Helen Bailey begins to work on a scrap of fringing we found in the bottom of the experiments box, if this project is like others, the best will happen unexpectedly.
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Helen B and Lesley Ann working on the spacing of the Leopard dress fringes, while Jess works on the embroidery and a close up of what she has to finish by tomorrow.
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The dress has begun to be lowered into the water & will slowly dissolve further each day. Its fascinating watching passers by make sense of it. U know u r onto a good thing when the security guards & bus drivers stop & stare !
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Helen's Wonderland installation opens at LCF today and Dorian spent yesterday making sure the kit was in place so we could observe the dissolution in progress via a constantly evolving, live Time-Lapse video. 9 cameras have been positioned around the dress and will each capture a still every 7 minutes.... [more]
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Not used to having to be in one place for more than the length of a meeting & i am here for the next 26 days... Putting last minute touches to the dress that will begin its slow descent & dissolve into water tomorrow - web cameras go live tomorrow... [more]
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Though the wedding proceeds on set, my list of cast members is at an end. So it's goodbye to Agent Provocateur until the film launch. Let Dinos Chapman have the final word on marriage, then. For his had something of the inevitable about it.
Sigail's given marriage a lot of thought!
Wolverhamptonian beauty Gabrielle Riggon divulges her views on marriage at the make-up station (well, that's where everyone confides their innermost secrets, apparently).
Agent Provocateur Press Assistant Bridget Veal comes up with the first fully fashion-centred response.
Assistant to Eamonn Hughes, Fabio is recently engaged and full of the joys of formal courtship.
Nail technician Mike Pocock can see it from both perspectives.
Tellingly, it's the young ones that seem most focused on the material gains of betrothal: Gainsbury and Whiting's PA, Kat Davey's looking to extend her jewellery collection.
Agent Provocateur's Director of Communications Jess Morris is more interested in the party!
We're back on set and the rolling, bridal-themed interview continues. First up to answer the question of the day -why marry- is hair stylist Eamonn Hughes.
The shoot has ended for tonight but continueth tomorrow. I'll be back in the morning with more marriage talk!
Nick's new Digital Capture Operator Noel McLaughlin pauses briefly from manning the stills to think on 'why marry?'.
Production Runner for Gainsbury and Whiting, Max Smith, told me he's been thinking about his answer all day.
Agent Provocateur's Joe Corre, who is Creative Directing today's shoot, gives us perhaps the most considered and level-headed answer yet.
You might call Sam McKnight's assistant Christian materialistic.
Val's assistant, Laura Dominique, vents her fatalistic sense of equanimity in the workshop.
Francois van de Langkruis -who runs the studio we are shooting at today- is a big SHOWstudio pin-up so this is one for the boys back at the studio!
Further to our previous post, we have just heard more from Helen Storey regarding her scheduled Q&A sessions in February. On Tuesday 26 both Tony and Helen will be fielding your questions on their unique collaboration between 12.30 and 13.30hrs, but on February 19 it will just be Helen answering... [more]
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Gainsbury and Whiting's production coordinator Laura Kelly's a hopeless romantic.
Sam McKnight gives us a sense of the nonchalance with which he makes all his life decisions!
Val Garland's agnostic on the matter.
Make-up assistant to Val, Karina Woodruff, speaks from experience.
Nails supremo Marian Newman is well known for dispensing the best advice in the industry. Apparently, it is she that takes hoity-toity young models who have got too big for their boots aside and gives them a good talking to. Who better, then, to ask about the biggest decision of... [more]
Ruth -Nick's first assistant and editor of many of his recent films- is unequivocal on the subject!
Nick's 2nd assistant Andrew gives us the benefit of his 26 years' experience.
Nick's first up to answer the question of the day: 'Why Marry?'
Penny's been transported to the set of an exciting collaboration with Agent Provocateur to carry out a series of live, back stage interviews with the mystery cast. Here's a little word from our hostess first...
There's a scene in charlie chaplin's film modern times, he walks around a corner smack into the front of a demonstration. He picks up a placard & joins them - u & tony say u picked your cause, but sometimes your cause chooses u- its happening more often nowadays... [more]
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These ideas need a bit more space & time to explain but our water purification device has gone to patent & the designs to take it to market are sketched up. Come & hear tony & me talk about what we are trying to achieve with this way of working... [more]
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Tony & me gave a talk about our collaboration at a nanotechnology conference today. After, i asked him to say a few words about the products that have come out of our 2 year dialogue. Here he briefly describes the disappearing bottle.
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Stefano Pilati is a busy, busy man. As opposed to just changing the content of men’s fashion, he decided to toy with the context of its presentation, eschewing a catwalk show in favour of presenting a short film – which SHOWstudio are lucky enough to have in its entirety. Originally... [more]
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Am back with bailey, experimenting with making the inflated torso parts & heat sealing the remaining galaxy of stars.the dress finally coming to life . Back to london to a mountain of e mail.
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You may have seen Helen Storey and Tony Ryan's 2007 interview in the Wonderland video library, but on Tuesday 19 February you will have the chance to put your own questions to them. For the pair will be holding an open Q&A session in the Fashion Space Gallery of the... [more]
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The third part of up-and-coming photographer and filmmaker Ben Charles Edwards’ film 'Chapter 7: Eat Your Chiffon’ was released today, completing the record of a dinner party gathering at the technicolored penthouse of famous English Eccentric Zandra Rhodes and hosted by Natt Weller.
Apparently inspired by Chapter 7 of Alice... [more]
Although we are due to open at LCF next Tuesday, my business partner Caroline, and our head designer for the tour, Jon from DED associates, are already planning the 10 site trail for Wonderland when it opens across Sheffield in June /July this year. Caroline and I have worked... [more]
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R & d, working hard at getting camera angles right.
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Richard's day job is lab technician in the chemistry labs in sheffield & on this project he has been wonderful, he quietly went off one day & made this ' heath robinson' scaffold out of old bicycle wheels & scrap, adding a motor that drops the dress at the rate... [more]
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Our team of 10 are here setting up at lcf. The blue csi lab is up and the signage. Off down to the window to set up the bank surveilance cameras. Ross & dorian are positioning 9 mini cameras in & around the bowl of water to capture multiple live... [more]
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A collage cut and paste hand-out signals the end of the shows for this season. Interestingly, Paris started with a film courtesy of YSL and was signed off by Bernhard Willhelm's and Nick Knight's moving image collaboration. Is there a change in the way contemporary designers are communicating their... [more]
On the last slot of the autumn winter shows Willhelm presented his film 'Men in Tights' created by Nick Knight. Worn out press and buyers made the pilgrimage to the Travellers Club and witnessed the collaborative vision. Willhelm is not shy of provoking and subverting the traditional notion of a... [more]
Fashion tribes gather for the climax of Paris mens fashion week, the Bernard Willhelm presentation.
As well as the catwalk shows and presentations smaller international labels have the opportunity to present their collections at organised static exhibitions. Rendez-Vous and Tranoi Homme showcase collections such as Ann Hagen from Denmark and cult London based sunglasses brand Linda Farrow Vintage. Although very different in mood from the... [more]
You always feel like you are at a propher fashion show when its held at Carrousel du Lourve, the recognised base for Paris fashion shows. What the salons lack in character they make up for in size and efficiency. No clambering through back streets here. Flying the Brit flag Paul... [more]
The third season from the German born designer, Lauterbach presented a sombre and relaxed collection. As a self confessed spectator of ordinary life Lauterbach is obsessed with purifying his lines that define his clothes. The tone of his collections are usually low key, and with the slowest ever walking... [more]
With fellow Spanish designer Josep Abril in charge of the menswear collections Armand Basi is again relevant to contemporary fashion. A commercial set of big knitwear and formal tailoring was youthful and flew the flag for Spain. Also possibly the accessory of the season, the over-sized mitten / oven glove... [more]
Swedish Acne typifies the diverse brands that present their collections during Men's fashion week. Developing their successful jean label into a more fashion focused product is the message behind the company. With a new accessories and underwear range being unveiled in Paris Acne are set for continued international recogntion. Interesting... [more]
Against the back drop of my favorite Amy Winehouse track, the radio
blares out 'Back to Black', Bailey enjoys her freedom from Health and
Safety regs, giggles, 'look no gloves, hair not tied back ' - Her
hands are becoming more and more sure, as she takes... [more]
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After last nights genius Simons presentation the first show on a Sunday morning was always going to be tough. With journalists thin on the floor Italian designer JP Cassa took the mantle. Founded in 2004 Unity has always aimed to blend European culture with modern clothes into what the designer... [more]
Definitely worth the battle field to get into the show. This was one hot ticket and the PR was not caring for casualties. Simons always questions contemporary fashion with his own intrepid vision and in doing so often leads the way. Heavy felt and wool based fabrics in purple, grey... [more]
Was it due to the late start that models felt they had to make up time as they scurried across the cross shaped catwalk? Following a black and white piano- esque floor projection, Petrov sent out casual and youthful clothes in white, navy and for the finale, tip to toe... [more]
If anybody consistently manages to design modern, functional and inherently distinct clothes then it has to be Margiela. A precise aesthetic was communicated by using a graphic approach to black and optical white. The presentation involved the audience walking through a Margiela set. Each model held a newspaper, illustrating the... [more]
From their showroom the concept driven couple that are Viktor & Rolf presented a covetable collection inspired by travel. Although leaving their theatrics to their womens collections, in true V & R tradition their take on the theme was subverted. Techno fabrics were fused with traditional patterns. China (red printed... [more]
To a soundtrack of 'Knocking On Heavens Door,' Demeulemeester's show was a romantic and whimsical offering. Washed out floral prints on relaxed tailoring was sombre as purple and burgundy became the colour story. Dried flowers decorating hat attire may not be a winner but the collection offered beautifully refined and... [more]
True to his signature comical presentations, Danish Henrik Vibskov employed a blow up catwalk to showcase his new winter collection. Entitled 'The Mint Institute' models squeaked their way through the installation in a variety of colourful gear. Style with a slap of humour is key to Vibskov's success and this... [more]
'The big news for the autumn winter winter 2008 season is the coat', prophesizes a chief fashion hack currently reporting on the menswear shows. Radical news you may think, but finding a focus from the diverse style offerings is a quandry that style press and buyers assimilate on their ... [more]
Light and background are going to be important to how the dress appears on its scaffold before its descent. Placing the rough layout of the front on white makes it’s construction as a dress more certain. In reality, this dress will be suspended mid air, will probably blow in the... [more]
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Holding the fragile dress up to the camera I realise that each star
size needs to be attached differently, large ones collapse forwards
and need a different kind of support. It's going to be quite
something to watch all our hard work dissolve in front of us, really
difficult actually.... [more]
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The Wonderland project has been updated with two new sections. The Video Library contains behind the scenes footage of some of Helen's earlier experiments as well as an interview alongside Tony Ryan where they explain the concepts and issues behind the project. Press Articles trace a path through Helen's career... [more]
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These images from Bernhard Willhelm's invitation to his A/W '08-09 menswear show this Sunday night should signify that something unexpected and masculine this way comes. For from Saturday, Hywel Davies will be focusing the SHOWstudio picture phone on the menswear shows happening in Paris over the weekend, including Bernhard's motion... [more]
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We are experimenting with all sorts of ways of joining the seams,
but I was quite keen not to use stitching.These heat sealers are from
the States, and meant for industrial use, and unlike stitching, you
only get one shot at it. In order to avoid any hand shaking,... [more]
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Tony and me are in the labs at sheffield again . I asked him to talk about his part in the project. We are checking out the latest build of the scaffold that will lower the dresses. dashing back to london .
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Me and Bailey working together. Bailey worked as my first assistant, other side of brain and general solver of all technical problems, back in my early fashion days. We are virtually telepathic and it is a joy to be working with her again.We have worked in all sorts of environments,... [more]
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This first dissolving dress is under construction for the London College of Fashion window. It will take 194 hours to drop and dissolve into its giant fish bowl, at a drop at rate of 10mil per hour.
A honey comb lasered front panel has been heat bonded together and we have... [more]
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We're delighted that the experience of making the 24hrs films was a good one for Stefano Pilati: it seems he's really caught the bug and is presenting a film rather than a catwalk show tomorrow night to showcase his A/W '08-09 mens' collection. Created in collaboration with directors Sarah Chatfield... [more]
Well, the time has flown by and we're already finished! Well, almost - there is still the small matter of editing together the wealth of footage from the past two days into a film in time for the Menswear shows in Paris later this month.
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You didn't think we'd leave it there, did you? Penny has taught me better than that! I managed to corner the very very nice Damien for a little longer to talk through the ins and outs of choreography in Bernhard's creations before he had to get back to orchestrating the... [more]
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After his own stellar performance on the dancefloor, I was lucky enough to get the chance to speak with the choreographer of Men in Tights Damien Jalet about how his collaboration with Bernhard Willhelm came about, and the unique demands of this project.
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Just to clear up any discrepancies, Mr Knight is not sleeping on the job - he just couldn't resist trying out the neon dancefloor for himself.
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Poppy's fabulous flashing fluorescent dancefloor makes a welcome reappearance today as Damien gets hands-on to position our dancers' legs (and our dancers) at the perfect angle.
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Looking through a rail of clothes from a collection titled Men in Tights was always going to be an entertaining experience. Indeed the whimsical collection is typically Willhelm, mixing sportswear fabrics and detailing with the vaguest hint of raunch. Nevertheless, alongside the slightly outré lycra bodysuits and tight aertex briefs... [more]
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It's all gone a little bit 'Page Three' on the set. But credit where credit's due, Robin is working those balloons something rotten!
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Eric and Damien get to grips with Poppy's props.
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In a slight change from the frenetic pace we've established, Nick, Bernhard, Damien et al have been working on some (almost) still poses to be incorporated into the film - and our models are 'voguing' for all they're worth!
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Oh, we've all twirled around crazily on an office chair - at least I have in those few quiet moments at SHOWstudio - but I for one have never managed it with quite as much elegance as choreographer Damien Jalet and dancer Robin Dingemans are able to muster.
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As with yesterday, we've managed to get up to speed a wee bit earlier than expected this morning and of course wouldn't want you to miss a moment, so our live feed for the second day of Men In Tights has already begun. Sit back and enjoy - but don't... [more]
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A little 'still life' tableaux completes the day. We've danced the boys off their feet so they're now off home for a well-earned rest. We start up again tomorrow from 10.30 so log on early, lest you miss any pure Willhelm gold.
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A word of caution to anyone thinking of inviting Lee for a sleepover...
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A very busy Bernhard broke from overseeing writhing lycra on the dancefloor to comment on what it's like to prepare a film rather than a catwalk show. Listen to him speak and avail yourself of the chance to find out why they call him the nicest man in fashion.
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Well, doesn't that always happen in your average provincial disco of a Saturday night?
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Poppy's done us proud with a musically-interactive dancefloor. Right, first one to find Billie Jean on their iPod's got first go at the moonwalk!
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Those dancers have got to keep their strength up: Bernhard's got them turning somersaults!
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Lee Bridgman gives it a go, Sally Bowles/Christine Keeler-style.
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First dancer in The Royal Ballet, Eric Underwood shows us what he's got. You'll forgive me for nearly dropping the camera towards the end...
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In a brief break between shots, our esteemed Art Director tries out the props for set designer Poppy Bartlett.
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Our dancer-models are feeling the cold so it's the earliest start I've even witnessed: test shots before 11 o'clock indeed! We've begun the live stream whilst conducting the tests, choreographed by Damien Jalet, to make sure you don't miss any of the balletic moves.
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There is a new Political Fashion film contribution to our Viewers Gallery which appears to comment on you, the fashion audience. Surely not!
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This should wake you up: it's time for some bare, er, faced cheek from Bernhard Willhelm! The latest designer electing to create a film to showcase his fashion collection, Bernhard will be in the studio with us this Sunday and Monday, making a movie to be previewed at the Menswear... [more]
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We have found that different weight polymers bound together, and printed with different types of inks determine the motility and active behavior of the stars.
Here the 'red mother star' ensnares the smaller black star, causing it to 'drown' first.
We are experimenting with increasing erratic 'animal like' behaviour, so that once... [more]
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Experiment in black "mother star" attraction to "pink daughter" star.
Black polymer more motile & swims towards daughter. Calling this one
" dance towards atrophy".
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We have just launched the project site for Helen Storey's Wonderland. If you have been wondering about the strange underwater videos appearing on the site then head on over for a full description. In the next couple of days we will be adding a press section to give you some... [more]
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This morning I clicked something that I should not have clicked which resulted in SHOWstudio.com being torn asunder. The mistake has now been rectified but it means that any changes to forums/blog comments/profiles etc after 0.25AM this morning have been deleted. So if something you have written has disappeared, I... [more]
Experiment for mega orgy star dress. Mother and baby star fight it out mid disolve.
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First under water experiments
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