Forget it, bags – a book of poetry may be the latest accessory. The literary form is enjoying something of a fashion moment. Christian Dior’s menswear show on Friday was the latest case in point: the collection was partly inspired by TS Eliot’s 1922 poem The Waste Land. Models walked in front of big screens with actors Robert Pattison and Gwendoline Christie reading the poem.
A five-section poem written after a nervous breakdown and musing on the futility of life after the first world war doesn’t immediately seem like the territory of a fashion show. But Eliot – who worked at a bank when The Waste Land was published – might have appreciated the combination of art and commerce.
