Tom of Finland
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J.W. Anderson’s capsule collection for Tom of Finland
The ubiquitous queer Brit fashion designer Jonathan Anderson seems to be popping up all over the place these days. Known for his own very collectable label J.W. Anderson in his store in London’s Soho, he has collaborated on special collections for Topshop, Uniqlo and Versace. He is also creative director of Loewe, a division of…
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Happy 100th Birthday Tom of Finland
Happy Happy 100th Birthday to Tom of Finland Tom, whose real name was Touko Valio Laaksonen was a Finnish artist who made a huge influence on late 20th Century Gay Culture. Born into a middle class family in a small town in the south west of Finland. Both his parents were school teachers. At the…
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Happy 100th Birthday Tom of Finland
As it’s the centennial of the birth of Touko Valio Laaksonen aka TOM OF FINLAND, we are expecting there to be a lot of celebrations throughout the coming year. He was a Finnish artist known for his stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and for his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. He has been called the “most influential…
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Queer Art in London 2020 : Save The Dates
The House of Illustration is marking the centenary of the birth gay cultural icon Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen) with the UK”s first public Exhibition dedicated to his work Called Tom of Finland : Love and Liberation it will celebrate the artist whose unique aesthetic and homoerotic visions had a profound impact on the…
