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Nick Knight, Hussein Chalayan, Terry Richardson, Richard Bush, Raf Simons, Jo-Ann Furniss, Tim Walker, Penny Martin, John Taylor, Jane How and David Sims

Killed

Focusing on fashion imagery published and withdrawn at the time of the attacks of 9/11, Killed examines the criteria governing propriety in contemporary fashion publishing.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 Jane How, Hussein Chalayan, Nick Knight, Terry Richardson, David Sims, Raf Simons and Tim Walker alongside essays by John Taylor and Jo-Ann Furniss

More in this project

  • Overview
  • Image Gallery
  • Essay: A War Against Aesthetics
  • Essay: The Worst Thing in The World

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Controversial editorial imagery including images by Richard Bush, Nick Knight, Tim Waker and Terry Richardson and fashions from Raf Simons and Hussein Chalayan. Two of these editorials were 'killed' following the September 11 attacks on the grounds that they were inappropriate in the contemporary world climate, whilst others were retrospectively criticised for their imagery and themes.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.  

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

     


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    McDonaldization by Richard Bush, styled by Jane How. Commissioned for October 2001 issue of i-D and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.

    Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.


  • Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.

    Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.


  • Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.

    Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.


  • Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.

    Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.


  • Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.

    Look Book images from Hussein Chalayan's Spring/Summer 2002 collection, September 2001.


  • Crushed Car by Nick Knight, styled by Jonathan Kaye and Simon Foxton, W magazine, October 2001, pp. 107-114.

    Crushed Car by Nick Knight, styled by Jonathan Kaye and Simon Foxton, W magazine, October 2001, pp. 107-114.


  • Crushed Car by Nick Knight, styled by Jonathan Kaye and Simon Foxton, W magazine, October 2001, pp. 107-114.

    Crushed Car by Nick Knight, styled by Jonathan Kaye and Simon Foxton, W magazine, October 2001, pp. 107-114.


  • Crushed Car by Nick Knight, styled by Jonathan Kaye and Simon Foxton, W magazine, October 2001, pp. 107-114.

    Crushed Car by Nick Knight, styled by Jonathan Kaye and Simon Foxton, W magazine, October 2001, pp. 107-114.


  • Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.

    Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.


  • Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.

    Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.


  • Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.

    Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.


  • Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.

    Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.


  • Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.

    Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.


  • Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.

    Images from Raf Simons' Spring/Summer 2002 show, August 2001.


  • Christian Dior ready-to-wear A/W 01 advertising campaign by Nick Knight 

    Christian Dior ready-to-wear A/W 01 advertising campaign by Nick Knight 


  • Christian Dior ready-to-wear A/W 01 advertising campaign by Nick Knight 

    Christian Dior ready-to-wear A/W 01 advertising campaign by Nick Knight 


  • Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.

    Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.


  • Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.  

    Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.

     

  • Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.  

    Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.

     

  • Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.  

    Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.

     

  • Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.  

    Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.

     

  • Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.  

    Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.

     

  • Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.  

    Sabotage by Terry Richardson and Camille Bidault-Waddington, The Face, September 2001, pp. 130-139.

     

  • The new Raf riff by David Sims, Arena Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter Issue 2001, pp. 290-297.  

    The new Raf riff by David Sims, Arena Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter Issue 2001, pp. 290-297.

     

  • The new Raf riff by David Sims, Arena Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter Issue 2001, pp. 290-297.  

    The new Raf riff by David Sims, Arena Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter Issue 2001, pp. 290-297.

     

  • The new Raf riff by David Sims, Arena Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter Issue 2001, pp. 290-297.  

    The new Raf riff by David Sims, Arena Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter Issue 2001, pp. 290-297.

     

  • The new Raf riff by David Sims, Arena Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter Issue 2001, pp. 290-297.  

    The new Raf riff by David Sims, Arena Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter Issue 2001, pp. 290-297.

     

  • Falling to Peaces by Tim Walker, Vogue Nippon, January 2002, pp. 188-199. Originally commissioned by Vogue Italia and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    Falling to Peaces by Tim Walker, Vogue Nippon, January 2002, pp. 188-199. Originally commissioned by Vogue Italia and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • Falling to Peaces by Tim Walker, Vogue Nippon, January 2002, pp. 188-199. Originally commissioned by Vogue Italia and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    Falling to Peaces by Tim Walker, Vogue Nippon, January 2002, pp. 188-199. Originally commissioned by Vogue Italia and killed after 9/11 attacks.


  • Falling to Peaces by Tim Walker, Vogue Nippon, January 2002, pp. 188-199. Originally commissioned by Vogue Italia and killed after 9/11 attacks.

    Falling to Peaces by Tim Walker, Vogue Nippon, January 2002, pp. 188-199. Originally commissioned by Vogue Italia and killed after 9/11 attacks.

Up Next
Essay: A War Against Aesthetics

About

Killed considers the role of fashion publishing in reflecting and representing the world around it. The project focuses on a fashion story commissioned and executed in summer 2001 for the October 2001 issue of i-D magazine that was rejected - or to use the industry term, 'killed' - for its coincidental referencing of the September 11 terrorist attacks. By juxtaposing the shoot with contemporary fashion imagery also executed prior to September 11, sharing the shoot's challenging and even brutal aesthetic, Killed questions the criteria governing propriety in the industry and how the meaning of imagery becomes distorted by time and context.

Credits / Contributors

  • Nick Knight Nick Knight
    Director
  • Hussein Chalayan Hussein Chalayan
    Fashion Designer
  • Terry Richardson Terry Richardson
    Photographer
  • Richard Bush Richard Bush
    Photographer
  • Raf Simons Raf Simons
    Fashion Designer
  • Jo-Ann Furniss Jo-Ann Furniss
    Writer
  • Tim Walker Tim Walker
    Photographer
  • Penny Martin Penny Martin
    Writer
  • John Taylor John Taylor
    Writer
  • Jane How Jane How
    Stylist
  • David Sims David Sims
    Photographer
  • Imagery: Richard Bush, Hussein Chalayan, Nick Knight, Terry Richardson, Raf Simons, David Sims, Tim Walker
  • Text: Jo-Ann Furniss and John Taylor

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