The countdown for the opening of the Met's Punk:Chaos to Couture exhibition begins. Set to launch on the 9 May 2013 until 9 August 2013, the exhibition traverses the enduring influence of punk culture on high fashion. 

As creative consultant for the exhibition, Nick Knight reports from New York with this exciting sneak peak of the designers and media on display. Looks from Vivienne Westwood, Rodarte and Alexander McQueen are all set to make appearances.

Working alongside the exhibition curator, Andrew Bolton, Knight's role as creative consultant has also seen him working with longtime collaborators Sam Gainsbury as exhibition design consultant and Gideon Ponte as production designer. 

Make sure to keep an eye on SHOWstudio for more news as the event and gala benefit approaches!

Although Candybird is nestled in the south of France, she is catching all the action from NYFW with her crazy cool illustrations!

With their dramatic doll heads, cherubic rosey cheeks and clean lines, Candybird’s models form the perfect template for Victoria Beckham’s newest collection. Her graphic illustration style has also focused on the cropped figure hugging silhouette of the Altuzarra show, while capturing all the detailing, the volume and proportions at Alexander Wang.

Keep an eye on SHOWstudio’s Tumblr for all of Candybird’s New York collection coverage. She will be followed by a soon-to-be-announced illustrator who takes over for all the exciting London collections.

Stay tuned to the collections page and the blog for all the up-to-date coverage!

Despite the frigid NY weather, the much anticipated womenswear Autumn/Winter 2013 season is kicking!

In classic SHOWstudio style, we are providing independent and engaging collection coverage with our live panel discussions, illustrations and collection reports. Panels on Alexander Wang and Victoria Beckham have hosted chirpy guests from the cream of the fashion crop, including Celestine Cooney, Stephen Jones and Natalie Theo. 

Beyond the independent interpretations from our panelists, catch the exclusive set of womenswear show reports from Indigo Clark, SHOWstudio’s roaming NY reporter.

Her confident prose has presented reports on the '60s mod-dolly meets 90s grunge fest' of Chloe Sevigney’s Opening Ceremony presentation and the trend defining, boozing Billie Holiday-esque Band of Outsiders show. Also in are reports on Alexander Wang’s effortless ‘downtown-cool magic’ and the 'unapologetically severe designs' of Joseph Altuzarra’s latest offering.

Make sure to read each report for a dynamic and insightful contextualisation of the NYFW collections and roam our collections page for all the newest collection updates.

On demand footage of the live panel discussion on the Alexander Wang A/W 2013 collection is now available. Watch Lou Stoppard, fashion director of Twin magazine Celestine Cooney, PR guru Mandi Lennard, SHOWstudio friend and writer Camilla Morton and editor of Dressipi Natalie Theo divulge all the details. 

Catch all the industry insigths and Alexander Wang anecdotes! 

On Sunday 9 January 2013 at 15:45 GMT, SHOWstudio's Lou Stoppard presents the Victoria Beckham live panel discussion. Coming in to discuss the collection, will be a host of fashion industry experts, including Selfridge's Bespoke department head Jack Tobin and writer and creative director Mimma Viglezio. Her previous positions as head of global communications for Bulgari, Louis Vuitton and PPR give her an authoritative voice to comment on growing brands such as Victoria Beckham – who is only in her fourth year of showing. 

Alongside them, will be SHOWstudio friend and writer extraordinaire Camilla Morton. With her new book Diane von Furstenberg and Tale of the Empress's New Clothes just out, Morton provides an ideal point of departure to discuss Beckham’s fantastic assent within the fashion industry. 

The legendary milliner Stephen Jones will be the final member of Victoria Beckham panel. With his years of experience creating collection-defining head pieces for industry stalwarts - including Beckham herself - Jones is the perfect final addition to the panel.

Tune in tomorrow from 15:00 GMT!

The first of our live panel discussions kicks off with the much anticipated Alexander Wang Autumn/Winter 2013 collection. The panelists joining Lou Stoppard include PR wizard Mandi Lennard, Fashion Chronicle's Natalie Theo, stylist and fashion director of Twice Celestine Cooney and writer and SHOWstudio contributor Camilla Morton.

Not only will the panelists expand on all the dynamic traits of this rising star's latest offerings,  they will also explore the implications of his recent appointment at Balenciaga. Make sure to tune in tonight, Saturday 9 January 2013, at 22:00 GMT for all you need to know about Alexander Wang’s exciting wintry magic.

SHOWstudio continues to champion the role of illustration in contemporary fashion by recruiting the wonderful illustrator Candybird to draw the Autumn/Winter '13 New York shows.

The first designer on Candybird's schedule was Taiwanese-Candadian red carpet favourite, Jason Wu, who showed yesterday. Known for her digital mark-making, Candybird focused on splashes of colour and fabric movements, which were prevalent amongst Wu's designs. Simple, graphic lines, heightened with tonal variation, reflects the silhouette and material of the collection.

Keep an eye on our Tumblr account, as Candybird continues to illustrate throughout the season. Today she focuses on the Alexander Wang and Altuzarra collections.

The incredible PR guru Mandi Lennard joins our wonderful array of guest panelists tonight at 22:00 GMT to discuss the Alexander Wang show, live! 

Lennard has years of experience within PR, and runs the much sort after company, Mandi's Basement. Barbie, M.A.C Cosmetics, Oasis and LOVE magazine are just some of the incredible names on her books. She has also been credited with launching the careers of young designers like Gareth Pugh and Roksanda Ilincic. 

Don't miss this great opportunity to watch and listen to Lennard's expert thoughts!

This weekend promises to be really exciting with SHOWstudio’s live fashion coverage of the Alexander Wang and Victoria Beckham shows!

At 22:00 GMT on Saturday 8 January 2013 we will be hosting the first of our Autumn/Winter 2013 womenswear live panel discussions. Looking at the Alexander Wang show, the discussion will see our charming chair Lou Stoppard joined by founder of The Fashion Chronicles and writer Natalie Theo, whose other role as stylist and editor at online shopping recommendation site Dressipi makes her the perfect candidate to discuss the smash-hit sellability of Wang’s womenswear. Celestine Cooney, fashion director for Twice Magazine and freelance stylist will be among the guests to contribute her distinctive ungirly perspective, with her formative years moulded by Nicola Formichetti while working at Dazed. Also adding to the Alexander Wang dissections will be SHOWstudio friend Mandi Lennard, the PR wizard and founder of Mandi’s Basement. Get all the insights on Alexander Wang, including the importance of his new appointment at Balenciaga.

Then on Sunday 9 January 2013 at 15:45 GMT you can look forward to the Victoria Beckham live panel discussion. Coming in to discuss VB will be Selfridge's Bespoke department head, the dapper Jack Tobin, writer and creative director Mimma Viglezio, SHOWstudio friend and writer extraordinaire Camilla Morton and legendary milliner Stephen Jones. 

Don’t miss out our first collection live panels in our new Motcomb street studio!

To kick off the NYC womenswear Autumn/Winter 2013 collections, SHOWstudio will be hosting a livestream of the Jason Wu show. Tune in at 18:00 GMT!

Following on from Helen Bullock and Tara Dougans recent illustrations residency, SHOWstudio continues its commitment to the fundamental role of fashion illustration with a new featured illustrator, Candybird. The artist is set to illustrate the New Yorks collections exclusively for SHOWstudio. She is known for her melancholic style, with strong black linework and delicate watercolour - a perfect addition to our collections feeds.

Based in the south of France, Candybird’s works have so far featured in Pink Attitudes illustration book, exhibitions in Rome and Los Angeles and limited edition printed cushions, cellphone covers and postcards.

You can expect 2 to 3 graphic and emotive drawings to stream in from selected shows each day, so make sure to stay tune to the blog and the Collections page to get the very first illustrated looks from the likes of Jason Wu and Oscar de la Renta.

SHOWstudio proceeds to showcase its archive of films internationally, after being invited to curate the screening room of Soho House Berlin during the Berlin International Film Festival. Following a recent request by the Sao Paulo Fashion Film Festival, SHOWstudio continues their film festival participation by screening a visually arresting 'best of', including rare gems like this film created by Kate Moss for SHOWstudio's Moving Fashion series, or the first ever fashion film to grace SHOWstudio.com, the forward thinking 3D exploration Sweet by Nick Knight from 2000. 13 years on, Knight continues to push technological possibilities with the recently released fashion film for Lane Crawford SS2013, which will also screen in Berlin, together with an erray of SHOWstudio highlights, including Ruth Hogben's Joie de Vivre, Nick Knight's Venus, and Erica Schreiner's contribution to the Fashion Fetish series. 

The SHOWstudio repertoire will screen every night at Soho House Berlin's screening room, starting today, running until February 11th. SHOWstudio is present in Berlin to introduce the work and answer questions about any of the films shown, so if you manage to get into Soho House's exclusive Red Room, don't miss out to watch the films on the big screen!

For everyone who can't be there in person, we will blog every day from Berlin, and you can catch up on our complete fashion film archive in SHOWstudio.com's fashion film section. 

We are LIVE!

Celia Birtwell sits beside Stephen Jones as her one-of-a-kind quill-nibbed nail tips are applied. Masterminded by Marian Newman, the nibs will allow the textile queen to draw straight from her fingertips. Watch as she divulges her textile secrets and illustrates live on camera!

Who wouldn't want the ability to produce beautiful art straight from their fingertips? Well, SHOWstudio's exclusive new project, Finger Painting, live today at 14:15 GMT, is giving Celia Birtwell the ability to do just that!

In conjunction with A Magazine, guest curated this edition by milliner and SHOWstudio contributor Stephen Jones, nail technician Marian Newman has engineered the world's first quill nails! The nails will be fixed to textile doyenne Celia Birtwell, who will then illustrate a glorious new pattern, live in our Motcomb Street headquarters!

This one of a kind project is not to be missed! Tune in from 14:15 GMT to see the outcome of Newman's ingenious nails!

Our Book Club is back today! SHOWstudio's Lou Stoppard will be chairing a live chat with designers Simone Rocha and David Koma, creative consultant Yasmin Sewell and Pattern editor Hettie Judah.

Pattern presents 100 outstanding fashion designers selected by 10 of the field's leading professionals, including designers, stylists, editors, educators, bloggers and writers. Tune in from 12:00 GMT to watch our insightful panelists flick through the pages of the book and chat openly about its content.

Also, don't miss the opportunity to purchase the Pattern book from SHOWstudio Shop. A unique opportunity to own an informative treasure, and reflect on the contents yourself alongside our exclusive panel.

Tune in from 12:00 GMT for the second installment of our Book Club!

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