HAIR BY SAM MCKNIGHT, SOMERSET HOUSE
Hair by Sam McKnight is the first exhibition to contextualise the wider cultural significance of hair and the role of the session stylist within fashion.
Sam McKnight has been instrumental in creating some of the most iconic images in popular culture—from Princess Diana’s short, slicked-back style to Madonna’s Bedtime Stories album cover, and Tilda Swinton channelling David Bowie. His work spans a vast array of movements and hairstyles, from nostalgic to androgynous, romantic to sexy, red to platinum—cataloguing the transformative power of hair in shaping an image.
Opening Date: 2016
Exhibition Design: Michael Howells
Graphic Design: Amy Preston