is in town. The British fashion designer has touched down in Los Angeles for a brief stay and for good reason. His Melrose Avenue boutique has mounted a celebration of Smith’s tailoring titled A Frame Around a Picture: Dressing the Greats.
The activation is designed to transform the iconic shop — lovingly referred to by Smith as “a big pink shoebox” as it has become a social media phenomenon — into a gallery space of sorts, featuring ensembles worn by star clients. The collection on view in West Hollywood features a brown wool two-piece suit donned by star (and eventual Oscar winner) to the nominees luncheon, a bespoke check ensemble worn by for a photoshoot and spread (that featured a cameo by Smith), and other items worn by , Matt Smith, Gary Oldman, , Jenna Ortega, Shawn Mendes, Niall Horan and others. During the exhibition, which runs through Oct.
21, select archival pieces as sourced by Luke’s founder will be available for purchase. “I always see and interpret things laterally not literal. A Frame Around the Picture is the way I view a suit, it’s like a picture frame and the person is the work of art that sits inside,” Smith told over email about how he settled on the exhibition’s title.
After dressing so many big names over many decades, Smith said the pieces for the exhibition more or less presented themselves. “To be honest the exhibition narrowed itself down because so many of the lovely clothes that we’ve dressed and sold over the ages that h.
