To celebrate Somerset House's Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! exhibition, launched in partnership with the Isabella Blow Foundation and Central Saint Martins, SHOWstudio honours the extraordinary life and wardrobe of the late fashion editor with a multidisciplinary project.

To kick things off, we're releasing exclusive interviews with Blow's friends and followers, including longtime collaborators Philip Treacy, Amanda Harlech, Nick Knight and Daphne Guinness, her former Sunday Times Style boss Jeremy Langmead and her niece Harriet Verney. These talks - some long, some short - reflect the kindness and brilliance of Blow.

Coming soon to the series will be a breath-taking fashion film by Ruth Hogben, which also features in the exhibition itself at Somerset House. Nick Knight's catalogue images, which show models including Liberty Ross and Alexia Wight clad in pieces from Blow's wardrobe, will also be displayed. Additionally, essays by a range of experts, including Simon Kyaga and Alex Fury, will unpick and explore different themes pertaining to her life, from the relationship between mental illness and creativity to the role of the 'muse'.

Today, we're launched Verney and Langmead's interviews. Listen to them reflect on Blow now!

Last week we were lucky enough to be joined by Colin McDowell for our most recent Book Club, where we discussed the fashion commentator's new publication The Anatomy of Fashion. Thanks to our panel of knowledgable (and occasionally rowdy fashion experts), including The Independent's Alex Fury, Mr Porter's Jeremy Langmead, our own Lou Stoppard, and of course the endlessly informative McDowell, the conversation ranged wildly between a myriad subjects. Topics under discussion included the fetishisation of youth, the popularisation of tattoos, and even modern art. If you missed the live discussion, you can stream the on-demand footage now!

Today's Punk: Photography phone call is with iconic punk image-maker Kate Simon. Interviewed by Nick Knight, she spoke about the natural progression from photographing close friends to documenting a momentous cultural movement, her love for photographing people sleeping and her feelings on Joe himself.

'I know that everybody loves Joe, and for once everybody's right. I remember once Joe called me up here in New York, and I told him that I was feeling kind of depressed and he said 'stay there, I'll come right over'. And he came right over and he sat down at my typewriter and typed out these lyrics, which I still have. And I just thought, well that's a pretty nice friend'

Listen to Simon's call now!

Yesterday evening our SHOWstudio's Lou Stoppard was invited to the V&A to interview Jonathan Saunders as part of their Talking Fashion series. 

The Scottish designer discussed everything from his journey into fashion and his experiences at Central Saint Martins to the way he's built his business since and the artistic inspirations behind his collections.

Footage from the insightful interview will be up on SHOWstudio to stream on-demand as part of our continuing In Conversation project. Stay tuned!

It's day five of  Morgan Fox's Tumblr curation - see it continue in its progressively gross and wonderful manner. At this stage in his seven day stint at the helm, Fox has introduced us to his surreal world of teen romance, delrium tremens, possible crotch infections and all-night texting. Highlights include; 'There had better be gravy for dinner or I’m going to freak out and stab our dog to death or something. I will not let my mother ruin this special evening.'

Head over to Tumblr now to follow Fox's story.

Dennis Morris' second interview by Nick Knight is the latest audio in our series of Punk: Photography phone calls. This time Morris was asked about capturing a famous image of John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) during the Pretty Vacant video shoot. The candid phone call unravels the story behind the photograph, from what the two talked about to John's image conscious persona. It's also one for the analogue fetishists, Morris goes into depth on the technical aspects of achieving such a shot. 

'The beauty of those images - I've been able to take them up to about six foot in height, it still holds. It's a combination of several things. One, it was done on TriX, which, in those days had lot more silver in the film, before what they call health and safety or whatever. And on top of that was the fact that I was using an original Leica lens which was full blast, it was very very sharp, even fully open. It was beautiful'.

Listen to this call and others in the series now!

We're thrilled to present the final instalment of our The Sound of Clothes: Studio Sessions project - a song compiled from sounds of Matthew Williamson's studio, recorded as the designer went about realising his S/S 14 collection. Sound designer Stu Sibley collaborated with us to create a track that focuses strongly on the running water Williamson uses to dye his jewel coloured creations, as well as the rustling of beads and gemstones.

Listen to Williamson's track now and visit our the full project for audio takes on Mary Katrantzou, Sibling and Piers Atkinson.

SHOWstudio Shop has been given unrivalled access to Nicola Formichetti's debut collection for Diesel and is now offering one-off collectable items for sale. Shot by Nick Knight entirely on his iPhone, Formichetti's #DIESELTRIBUTE capsule collection is comprised of 45 hand crafted pieces adored with bottle tops and eagle iconography. Aside from these, Formichetti created a small selection of one-off additional items specifically for Nick Knight's shoot at SHOWstudio. These include a vest made entirely from Diesel bottle caps, matching custom made belt and necklace and a denim cap with a bottle cap trail. Each are entirely unique and not available anywhere else. Buy these collectables now.

The latest creative to contribute a Punk fashion film to our running series is Tigran Avetisyan. The Moscow-based menswear designer only graduated last year, but has already received backing from the LVMH group scholarship and has had his graduate collection picked up by Machine-A in London. His film revolves around the concept of punk as communication in its most undiluted form. 'One cannot innovate if one is scared to offend' he says. Entitled The Ad Campaign, the film captures the designer's guerilla style act of self-promotion. Watch The Ad Campaign, and shop the Nothing changes and Wish you weren't here garments from the film in the SHOWstudio Shop. 

You can now watch Nick Knight work with Nicola Formichetti on the campaign for #DIESELTRIBUTE, Formichetti’s first collection since joining the brand and a hand-made homage to the archives of Diesel’s 35 year history. In a pioneering venture, the campaign was shot by Nick Knight entirely on an iPhone using apps such as Glitché, MegaPhoto and Instagram.

Knight has a long history of championing new technologies, from 3D scanning to live-streaming. He pioneered the world's first Instagram fashion shoot in 2012, shooting Cara Delevingne live on his iPhone.

The #DIESELTRIBUTE capsule collection is comprised of garments that have been assembled entirely by hand with piece-by-piece construction in Italy. It will roll out in two distinct ranges across the themes of denim and leather. A number of specially made, one-off collector’s items from the shoot are now available exclusively from SHOWstudio Shop. Buy them now or watch the shoot!

California-based musician Morgan Fox has been busy over the weekend, writing installments of his love story on SHOWstudio's Tumblr. His satirical words-only guest curation veers sharply from sweet to sickening and back again, utilising the blogging format to create an uncanny parody of the tradition of the online diary.

'Things started off pretty normal. We talked about small stuff for a while like our schools and parents and our least favorite foods and what medicines we’re allergic to and how both of our younger sisters died on our sixth birthdays.'

Follow Fox's narrative for the remainder of the week, head over to Tumblr now!

BONES THE MACHINE

is a different kind of dancer. To be specific, he is a Flex dancer. 

This unique performer brings something new to the table with his bonebreaking movement.

I'm a big fan of his particular brand of movement. (especially the duet near the end of this video) I also managed to track him down to answer some questions for SHOWstudio. 

 BONES THE MACHINE X CHRIS SUTTON

It's a sad day in the studio. After 4 fun-filled years our wonderful technical supervisor Neal Bryant is leaving us. I think I speak for everyone at SHOWstudio when I say that Neal has been a dream to work with - he is a force of calm and reason (a valid asset in a studio filled with creatives!). I don't know what we will do without his focus, optimism, creativity, trouble-shooting skills and audio guru tips. He will be sorely missed by the whole team and all our visiting panelists (many of whom are now heartbroken). What will we do without you? Goodbye Neal.

Yesterday, 31 October, the wonderful Amanda Harlech was in the studio to work on her Punk film with Marie Schuller. Appropriately, given that it was Halloween, Harlech was covered in fake blood! Stay tuned for her film...

It's the 1st of the month and Californian musician Morgan Fox's week-long Tumblr curation is already in full swing. Switching things up from our usual format of pure visuals, Fox's posts are entirely text based, similar to what you can see on his blog page 'The Werner Herzog Appreciation Society'. Todays's surreal and satirical reflections include such gems as;

'10:25 AM

She just swallowed a cigarette. Her friends were daring each other to do stuff and they dared her to eat a lit cigarette and she did it without any hesitation. This might sound crazy, but I think I may have found my future wife.'

Follow Fox's Tumblr curation now.

We are proud to introduce Bex Cassie, the sixth and final winner of our Punk: DIY series! Speaking on her film, The London College of Fashion illustrator explains, 'this film challenges the perception of punk as anti-fashion'. Her twenty second animation, Chains, plays with the notion of 'then and now'. Born in 1994, Cassie clashes the icons of her own generation - see the hand drawn portrait of model Cara Delevingne - against flashing reminders of the punk aesthetic. Watch her winning piece now!