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The designer and artist Lidija  Seferović  who is renowned for eclectic designer scarves and textile art on silk. Born and raised in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Lidija  Seferović  expresses her creativity through paintings on silk in the form of eclectic designer scarves and textile art - everything is hand-drawn by Lidija in her London studio. Having always enjoyed drawing and art, even in an abstract sense, Lidija enrolled at the Luka  Sorkočević  Art School of Dubrovnik before embracing her love of fashion at the State School of Fashion Design in Stuttgart , Germany. Then moving to London, Lidija continued her studies at the London College of Fashion where she received a BA in Womenswear, after which she pursued a career in fashion, in which she has designed, illustrated and embroidered for the likes of Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, Bruce Oldfield, and Ralph & Russo. Classically trained in portraiture, figure drawing and sculpture, both Li...

Ian Berry: Journey Home , 2013. Photo credit: courtesy of the artist ianberry.org From workwear to haute couture, historical to contemporary, rebellion to endeavour, a new exhibition opening this August, Love Thy Denim, celebrates the many faces of our beloved denim. This exciting and impressive fashion exhibition will explore the origins and versatility of denim, from its workwear heritage in the Wild West right through to its adoption into mainstream fashion and becoming the fabric of our everyday lives. There will be many key pieces on display, including a jacket and trousers from Vivienne Westwood’s 1991 Cut, Slash and Pull collection, the first time that this ensemble has been out on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A). Among the other exhibition highlights are a Jean Paul Gaultier men’s ensemble on loan from the Fashion Museum Bath, a piece from Maison Margiela’s SS2009 Artisanal Collection, exhibits from British denim revivalists Blackhorse Lane Ateliers and n...

Sheree Dornan: Boro(d) digital print cascade dress It is always wonderful when art takes a broad stroke, when it transfers itself from one designation to another, one discipline to another, one world view to another. To connect art to a place that seems to others to be outside of itself, outside its natural remit, is to really understand art, to understand its central purpose in our lives. Art is not there to be rarified, to be part of an ever accumulating collection, something to be passed on to future generations to maintain and then pass on again. Art is there to be lived, to be part of the now, it is there to be wrapped around the psyche, to be part of the everyday as much as it is of the special. Which is why art and design connections are particularly special. Sheree Dornan: Boro(d) digital print on silk Sheree Dornan: Boro(d) digital print on silk From fine to design doesn't always work of course, there have been many disasters, many half attempts, many ill-considered ones a...