Good Taste? Bad Taste? What’s the Difference?—“The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined” Opens in London Inline

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    Photo: The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined; Barbican Art Gallery; 13 October 2016 – 5 February 2017; © Michael Bowles / Getty Images
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    Walter Van Beirendonck

    Hat: Stephen Jones
    Autumn/Winter 2010-2011

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    Photo: The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined; Barbican Art Gallery; 13 October 2016 – 5 February 2017; © Michael Bowles / Getty Images
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    Eighteenth century court mantua, 1748-1750

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    Photo: The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined; Barbican Art Gallery; 13 October 2016 – 5 February 2017; © Michael Bowles / Getty Images
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    John Galliano for Christian Dior

    Spring/Summer 2005, Haute Couture

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    Photo: The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined; Barbican Art Gallery; 13 October 2016 – 5 February 2017; © Michael Bowles / Getty Images
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    Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel

    Autumn/Winter 2014-2015, Ready-to-Wear
    Chanel Patrimoine Collection, Paris

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    Photo: The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined; Barbican Art Gallery; 13 October 2016 – 5 February 2017; © Michael Bowles / Getty Images
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    Jeremy Scott for Moschino

    Autumn/Winter 2014-2015, Ready-to-Wear