Remastering an Icon: JW Anderson, Harry Styles and the DIY movement

Part of a series of talks led by Assistant Curators across the V&A’s collections

Talk
  • Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at V&A South Kensington
  • V&A South Kensington
  • Past event
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  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • Meeting Point, Cromwell Road Entrance, Level 0

  • Free event

Join Assistant Curator Victoria Sperotto as she explains how a JW Anderson cardigan was adopted by a fandom as a way to foster connection during the Covid-19 pandemic. Worn by Harry Styles and made popular by Liv Huffman's remake, the cardigan and its many iterations came to represent a generational DIY movement with new ideas on fashion and individuality.

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Header image: Knitted patchwork cardigan by JW Anderson, worn by Harry Styles © Victoria and Albert Museum, London