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
'The Beast looked as if he had died of a broken heart. Beauty wept and threw herself upon him'
Punky, grunge-loving mega babe Drew Barrymore is all pink and ruffles in this 2005 project from US Vogue. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, the shoot featured Grace Coddington's stylistic talents – and a real lion.
