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Extravagant Event Celebrates 100 Years of Fashion History RebeccaWangsupportsVogue100:ACenturyofStyleinhonorofBritishVogue’s100thanniversaryonFebruary8th.Inhonoroftheir100thanniversaryasoneofthemostprestigiousandinfluentialstyle,fashion,andculturemagazinesintheworld,BritishVoguehostedablack-tiedinneronFebruary8thatLondon’sNationalPortraitGallery.RebeccaWangsupportedtheevent,allproceedsofwhichwillbegoingtotheNationalPortraitGalleryinLondon.

Supermodelsoldandnewgracedthecelebrationwiththepresence,includingLilyDonaldson,JerryHall,KarlieKloss,andJordanDunn.Theprestigiouseventfeaturedanexhibitionofover280photographscommissionedbyBritishVogueoverthelastcentury,showcasingsomeofthemosticonicphotographsandphotographerstoeverbringtheirflaretoBritishVogue.TheworksofsuchrenownedphotographersasMarioTestino,TimWalker,NickKnight,CecilBeaton,IrvingPenn,DavidBailey,andmanymorewereondisplayattheevent,andwillremainondisplayaspartoftheVogue100:ACenturyofStyleexhibitatLondon’sNationalPortraitGallery.

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AccordingtoRebeccaWang,the100thanniversaryforBritishVogueisnotsimplyabouthonoringthepast,butalsolookingforwardtofurthercreativityandinnovationfromthemagazine.“TheinfluencethatBritishVoguehashadonfashionandentertainmentoverthelastcenturyisunquestionable,helpingtoelevateLondonasoneoftheleadingfashioncapitalsoftheworld,”shecommented.“Fashionisanoutwardexpressionofcreativity,soVogue’sworkhashadahugeimpactonfashionsenseandstyle.”“Ithinkcelebratingthemagazine’spastmakestheirfutureallthemoreexciting,”shecontinued.“BritishVoguewillundoubtedlycontinuetobeinthevanguardofthestyleandfashionscenesinLondonandacrosstheworld,andI’mexcitedtoseecreativityandinnovationfromthem.”RebeccaWangcontinuedherpatronageoffashionandtheartswithhersupportforthisevent.Theexhibition’scuratorisRobinMuir,acontributingeditortoBritishVogue,andPatrickKinmouthisthedesignerandartisticdirectorfortheexhibit.TheVogue100:ACenturyofStyleexhibitwillbeopentothepubliconFebruary11throughMay22beforegoingondisplayattheManchesterArtGalleryfromJune24toOctober30.


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