Our In Fashion interview with Iris van Herpen is now live! Tune in as fashion editor Lou Stoppard chats to Dutch designer Iris van Herpen about her fashion journey so far.

Taking a break from the construction of her breath-taking water dress, van Herpen opens up about her career within fashion and also gives insight into some of the intriguing technological processes that go into creating her exquisite couture pieces.

Stoppard will also chat to van Herpen about her latest couture and ready-to-wear collections which both showed in Paris earlier this year.

Be sure to tune in for a rare glimpse into the world of this fascinating designer!

LIVE NOW! Our Splash! LiveStudio with Iris van Herpen has resumed. Tune in now to hear Niamh White, the project's curator and our very own Shop associate director, putting your questions to the designer and artists Salvador Breed and Geoffrey Lillemon. 

For the chance to hear your question answered live on air tomorrow Saturday 6 April, submit one now on our project page. Stuck for what to ask? Take inspiration from our fashion editor Lou Stoppard who will be speaking with van Herpen in our latest In Fashion interview at 15:00 BST. Browse the In Fashion archive, featuring interviews with Meadham Kirchhoff, Mary Katrantzou and Colin McDowell, for further insight into some of fashion's most dynamic creatives.

Check back throughout the day as we'll be charting van Herpen's progress and revealing more about what Breed and Lillemon are busy working on! 

Tune in at 11:00 BST today when our Splash! live broadcast resumes. Day three of our latest LiveStudio sees the wonderful Iris van Herpen continuing to work on her Crystallization dress. She is joined by artists Geoffrey Lillemon and Salvador Breed who have been tasked with making a film and soundscape to accompany the dress.

Capturing the creative process on camera, Splash! offers viewers a unique opportunity to witness a designer at work. What's more you can also pose your questions to the talented trio on our project page. Niamh White, our Shop associate director and the curator of Splash!, will put a handful of selected questions to them live on air at 11:00 BST today.

Yesterday van Herpen was asked if she fears people will copy her designs, particularly as she is revealing her working method and the materials she uses. In the spirit of SHOWstudio, van Herpen replied, 'it's nice to show people how I work, it gives people some insight into what I do. Creating my work is all about the process, it's not only about the end result. It will be difficult to show all the processes. I feel it's nice to share. Copying will always be there, but I'm not going to worry about it.'

Hear more from van Herpen herself at 15:00 BST when she will participate in an in-depth In Fashion interview with our fashion editor Lou Stoppard.

Iris van Herpen has completed the second day of her LiveStudio and the water dress is beginning to take shape. During today's broadcast van Herpen has revealed various details about her working processes, her inspirations and her wish list of collaborators! Geoffrey Lillemon and Salvador Breed have also been answering viewers' questions and giving an insight into their editing and recording methods. If there's something you've been wanting to ask any of them, now's your chance. You can scroll to the bottom of the project page and submit your questions there. We're live again tomorrow from 11.00 BST for more Splash!

Shining a spotlight on the individuals shaping contemporary fashion, our In Fashion series returns at 15:00 BST on Friday 5 April when Lou Stoppard will interview Iris van Herpen. 

Renowned for her intricate and sculptural haute couture creations, van Herpen has revolutionised what is often perceived to be a traditional and antiquated strand of design. Speaking in-depth with our fashion editor, the innovative designer will reveal the potential technology posseses to redefine design and reflect on couture's current status. Be sure to tune in from 15:00 BST for an insight into the future of couture from one of the discipline’s leading names.

In the mean time, discover Splash! to witness van Herpen at work in our Motcomb St studio - hear her answer your questions and watch how she constructs her inimitable designs.

Van Herpen is the latest in a long list of industry insiders who have stepped into the studio to share their stories. In November Tim Blanks, the celebrated critic and recent recipient of the CFDA Media Award, joined Lou Stoppard in Bruton Place to comment on the best designers of this generation. Soon after British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman also stopped by to share her thoughts on body image, cover stars and the future of fashion journalism. Check back shortly for on demand footage of these insightful interviews.

As day two of Splash! resumes, Iris van Herpen is continuing to mould her one of a kind water dress live in our Motcomb Studio.

Applying heat to sheets of plastic, the progressive designer's sculptural creation is beginning to take form! Visible in the image above are both the Nick Knight images of Daphne Guinness that van Herpen is working from and the beginnings of what promises to be a truly spectacular dress.

Working beside van Herpen are sound artist Salvador Breed and artist Geoffrey Lillemon, who are collaborating to produce a soundscape and a film respectively, also taking inspiration from Knight's water images. You can submit your questions to the trio on the project page for the chance to have them answered live on air by the creatives themselves. So far van Herpen has revealed how water inspires her and why technology and nature are closely linked in her eyes.

If you're not sure what you'd like to ask but you want to hear more from van Herpen herself, be sure to tune in for our in-depth In Fashion interview with Lou Stoppard at 15:00 BST tomorrow, Friday 5 April. Our fashion editor will be speaking with the Netherlands native about both her recent collections, including Autumn/Winter 2013 and Spring/Summer 2013, and the future of this traditional discipline. 

Tune into Splash! now for this unique opportunity to witness a couturier at work! 

Known by many as the lead guitarist in legendary glam-pop band Scissor Sisters, musician Del Marquis has branched out with the exciting collaborative collective Slow Knights. 

SHOWstudio exclusively launches the band's first music video Shame, taken from their debut album Cosmos. With its catchy eighties beat and dark, glitchy artwork, Shame examines the concept of euphoria in submission - the pleasure one gets from being used and rejected. Del Marquis explains, 'rather than seeing shame as a negative experience, the song is about embracing unequal terms that are the basis for human relations.'

The video's visuals embrace a similar dark notion of shame. Edward Quist, director of the music video, chose to explore the depth of the song, focusing on the word shame as an abstract concept. 'Shame is not a natural instinct or feeling,' he explains. 'There is no specificity in the title character’s shame, instead he is trapped in a cyclical digital prison of fear.'

Turn up the volume and uncover Shame now!

LIVE NOW - our LiveStudio with the amazing Iris van Herpen! Yesterday van Herpen selected a frame from footage that Nick Knight shot of Daphne Guinness being splashed with coloured water using slow motion HD cameras. The image is now being used by van Herpen as a reference for crafting a beautiful water-like dress which appears to defy the laws of physics!  

Join SHOWstudio again from 11:00 BST today when Iris van Herpen will continue creating her new 'Crystallization' dress. Having selected a stunning image from Nick Knight's shoot on Tuesday, van Herpen will be meticulously re-creating the splash of water that descended upon Daphne Guinness. We will also see and hear more from artists Geoffrey Lillemon and Salvador Breed who will be using Knight's footage to create an animation and sound design to accompany the dress. Put your questions to each of them at the bottom of the project page now. We will be asking them at 11:00 BST, 14:30 BST and 17:00 BST live online today!

Day one of Iris van Herpen's LiveStudio Splash! is complete. After selecting the image on which she will base her garment, van Herpen has set about creating her latest piece from scratch. Tune in again tomorrow from 11:00 BST to see her progress and put your questions to her now. 

Iris van Herpen has selected the frame that will determine her new creation. Taken from the thousands of stills captured during yesterday's shoot, the image depicts cascades of black and clear water as they cover Daphne Guinness' silhouette. It was chosen during an intimate talk between Nick Knight and van Herpen broadcast live this morning on SHOWstudio.com. Van Herpen has now begun her newest design and we will be streaming live until 17:30 BST today.  She will be taking questions from viewers throughout the stream so put yours to her now on the project page!

London based designer Marios Schwab is the latest designer to participate in our Re-see project, following closely in the footsteps of Gareth Pugh, Simone Rocha and J.W. Anderson.

Schwab came to SHOWstudio to chat to Lou Stoppard about his A/W13 Calligrams collection and to dissect the thoughts and design processes behind it. Drawing inspiration from the ancient art of script, Schwab worked with Tunisian artist Nja Mahdaoui on intricate patterns that were peppered throughout the collection.

Schwab also talked to Stoppard about the importance of building a sense of narrative and romance within clothing and how working with people outside of the fashion industry encourages him to push his aesthetic to a new level.

Hear about Schwab's latest collection straight from the horse's mouth!

Today marks the mid-way point of Ivania Carpio's and Agata Belcen's curation of the SHOWstudio Tumblr.

Progressing from black through asphalt to white during the course of this week, their monochrome gradient project already features slick imagery of pieces by the likes of Comme Des Garçons, Maison Martin Margiela and Thomas Tait.

Keep checking our Tumblr to see which colour the duo will decide to theme their curation around next!

The amazing Iris van Herpen is in the studio to craft her 'Crystallization' dress. Yesterday Nick Knight captured Daphne Guinness being splashed with black and clear water, and that footage is now being used by van Herpen as inspiration for a one-of-a-kind water dress. Here's van Herpen in the studio chatting away to Knight and Niamh White. See her in action on our stream...

While you watch, why not refresh your memory of van Herpen's work by perusing our coverage of some of her most recent couture collections...

Today marks the start of Iris van Herpen's much anticipated LiveStudio Splash! Nick Knight captured high speed footage of Daphne Guinness being splashed with water during an incredibly exciting day of shooting at Park Royal Studios yesterday. Now, van Herpen will chose a frame from the footage as inspiration for her newest design. We're broadcasting the entire process from start to finish live over the next seven days. Tune in from 11:00 BST today, 3 April, to see Iris reveal her craft and put your question to her via the project page now!

Nick Knight has captured high speed footage of Daphne Guinness being splashed with black and clear water for Iris van Herpen's upcoming LiveStudio. Guinness looked positively statuesque as the streams of water covered her. Tune in tomorrow to see van Herpen use the footage to create her water dress.