BAL MASQUÉ

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.

• The Venue  Last updated 20 Oct 2006
• Schedule  Last updated 20 Oct 2006
• Who's The Muse?  Last updated 11 Sep 2006
• You Shall Go To The Ball  Last updated 11 Sep 2006
• Project Blog  Last updated 31 Jul 2006
• Contributors  Last updated 31 Jul 2006

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Live] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Stylists] [Design]

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BANQUET

In May 2004, a complement of mystery guests were invited to participate
in this twenty-two-course meal, prepared by the gastronomic alchemist Heston Blumenthal and photographed by Nick Knight for a visually decadent W magazine shoot. Not only can you now listen in on the diners' conversations in the Audio Webcast, you can also see what's on their plates as they consume the challenging courses in the Interactive Menu. Coinciding with the magazine's publication, this broadcast finally revealed the secret identities of all celebrity diners present in a sequence of unseen pictures from the shoot. In a final flourish, Blumenthal generously offered the coveted recipe for his trademark Smoked Bacon and Egg icecream, available to you as a T-shirt or apron
design via the Recipe Download.

• Audio Webcast  Last updated 21 May 2004
• Interactive Menu  Last updated 21 May 2004
• Pictures  Last updated 21 May 2004
• Recipe Download  Last updated 21 May 2004
• Contributors  Last updated 21 May 2004

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Live] [Audio] [Nick Knight] [Models] [Photoshoot] [Liberty Ross] [Jonathan Kaye] [Food] [Alice Hawkins] [NOKI]

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BARBIE KILLER IN PLAYLAND

Félix Larher

Did the bright, young things ever make it through Playland? Barbie Killer's celebrity cull took its toll in Félix Larher's heroic fantasy.

• Movie  Last updated 10 Apr 2002
• Interview  Last updated 10 Apr 2002
• Contributors  Last updated 10 Apr 2002

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Film] [Animation]

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BEASTING

Nick Knight/Simon Foxton

Invited by Arena Hommes + magazine to photograph the highlights of John Galliano’s outlandish Autumn/Winter ’07-8 collection, Nick Knight and Simon Foxton were in the studio over two days, staging one of the explosive action shoots that are the hallmark of their longstanding creative collaboration. From 11:00hrs (UK time), the cameras streamed live coverage of Galliano’s prehistoric fashions, giving those with a penchant for woolen Minotaurs, skintight briefs and Samurai swordsmen an opportunity to indulge their tastes for the primeval and the preposterous in equal measure.

• Project Blog  Last updated 20 Feb 2007
• Contributors  Last updated 20 Feb 2007

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Live] [Magazines] [Nick Knight] [Simon Foxton] [Film] [John Galliano] [Autumn/Winter 07-08]

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BEAT THE CLOCK

Julie Verhoeven

Catch a time-lapse glimpse of Illustrator Julie Verhoeven as she worked on her exhibition and book, 'Fat-Bottomed Girls'.

• Images  Last updated 11 Feb 2002
• Movies  Last updated 11 Feb 2002
• Contributors  Last updated 11 Feb 2002

Related Projects: [Film] [Performance] [Documentary] [Illustration] [Julie Verhoven]

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BEAUTY OF TECHNOLOGY

Hamish Morrow/Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton-Jones/UVA/Thierry Dreyfus

Live imagery projected onto models to create 'virtual' clothing and prints at Hamish Morrow's S/S '04 collection unveiling.

• Live Broadcast  Last updated 23 Sep 2003
• Interview  Last updated 23 Sep 2003
• Contributors  Last updated 23 Sep 2003

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Performance] [Collections] [Digital Image-Making] [London Fashion Week] [Hamish Morrow] [Nick Thornton-Jones and Warren Du Preez]

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BELLWETHER

Alexander McQueen

To mark Alexander McQueen's CBE award, the visionary designer illustrated the showstoppers from his 2003 collections in a film that documented the formidable technique at their core.

• Movies  Last updated 21 Jul 2003
• Contributors  Last updated 21 Jul 2003

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Collections] [Models] [Paris Fashion Week] [Illustration] [Alexander McQueen] [History]

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BILLIE JEAN

Kate Moss/Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

Intimate, spontaneous, low-tech and informal. These are not words one might associate with the work of legendary photographic duo van Lamsweerde & Matadin. Not only did this film short reveal the more lighthearted aspects of their shoots, however, as Kate Moss re-enacts Michael Jackson's classic dance routine, it demonstrated the photographers' working process as van Lamsweerde audibly encourages Moss to strike the playful poses for which this partnership has become known.

• Movie  Last updated 14 Jul 2004
• Text  Last updated 14 Jul 2004
• Contributors  Last updated 14 Jul 2004

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Performance] [Models] [Music] [Celebrity] [Kate Moss] [Dance] [Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin]

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BIRDS EYE VIEW 2009

Ruth Hogben/Laura Bradley/Kathryn Ferguson/Sarah Chatfield/Monica Elkelv

Part of the Birds Eye View 2009 film festival, 'Fashion and the Moving Image' celebrates the growing genre of fashion film. Captured during the event held at at London's ICA, this project showcases footage of the evening's lively panel discussion alongside recent fashion shorts directed by four of the panelists.

• Panel Discussion  Last updated 7 Apr 2009
• Fashion Films  Last updated 7 Apr 2009
• Transcript  Last updated 7 Apr 2009
• Credits  Last updated 7 Apr 2009
• Contributors  Last updated 7 Apr 2009

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Laura Bradley] [Film] [Interview] [Ruth Hogben]

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BLACK

Alexander McQueen/Michael Clark/Kate Moss

View an ambitious re-staging of many of the defining moments of McQueen's legendary fashion collection shows. Look out for a crowd-pleasing dance duet by Michael Clark and Kate Moss.

• Movie  Last updated 1 Sep 2004
• Interactive  Last updated 1 Sep 2004
• Webcast  Last updated 1 Sep 2004
• Pictures  Last updated 1 Sep 2004
• Contributors  Last updated 1 Sep 2004

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Live] [Film] [Collections] [Music] [Picture Phone] [Alexander McQueen] [Kate Moss] [Michael Clark] [Dance]

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BLACK & WHITE

Nick Knight/Ruth Hogben

Incorporating the cream of this season's monochromatic fashions, Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben's latest film was captured on set during Knight's 'Black and White' shoot for British Vogue. Set to a pulsating soundtrack, witness model Anja Rubik bring to life striking clothing and accessories courtesy of designers including Martin Margiela, Dior, Vivienne Westwood, Viktor & Rolf and Florian Ladstaetter.

• Film  Last updated 26 Feb 2009
• Credits  Last updated 26 Feb 2009
• Contributors  Last updated 26 Feb 2009
• Project Blog  Last updated 26 Feb 2009

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Magazines] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Christian Dior] [Sam McKnight] [Martin Margiela] [Vivienne Westwood] [Ruth Hogben] [Vogue] [Viktor & Rolf] [Anja Rubik] [Pringle] [Florian Ladstaetter]

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BLUE MOVIE

Simon Pentleton/Josephene Soughan

Were these girls performing in a retro erotic film or posing for a contemporary fashion shoot? Seductive shots replaced narrative in a film that defined the ambiguous space between the cinematic sequence and the fashion story.

• Movie  Last updated 21 Nov 2001
• Images  Last updated 21 Nov 2001
• Contributors  Last updated 21 Nov 2001

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Film] [Performance] [Art] [Erotica]

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BONED

Nick Knight/Alister Mackie

Invited by Another Man magazine to shoot men’s underwear for its A/W '07–08 issue, Nick Knight and Alister Mackie took inspiration from imagery Robert Mapplethorpe and Horst P. Horst, only translating the monochrome power of their stills into colour. Featuring new work by a range of designers, the results offer a fresh perspective on men’s underwear, its representation in fashion imagery and on masculinity itself. Boned also features a film of the shoot, an accompanying essay by Shaun Cole and clips and interviews from the live broadcast.

• Movie  Last updated 28 Sep 2007
• Gallery  Last updated 28 Sep 2007
• Plain, uninteresting and out of sight? Men’s Underwear  Last updated 28 Sep 2007
• Contributors  Last updated 29 May 2007
• Project Blog  Last updated 29 May 2007

Related Projects: [Photography] [Magazines] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Interview] [Sam McKnight] [Alister Mackie] [Val Garland] [Autumn/Winter 07-08] [Shaun Cole]

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BRING & BUY

Ann-Sofie Back/Jodie Barnes/Judy Blame/Namalee Bolle/Tal Brener/Francesca Burns/Naomi Campbell/Cathy Edwards/Katy England/Nicola Formichetti/Simon Foxton/Katie Grand/Leo Gregory/Paul Hetherington/Princess Julia/Jacob K/Jonathan Kaye/Nick Knight/Erika Kurihara/Karolina Kurkova/Alister Mackie/Penny Martin/Erin O?onnor/NOKI/Nancy Rhode/Sarah Richardson/KT Shillingford/Jamie Surman

SHOWstudio recruited viewers' help in prepping a major project with i-D magazine, for the October 2005 issue. We asked you for your favourite item of clothing, which was to be customised and styled by a leading stylist, modelled by a stellar cast of fashion luminaries and curiosities, photographed by Nick Knight for i-D magazine and then auctioned for charity on eBay to raise money for Oxfam!

• Auction  Last updated 7 Jul 2005
• Live Shoot  Last updated 7 Jul 2005
• Polaroid Gallery  Last updated 7 Jul 2005
• Viewer Submissions  Last updated 7 Jul 2005
• Contributors  Last updated 7 Jul 2005

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Interactive] [Live] [Webcast] [Nick Knight] [Models] [Judy Blame] [Photoshoot] [Naomi Campbell]

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BRITANNICA

Ruth Hogben/Simon Costin

Inspired by the launch of Simon Costin's touring Museum of British Folklore, Britannica showcases an interview with the inimitable Costin himself, alongside rare archive footage of the age-old but oft-forgot traditions of this Sceptred Isle that form the crux of this unique new venture.

• BLOG  Last updated 22 May 2009
• CREDITS  Last updated 20 May 2009
• CONTRIBUTORS  Last updated 20 May 2009
• FILM  Last updated 20 May 2009

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BY ARRANGEMENT

Nick Knight/Jonathan Kaye

Evangelical florist and icon of pre-war femininity, Constance Spry provided inspiration for this three day Nick Knight shoot for W magazine. Stylist Jonathan Kaye picked the best of the Spring/Summer '04 collections whilst stylist Simon Foxton invited leading florists to interpret the floral themes that characterised the catwalks.

• Webcast  Last updated 27 Nov 2003
• Contributors  Last updated 27 Nov 2003

Related Projects: [Fashion] [Live] [Webcast] [Nick Knight] [Interview] [Collections] [Models] [Photoshoot] [Jonathan Kaye] [Lily Cole]

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