Photographer Morgan O’Donovan documents John Ray’s first London Collections: Men show
Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Harry Diamond and Lucian Freud. These artists pretty much embody British art and photography from the mid-20th century. Their work summarises the post-war era; their distinctive styles defined a generation. And today it’s not only their art that inspires a new generation, but also the clothes. A case in point is the latest collection from Dunhill. Creative director John Ray seems to have gone back in time, to 1950s Soho when the British equivalent of the US Beat Generation dominated London’s creative scene.
Dunhill’s AW15 collection, as these exclusive images show, proves that in order to design the future we need to understand our history.
Photography by Morgan O’Donovan
