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... [more]
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Based on the clothing of three Norwegian men - a pensioner, a diver and an engineer - Siv Støldal's 'Three Wardrobes' collection provided the inspiration for her contribution to Political Fashion. Created in collaboration with filmmaker Ruth Hogben, this film isn't so much about 'fashion' as... [more]
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Oddly, the one thing we haven’t seen so far in Political Fashion is a fully-fledged fashion army: that was until we received our latest contribution from stylist and ‘super brand’ Molaroid. To a techno soundtrack, his model corps stormed the bastions of Victoria station in Constructivist... [more]
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Creative director of British Vogue Robin Derrick chooses to direct the focus of his Political Fashion film at the brands of fashion. Quoting directly from Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, By Any Other Name examines the mythic and continuing power of the ‘name’ in fashion.
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To kick off our second season of Political Fashion films, we naturally turned to Stefano Pilati, creative director of the always-innovative and often revolutionary house of Yves Saint Laurent. After their Spring 2008 ‘Manifesto’ was distributed to over a million citizens in Metropolitan streets across... [more]
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Nick Knight began our Political Fashion film season earlier this year with the aim to wake up the fashion world with the desire to use their position to 'say something': and when we placed the project on hiatus in May, it was by no means the end of the debate.... [more]
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The Pattern Foundry was conceived as an archive of decorative patterns created by artists and designers from around the world and curated by the London-based creative Richard Rhys who developed the project for almost three years since conceiving the idea in LA. Following its recent launch, the foundry has received... [more]
I popped into to The Photographers Gallery last night for the opening of their new exhibition Fashion in the Mirror. Those paying attention will recognise Nick's 'Flash' pictures of himself and Natasa V from March 2003, the movie of which you can see here. The show seeks to show the... [more]
After three days of radio broadcast, Fashion DJs has now, sadly, come to a close. For all of you that have listened/watched - we hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have. Today's 12-hour broadcast is now being re-streamed. Tune in to catch fantastic sets from Alice Hawkins... [more]
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Ever wondered what a 'Glow in the Dark Hoe-Down' looks like?! Here's your answer....
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A nearby resident, Vogue's Emma Elwick, popped along to Abbey Road Studio to catch the last few sets of the day. She certainly didn't expect to be asked by fashion designer Gareth Pugh if she would mind joining his gang for his 'Glow in the Dark Ho Down'. The ever-obliging... [more]
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Kap Bambino are loaded and ready to rock
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Caroline Martial sure knows how to pull in a crowd!
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After a highly-charged session courtesy of the Agent Provocateur gang, i-D super-stylist Francesca Burns and photographer Matt Irwin take to the decks for the penultimate slot of the day. They'll be playing a selection of (in Matt's words), "grunge and stuff from the 90s" before they're joined by the French... [more]
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Mick Jones of The Clash takes to the stage along with Joe Corre, Dirty Stop Out and just a few of the Wonderland of bizarre characters currently populating Abbey Road Studios.
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The set has been transformed into a lavish dining room, complete with a table laden with candleabras, chocolate gateau, silver goblets and copious amounts of vodka. Backstage the glamorous guests wait for Mr Corre's dinner party to begin...
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Of course, as soon as he exited our elaborate Fashion DJs set, Boy George made a beeline for the POPVOX booth - and rightly so! Click here to hear his answers to our burning questions
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