Shabby chic

A new exhibition at the Barbican celebrates fashion in distress

As London Design Festival returns to the capital 13-21 September, we’ve curated some of the top highlights to look out for

A CURATION OF THE BEST DESIGN AND HOME IDEAS

26 September to 19 December 2025 This focused exhibition presents over 80 works by Walter Sickert from the Herbert and Ann Lucas Collection, many unseen publicly for decades. Paintings, drawings and p

On the catwalk, this season’s most covetable prints are gallery-worthy. Naomi Pike traces fashion’s renewed love of wearable art

Set in a former factory, this London duplex had no internal walls, stairs or style – until a highly skilled designer got her hands on it and worked magic