Baroque'n'Roll: meet London's fans of The Last Dinner Party

Outside the Eventim Apollo 1 regular Wednesday evening, groups are dressed similar they’ve conscionable wandered retired of a Peter Paul Ruben’s painting. They are twirling and skipping, hand-in-hand crossed the pedestrian crossing extracurricular Hammersmith station.

Tightly laced corsets, billowing skirts and reddish hairsbreadth dye is the unofficial azygous for fans of The Last Dinner Party, the five-piece British set whose founding members met successful 2020 during Freshers' Week astatine King's College London.

After attending gigs astatine The Windmill, the quintet decided to signifier a set but struggled to rehearse unneurotic owed to lockdown, performing unrecorded unneurotic for the archetypal clip astatine The George pub successful 2021.

Their emergence to cult-status since has been astronomical; they opened for the Rolling Stones successful Hyde Park successful 2022 and won this year's rising prima grant astatine the BRITs.

Die-hard fans present honour their caller heroines by emulating their baroque benignant – which was afloat connected show for their sold-out hometown show.

The London Standard and creator James Mollison spoke to a fewer of them connected their mode in.

Mollison has been photographing fans attending concerts astir the satellite since 2005 for his task The Disciples, fascinated by the antithetic tribes that be the shows and however radical emulate celebrities to signifier their individuality and what emerges erstwhile photographed arsenic a group.

Lily Buchan, 23, Bristol (L)

Have you seen The Last Dinner Party before?

What was the inspiration down your outfit?

Just their look really! Baroque and renaissance artwork, caller romantics. I had each of it already.

What bash you similar astir astir TLDP?

I emotion that their euphony is truly inspired by 1980s synth-pop, glam-rock and they besides instrumentality inspiration from femininity and creation and lit

If you were going to archer the radical of London to perceive to 1 TLDP songs which would it be?

By Your Side, that’s my favourite. It’s gorgeous and melancholic and makes maine cry.

Aoife Joseph, 24, Kent (R)

Have you seen TLDP before?

What was the inspiration down your outfit?

What bash you similar astir astir TLDP?

If you were going to archer the radical of London to perceive to 1 TLDP songs which would it be?

Luke Johnson, 23, Shingham (L)

Have you seen TLDP before?

What was the inspiration down your outfit?

Ambiguity successful the sex conforms.

What bash you similar astir astir TLDP?

I emotion their benignant and their uniqueness.

If you were going to archer the radical of London to perceive to 1 TLDP songs which would it be?

Evie Moorehead, 21, Leyton (R)

Have you seen TLDP before?

What was the inspiration down your outfit?

I was going for confederate gothic vibes oregon similar a creepy possessed haunted doll with a rosary.

What bash you similar astir astir TLDP?

I truly similar the mode they usage spiritual imagery and intertwine it with queerness. I deliberation that is specified an absorbing dynamic, catholics tin beryllium queer too!

If you were going to archer the radical of London to perceive to 1 TLDP songs which would it be?

Burn Alive - I emotion songs that are astir being successful toxic relationships, it’s specified a bully encapsulation of what it’s similar to beryllium successful emotion successful a atrocious situation. The lyric “You don't wanna wounded me, but I privation you to” says it all

Blue Lily Melvin, 17, Henley (L)

Have you seen TLDP before?

Never! But I watched them execute unrecorded online

What was the inspiration down your outfit?

Not gonna prevarication they spell disconnected the vibes of a renaissance coating and that’s what this look was inspired by. I had this successful my handbasket connected the website Cider but it was £16 and past I saw it successful a foundation store for 2 quid! And the limb warmers I already had from ballet. My mum helped maine decide, she’s the stylish one!

What bash you similar astir astir TLDP?

I similar the benignant of music, I perceive to a batch of punk normally, but their songs are similar a story, they person a narrative. I emotion their usage of instruments and of people their euphony video aesthetics are gorgeous.

If you were going to archer the radical of London to perceive to 1 TLDP songs which would it be?

The Feminine Urge, the archetypal clip I listened to it due to the fact that I had 3 abstracted friends connection maine due to the fact that it has the connection ballerina successful it and they said it made them deliberation of me. My mum loves them too!

Madeleine Pickford, 20, Essex (R)

Have you seen TLDP before?

No this is my archetypal clip seeing them

What was the inspiration down your outfit?

What bash you similar astir astir TLDP?

I similar the mode they person combined goth and popular - precise twirly euphony with heavy metaphorical lyrics.

If you were going to archer the radical of London to perceive to 1 TLDP songs which would it be?

Nothing Matters is everlastingly iconic

Sophie Cook, 20, Buckinghamshire (L)

Have you seen TLDP before?

What was the inspiration down your outfit?

What bash you similar astir astir TLDP?

I hold with what Madeleine said!

If you were going to archer the radical of London to perceive to 1 TLDP songs which would it be?

Beautiful lad - it’s absorbing and caller and the lyrics are truthful thoughtful.

Nethara Chandrashekara, 21, Surrey (R)

Have you seen TLDP before?

Yes, erstwhile opening for Hozier past year.

What was the inspiration down your outfit?

My outfit was inspired by their abbreviated film: Prelude to Ecstasy.

What bash you similar astir astir TLDP?

I similar their connection of pistillate anger.

If you were going to archer the radical of London to perceive to 1 TLDP songs which would it be?

Photography: James Mollison

Producer & Words: Nicole Holcroft-Emmess

Photography Assistants: Damian Duncan and Jessica Harle