Nick Knight/Alister Mackie
Invited by Another Man magazine to shoot men’s underwear for its A/W '07–08 issue, Nick Knight and Alister Mackie took inspiration from imagery Robert Mapplethorpe and Horst P. Horst, only translating the monochrome power of their stills into colour. Featuring new work by a range of designers, the results offer a fresh perspective on men’s underwear, its representation in fashion imagery and on masculinity itself. Boned also features a film of the shoot, an accompanying essay by Shaun Cole and clips and interviews from the live broadcast.
Related Projects: [Photography] [Magazines] [Nick Knight] [Film] [Interview] [Sam McKnight] [Alister Mackie] [Val Garland] [Autumn/Winter 07-08] [Shaun Cole]
Penny Martin
Little known on the western hemisphere, Japan Fashion Week spent its fourth season in Tokyo in March 2007. Marking a new stop in SHOWstudio’s fashion itinerary, Penny Martin was there to uncover the creative output of a country whose aesthetic legacy has informed some of the most striking evocations of form to be displayed on the global catwalk.
Related Projects: [Penny Martin] [Autumn/Winter 07-08] [Japan fashion Week]
Week 4 in the show season meant only one thing: that Paris was ready to unfurl herself to a global audience of fashion pilgrims yet again. SHOWstudio brought the city of pleasure and gold to your screens as Penny and our photographer Benjamin Seroussi stormed the Palais Royale, teetered along the left bank and on through the heavenly seraglios of Chanel, Dior and McQueen.
Related Projects: [Penny Martin] [Paris Fashion Week] [Christian Dior] [Chanel] [Miu Miu] [John Galliano] [Boudicca] [Alexander McQueen] [Benjamin Seroussi] [Jean Paul Gaultier] [Autumn/Winter 07-08] [Louis Vuitton] [Chloe] [Giambattista Valli] [Sonia Rykiel] [Balenciage] [Yves]
Nick Knight/Simon Foxton
Invited by Arena Hommes + magazine to photograph the highlights of John Galliano’s outlandish Autumn/Winter ’07-8 collection, Nick Knight and Simon Foxton were in the studio over two days, staging one of the explosive action shoots that are the hallmark of their longstanding creative collaboration. From 11:00hrs (UK time), the cameras streamed live coverage of Galliano’s prehistoric fashions, giving those with a penchant for woolen Minotaurs, skintight briefs and Samurai swordsmen an opportunity to indulge their tastes for the primeval and the preposterous in equal measure.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Photography] [Live] [Magazines] [Nick Knight] [Simon Foxton] [Film] [John Galliano] [Autumn/Winter 07-08]
For the shows of Autumn/Winter '07/08, Penny’s brand of guerrilla phone reportage was beefed up by a newly appointed two-man army. HQ Girl Friday, Ingrid Hass, and MOET photographer-cum-party-flaneur, Clive Booth, joined her as they journeyed through the pageantry and pandemonium that is London Fashion Week. This season, produced the same quick-fire show commentaries and first-hand video footage as well as unprecedented high-resolution photos from the front line. Highlights included a peek into the glittering netherworld of Gareth Pugh, coverage of favourites Christopher Kane and Giles as well as our obligatory tour of all the most important tent corners.
Related Projects: [Fashion] [Magazines] [Gareth Pugh] [Penny Martin] [Jens Laugesen] [London Fashion Week] [Giles] [Marc Jacobs] [Christopher Kane] [Autumn/Winter 07-08] [Clive Booth] [Ingrid Hass] [Aitor Throup] [MAN] [Central St. Martins]