Nicky Haslam

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Textbook familiarity characterises the Barbican’s new exhibition, The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined – and a lack of anything actually vulgar

  • The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined

    Barbican Art Gallery, until 5 February 2017

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