The Vogue Festival will take place this weekend, 29-30 March 2014, bringing together a wealth of style icons and industry experts through a series of inspirational talks and interviews at London’s Southbank Centre.
The third annual Vogue Festival comes to London’s Southbank this weekend, as the fashion bible takes up residency with a series of inspirational talks. The impressive two-day line-up includes the likes of fashion designers Victoria Beckham, Vivienne Westwood and Paul Smith; industry experts Lucinda Chambers and Franca Sozzani; style icon Alexa Chung and supermodels Naomi Campbell and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
Tickets to the discussions, interviews and workshops are still available. Here are a few of the highlights we suggest you book your seat for.
Saturday 29 March 2014 – Personal Style & Do You Have It?
With Lucinda Chambers, Alexa Chung and Amanda Harlech
How exactly do you define style and can it be learnt? Well, Vogue’s Fashion Director Lucinda Chambers, fashion icon Alexa Chung and creative consultant and fashion writer Amanda Harlech discuss the topic. A must-see for the style savvy and worth it if only to see what Alexa’s wearing.
Saturday 29 March 2014 – The Philo Factor: Reinventing Cool
Phoebe Philo with Alexandra Shulman
British designer, Phoebe Philo is the woman behind the recent success of Chloé and Céline. Here, she talks to Vogue’s Editor in Chief, Alexandra Shulman on how she turned the French labels into two of fashion’s most coveted brands.
Saturday 29 March 2014 – Valentino: King of Glamour
Valentino Garavani with Alexandra Shulman
What better way to spend your Saturday night than at an insightful talk into the life and career of one of the world’s most celebrated designers? Expect to here tales of dressing the world’s most famous women and those red dresses.
Sunday 30 March 2014 – Good Taste, Bad Taste: The Shock of the New
With Grayson Perry, Lilly Allen and Jasper Conran
If you watched Grayson Perry’s Channel 4 documentary on taste and what we think of it socially, this talk is a must-see. Join the Turner Prize-winning Perry, popstar Lilly Allen and British designer Jasper Conran to talk taste, and whether or not it really matters?
Sunday 30 March 2014 – Fashion Legends
With Franca Sozzani and Naomi Campbell
Two of fashion’s most influential female figures discuss how they built their careers, why Africa could be the new future of luxury, and the much-talked about issue of diversity in fashion.
The Vogue Festival 2014 takes place in association with Harrods.
When: Saturday 29 – Sunday 30 March 2014
Where: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX
Tickets: www.southbankcentre.co.uk
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