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Selling Sex: Lyrically Challenged Collective

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:00:00 +0100

As part of the exhibition 'Selling Sex', poet and rapper MC Angel orchestrates a unique performance to be streamed live from SHOWstudio's headquarters. Recruiting a range of talented creatives, from graffiti artists to DJs, Angel's piece will comment on sex, gender and feminist debates in a lively and vivid 80-minute act.

Lost in the World

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:50:00 +0100

Filmmaker Ruth Hogben collaborates with award-winning musician Kanye West to create a film for his single Lost in the World. The song, which features Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, is taken from West's fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Hogben's piece breaks the mould of popular rap aesthetics while still celebrating the extraordinary talent that has made West a modern icon.

Range Rover Evoque Special Edition Featuring Victoria Beckham

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:02:00 +0100

Victoria Beckham teams with Land Rover, serving as guest creative designer for a special edition of their latest model, the Range Rover Evoque. Beckham chose to collaborate with Nick Knight to create the accompanying campaign imagery and fashion film, showcasing VB herself clad in her eponymous fashion line alongside the equally sleek and sophisticated Range Rover model.

Don't Bother To Knock

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Actress and director Asia Argento created this mesmerising series of film shorts exclusively for SHOWstudio over the course of October 2006. The vignettes, drawing on an ad-hoc 'video diary' aesthetic but in fact painstakingly directed, intertwine reality with fantasy thanks to a script devised by Emma Forrest that confuses fiction with reality.

Pussycat, Pussycat

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:23:00 +0100

SHOWstudio turns to the latest web tools - Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr - to offer up Nick Knight's first ever Instagram photo shoot, inspired by Internet memes, animal GIFs and Autumn/Winter 2012's taste for grown-up, blown-up overdressing. Model Cara Delevingne sports the finest of jewellery from Fabergé, Van Cleef and Arpels and Cartier alongside a cutesy-poo array of furry friends

#Screen Tests

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:56:00 +0100

'#Screen Tests' is a film short, inspired by Andy Warhol's screen-tests and featuring New York based electric rapper A$AP Rocky. Created by filmmaker Jake Davis and art director Matthew Williams, with styling from Simonez Wolf, '#Screen Tests' draws especially on Warhol's shots of Lou Reed drinking Coca-Cola in a candid, contemporary exploration of what makes a modern icon.

Rei, I Don't Exist

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:35:00 +0100

Artist Rei Nadal offers a unique take on 'Fashion Fetish' by curating the SHOWstudio Tumblr for a one-week period from 2-8 April 2012 inclusive. Her work juxtaposes found imagery with phrases and self-portraits - postmodern poetry for the digital age - fuelled in this instance by a selection of objects, cosmetics and fashion items delivered daily to her home, and documented here.

Fashion Fetish

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Alongside the 2012 SHOWstudio Shop exhibition 'Selling Sex', SHOWstudio launches 'Fashion Fetish,' a series of fashion films, performances, multi-media pieces and accompanying essays by women in fashion - including Ruth Hogben, Lady Amanda Harlech and Daphne Guinness, Lily Donaldson, Liberty Ross and Dasha Zhukova - that comment on the contentious and provocative fusion of fashion with fetish

Express Yourself

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Shot on location in New Orleans with 'bounce' artist Nicky Da B and a host of Nola's best poppers - including previous Nick Knight collaborator Quack - watch the video for Philadelphia-based American DJ, producer, and songwriter Diplo's song 'Express Yourself,' directed by @LILINTERNET for KarmaloopTV.

The New Faces

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Focusing on the sartorial passion and commitment of young British Mods in the twenty-first century, 'The New Faces' is a documentary showcasing the continuing popularity of the sixties-born youth cult. A study of eight Mods bound together by a shared passion for smart dressing, rare soul, socialising and dancing, this film short is directed by photographer and filmmaker Dean Chalkley.

Fan Club

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:23:00 +0000

Coinciding with the exhibition 'Louis Vuitton - Marc Jacobs' at Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Fan Cub celebrates fourteen years of Jacobs' innovation at house's helm. Inspired by Busby Berkley musicals this fashion film showcases a modern fantasia of covetable Vuitton accessories - the full length version sitting alongside an exclusive SHOWstudio edit.

Get Back, Stay Back

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0000

'Get Back, Stay Back' is a fashion story with a difference, combining self-defence how-to with high fashion starring model Lara Stone. Trained in Krav Maga, a self-defence system used by the Israeli Defence Forces, Stone demonstrates to women everywhere how to defend yourself against would-be assailants, whilst wearing high fashion. Carine Roitfeld styles and Nick Knight captures the results.

In Your Face: Void of Course

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

As part of the exhibition 'In Your Face', design duo Void Of Course took up residency at SHOWstudio for two days to create a one-off series of garments. Described as a 'performance portrait', the live broadcast, summarised in an edited film, fused Francis Bacon, mental deterioration and 'Silence Of The Lambs' serial killer Buffalo Bill. The resulting garments are available from the SHOWstudio Shop

Leo

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:45:00 +0000

Jez Tozer's latest project for SHOWstudio is LEO, a series of six short films inspired by the performances of aerialist Leo Hedman. Styled by Anna Trevelyan, each work draws on one key menswear designer using specially-commissioned pieces from the likes of Mugler, Walter Van Beirondonck, Nasir Mazhar and VoidofCourse.

Phonecarte: Karlie Kloss

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:26:00 +0000

Giving a unique insider's view on the Autumn/Winter 2012 Paris collections, American supermodel Karlie Kloss phones home from les defiles, leaving voicemail messages that track her experiences during the shows. Recorded live and unedited to the SHOWstudio answer phone service, Kloss's impromptu audio reportage offers unprecedented insight into the fashion world straight from the model's mouth.

In Your Face: Harold Offeh and Eloise Calandre

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:08:00 +0000

Contemporary artists Harold Offeh and Eloise Calandre collaborate to explore concepts of portraiture and its capacity to challenge and provoke. Using the primary mediums of popular culture - photography and video - Offeh and Calandre devise a series of three one-off performances, broadcast live. Tune in at 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00 GMT on Friday 3 February 2012 to watch the action.

Death Camp

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:12:00 +0000

'The history of our planet is one of a death camp. The planet history is one of violence, corruption and conspiracy.' Photographer and filmmaker Joseph Lally's film Death Camp takes a dark, morbid tone exploring the depravity of modern existence and the failure of humankind inspired by the visuals of Jean Luc Godard and the writings of Bernard-Henri Lévy, Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag.

Design_Download: Stephen Jones

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +0000

The eighth pattern in our Design_Download series celebrates the creativity, wit and invention of master milliner Stephen Jones. A leading figure in international fashion for three decades, Jones' contribution is a prime example of the exuberance, glamour and formidable technique that characterises his hats: a playful exaggeration of the classic beret, titled (wait for it) 'Nice Package'.

NEWGEN//TEN

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Karlie Kloss is the model for 'NEWGEN//TEN', Nick Knight's fashion film celebrating a decade of high-street giant Topshop sponsoring the British Fashion Council's NEWGEN scheme. Bringing together the very best of ten years of talent, this fashion film showcases exceptional garments from the one-off collections created for Topshop by some of the greatest of Great British fashion

In Your Face: Interviews - Marrakech International Film Festival

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Featuring world-renowned cinema figures including Forrest Whitaker, Terry Gilliam and Marco Bellocchio, the 2011 Marrakech International Film Festival was a major event in the global film calendar. SHOWstudio covered the event with a series of interviews, an accompaniment to the 2011 exhibition 'In Your Face'.

Merry Christmas

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

To celebrate Christmas 2011, Lady Gaga stars in this fashionably festive film created by Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben

Visions Couture

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:42:00 +0000

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

Mean Streets

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:20:00 +0000

Karlie Kloss and Joan Smalls embody the Rockabilly, tomboy mood of the Spring/Summer 2011 collections in this fashion film, captured on-set during an editorial for British Vogue.

Hauteur Space

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:34:00 +0000

Nick Knight looked to the timeless language of elegance expounded in the work of Erté, Aubrey Beardsley, Lillian Bassman and Irina Ionesco - amongst others - to explore the future-fantastic visions of Spring/Summer 2012 for W magazine. This editorial immortalises creations by Louis Vuitton, Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, Haider Ackermann and Alexander McQueen, including previously unpublished stills

Maggie Cheung, Centre Stage

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:40:00 +0000

Captured on camera during Nick Knight's shoot for Vogue China in 2009, this film showcases an exclusive interview with Chinese actress, composer and philanthropist Maggie Cheung. Alongside fashion film of Cheung in creations from Balenciaga, Lanvin, Stella McCartney and Louis Vuitton, she discusses her life and work in this intimate and revealing video portrait.

In Your Face: Music

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Performers including Gary Numan, Ladyhawke, Cerebral Ballzy, Vula, o F F Love and Kate Tempest accepted SHOWstudio's invitation to perform their most emotive and emotional songs, in an intimate and entirely personal set. Streamed live on SHOWstudio and then available on-demand, each performance is a unique one-off and a musical reflection of the 2011-2012 SHOWstudio Shop exhibition 'In Your Face'

In Your Face: Interviews

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000

A twist on the coaxing, cajoling tradition of interviewing prevalent in art and fashion journalism, our 'In Your Face' interview series pits interviewer, Nicolas Niarchos, against interviewee in a collection of confrontational conversations. With subjects drawn from the worlds of art, fashion and celebrity this series pushes the boundaries of a typical interview into a one-on-one face off

Gareth Pugh for M.A.C

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Fashion maverick Gareth Pugh collaborates with fashion film director Ruth Hogben on this film to unveil his first make-up range, created with M.A.C. A further development from their electric collaboration for Spring/Summer 2012 and inspired by the contrast of black and white - or light and darkness - this fashion film showcases a selection of specially-fashioned faces for the twenty-first century

Behind The Seams

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:00:00 +0000

Unpicking the intricacies of the contemporary fashion world, 'Behind The Seams' explores the ideas, inspirations and individuals shaping the landscape of twenty-first century fashion in an in-depth and ever-expanding series of articles lead by SHOWstudio fashion director Alexander Fury

Extraordinary Gentlemen

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:37:00 +0000

A collaboration with stylist Alister Mackie and artist duo LucyandBart, Nick Knight's latest fashion film captures a series of hand-crafted handicraft homages to the extreme volumes and textures that characterise the best of twenty-first century menswear as featured in AnOther Man magazine. Witness a phantasmagorical fusion of craft, fashion and installation art in this utterly one-off film.

Lady Gaga: Vanity Fair

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Captured on set during Nick Knight's shoot for the September 2010 issue of Vanity Fair, Lady Gaga is the centrepiece of both fashion film and editorial, attired in an array of custom-crafted couture from fashion's finest, including Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, Armani Privé and Alexander McQueen. Alongside the fashion film is the entire Vanity Fair editorial, including exclusive unpublished images

Fashion Mix

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000

SHOWstudio continues to celebrate the inextricable link between music and fashion by inviting fashion's great and good to compile their own 'greatest hits' playlists. 'Fashion Mix' throws down a stylish gauntlet to designers, models, journalists and photographers to select their own favourite tracks to share, with a new selection posted onto site twice a week

Earth Magic

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000

'There was no script. I simply told people I wanted to film my subconscious.' That is director Joseph Lally's summary of his latest film, an art piece exclusively revealed on SHOWstudio and starring a cast of models and actors including Daphne Guinness, Jamie Bochert, Sebastian Sauvé and Erik Sage and eschewing conventional narrative in favour of striking aesthetic exploration

Museum of Costume

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:44:00 +0100

Created to accompany the Antwerp Fashion Museum's 2011 exhibition 'Dreamsuits: Designs by Nudie Cohn, the Rodeo Tailor', photographer and filmmaker Alice Hawkins lends her unique eye to Cohn's equally unique couture creations, capturing the glittering surfaces of Nudie suits drawn from the collection of Belgian entertainer Bobbejaan Schoepen on fashion film in 'Museum of Costume'

Café Concert

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0100

Inspired by the tradition of the Café Chantant that enlivened the cultural sphere of belle époque Paris and London, 'Café Concert' streams a series of intimate musical performances live and direct from the 2011 SHOWstudio Shop exhibition 'The Café', with sets from stars of the contemporary music scene including Sunday Girl, Oh Land and Patrick Wolf.

Monster Ball

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:40:00 +0100

As part of her 'Monster Ball' world tour in 2009, Lady Gaga asked Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben to create a number of films to use as part of her on-stage performance and as interludes in the epic show. Building film into the architectonic feeling of the Monster Ball tour, these films explore iconic notions of fame, celebrity and life in an evolving metropolis.

Dynamic Blooms

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:20:00 +0100

Colliding contemporary dance, abstract blooms and fashion, Nick Knight and Alister Mackie transformed contemporary fashion into onolithic modern flowers for AnOther magazine's Spring/Summer 2011 issue. Alongside Knight's editorial, a unique fashion film created by Tell No One brings the incredible fashion and inspirations behind the shoot to life.

Gareth Pugh S/S 2012

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:31:00 +0100

For Spring/Summer 2012 designer Gareth Pugh collaborated with filmmaker Ruth Hogben to create a fashion film, fusing the piece with live catwalk presentation to create a unique viewer experience. Unveiled exclusively online at SHOWstudio.com at the same time as Pugh's show in Paris, Hogben's fashion film, starring Crystal Renn, is showcased alongside a process film

Café Conversations

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:01:00 +0100

As part of the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition 'The Café', over Autumn 2011 'Café Conversations' invites a selection of the most intriguing, exciting and influential movers-and-shakers in the fashion and art world to pull up a chair for coffee and conversation. The unusual aspect? The entire process is streamed live to a worldwide audience in the living online and offline art installation.

Object Fetish 2011

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:18:00 +0100

Examining key pieces from the international collections for 2011, Object Fetish trains obsessive attention onto fashion's latest not-so-obscure objects of desire. Showcased in the glittering confines of Selfridges department store, 2011's finest finery is metaphorically unpicked through film and text, laying bare the underlying themes and motivations behind our current sartorial fixations.

PUNKATURE

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:00:00 +0100

Inspired by a mix of the raw and the rarefied - the beauty of Autumn/Winter 2011 best fashions juxtaposed against the savage grace of Punk - Nick Knight took to the streets with stylist Alister Mackie to shoot his editorial for the Winter 2011 issue of AnOther magazine. See the twists and turns of inspiration and realisation played out in our broadcast, showing all the action captured on set.

Dream the World Awake

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:00:00 +0100

Celebrating the larger-than-life talent of fashion maverick Walter Van Beirendonck and his retrospective at the Antwerp Fashion Museum, in May 2011 Nick Knight and stylist Simon Foxton immortalised the finest pieces from his archive in photography and fashion film. Explore Nick Knight's monolithic final image, alongside a spectacular fashion film created on set and exclusively showcased here.

In Conversation

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:10:00 +0100

'In Conversation' profiles fashion's leading practitioners in a series of intimate discussion films. Showcasing exclusive panel talks and one-off interviews through film, each profile builds a 'conversation' around the world - and work - of some of fashion's greatest names.

Hermès A/W 2011

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:52:00 +0100

A bastion of French luxury given a modern twist: Nick Knight's Autumn/Winter 2011 campaign for Hermès reinterprets the artisan tradition and hand-craft synonymous with Hermès for the twenty-first century. View a portfolio of campaign images and then see the imagery brought to life in a vibrant fashion film

Nailed

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0100

The finest fashions at your fingertips - manicurist extraordinaire Marian Newman interprets the best of the Spring/Summer 2011 collections in a unique series of one-off nail creations. Shown off in the attitudes and affectations of fashion's favourite dirty little habit, smoking, Nick Knight undermines the lingering misconception of smoking as an elegant underline in this arresting fashion film

The Glow and the Gloom

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:25:00 +0100

An homage to Henri-Georges Clouzot's unfinished masterpiece L'enfer, Marie Schuller's fashion film editorial takes a hypnotic, colour-suffused and truly obsessive look at the finest pieces from Spring/Summer 2011

Reflecting The Bright Lights

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:09:00 +0100

Offerings a unique twenty-first century insight into nineteenth-century photographic methods, artist Walter Hugo captures portraits of a new generation of London's creative leaders via a giant 'camera obscura', fixes them in silver nitrate and develops on glass plate - a 'positive' rather than a 'negative', and each a true one-off. His methods and artworks are shown here in image and film.

Venus

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:00:00 +0100

Inspired by shifting notions of sex, sexuality and physicality and paying tribute to the work of cult illustrator Mel Odom, 'Venus' explores and explodes our postmodern boundaries of gender through fashion film, photography and expressive illustration, alongside interviews with a trio of key contributors.