
Bande à part
Rebecca Arnold & Beatrice Behlen discuss fashion - listen to our personal fashion views in our weekly catch up calls. Rebecca is a fashion historian, Beatrice is curator at the Museum of London.
Latest episodes

Aug 5, 2018 • 31min
Beauty & Rihanna
We wonder what natural makeup is, and marvel at Nick Knight’s photographs of Rihanna.
Blog post by cosmeticsandskin about Pan-Cake Make-Up: https://cosmeticsandskin.com/bcb/cake.php
Vogue UK September 2018 Issue Cover: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/rihanna-september-cover-british-vogue-2018
Madame Yevonde: http://www.madameyevonde.com/
Azuma Makoto: http://azumamakoto.com/
Azuma Makoto making iced flowers for Dries van Noten (2015): https://youtu.be/4y8h5bh30-o
Victor Stiebel's Overalls for Constance Spry Ltd at V&A: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1276042/overalls-stiebel-victor/

Jul 29, 2018 • 32min
Vivienne Westwood & Fashion Documentaries
We discuss the recent Vivienne Westwood film and ponder what we want from fashion documentaries.
Lorna Tucker, Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4378628/
Gillian Greenwood, Vivienne Westwood (1990, episode of The South Bank Show): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1574390/
Douglas Keeve, Unzipped (1995): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114805/

Jul 21, 2018 • 29min
Smithereens & Modern Jewellery
We discuss the film Smithereens and early 1980s fashion, and what we value in Modern Jewellery.
Susan Seidelman (director), Smithereens (1982): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084698/fullcredits
Interview with Susan Berman (1982): https://player.vimeo.com/video/277148700
Maripol: http://www.maripol.com/who-i-am
Maribeth Keane & Jessica Lewis on Modernist Jewellery (2009): https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-modernist-studio-jewelry-collector-marbeth-schon/

Jul 15, 2018 • 32min
Antonio Lopez & 1970s Realness
We discuss the brilliant Antonio Lopez documentary and ponder on the relationship between 1970s fashion as seen in magazines versus what was worn on the street.
Fendi campaign (2018): https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/a22102910/north-west-kim-kardashian-fendi-campaign/
Matti Suuronen, Futuro House (1968): http://www.thefuturohouse.com/
James Crump, Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco (2018): http://sexfashiondisco.com/
Marguerite Duras, Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074190/fullcredits

Jul 8, 2018 • 35min
Fashion Film & Queer Eye
We talk about the Archaeology of Fashion Film conference and Queer Eye.
Archaeology of Fashion Film: http://archfashfilm.arts.ac.uk/
Stella Scott, The Performers (2017): https://www.stellascott.net/the-performers
Isaac Lock, Black (2018): http://somesuch.co/directors/isaac-lock/reel/black/
Vitoria de Mello Franco, Divinas (2018): https://www.nowness.com/story/divinas-victoria-de-mello-franco
Queer Eye (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7259746/

Jul 1, 2018 • 28min
Capsule Wardrobes & Timeless Style
We discuss holiday packing and capsule wardrobes, and just what makes certain people’s style so visually compelling.
The Conversations with Jason Campbell & Henrietta Galina: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-conversations/id1328893989
Issue 1 of Fashion Studies: https://www.fashionstudies.ca/issue-1
Alison Matthews David, Fashion Victims (2015): https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/fashion-victims-9781472577740/

Jun 24, 2018 • 30min
Finishing School & Edie Beale
We discuss the wonders of pre-code film Finishing School, and think about Edie Beale’s fashion sense as seen in the new film That Summer.
George Nichols Jr. & Wanda Tuchock (directors), Finishing School (1934): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025117/
Women Film Pioneers: https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-wanda-tuchock/
Göran Olsson (director), That Summer (2017): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7057306/

Jun 17, 2018 • 33min
Documenting & Drawing Fashion
We discuss looking at Antonio and Bouché drawings and the intricacies of cataloguing fashion in the museum.
Gray M.C.A: https://www.graymca.com/
Velwyn: http://www.velwyn.com/
Frida Wannerberger: https://www.fridawannerberger.com/
What Do We Want From Fashion Writing And Imagery Now?: https://courtauld.ac.uk/event/what-do-we-want-from-fashion-writing-and-imagery-now

Jun 10, 2018 • 33min
Society Ladies & Illustratrors
We discuss World War I London society fashions as seen in Tatler and The Sketch, and the fashion illustration events at The Courtauld Institute.
Photographs of Bertram Park: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp05646&role=art&displayNo=60
Fashion Illustration Now (15 June 2018): https://courtauld.ac.uk/event/fashion-illustration-now
Kenneth Paul Block: https://www.societyillustrators.org/kenneth-paul-block
Kenneth Paul Block exhibition at mfa Boston (2015-16): https://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/kenneth-paul-block
La Mode en Peinture (published 1982-c.1990): https://www.instagram.com/p/BMtb1RihNpq/?hl=en

May 20, 2018 • 38min
Mock Weddings & The Battle Of Versailles
We discuss photographs of mock weddings and cross-dressing and the notorious 1973 ‘Battle of Versailles’ fashion show.
Under Cover: A Secret History of Cross-Dressers: https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/under-cover-secret-history-cross-dressers
Sebastien Lifshitz: http://sebastienlifshitz.com/
Bambi (Marie-Pierre Pruvot): https://www.bambi-officiel.com/tout-sur-bambi/
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution (2013): http://www.versailles73movie.com/
Review of Robin Ghivan, The Battle of Versailles (2015): https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/books/review/the-battle-of-versailles-by-robin-givhan.html