TagTagBlack CultureFilterFilterRefine ByResultsResultsNewsGet To Know The Seven Designers Behind WOOOOHOOOO ZineFollowing the success of Creative DNA: Africa, the British Council and Fashion Scout have reunited to present WOOOOHOOOO zine, featuring seven emerging designers from seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.NewsForget The Red Carpet, The Afro Fashion Association Have The Black Carpet AwardsThe initiative - marking another positive step for the industry - was created by the Afro Fashion Association and took place last week in Milan.NewsWhy Pharrell's Louis Vuitton Appointment Has Divided FashionIf the fashion industry can be collectively sure about one thing, it's that the role of the creative director is changing, evidenced by Louis Vuitton recently announcing Pharrell as Virgil Abloh's successor at the storied house.NewsSaatchi's 'The New Black Vanguard' Takes On A Radical New PerspectiveUnearthing photographers from London to Lagos, New York to Johannesburg, The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion arrives at Saatchi Gallery, moving away from the industry's western lens.NewsTayler Prince-Fraser Presents 'Deep Is Water'Nike and SHOWstudio contributor - filmmaker Tayler Prince-Fraser - have joined forces for an exhibition hoping to change the cultural narrative when it comes to backness in swimming.NewsMarch Planned In Memory of Chris KabaChris Kaba was unarmed when he was shot and killed by the Metropolitan police force. On Saturday 10 September, there will be an organised March from Parliament Square to Scotland Yard in memory of him.Fashion FilmButtocks: Kai Isaiah-JamalThe poet and model Kai Isaiah-Jamal interprets the buttocks in a piece to cameraBlack CultureBeautyVideoThighs: Willy Ndatira & Xavier Scott MarshallThe art director and image-maker collaborated on a series of photographs of black trans women, analysed by Ndatira, to implore viewers to rethink their relationships to white supremacist capitalistic patriarchal artworks, traditions and institutions.Queer CulturePhotographersFashion FilmPleasure: Aaron Rose PhilipThe model conveys the subjective nature of emotion, specifically pleasure, in a film by John Novotny.The BodyBody ImageFashion FilmChest: Abdel El Tayeb & Ib KamaraFashion designer Abdel El Tayeb and stylist Ib Kamara collaborated on a fashion film, creative directed by Kamara, in response to the chest, exploring the ritual of movement associated with this body part.The BodyIb KamaraVideoRing Finger: Afua HirschThe BodyVideo EssaysFashion FilmCheeks: Aweng Ade-ChuolThe model and activist delivers an intimate love letter to her cheeks to camera.The BodyVideo EssaysFashion FilmPerformance: Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie & Lee-Ann OlwageDrag artist and activist, Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie worked with image-maker Lee-Ann Olwage to make a film which challenges the dominant construction of Xhosa masculinities, Ulwalukho - the right of passage from boyhood to manhood in the Xhosa culture.Body ImageDragVideoThe Soul: Bevan AgyemangVisual artist and designer Bevan Agyemang communicates the rhythmic connection of the soul and the physical body through the medium of film.Art FilmsBlack CultureVideoHeart: Cedric MizeroArtist Cedric Mizero interprets the heart through a film born out of a craving to share stories from home.Art FilmsPoliticalVideoVagina: Celine PierronThe photographer, filmmaker and researcher responds to the vagina in a film which articulates their take on Black feminine power.FeminismThe BodyFashion FilmFear: Clay GrandisonThe fashion designer addresses their concerns for past and future identities of Black Womxn.Black CultureFemininityFashion FilmBiceps: Daniel ObasiDaniel Obasi, an art director, photographer and stylist, challenges the masculine and 'tough' associations of the bicep, and the roots of a man's muscular structure in strength, pride, wellness and sex.SportThe BodyFashion FilmNeck: Dieter Grams'Defying all the limitations place on me and people that look like me place on us by people who fear the potential of our enlightenment, I wanted to plant the seed for a story that I could continue to tell', the artist Dieter Grams explains of their film.PoliticalMusicVideoSpine: Ebinum BrothersBrothers and artists Victory and Marvel Ebinum explore the feeling which underlies movement in the body, offering their interpretation of the spine.Art FilmsThe BodyVideoEyes: Edward EnninfulThe eyes are an essential yet fragile human organ. As our visual windows into the world, fashion editor Edward Enninful chose to use the eyes to explore the potential for pain, anxiety and loss via film and poetry.The BodyBody ImageVideoToes: Frank DorreyArtist Frank Dorrey created a joyful toe-tapping animation responding to the body part using an iPhone.Art FilmsThe BodyFashion FilmLips: Georgia PalmerModel Georgia Palmer interprets the lips in a film, underpinned by the notion of seeing life from different perspectives with total consciousness.The BodyBeautyPostFeet: Jade MontserratArtist Jade Montserrat explores the relationship between work they have made which details feet and wider politics of representation.The BodyVideo EssaysPaginationPaginationPage 1 of 41234Back to top