FASHIONING BRENT Exploring Brent’s multicultural roots through art and fashion

25-year-old Church End resident Warren Reilly combined his passion for fashion and his knowledge of history to create a virtual exhibition that sheds light on Brent’s multicultural roots.

Fashioning B Brent y The Cut of Their Cloth is a unique virtual exhibition that spans 300 years of Brent’s mixed-race and multicultural history using art, photography and fashion. After taking part in the Brent 2020: London

Borough of Culture project ‘Fashioning our History’,

Reilly won a two-year rent-free studio art residency with Artist Studio Company in Alperton. As part of that residency, he laid the foundations for this exhibition.

Inspired by Reilly’s university dissertation

‘Pageboys to protégés’ and Dr Chamion Caballero’s interest in unnamed sitters in historic paintings, the exhibition explores everything from Brent’s colonial past to stories of modern migration and multiculturalism from the borough.

As a mixed-race Brent local, Reilly feels a personal connection to the project saying, ‘“The project gave me a chance to investigate my own family lineage as

I’m from Jamaican and Irish descent. This was rewarding because looking into my history inspired others to look at their own.”

By the Cut of Their Cloth aims to shed light on

Brent’s fascinating history and show that we are all cut from the same cloth.

Find out more about the exhibition at www.mixedmuseum.org.uk/BTCOTC

Photography Workshop at Willesden Green Library “Create a photoshoot inspired by your own mixed race/ multicultural family or take inspiration from historic families in Brent!” - Courtesy of Warren Reill Mood board Workshop at Willesden Green Library “Create a mood board inspired by your own mixed race/multicultural family or take inspiration from historic families in Brent!” Courtesy of Warren Reilly.

Linton Smith and Margaret (Maggie) Lee on their wedding day c.1965. Courtesy of Warren Reilly.

Lava La Rue’s DIY Guide To Living (And Dressing) More Creatively, @ britishvogue feature in collaboration with @soeykim and @jack_cullis. Styled by @ltrigg. Make up “warpaint” by @emmaregan. Courtesy of Lava La Rue via Instagram

Kilburn Original’ by Kinga Markus