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  1. Saturday 02 March 2002

    Interview — Past, Present & Couture
    Project Gallery

    John Galliano in conversation with Colin McDowell
  2. Past, Present & Couture
    Project — Nick Knight and John Galliano

    John Galliano's first five years at Christian Dior were marked by a series of Nick Knight-shot images interpreting Galliano's groundbreaking haute couture collections. Here, the fourteen images from this landmark...

  3. Friday 22 February 2002

    Make It Up — Make It Up
    Fashion Film

    View the free-form explosion of blush, powder and paint as Val Garland 'makes it up' across twelve models in Nick Knight's fashion film
  4. Interview: Val Garland — Make It Up
    Article — Michelle Duguid

    Michelle Duguid interviews make-up artist Val Garland about her career and the origins of this frantic, energetic make-up-a-thon
  5. Make It Up
    Project — Nick Knight and Val Garland

    Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon met Hans Bellmer's Poupèes: twelve blonde models were made up in a vivacious, painterly fashion performance. Make-up artist Val Garland pushed her skills to the limit, using a dozen bod...

  6. Monday 18 February 2002

    Image Gallery — Outsize?
    Project Gallery

    12 of the most influential and innovative fashion designers meet our challenge to make beautiful womenswear for sizes 16 and upwards
  7. Gimme More: Fashion Photography and The Bigger Picture
 — Outsize?
    Article — Roberta Mcgrath

    Roberta McGrath celebrates the concept of 'variety' of representation of the female body, and the idea of fashion - and image - as fantasy.
  8. 16+ Fashions — Outsize?
    Article — Joanne Entwistle

    In this essay, Joanne Entwistle examines the idea of 'outsize' fashions and questions the promotion of our 'narrow' idea of beauty
  9. Outsize?
    Project — Sophia Kokosalaki, Shelley Fox, John Galliano, Jens Laugesen and Alexander McQueen

    SHOWstudio challenged fashion's finest to create the industry's Holy Grail: inspiring womenswear designs for sizes 16 and over. 12 leading designers, including Roland Mouret, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, ...

  10. Monday 11 February 2002

    Beat The Clock
    Project — Julie Verhoeven

    Catch a glimpse of the hectic home environment of illustrator Julie Verhoeven as she worked on her exhibition and book, 'Fat-Bottomed Girls'. A unique glimpse behind-the-scenes at the work-meets-home life of one ...

  11. Wednesday 23 January 2002

    Image Gallery — Killed
    Project Gallery

    View a selection of controversial editorial and catwalk imagery of 2001-2002, some of which was never published
  12. The Worst Thing in The World — Killed
    Article — John Taylor

    Writer John Taylor considers the role of photographic images in experiencing catastrophe, specifically around September 11
  13. A War Against Aesthetics — Killed
    Article — Jo-Ann Furniss

    Journalist Jo-Ann Furniss takes the industry to task and examines fashion's reactions - knee-jerk and otherwise - to September 11
  14. Killed
    Project — Tim Walker, Jo-Ann Furniss, Raf Simons, Richard Bush, Terry Richardson, Penny Martin, John Taylor, Nick Knight, Jane How, Hussein Chalayan and David Sims

    Focusing on fashion imagery published and withdrawn at the time of the attacks of 9/11, Killed examines the criteria governing propriety in contemporary fashion publishing. Featuring imagery by Richard Bush and J...

  15. Thursday 13 December 2001

    Fashion Films — Sleep
    Project Gallery

    Eight fascinating film shorts composed from webcam stills, documenting the models' unconscious fashion 'performances'
  16. Image Gallery — Sleep
    Project Gallery

  17. Sleep
    Project — Nick Knight, Simon Foxton and Jonathan Kaye

    On 10 and 11 December 2001, nine top models arrived at The Metropolitan Hotel to participate in the first ever global, live fashion shoot. The girls were styled, had their hair, make-up and nails groomed, and wer...

  18. Wednesday 21 November 2001

    Of Maggots and Madonnas — Angel
    Article — Susannah Frankel

    Susannah Frankel discusses the groundbreaking creative collaboration between Knight and McQueen that brought about 'Angel'
  19. The Divine World — Angel
    Article — Charlotte Cotton

    Curator and author Charlotte Cotton discusses the darker, deeper meanings behind 'Angel'
  20. Pink, pink to make them wink — Blue Movie
    Article — Christabel Stewart

    Curator and journalist Christabel Stewart on the links between art and pornography explored in 'Blue Movie'
  21. Blue Movie — Blue Movie
    Fashion Film

    Inspired by oriental fashions and Japanese 'Pink' pornography, see a fascinating collusion of art, fashion and sex in this fashion film
  22. Angel
    Project — Alexander McQueen, Björk, Daniel Brown and Nick Knight

    Spellbinding sound and image project generated from Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen's installation for La Beauté en Avignon, with an exclusive Björk soundtrack.
  23. Blue Movie
    Project — Christabel Stewart

    Were these girls performing in a retro erotic film or posing for a contemporary fashion shoot? Seductive shots replaced narrative in a film that defined the ambiguous space between the cinematic sequence and the ...

  24. Tuesday 06 November 2001

    J'adore
    Project — Adam Mufti and Nick Knight

    Jerry Springer, beauty queens, a '57 Cadillac, 'Gummo', Angela Lindvall and lots of spray paint. Put them in a blender and what did you get? This fashion film by Nick Knight, showcasing imagery of and around John...

  25. Monday 05 November 2001

    Stormtrooper In Drag — Stormtrooper In Drag
    Fashion Film

    Jason Evans' self-portrait short combines the twin, provocative 'drags' of SS Stormtrooper and Comme des Garçons-clad transvesite in one
  26. On a Role — Stormtrooper In Drag
    Article — Penny Martin

    Penny Martin's essay explores the underlying themes and inspirations behind Jason Evans' 'Stormtrooper in Drag'
  27. Stormtrooper In Drag
    Project — jason.evans and Penny Martin

    This is not a love song: Jason Evans dressed up in a combination of Stormtrooper and polka-dot Comme des Garçons to test the parameters of identity and propriety in this self-portrait performance film. The meanin...

  28. Tuesday 02 October 2001

    Gallery — Pagan Poetry
    Project Gallery

    A selection of still chosen by Nick Knight from Björk's 'Pagan Poetry' video
  29. Pagan Poetry — Pagan Poetry
    Fashion Film

    Watch Nick Knight's video for Björk's 2001 single 'Pagan Poetry'
  30. Pagan Poetry
    Project — Paul Barnes, Nick Knight and Björk

    View the uncensored version of the video for Björk's single 'Pagan Poetry' directed by Nick Knight. Alongside the film, we showcase a gallery of abstract stills selected by Knight from the video, and also an excl...

  31. Wednesday 05 September 2001

    Diamond Blues — Diamond Blues
    Fashion Film

    Watch Kate Moss, Bobby Gillespie and friends singing 'Diamond Blues' in this impromptu Super-8 short film
  32. Diamond Blues
    Project — Kate Moss and Bobby Gillespie

    Intimate Super-8 footage of Kate Moss, Bobby Gillespie and friends recording an impromptu version of the track 'Diamond Blues' one playful, summer's afternoon.

  33. Friday 06 July 2001

    Lilac — Lilac
    Fashion Film

  34. Lilac
    Project — Peter Saville

    When designer Peter Saville spotted an old pink Cadillac under a lilac tree in LA, he invented a spin to set the scene - describing a photoshoot that never really happened. Exploring the power of suggestion, 'Lil...

  35. Saturday 09 June 2001

    Drag
    Project — Craig McDean

    A heartfelt homage to hot wheels and muscle cars, photographer Craig McDean created this film documenting the bracket-racing circuit of North America capturing an iconic American retro-pastime from the sidelines ...
  36. Drag — Drag
    Fashion Film

    Craig McDean's filmic homage to American muscle-cars, shot alongside the images for his monograph 'I Love Fast Cars'

  37. Wednesday 21 March 2001

    Interview - Tricky — Interview
    Article — SHOWstudio

    Leading musician Tricky interviewed by contemporary artist Steve McQueen
  38. Interview
    Project — Tricky and Steve McQueen

    SHOWstudio invited contemporary artist Steve McQueen to interview whoever he wanted: McQueen chose his favourite musician, Tricky. Listen to their conversation, read the transcript and watch the video documenting...

  39. Friday 09 February 2001

    Safer Steps — Safer Steps
    Fashion Film

    Watch Nick Knight's film of contemporary poet Andy Stick in a one-off performance - up close and personal
  40. Safer Steps — Safer Steps
    Article — paul.hunkwick

    Paul Hunwick's essay examines the life and work of contemporary British poet Andy Stick
  41. Crush — Crush
    Article — Robert Sandall

    Exploring the concepts and themes behind 'Crush' through an in-depth essay by Robert Sandall
  42. Melting Heads — Melting Heads
    Fashion Film

    Simplistic B-movie effect perhaps, but there is undoubtedly a visceral power to this film short created by The Chapman Brothers
  43. Interview - Jake & Dinos Chapman — Melting Heads
    Article — SHOWstudio

    Marcus Field speaks with Jake and Dinos Chapman on 'Melting Heads' and their ever-provocative art output to date
  44. Melting Heads
    Project — Jake & Dinos Chapman

    One Chapman brother describes 'Melting Heads' as 'the most simplistic B-movie effect'. The other says they did it because 'it scares children'. Judge for yourself, whilst listening to one of five soundtracks by A...
  45. Plasticine
    Project — Nick Knight, Jane How and Lone Sigurdsson

    A unique interpretation of the Spring/Summer 2000 collections, Lone Sigurdsson worked with stylist Jane How to create plasticine replicas of the season's key looks. Explore creations from Comme des Garçons, Yohji...
  46. Crush
    Project — Tom Hingston, Robert '3D' Del Naja and Nick Knight

    The dark side of the saloon. Nick Knight placed a dozen video cameras inside four crusher-bound cars and filmed their destruction down to the final scrunch. 3D of Massive Attack dreamt up the soundtrack.
  47. Safer Steps
    Project — Nick Knight and paul.hunkwick

    Why you should 'always give your new leather soles a bit of a rubdown with sandpaper before venturing out for a night on the town'. A cautionary story by poet, Andy Stick, presented via a (literally) in-your-face...

  48. Wednesday 20 December 2000

    Corporate Aesthetics — Corporate Aesthetics
    Fashion Film

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