While Gareth may be finished after a long day, Robin, Lisa and the team are working fashionably late into the night here at SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution to get that all important final shot. The latest is a smeared rosebud lip complimented by dustings of bright blue, magenta and gold powder... [more]
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Gareth has left the building! After staying far, far later than expected here at Bruton Place to answer more questions posed by our viewers (and a few from Nick and the guys here at SHOWstudio.com), he is off for a well-deserved Friday night drink! Our LiveStudio broadcast, obviously, is now... [more]
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Lisa is working on the next look of the day in the Fashion Revolution live studio, the 'made-up' make-up look - something of a tongue twisting paradox which her assistant kindly translates in layman's terms as classic eyeliner and velvety skin. Robin wants to get two more shots so it... [more]
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Over at Bruton Place, Gareth Pugh's latest creation is taking shape before the watchful eye of our LiveStudio webcams. The reason for that plastic is suddenly evident as Gareth whips out his rotary blade and starts methodically slashing into the 'Angelskin' fabric - all very heretical I can tell you!... [more]
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As Gareth sets to work over at Bruton Place, at Somerset House British Vogue's creative director Robin Derrick sets to work photographing his latest beauty editorial with celebrated make-up artist Lisa Eldridge for the magazine's February 2010 issue. Today, Robin and the team will be shooting two beauty stories back-to-back... [more]
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Gareth Pugh's residency in our LiveStudio at Bruton Place has now begun, with our trusty webcams streaming every moment as if creates an exclusive one-off piece for sale in the SHOWstudio SHOP. Here, Gareth is stapling, sticking and sellotaping his working base for the... [more]
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You may remember Gareth Pugh's visit to SHOWstudio.com at the end of last week. Well, we can finally reveal that Gareth is to undertake an exclusive creative project for SHOWstudio SHOP - from 11:00 GMT on Friday 20 November, he will set up a temporary work place in the studio... [more]
The time seems to have flown by and we have just wrapped up our day of shooting with Jez Tozer at the Live Studio at Somerset House. Here, Storm 'New Face' Portia models a strapless sequinned number from Kate Moss' latest Christmas collection for Topshop, while Antony Price's third Topman... [more]
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Following the lives stream of his interview with journalist and author Hywel Davies back in September (pre fashion week, Fashion Revolution and all else fashion inbetween), our latest In Fashion profile of Sølve Sundsbø is now live. Covering the span of Sundsbø's career - including his period assisting Nick Knight,... [more]
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I have honestly never been on a shoot where anyone's head has been measured - but Antony Price leaves nothing to chance. Each and every one of our male New Faces has been thoroughly sized up by Mr Price and his trusty measuring-tape as he anticipates re-engineering his latest Topman... [more]
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Our live stream of Jez Tozer's shoot showcasing Storm's New Faces and the ranges of iconic model Kate Moss and legendary designer Antony Price for Topshop and Topman respectively. Price himself is on set to style his own creations with his customary chutzpah, while Gemma Hayward has been rifling through... [more]
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If you didn't get your fill of brooding male beauty in yesterday's launch of our full VMAN Model Search gallery, you can now peruse the first batch of Simon Foxton's live Sittings models as captured in situ at Somerset House. As Foxton fans will know, the premise of this project... [more]
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Coinciding with the publication of VMAN 16 today, we can not only reveal our gallery of Nick Knight's final editorial images of the six VMAN Model Search finalists, but also behind-the-scenes images captured during the two shoots staged earlier this summer. Showcasing Simon Foxton's selection of S/S 2010 fashion... [more]
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You may remember those rumbling of a Lady Gaga collaboration on the blog last week - now, we can reveal our latest film project, a collaboration between Gaga, Nick Knight, fashion filmmaker Ruth Hogben and... you! Alongside Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben's own series of films created especially for the... [more]
As eagle-eyed subscribers to our Twitter feed will know, SHOWstudio.com's favourite fashion enfant terrible Gareth Pugh dropped into the studio today to discuss not only an upcoming collaboration with Nick Knight, but an exclusive project he is working on for the SHOWstudio SHOP. I (rather inexpertly) snapped him here mid-conversation... [more]
The wait is over - well, almost! All the submissions have been compiled, Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen are glued to their respective screens, and the winner of Raw Power is scheduled to be deliberated, decided and finally announced on 26 November. An open invitation for aspiring filmmakers, artists and... [more]
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Our latest shoot and broadcast has commenced in the Live Studio of SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution at Somerset House. Once more, stylist Rasharn Agyemang has taken the reins to shoot for his forthcoming 'fashion fanzine' Re-bel, created alongside his cohorts at new London menswear label Jaiden rVa James. Today, Rasharn and... [more]
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Regardless of the opinions of Britain's mass retailers (who have been foisting advent calendars on us since about June), for me Christmas begins at the start of December - with a healthy embargo on any mention beforehand. Then again, some things are just too fabulous to keep under your hat... [more]
Natalia V is working that Fendi something rotten in our final shot of the day (here somewhat blurily captured not only in real life, but also via one of our streaming cameras). Again, these poses are more potential candidates for prime position on the cover of British Vogue's February 2010... [more]
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In case you've perched yourself outside the live studio at SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution and are wondering why we're not waving back at you, perhaps this image will enlighten you somewhat. The 'observation' wall of the studio is two-way mirror, so although you can see in, we unfortunately (or maybe not-so-unfortunately)... [more]
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As I said, after our warrior princess look of the past six outfits, we've taken a turn - or rather a pirouette - in the opposite direction, with pastel hues, flirtatious sheer layers and fragile dressmaking detailing. Indeed, Natalia's cover look from Karl Lagerfeld for Fendi is the very apotheosis... [more]
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Alas, this is the last we'll see of Sam McKnight's fabulous array of gravity-defying hairpieces: at least on this shoot. Our cover has taken a turn for the delicate and feminine rather than the tribal chieftain look of our shoot to date - aptly summed up by Marian Newman as... [more]
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We've just finished shooting Natalia's final custom creation, this incredible, operatic silk tulle and gazar ballgown from Valentino. This afternoon Nick is also photographing Natalia in a selection of outfits for the February cover - and accordingly, British Vogue's Creative Director Robin Derrick and Editor in Chief Alexandra Shulman will... [more]
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Eagle-eyed viewers of our stream may have noticed that we had a rather special visitor yesterday - kudos to anyone who correctly identified the geometric peroxide bob as belonging to none other than Lady Gaga. She was, however, more than just a casual observer: she was meeting with Nick Knight... [more]
Our live broadcast of the second day of Nick Knight's latest shoot for British Vogue is now up and running. Natalia's first look is this fabulously embellished sugarplum chiffon creation by British whiz-kid Christopher Kane - a suitably dazzling centrepiece for Michael Howells' snowflake backdrop. Today we are not only... [more]
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Despite all the excitement of today's live shoot shenanigans, we couldn't forget a sad loss: our Fashion Features Editor Laura Bradley has been filched by i-D as their new Online Editor, and today is her final day as part of the SHOWstudio.com team. As a suitably fashionable parting gift, we... [more]
Lucinda Chamber's last choice of look for Natalia is this tissue-silk number from Chanel's latest Cruise collection - although, as Natalia pointed out, this kind of couture-level workmanship doesn't exactly chime with the idea of 'Cruise' as a lower-priced, accessible mid-season range. No matter, when it's quite as fabulous as... [more]
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Our latest look: that bodice-ripping Dolce e Gabbana number!
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Remove concerns over sales or wearability - and even worries about models making it down the catwalk - and what do you get? A wardrobe suitably fit for a fairy princess, and the ideal inspiration for our flight of fashion fantasy. An understated work-a-day wardrobe this is not - these... [more]
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Natalia's second look of the shoot is this wisp of baby's breath silk-tulle with massed feather and flower neckpiece from Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci. Rather unconventionally, British Vogue's Fashion Director Lucinda has paired this with chunky cable-knit armwarmers (appropriate enough for our snowy backdrop) and hefty tribal jewellery - while... [more]
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A quick pap-snapped shot of Natalia backstage as Gillian of British Vogue adjusts her (rather fetching) fur mittens before we shoot her first Prada outfit once more. Nick is shooting Natalia in a variety of different outfits today and tomorrow - both the custom-made selection by the veritable litany of... [more]
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One of fashion journalism's best-known and most revered faces and voices - Suzy Menkes, Fashion Editor of the International Herald Tribune came down to the set to catch proceedings and interview Nick and the team about the changes in fashion coverage online. She graciously posed for the SHOWstudio.com cameraphone alongside... [more]
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The first shot of Nick Knight's shoot with Natalia V for British Vogue is now underway - with Natalia sporting a somewhat sensational Prada creation of ombre chiffon and crystal beading, specially designed for the shoot. Other designers who have hand-fashioned exquisite gowns for this 'Fairytale' shoot are Dolce e... [more]
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From the outset, SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution was intended to be much more than just a retrospective. With that in mind, our latest shoot in the Live Studio space is a SHOWstudio first - the first time we have streamed one of Nick Knight's shoots for British Vogue. Naturally, this is... [more]
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Last night we had the pleasure of welcoming regular SHOWstudio contributor Fred Butler to the SHOWstudio SHOP. Fred was here to discusss an upcoming project (christmas-themed, that's all we're saying for now) with the SHOP's Dorothy Burns but it was an also a perfect opportunity to show her our new... [more]
Glamorous as a fashion shoot may seem, for a great deal of the time the studio looks like this: a blank canvas waiting while models are dressed, shots are planned, or - as with yesterday's shoot - while they cavort through the corridors of Somerset House in a Jaiden rVa... [more]
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Opened in August 2008, WAH Nails is a concept nail salon set up by Arena Homme Plus Contributing Editor Sharmadean Reid. Born out of an ongoing passion for nail-art and increasing frustration that she couldn't get the exact kind of 'fashion nails' she desired, Reid took inspiration from the wealth... [more]
By contrast with Simon's professed sportswear psychedelia, our model Jason's first look is an exercise in monochrome - intarsia vest, zebra leggings and trainers left purposefully unfastened for good measure. Here he is taking a breather in our rather intense all-red dressing room backstage at Somerset House before strutting his... [more]
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There's a veritable deluge of designer dunks piling up backstage, alongside much Linebacker cross-lacing, printed aertex and enough shiny shiny synthetic to cause a serious fire hazard. Simon Foxton's theme is luxury eighties sportwear, although 'psychedelic' was another phrase that tripped off his tongue - witness Jamie's last look of... [more]
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In a rare quiet moment, I pinned down the instigators of this 'Re-bel' shoot, Jeremy and Rasharn (sporting one of Simon Foxton and Nick Griffiths' &Son polo designs for Fred Perry) of Jaiden rVa James, to discuss the ideas behind the clothing selections and the project overall.
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The live stream of the second day of our shoot for the Re-bel 'fashion fanzine' has now kicked off - and today, none less than super-stylist Simon Foxton is on set to create and curate his own inimitable selection of looks for inclusion in the project. Here, Simon and... [more]
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Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent are merely a few miles away in physicality (Clerkenwell and Knightsbridge, respectively) but, when it comes to concept, light years separate these two Gucci Group bastions. If McQueen is about edge, Stefano Pilati's YSL is all about the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie: think... [more]
Maybe the disjointed seasons of fashion are to blame, but somehow Paris simultaneously feels like it happened way back in the annals of time, yet I can remember the shows (and the exhaustion) like it was only yesterday. This sense of disorientation is hardly helped by the fact that London... [more]
Esteemed menswear stylist Simon Foxton will be appearing in the Live Studio at Somerset House from 12:00 noon GMT. All of the images shot over the two days by photographer Christian Oita are destined for menswear designer Rasharn Agyemang's latest venture - a newsprint fanzine called 'Re-bel' scheduled for release... [more]
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This nail-studded gimp-mask is an example of the somewhat outré aesthetic of our stylist Rasharn's label Jaiden rVa James, from their latest menswear collection shown as part of Topman and Fashion East's MAN installations at London Fashion Week.
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Just in case you were wondering where everyone disappeared to, here's a shot of our model Oliver getting up close and personal with the Live Studio's two-way mirror in his latest look: a J. W. Anderson beaded harness (unfortunately just out of reach of the Live Studio camera). I evidently... [more]
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This week, our Live Studio at Somerset House promises to be action packed, with not only Nick Knight's latest story for British Vogue unfolding on Thursday and Friday, but also a two-dayer with Jaiden and Rasharn of cult London mens label Jaiden rVa James. The shoot itself, spanning the first... [more]
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