Nick Knight, Daphne Guinness, Marie Schuller, Kev Stenning, Daniel Brown, Andrew Tomlinson and Alex Fury

Visions Couture

Daphne Guinness is the iconic model for 'Visions Couture' - featuring Spring/Summer 2012's finest mixed with Guinness' own legendary wardrobe, captured by Nick Knight. The resulting fashion films - set to soundtracks recorded by Guinness herself - unique interactives and three-dimensional sculptures form the centrepiece of the fashion windows of Paris' Le Printemps department store in Spring 2012

Windows

Photography copyright Francis Peyrat, courtesy of Le Printemps

Gareth Pugh
Gareth Pugh
Junya Watanabe
Junya Watanabe
Maison Martin Margiela
Maison Martin Margiela
Paco Rabanne
Paco Rabanne
Rick Owens
Rick Owens

About

When Nick Knight was approached to create installations to grace the windows of Paris' Le Printemps department store during February and March 2012, the first model that leapt to mind was Daphne Guinness - a living embodiment of Le Printemps' Spring/Summer theme of 'Visions Couture', captured in sculpture, interactives and a selection of fashion films set against soundtracks of opera and spoken-word poetry recorded in Guinness' own voice.

The resulting fashion films, interactives and three-dimensional sculptures - a set of each capturing the Divine Daphne in creations by contemporary fashion's finest including Gareth Pugh, Rick Owens, Maison Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe and Paco Rabanne - form the centrepiece of the fashion windows of Paris' Le Printemps department store in Spring 2012. Guinness herself recorded the musical accompaniments for each of Knight's unique filmic explorations of Spring 2012 fashion, with Guinness' voice sitting as entirely one-off soundtracks for these exceptional video pieces.

A live shoot broadcast over 21-22 December 2011 allowed viewers to witness every step of the creative process, and the vitrines imagery is showcased here. A camera situated in the window of Le Printemps Paris broadcasts the public at large interacting with the window pieces throughout February and March 2012.

Credits / Contributors

Creative Direction: Nick Knight
Photography: Nick Knight
Model: Daphne Guinness
Fashion Direction: Daphne Guinness and Alexander Fury
Hair: Christian Wood
Make-up: Petros Petrohilos
Nails: Adam Slee
Set design: Andy Tomlinson
3-D Scanning: Kev Stenning at Rapido3D
Film Edit: Marie Schuller
CGI (Rick Owens): Tom Wandrag
Soundtrack: All performed by Daphne Guinness
Photographic Assistance: Laura Falconer, Chloe Orefice, Robinson Barbosa and Jeff Yiu
Fashion Co-ordination: Ellie Cumming
Fashion assistance: Vanessa Minshull
Hair assistance: Tom Berry
Make-up assistance: Louise O'Neil
Editorial assistance: Ben Knight Evans
Camera operator: John Simmons
DIT: Joe Colley
Technical operator: Jon Emmony
Technical assistance: Paul Herron and Sally Northmore
Streaming Camera: Yvoni Lada and Penny Tu
Runners: Andrew Smith, Daniel Kallberg and Ben Worthington
Production: Gainsbury and Whiting
Location: Park Royal Studios
Nick Knight photographed and filmed Visions Couture using the Canon 5D mk ii. Many thanks to Canon www.canon.co.uk
Thanks to all at Le Printemps, Paris

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