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
'There is really nothing in the world that can be compared to red shoes!'
Another collaboration between US Vogue and photographer Annie Leibovitz, this reimagination of Hans Christian Anderson's The Red Shoes stars Amy Adams and Tim Burton. With costumes by Hannah Teare, this 2014 venture was refreshingly original.
