Chris Moore/Alexander Fury
Documenting next season as it happens, SHOWstudio updates live and direct from the cream of London's collections for A/W 2009. SHOWstudio Fashion Director Alex Fury will upload show reports throughout the day, accompanied by images captured by veteran catwalk photographer Chris Moore to illustrate the shows and showcase a selection of SHOWstudio's favourite designers through comprehensive image galleries.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Collections] [London Fashion Week] [City] [Marios Schwab] [Alex Fury] [Peter Pilotto] [Autumn/Winter 09-10] [Louis Goldin] [Chris Moore] [David David]
Hussein Chalayan/Alex Fury
To mark the opening of Hussein Chalayan's first UK solo exhibition at London's Design Museum in January 2009, we showcase an exclusive interview with the ground-breaking designer alongside a video of his critically-acclaimed S/S 2009 collection 'Inertia'.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interview] [Hussein Chalayan] [Exhibition] [Alex Fury]
Our new film season Future Tense embraces and celebrates the creative visions of the latest generation of twenty-first century fashion designers, using the medium of moving image. In collaboration with Hywel Davies, whose forthcoming book 100 New Fashion Designers was our departure point, we’ve approached a wide variety of fashion stars to create films of between 30 seconds and three minutes, expressing their individual design vision.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Penny Martin] [Peter Jensen] [Pierre Hardy] [Rodarte] [Hywel Davies] [Alex Fury] [Lutz] [Todd Lynn and Henrik Vibskov] [Daryoush Haj-Najafi]
Toyin
In collaboration with Replay, SHOWstudio has invited photographer and filmmaker Toyin to turn her signature, romantic lens on the Italian denimwear company's Autumn/Winter '08-09 collection. Though shot in Robert Adam's exquisite, 18th century London townhouse at 33 Portland Street, Toyin and stylist Stevie Westgarth gave themselves poetic license to shift the date forward to the 19th century - the wild west to be specific - where winsome girls swooned over bare-chested boys who cracked bullwhips and wore the bowler hats of frontiersmen. But this resultant film short is no Calamity Jane-style caper. The faded elegance of the Georgian backdrop, combined with the contemporary energy of both choreography and Replay's collection, creates a spellbinding visual feast. To an electrifying soundtrack, specially composed by the Doi, sit back and witness the extraordinary models' performances that are this filmmaker's hallmark.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Film] [Penny Martin] [Paul Hetherington] [Toyin] [Autumn/Winter 08-09] [Alex Fury] [Replay] [Stevie Westgarth] [Doi]
Related Projects: [Interview] [Alex Fury] [Markets Uhlirova] [Alex Bolton]
Nick Knight/Victoria Beckham
Filmed amidst the nuts-and-bolts of the photographic shoot, Showtime is a sneak preview of Nick Knight’s editorial for the April 2008 edition of British Vogue starring the indomitably glamorous Victoria Beckham.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Set Design] [Sam McKnight] [Paul Bruty] [Ruth Hogben] [Nina Ricci] [British Vogue] [Victoria Beckham] [Michael Howells] [Dolce and Gabbana] [Lucinda Chambers] [Alex Fury]