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
'Before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel'
The 2012 Disney season at Harrods did wonders both for fashion and for charity; all ten dresses were auctioned off at the end of the season to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Still, our favourite has to be Elie Saab's Sleeping Beauty inspired piece, with its delicate colour scheme and intricate design.
