Fairytales in fashion: two worlds collide
Once upon a time, there were Valentino rockstuds, Oscar de la Renta ruffles, Chanel lace... The stuff of rose-tinted fantasy for many.
From the runway to the red carpet (we're looking at you, Rihanna), couture gown after couture gown seem to be torn straight from the pages of Grimm's Fairy Tales, while fashion photographers aplenty have created ethereal dreamlands for us to float into through their editorials.
Ahead of the V&A's Tim Walker exhibition, we've rounded up our favourite fashion fairy-tale moments
'A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger'
Annie Leibovtiz's shoot for the December edition of Vogue in 2003 featured Natalia Vodianova as Alice, with a whole host of famous faces from the fashion industry making cameos in Grace Coddington's designs – including Tom Ford as The White Rabbit, Marc Jacobs as the Caterpillar, and Christian Lacroix as the March Hare.
