Author: missy_el
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The article that inspired The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke
“I was thoroughly inspired… I did a lot of research on it and it inspired me to write a song about the painting, depicting what I thought I saw in it. It was just because I’d come through art college and I basically like the artist and I like the painting, so I thought I’d…
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Revisiting Freddie at the V&A
“As I approached the end of the catalogue, towards the early 20th century designs with the Ballet Russes, I came across a costume design by Alexandra Exter from Don Juan in 1927. It was black with a band of white, asymmetrically cut across the chest. The resemblance was startling, it’s just like a costume Freddie…