Drawing Threads

In the men's clothing department, functionality still reigns supreme, but ladies' wear has a far richer, more contentious history.

Figurative artists Jacqueline Morreau and Sarah Cawkwell share an interest in the rituals and multi-layered meanings of women's attire.

Their show weaves together their works, but while they explore similar themes in similar materials and both use visual and verbal puns, the effects are very different.

Morreau's series of drawings in charcoal and acrylic show women tussling over a coat. The style is forceful and spiky, yet her depiction of the figures is tender.

Cawkwell's images, meanwhile, emerge from intense pencil and charcoal marks.

Mon 26 Jul-Sat 7 Aug, Fashion Space Gallery, London College Of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street, W1 (020-7514 7701).