Everything looks worse in black and white,” Paul Simon once sang in his song, “Kodachrome,” a paean to color photography. Now London fashion store SHOWstudio.com is trying to show that black-and-white art still has some life left in it, hosting a show of work that features only those two colors (and the shades in between them).

Among the pieces selected for “Blackwhite” are sculptures by Amanda Harlech and Peter Saville (who designed record covers for post-punk band Joy Division), as well as images by the late fashion photographer Irving Penn, whose works have earned banner numbers at auctions in recent years. The show also features special pieces from the archives of fashion house Chanel and high-concept magazine Visionaire, who are collaborating together on the project.

Other artists whose work is in the exhibition include English fashion and portrait photographer Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, accessories designer Judy Blame, stylist Simon Foxton, and photographer Nick Knight, who runs SHOWstudio.com.

The exhibition runs through June 19. Those unable to make it to the store before then will at least be able to follow some of the action online, in (color) video that will show Blume and other artist and designers creating new work for the store.