Hywel Davies/Giles Deacon
Filmed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, this Talking Fashion evening brings together journalist Hywel Davies and fashion designer Giles Deacon. Providing a rare insight into the designer's working practice, this hour-long interview sees Deacon shed light on almost every aspect of his career.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Interview] [Design] [Giles Deacon] [Hywel Davies]
Stephen Jones/Oriole Cullen/Michael Howells
Coinciding with the opening of the exhibition 'Hats: An Anthology' at London's Victoria and Albert museum, SHOWstudio unveils its own tribute to the enduring genius of millinery maestro Stephen Jones. Inspired by Cecil Beaton's 1971 exhibition 'Fashion: An Anthology', which formed the basis of the V&A's enviable contemporary costume collection, Jones' exhibition pays homage to Beaton whilst exploring his own milieu in mind-boggling detail. Created in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert museum, this project showcases the creation of the exhibition literally from the drawing board, exploring its inspiration with the key players.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Film] [Interview] [Design] [Illustration] [Set Design] [Stephen Jones] [Parties] [History] [Exhibition] [Michael Howells] [Hats] [Oriole Cullen]
Louise Goldin
A ten part series exclusively filmed alongside award-winning designer Louise Goldin and team during the realisation of her Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, Unravelled deconstructs her creative process, working backwards from Goldin's show at London Fashion Week to reveal every facet of its development.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Interview] [Design] [London Fashion Week] [Louise Goldin] [Autumn/Winter 2009]
Julie Verhoeven & N/A
Created in collaboration with London-based N/A, Julie Verhoeven's 'Knee Deep in Your Eyes' is a visual treat, taking you on a spiraling magical mystery tour through her inimitable illustrative world. Painting, drawing, photography, collage, decoupage, montage, reality... all come together to dazzling psychedelic effect as LP's, EP's and record sleeves embellished with bold Verhoeven designs spin incessantly through 360-degrees. Taken from a 15-minute original showcased as a backdrop to a live performance by London post-punks Ginger Bread Men at the 9th edition of Art Rotterdam in February 2008, this mesmerising surrealist feast is a compelling mix of the raw and the rarefied, blurring the line between what is real and what is make-believe.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Live] [Film] [Performance] [Design] [Illustration] [Julie Verhoeven] [Ginger Bread men]
Nike
Until May 18 members of the public can submit their football-inspired artwork for the chance of exhibiting as part of the 1/1: Art of Football show in Basel, June 2008.
Related Projects: [Gareth Pugh] [Art] [Design] [Alice Hawkins] [Nike] [Exhibition] [Joël Tettamanti] [Khaya] [Claudio Sinatti] [Dominic Wilcox] [Erdil Yaşaroğlu] [Ewen Spencer] [Artemy Lebedev] [Boxie] [Pfadfinderei+41 //DIY] [Grégoire Alexandre] [Football] [Alexandre Farto]
Helen Storey
A product of a groundbreaking exploration of chemically-fabricated, biodegradable materials by the artist and fashion designer Helen Storey and the scientist Tony Ryan, 'Wonderland' uses fashion as a 'trojan horse' to demonstrate radical scientific findings. From 29 January–29 February 2008, Storey will construct her first fashion collection in 12 years, in front of a live audience. These garments are designed to deconstruct over time in water and this amazing quality will be showcased during the residency, during which time SHOWstudio will document the full process in picture diaries and live webcasts. When the collection is completed, our task will then be to photograph the garments in a live shoot in Spring to document their design and appearance before dissolving them for a film that will showcase their miraculous scientific secret.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Live] [Webcast] [Film] [Performance] [Art] [Design] [Diary] [Pinny Grylls] [Patricia Belford] [Helen Storey] [Tony Ryan] [Science]
Nick Knight
For the 2007 CFDA Awards, America’s most prestigious fashion awards ceremony, Nick Knight was asked to make a film featuring the nominees for the Best Womenswear Designer category, a list that included Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler and Oscar de la Renta. On Friday 20 April SHOWstudio broadcasted the making of the film from a London-based studio, starring model Agyness Deyn who wore creations from each designer’s last two seasons’ collections. The finished film was later shown on the SHOWstudio website at the time of the CFDA awards ceremony in June.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Design] [Jonathan Kaye] [Sam McKnight] [Adam Mufti] [Marc Jacobs] [Oscar de la Renta] [Agyness Deyn] [Miranda Joyce] [Proenza Schouler]
Nick Knight
Nick Knight was chosen to receive the prestigious Möet & Chandon Fashion Tribute 2006. To mark the occasion, he staged a lavish and spectacular Masked Ball on Tuesday 24th October. The event was attended by a wealth of international personalities from the world of fashion, photography, film, music, and art who had worked with Nick throughout his 25+ year career. The full proceedings were broadcast live on SHOWstudio and the run up to the event was documented in detail on the site. Nick challenged ten designers and one stylist with whom he had worked most closely to design an outfit, complete with mask for a ‘muse’ of their choosing, who would wear it to the ball. In addition, there was a unique opportunity for two SHOWstudio viewers to win a much-coveted ticket by designing an outfit and mask for our ‘You Shall Go to the Ball’ competition. All twelve designs were auctioned after the event, with proceeds going The Princes Trust.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Live] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Stylists] [Design]
Luca Agnelli/Ana Laura Alaez/Montxo Algora/Tina Berning/Isabella Blow/Scott Burnett/The Chalets/D.A.D.D.Y/Wayne Daly/David Delfin/Sarah Doukas/Droog/ Giorgio De Mitri/Graham Fink/Nacho Gayan/Inge Grongnard/Paul Hetherington/Terry Jones/Silvia Kadolsky/Jordi Labanda/Filippo La Mantia/Frank Leder/Lontano/Linda Loppa/Tim Marlow/Marcus Mittermeier/Sharmin Nordien/Perry Ogden/Ross Phillips/Javier Peres/Bruno Pieters/Fabrizio Russo/Pauric Sweeney/Geoff Travis/Philip Treacy/Massimo Torrigianni/Bettina Von Zwehl/Marcel Wanders/Sergio Zambon/2 Many DJs
AMAZE ME was inspired by the brief issued by art director Alexi Brodovitch to photographer Richard Avedon — simply to “amaze him”.
The challenge asked you, the public, to respond to a brief set by a panel of six leading creative industry figures. Viewers had the chance to come along to one of our micro-studio booths and make a 30 second video pitch.
The best six entries won a PSP™(Playstation®Portable), plus an exclusive opportunity to work with the panellist they attempted to amaze.
Related Projects: [Performance] [Art] [Models] [Art Direction] [Design]
Paul Hetherington, Penny Martin, Christabel Stewart
To reveal the process of a staple industry practise, SHOWstudio initiated 'PORTFOLIO', an opportunity to invite practitioners - both established and new - into the SHOWstudio space to disclose their books live on camera. Part of an ongoing, fortnightly project, highlights of these portfolios were captured to create an accumulating resource, both for future SHOWstudio projects and as an inventory of new talent.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Live] [Performance] [Art] [Design]