Last Updated Tuesday, 15 July, 2008
After the success of our first season of Political Fashion films we have invited a new selection of fashion industry, art world and celebrity figures to answer the brief to express their political beliefs, agendas and thoughts through film. Return here throughout the week for new additions each day.
‘Feminist’ by Nick Knight
Last Updated Tuesday, 6 May, 2008
A wide selection of fashion industry, art world and celebrity figures have answered the brief to express their political beliefs, agendas and thoughts through film. Throughout March and April 2008 return here to see the resulting movies with new additions added each weekday.
Last Updated Monday, 3 March, 2008
To accompany our film series we have invited a cast of respected writers and thinkers to express their views on Political Fashion in a literary form. A new essay will appear here every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the duration of the project for you to read and comment on.
Last Updated Monday, 5 May, 2008
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Last Updated Wednesday, 28 November, 2007
Listen to Nick Knight detail his thoughts on political fashion and outline his hopes for the Political Fashion Films project in a phone briefing given in October 2007. Also features edited transcript.
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Last Updated Wednesday, 23 July, 2008
Believing fashion to be intrinsically political, Nick Knight is staging a multi-level film project, encouraging creatives to use the medium of fashion to convey their political beliefs, agendas and thoughts. From the beginning of December 2007, the first stage of 'Political Fashion Films' invites visitors to the SHOWstudio website to submit a film of between 30 seconds and 3 minutes that articulates some kind of political point using fashion. Inkeeping with previous film seasons 'Moving Fashion' and 'Editing Fashion', in February 2008, this invitation will be opened up to a wide selection of fashion industry, art world and celebrity figures, whose Political Fashion Films created to the same brief will also be broadcast on the SHOWstudio website, one film per weekday. The end of the project will be marked by a screening event to be held in London during Spring 2008. All films received before Friday 15 February 2008 will be considered for inclusion.
Last Updated Friday, 25 July, 2008
'Feminist' by Nick Knight
Our final Political Fashion film of this week is the first of two by Nick Knight, who chooses to turn his lense on the indefatigable, indomitable frontwoman of The Gossip, Beth Ditto. Titled Feminist - a moniker Beth is proud to flaunt in an age when few else dare - Nick's film focusses on Beth's statuesque size (an attribute oft-remarked upon) and more tellingly her own playful and unabashed appreciation of this voluptuousness. Recalling his work with larger-than-life models Sarah Morrisson and Sophie Dahl, 'Feminist' revels not only in Beth's physique, but in her overwhelming body confidence and consciousness. Powerful, beautiful, self-assured and definitely in control: as opposed to just wearing the label, Beth is the living embodiment of the feminist ideal.
By SHOWstudio, 00:00 Friday, 25 July, 2008
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Last Updated Wednesday, 28 November, 2007
Concept and Direction: Nick Knight
Production: Kaylie Mountford, Charlotte Wheeler and Andrea Gelardin
Project Design: Paul Bruty
Technical Development: Dorian Moore