Once a bordello itself the Parlour in West Hollywood became celebrated for its Friday night Bricktops club run by notorious hostess and drag performance artist Vaginal Cream Davis. Closing its doors in 2005, Transmissions posts a posthumous video clip of prime Parlour footage as part of assume vivid astro focus... [more]
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We dropped by Philip Treacy's Battersea HQ this afternoon, to get a tour of his studio. What you can't see here is the intriguing spectacle of assistants torturing goose feathers with curling tongs. He was adamant that this wasn't 'milinery' we were witnessing, however. That's a rather dowdy subset of... [more]
When designer Fabien Baron was keen to secure the Halloween slot for screening his Moving Fashion submission, we were curious. Was his film short a reworking of Thriller, perhaps? A seasonal comment on the Galliano Spring/Summer extravaganza, featuring an old witch? The piece we received, in eventuality, was... [more]
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The many viewers mailing us to find out when there will be repeat screenings of this week's thirty-second film shorts by photographers David Bailey, Solve Sundsbo and Alice Hawkins, model Lily Cole and stylist Alister Mackie will be relieved to hear they have a second chance this weekend, ahead of... [more]
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Stuck for a Halloween surprise for that special someone? Check out the filigree cobwebs on this 'Black Widow' Madwagon push bike we spotted at FourMarketing's press day yesterday: spooky!! Squint your eyes and you can practically see Margaret Hamilton as 'Miss Gulch', pedalling furiously from Kansas to Oz on board... [more]
The London entrants for PSP AMAZE ME deemed amazing enough to be shortlisted have been posted here. If you're among the hopefuls, including famous milliner Stephen Jones (pictured here), you will need to validate your entry by following the appropriate links. Unvalidated entries won't, unfortunately, be considered for a winner's... [more]
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The second week of our MOVING FASHION series comes to a close with a seductive thirty-second short from fashion photographer Alice Hawkins. In contrast to her signature audacious, lo-fi imagery, Hawkins has chosen to indulge SHOWstudio viewers with an intimate display of a garment in motion, featuring the burlesque performance... [more]
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You may remember a reference to an interview conducted with Nick Knight in a blog entry a couple of weeks ago. This has now been launched (scroll down a bit), both in original, uncut audio and also edited transcript versions. Have a listen/read to acquaint yourself with Nick Knight's... [more]
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Being a website and all, when you get something wrong, the temptation is to just amend it in the 'CMS' and pretend it never happened. However, given our commitment to 'open process' and such, I should fall upon my sword with regard to Sølve's film, admit our error and blog... [more]
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When the fashion community was asked to make 'thirty seconds of moving fashion' it stood to reason that most image-makers would create a moving spectacle in front of the camera. But clever Sølve Sundsbø is the first in the Moving Fashion series to twist the brief, depart from reality film-making... [more]
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Whilst this weekends premiere London art frenzy -the Frieze Art Fair- promised event culture that spanned deconstructed tours of its very infrastructure to fashion luminaries Peter Saville and Isabella Blow commenting on what you were wearing, there was of course a glittering party in honour of every major artist in... [more]
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Today SHOWstudio plays host to stylist Alister Mackie's and filmmaker Zanna's collaborative contribution to our current MOVING FASHION series, filmed at the recently restored Ragged School in London. Witness the first 'moving menswear' of the project.
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We got back from Barcelona last night after a successful installation of the AMAZE ME Pod in the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. We set up everything on Sunday night only to come back on Monday morning to find that the sun was shining directly on the monitor, making... [more]
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It's that time of year again: everyone's got their gear back at their showrooms from the shows so that the press can come in and plan their Spring/Summer '05-6 editorial. The last time I saw this colour combo (see Burberry's fabulous florida yellow straw hat and miami green driving gloves... [more]
Installed in the shadow of the Fernsehturm –the 1960s communist television tower– the AMAZE ME project reached Berlin last week. A stone's throw from Alexanderplatz, located in the empty ground floor space of uber-cool Mitte clothes store The Apartment, you'd be forgiven for thinking that we had the entire space... [more]
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She may spend most of her year holding a pose for the world's greatest fashion photographers, but our Lily's no slouch when it comes to her summer holidays. This year's was spent in Botswana climbing mountains (literally!) in aid of SHOWstudio's Moving Fashion project. Click here to watch that girl... [more]
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It seems the team at Oxfam are doing a great job with the dispatch of clothing from the Bring & Buy project as they've received 100% positive eBay feedback. Not bad for a bunch of customised, spray-painted and distressed hand-me-downs!! Honestly, some of the testimonies would bring a tear to... [more]
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We kick-start the second week of MOVING FASHION with an impressive contribution from the highly acclaimed fashion photographer, David Bailey, featuring the beautiful Catherine Bailey as his subject.
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Only one week in and already this project is attracting comment from far and wide, with rapid-fire postings on fashion film hitting the Forum. Have your say this weekend, when there is an additional chance to watch this week's films by photographers Liz Collins, Arthur Elgort, Tim Walker, Steven Klein
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Our first week of MOVING FASHION comes to a close with hair stylist Sam McKnight's contribution to the series. This cinematic delight, along with all of the last week’s films including Liz Collins, Arthur Elgort, Tim Walker, Steven Kl
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Today the SHOWstudio spotlight shines on renowned fashion photographer Steven Klein's erotically charged contribution to MOVING FASHION. Remember that you can post your thoughts on all of the films so far in the MOVING FASHION FORUM.
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On the 26th September our BRING & BUY project came to a dramatic conclusion with a flurry of last minute eBay bids, raising nearly £19K for Oxfam. Each winning item has since been despatched to its respective new owner with the following request:
To now complete the story of these clothes,... [more]
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Life imitates art! The only thing fashionable publications can offer you
that SHOWstudio can't is the fragrance strips. Oh, and Tim Walker's
fantastical take on Trompe L'Oeil!
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The launch party for the second issue of Fantastic Man was held at Black Frame last night and it was great to see what all the fuss is about. At first sight, the magazine has the feel of a grown-up men's title from the late 70s: something Norman Mailer and... [more]
Today's cinematic addition to MOVING FASHION arrives, with aplomb, courtesy of American photographer partly responsible for the 'plein air' aesthetic dominating the 1980s, Arthur Elgort. His photographic study of students at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, a clear head-start when dealing with the subject at hand.
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Tonight at Swarovski Fashion Rocks 2005 for The Prince's Trust, fashion designers including Prada, Burberry and SHOWstudio contributors such as Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Victor & Rolf will showcase their designs against live performances from artists including Skin, Blondie, Kasabian and The Kills. The event, nearly as spectacular as Nick... [more]
The third and final instalment of Daniel Brown's beautiful interactives for DRESS ME UP, DRESS ME DOWN have been posted. This week's looks are Veiled, Victorian and Fringed including exquisite pieces by Yohji Yamamoto, Christian Louboutin and Ann Sofie Back.
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I found the wonderful artist Rita Ackermann yesterday, waiting outside the TOKION conference for her friend from Gang Gang Dance. Why, we could have staged a piece of content for Transmissions while we were there, had Christabel been in New York! It was the start of a pretty stellar day:... [more]
The Forum regulars amongst you can now channel your critical energy into our new MOVING FASHION forum and, who knows, you might gain feedback from one of our star-studded film makers. Indeed, everyone's invited to discuss, review or respond to today's film.
If you aren't already, you will need to... [more]
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The second installment of our MOVING FASHION series is from fashion photographer Liz Collins. Her beautiful, balloon-popping, thirty second response offers another pleasing take on a garment in motion. This film, along with those by four other SHOWstudio contributors, will be re-screened in the weekend review on 22nd and 23rd... [more]
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Forget the parakeet on his shoulder, Michele Abeles' baby is the tamest I've ever seen!
Our choice of photographers Glen Luchford and Liz Collins to flank our first 'Moving Fashion' weekend (there's a tip as to what is coming up on Monday!) was partly influenced by Art + Commerce, their agency's, annual festival, which is being staged in Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York this weekend.... [more]
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Model Gemma Ward, plunged into a tank of water, is the star of the first of our MOVING FASHION thirty second films. Chosen for his key role in shaping what contemporary fashion looks like, photographer Glen Luchford responds to the simple SHOWstudio brief of creating 30 seconds of motion image... [more]
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Curators Max Hollein and Mattias Ulrich recently curated a lively seven night programme of concerts at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. TRANSMISSIONS wasn't present live to film it, but had access to examples of the music being played, posted here for listening. This image of Rodney Graham (sourced from a great... [more]
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After several mysterious blog entries on the subject, we can now provide details on the amazing new fashion film project to which we have been alluding. The link below leads to a project description document (for internal use) that details how from tomorrow, we will be screening 30 seconds of... [more]
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After an unscheduled stop, and a night spent sensing the atmosphere and experiencing the comfort at Slapen Enzo, I have returned. Sharmin and I flew out yesterday to set up the pod in a new location in Antwerp, the Fashion Museum. Everything was running smoothly until we plugged in the... [more]
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We are working like mad to get the new 'Moving Fashion' programme launched at the end of this week: more of that later. Deadlines are tight not least because I am flying out on Thursday to 'moderate' at the 3rd Annual TOKION Creativity Now conference, held at the Great Hall... [more]
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Not a pearl in sight! Tonight Alber Elbaz served up a Lanvin collection that was perhaps his most modern, probably the least Bourgeois and certainly the most likely to appeal to a younger market. Watch those gorgeous shift-dresses fly come January...
It's rare for individual garments to live up to rave reviews like the ones Balenciaga has recieved this season. But in the case of these dresses, the Spring/Summer collection actually *surpasses* all the effusive praise lavished upon it by the fashion press. The house is shrewd in being transparent about... [more]
With more than a nod to the forthcoming Arbus retrospective at the V&A, these 'mature twins' were one of the more subtle pairs modelling the Galliano mens and womenswear that came down the catwalk tonight (fat women, tall men, toyboys, gay divorcees and many other 'unusual types' were also present... [more]
They've made us drive outside Paris for this one so there are high expectations among the celebrity crowd.
It won't suprise you to learn that the soundtrack was 'Goldfinger'. The drag-queen performed a stylish mime of the said Bond theme as the fashion equivalent of 80s dance troupe Hot Gossip performed ironic 'interpretations'. All this was in danger of detracting from the clothes parading down the centre of... [more]
Mmm, short, aren't they? These Alaia-esque numbers came out to the thumping sound of Susie Quatro and Tina Turner, baring a buttock or two as they swished along, fast. Not as fast as McQueen doing his lap of honour, wearing a 'we love you Kate' T-shirt.
You might feel you now know what's going to be in the shops come January (lots of white, lots of lace etc.). But if you want to know what designers will be doing in three seasons' time, you need look no further than Martin Margiela, who has been emulated by... [more]
Only five days in and already I'm running out of superlatives. Something beyond 'beautiful' or 'exquisite' is called for in describing tonight's show by Vèronique Leroy, who received the first roaring ovation I've heard this week for a stunning collection of meticulously fitted linen trousersuits and pretty organza dresses. With... [more]
Popped in for a closer look at Tao. Apparently, her approach is to take one specific idea and then work it really thoroughly. The whole notion of the new month-long SHOWstudio projects is very much along those lines so this is music to my ears (there's nothing that delights me... [more]
The shift from one Rochas collection to another may be minimal -the Edwardian, serpentine silhouette continues from Autumn/Winter through to this Spring/Summer presentation. But with lighter volumes and a paler palette, the effect was even more delicate and innocent. With their miniature violin case accessories, these young music teachers struck... [more]
It's true: I'm not the greatest photographer. But if my shot looks a little am-dram, then that's because it was. The building blocks for Riccardo Tisci's first official collection for Givenchy were centre stage, literally - that's a huge, white sphere you see in the background and there was also... [more]
I felt a warm, SHOWstudio glow seeing 'Amaze Me' name-checked in Bruno Pieters' literature accompanying his very precise and luminous study of 50s skirt suits, bell skirts and modern reworking of tuxedos (with city shorts). As at Tao and Watanabe, the trenches were sharp and highly covetable.
Those clever people at Comme know exactly what a swimmer needs. Not some dry-clean only cutaway nonsense, but a sensible, navy, Speedo one-piece. Preferably with a signature CdG polkadot. Please.
Paris fashion week can feel a bit arduous or daunting at times. But as soon as I catch the reassuring sight of preeminent catwalk photographer Chris Moore, I know everything's going to be just fine.
Paris' Grand Palais reopened tonight (after a 10 year renovation) with a shock. A minimalist collection by John Galliano for Dior! Acres and acres of flesh-toned chiffon: this was a grand statement (if expressed in a highly understated manner by his standards.)
Whilst assume vivid astro focus does the final preparations for his exhibition that opens this weekend at Los Angeles MOCA, here is a taster of the LA performance scene in the shape of former Asian Punk Boy, Terence Koh. Filmed last year at Peres Projects, see Koh present a musical... [more]
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It was all Pomp & Circumstance at Comme des Garcons' Spring/Summer '06 show. Apparently inspired by the notion of lost empires, Kawakubo presented an arresting collection, largely realised by draping huge Union Jacks and endless swathes of tartan (always a draw for your Scottish reporter!) around models' limbs. The nationalism... [more]
Eisuke has just returned from Dover Street Market with the latest batch of videos from the AMAZE ME pod and we've been having a great time looking through them. From one man and his guitar to the Ben Stevenson project, naked juggling to transformable dresses and even our old... [more]
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These white, plastic-y Mohiccans were the crowning elements of a hard 'n fast show by SHOW favourite (and designer of current downloadable pattern), Junya Watanabe. Deceptively complicated punk tailoring brought to the beige trench coat, rock T-shirt dress or checked suiting: it was a thrilling, visceral sight.
It goes without saying that in fashion, once you have executed and published an idea, you can no longer maintain ownership of it. Nevertheless, it must have been galling for designer Ann-Sofie Back to learn that the brilliant Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf filled the Tuilleries tonight with the sound... [more]
The good thing about appointments as opposed to catwalk shows is that not only do you get the PR to explain the themes behind the collections and see the items close-up, you sometimes get to meet the designer too! Here, the very talented shoe designer to Balenciaga (and author of... [more]
The theme from Superman is still playing as we walk out of a supremely uplifting and colour-filled Bernhard Willhelm show. In the queue out of the door, I heard calls of 'Bernhard for Versace'.
The foliage of Le Jardin de Margaux provided sufficient cover for a full-blown BLESS ambush. Look what just stepped out from behind a tree!
Miss Cole takes a moment out of the Pat 'n Eugene dreamteam's 'prehistoric' hair and make-up session to discuss the editing of her film for our forthcoming 'Moving Fashion' project.
After all the exquisite, porcelain-coloured leather and signature 'bat's wings' fronds in Rick Owens', Yohji's show was a more solid affair (literally). Lots of black and white suiting that we know and love; navy velvet too. It was amazing to see his architectonic tailoring turned towards the street, though, will... [more]
Woman bearing trademark 'rollmop' coiffure works the current 'volume' trend in lavish room full of stovepipe jeans and Chanel bags. Where could I be, dear reader? Why, it's Paris fashion week and you've got 8 days of intermittent blog entries comin' at ya. Rick Owens started my PFW off with... [more]
