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Given five minutes and a rock orchestra, which David Bowie would you be? Jake Shears dashes and gyrates across the Festival Hall stage in a glittery jumpsuit to “Watch That Man”, every inch the glam-pop starman. Anna Calvi, the grand dame, expands into the austere Gallic elegance of “Lady Grinning Soul”. Battersea’s Tawiah finds the plastic soul of vaudevillian oompah classic “The Prettiest Star”. And Lynks – sashaying through the moral detritus of “Cracked Actor” in fashionista head-mask and a sci-fi outfit that could only be described as glam-gimp – sets out to encapsulate Bowie the alien art god.

It’s only the rock orchestra, really, that holds them back. This full performance of Bowie’s sixth album has been reinterpreted by the Nu Civilisation Orchestra for the Southbank’s Aladdin Sane: 50 Years anniversary season, and somewhat misses the point of the thing. Bowie himself undersold the record by calling it...

An extensive archive of David Bowie’s life, work and legacy has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

More than 80,000 items, including handwritten lyrics, letters, sheet music, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs, album artwork and awards, will go on display in 2025.

The exhibition, spanning six decades of the “Starman” singer and cultural icon’s career, will be made available to the public at the newly created David Bowie Centre for the Study of Performing Arts, which will open in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

It will allow fans and researchers alike to get up close and gain new insights into Bowie’s creative process like never before, the V&a said.

Highlights include stage costumes such as Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust ensembles, designed by Freddie Burretti in 1972, Kansai Yamamoto’s creations for the Aladdin Sane tour in 1973, and the Union Jack coat designed by...

David Bowie’s archive of more than 80,000 pieces was gifted to Britain’s Victoria & Albert Museum, the London institution announced Thursday, according to AP.

The vast archive contains costumes, photos, letters, musical instruments, and more from the musician’s estate and will be on display in 2025 at The David Bowie Centre for the Study of Performing Arts in Stratford. The new building, which was also unveiled today, is an extension of the V&a’s East Storehouse and is being built on the site of the 2012 London Olympics.

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Accessories brand Happy Socks is paying tribute to Ziggy Stardust with the launch of its latest line of musician-inspired socks. The Happy Socks x Bowie collection features eight pairs of socks that take design cues from David Bowie’s most iconic outfits and memorable characters.

The collection features single socks and limited-edition gift boxes, available in adult and kids sizing. The selection for adults includes six pairs of combed cotton socks (sold individually) as well as a three-pack and six-pack, presented in a collectible box. The kids’ socks come in...

Kansai Yamamoto — the celebrated fashion designer who worked extensively with David Bowie, as well as Elton John and Stevie Wonder — died last Tuesday, July 21st, after a short battle with leukemia. He was 76.

Yamamoto’s death was announced Monday, July 27th, on his company’s social media pages. He was diagnosed with leukemia in February and a statement read: “As he fought his illness, he remained always positive, never lost his passion toward creation, and was strongly determined to recover and come back with fully charged energy to see you again.

Masayoshi Sukita is a legend among photographers, not only for his lengthy cooperation (he has been photographing him for 40 years), but through a number of other, very interesting collaborations that extend from the world of fashion to the movies. This documentary presents his biography.

The portrait Hiro Aihara creates is as thorough as it could be, since it begins with Sukita’s childhood, and continues with a mixture of his past and current endeavors, through both Sukita’s narration and interviews of the people he has worked with through the years. As a number of a very important artists explain the impact his photographs had in their lives (particularly the ones of Bowie and Marc Bolan of T-Rex), the influence Sugita had becomes quite evident, along with the character of a kind, very down-to-earth man, whom everyone seems to like.

Through his work, we also learn of his inspiration and...