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Horst P. Horst exhibition at the V&A

— by Alyson Walsh

American Vogue cover, July 1939

Before the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition comes to the V&A next year – there’s another show I can’t wait to see. The Horst P. Horst retrospective opening at the museum in September celebrates one of the 20th century’s most iconic photographers. From Mainbocher to American Vogue, the German-born photographer worked with all the big couturiers and fashion magazines in a career that spanned six decades. Exciting.

Babe Paley photographed for American Vogue, 1946.
Mainbocher corset, 1939
American Vogue cover, May 1941.

Horst: Photographer of Style runs from 6 September until 4 January 2015.

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American Vogue cover, July 1939 Before the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition comes to the V&A next year – there’s another show I can’t wait to see. The Horst P.