner still believes that there is nothing like trying clothes on before parting with one’s money. By doing this, one can have a realisation of the actual colour of a garment, or feel the qualities of the fabric on the skin. It was with this in mind that we took a leap of faith and accepted Neronote’s invitation to purchase one of their shirts online. However, despite our initial reservations, once we received the shirt in the post we became fans of their service.

What makes Neronote different from most online menswear stores is that it focuses on one single product: shirts that customers can customise to their specifications and tastes. Previous experiences proved that online customisation of a garment was not always easy to do or an enjoyable process. However, Neronote’s process is not only easy but it provides clear instructions and even useful information about the styles available to choose from.

Once you decide that you wish to purchase a shirt, in addition to selecting your size, you can choose the main colour for the garment, the type of cuff, the collar style, the shirt’s cut, and interesting details such as contrasting bits of colour on the cuffs, collars, or even have your initials embroidered in a part of the shirt. The whole process is enjoyable, quick, and allows you to stay in control of what you buy.

For our experiment, we started by selecting the fabric from over a thousand options of cotton, cotton linen, linen, silk, or stretch. The choice of colours and patterns is also generous, allowing choosing from plain colours, checks, and stripes. Yarns come in single, compact, twisted, and double twisted, whereas the options of weaving are also numerous. The seasonality of the shirt and the fabric weight can also be chosen. On our quest to find out more about the making process, we opted for a plain white cotton poplin shirt before moving on to choosing between short or long sleeved models.

After opting for a long-sleeved shirt, we were able to choose from eight different kinds of cuffs and this is where the process becomes interesting, as each style is described in short sentences and in plain language. The next step is choosing from a plain front with no buttons or from four different styles of front pockets. Once we were happy with a straight cuff and no front pocket, we moved on to selecting the fit from six options. The next step was to choose one of 18 collar styles, and we skipped the monogram option. In addition, we opted for selecting contrasting collars and cuffs in black as a way to test how two contrasting colours would do when washed together.

The process was quick, painless, and rather enjoyable. In a few weeks, we received the shirt and it fits perfectly. The fabric is high-quality and even after wearing and washing it a few times already in order to test it, the colours have not faded. The only problem that we found was that the top collar button was not stitched properly and it came off when we opened the shirt. Once this was solved, the shirt quickly became a much appreciated garment by The Style Examiner model and by all those who have seen it. In the end, we became supporters of Neronote‘s service and of the process to personalise one of men’s essential sartorial items, and recommend it to our readers.

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