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1 of 8David Hockney and Peter Schlesinger in the documentary A Bigger Splash -
2 of 8Dunhill’s latest take on artistic style -
3 of 8Six of the best bohemian pieces: 1. Cashmere poncho by Burberry Prorsum -
7 of 85. Evening scarf by Mulberry -
8 of 86. Suede cross-body bag by Ralph Lauren
For Dunhill’s autumn collection, the brand’s creative director, John Ray, cited the British bohemian as an inspiration. He even peppered the catwalk with “modern-day bohemian” models: the artists Guy Gormley and Cosmo Macdonald, for example.
But it was the sartorial shadows of artists such as Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Francis Bacon — all at one time or another, in the Fifties and Sixties, louche Soho habitués — as well as those of their bohemian predecessors Duncan Grant, Clive Bell and Roger Fry a mile or two up the road in Bloomsbury, that most came to mind as models sauntered down the
