The press have picked up the forthcoming BRING & BUY auction story and run with it to the extent of 73 (we counted) stories on the web so far: http://news.google.com/news?q=ebay%20oxfam&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wn One item that we are yet to track down is this image of Bush in Björk's Dress. Can anyone tell... [more]
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Our forthcoming PSP AMAZE ME project officially launches in London on 5th September at Comme des Garcon's Dover Street Market. However, its accompanying microsite has been launched today giving you the opportunity to familiarise yourself with the project's briefs, incentives and prizes. Yes, I said prizes!
Between now and mid-December residents... [more]
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A new film has been launched on 'Transmissions' today. Watch 'No Bra' play at close quarters, bathed in the red lights of a Kingsland Road venue in London. This is not evidence of a love affair within a scene though, as No Bra bite the cultural hand -and context- that... [more]
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The photography of all the Bring and Buy donations is complete, and you can see four of the best, selected for advance press publicity, above on the front page.
The full set of images taken by Eisuke will be posted to the site on September 8, just as i-D goes... [more]
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At long last! Having managed to fashion a window to build something other than our forthcoming AMAZE ME project (more soon), I am happy to announce the introduction of a submissions gallery to the design_download section of DRESS ME UP, DRESS ME DOWN.
Thanks to Mitsono (seen here), Claire Smith and... [more]
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Yesterday's wet morning in Chelsea turned brighter today, with the (almost) completion of the Oxfam charity store window installation. Andy came good with a set of display figures, to the bemusement of local bargain hunters. Then the SHOWstudio A-Team –in the form of Andy 'Handy' Hillman, Eisuke, Emily and myself–... [more]
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Spent the (rainy) morning at the Kings Road Oxfam shop, getting the window ready for our Bring & Buy installation, with help from Eisuke Negishi and Emily Atkinson. Will post pictures of the finshed installation tomorrow, after set designer Andy Hillman has completed the display.
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Although they claim their only connection to the art world is in their groupies, band duo No Bra are described by one of their distributors Warp Records as "confrontational male/female topless performance artists". Such a description, if understood as suggestive of that particular genre of 'Performance Art' that takes the... [more]
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'Transmissions' is evolving into shape at a gentle but determined pace over August to be ready for the influx of material that will be heralded in by the 'new season' of events come September. Last posted was footage shot within the Barbican theatre fly tower of an Enrico David sculpture... [more]
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The task of photographing all the Bring & Buy auction items finally gets underway, thanks to the help of Fran at i-D and Tanya Reynolds at Proportion, who are lending us a number of amazing mannequins. Formerly the original London tailors dummy and mannequin manufacturer Stockmans, they have a showroom... [more]
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Donald Milne brought in contacts fresh from yesterdays shoot of the Amaze Me interactive installation. This shot of model Anna Blessman in a Yellow dress by Dior caught my eye because it reminded me of the late 40s – early 50s era of photography in Harper's Bazaar, art directed... [more]
As the September launch date for SHOWstudio’s ambitious Amaze Me project, draws nearer, our producer Sharmin Nordien organises a studio shoot of the interactive installation with photographer Donald Milne. See more of Donald's luminous talent at http://www.balconyjump.com/photographic/milne/milne.html. In this picture Sharmin witnesses Ross Phillips, Wayne Daly and myself illustrate just... [more]
For anyone who has been keeping an eye on 'Transmissions' they will know this is a posthumous announcement for a post. There has been a gradual tweaking of the Enrico David project footage over the last few days that is now fully concluded and launched. 'Event' has backstage (and a... [more]
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Once all the Bring & Buy donations have all been individually photographed (in process), our plan is to display some of the highlights in one of Oxfam's shop windows, to give people a chance to see them in the real before the EBay sale next month. The manager of the... [more]
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Having assisted throughout the whole of Simon Foxton's 'Sittings: 30 Men' -weekends and all!- and then helped out at the Bring & Buy live shoot last week, our sometimes assistant and most times photographer Wendy Bevan finally found time to come in and show me her book today. What a... [more]
Please note a new date for the EBay sale: it will begin on the evening of Sunday 18th September (first day of London Fashion Week) and will run for a week, until the evening of Sunday 25th.
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Our new project 'Transmissions' has announced its upcoming coverage will be of Cerith Wyn Evans excellent 'Eaux d'Artifice (After K.A.)' which happened every Sunday in July (that's five Sundays), in the oasis that is the London Barbican's Conservatory. I'm sad to say that I couldn't personally attend the majority of... [more]
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This morning a package arrived from Maison Martin Margiela for late inclusion in the Bring & Buy auction that has sent the office into raptures (well, me). On the accompanying pint out (pictured), the message reads:
Our BLOUSE BLANCHE (white blouse): Originally worn by models in couture ateliers between dress fittings,... [more]
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I've just come off the phone to Pete Orrey, who manages Oxfam's section of the EBay site and it looks like we have a date for the Bring & Buy auction of garments: a seven day sale beginning 21 September. We should have a URL for you to peruse the... [more]
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i-D have delivered all the garments from Bring & Buy back to SHOWstudio. Of course, the stylists weren't able to use all of the 150 garments donated on the shoot. So Eisuke, our faithful studio assistant, and Amy, our fashion intern, are sorting them all out on rails so that... [more]
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