{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #18 SIMON COSTIN","description":"Simon Costin's journey into fashion might be described as a happy accident \u2013 when a student at Central Saint Martins wanted to borrow some of his conceptual jewellery \u2013 little did Simon realise the designer would turn out to be the eponymous #AlexanderMcQueen and the start of a firm creative working friendship. Simon talks of other industry heavyweights he has collaborated with, from legendary artist and filmmaker #DerekJarman, to his work more recently with Gareth Pugh and Charles Jeffrey and existing within this highly creative oxygen. As well as his work as a leading British fashion-set-designer, Simon runs two museums: the British Folklore Museum and the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. The British Folklore Museum exists to promote, celebrate and revitalise the folk heritage of Britain. The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic was established in 1949 and is the world\u2019s largest collection of objects related to witchcraft and the occult. This halloween at midnight will be Simon\u2019s 10th year anniversary of being the present custodian of the Museum. The conversation leads to the fact that witchcraft is having a revival of interest and Tamara\u2019s obsession with Powell and Pressburger. Simon\u2019s recent project curating the exhibition for the  BFI Southbank \u2013 #PowellandPressburger, \u2018The Red Shoes Beyond The Mirror\u2019 opening 10th November leads to more on Powell and Pressburger\u2019s subversive and  breathtakingly inventive cannon.  You can follow Simon Costin here  The British Folklore Museum https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/museum_of_british_folklore\/?hl=en    The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic  https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/museum_of_witchcraft_and_magic\/?hl=en Tickets to the British Film Institute Southbank \u2018The Red Shoes Beyond The Mirror\u2019 \u2013 more here ","author_name":"Front Row to Front Bench","author_url":"http:\/\/frontrowtofrontbench.libsyn.com\/website","html":"