Tokyo Style Clash is your chance to battle it out and really see if you are 'HOT or NOT?'. From the 14th until the 16th October, a roster of photographers will set up in the front window of BEAMS' store in Harajuku, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, waiting to take the portraits of... [more]
Those of you with a Tretchikoff reproduction hanging at home will recognise the look. The jewel colours and lustrous fabrics of Miss Wong's get up or the Orientalist, 40s glamour of The Lady With A Green Face is very evident in Mrs Prada's collection for spring -won't we be hot... [more]
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Nicole Wermers proposed her first public sculpture during a residency at London's Camden Arts Centre last year. A giant mother-of-pearl and pink lacquer drop-style earring has been 'pierced' onto the side of the building, to be unveiled later today. Wermers continues her interest in the transformation of materials into... [more]
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It's rumoured that Matthew Williamson has been putting all his energies into his line for Pucci after some grim reviews of A/W. Who was the wag, then, that chose this morning's soundtrack: Roxy Music's 'Same Old Scene'?!
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As the biggest fashion retailer in Italy, with outlets in every tiny province of the nation, Maxmara's sartorial influence is considerable. This Spring, if this morning's (presumably Carine Roitfeld-styled) show is anything to go by, Italian women will be wearing tight, yellow and black print shifts, black and silver gladiator... [more]
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Saying she wanted to present a kaleidoscope of references in her S/S Gucci show tonight, Frida Giannini took us on a trip from the late 60s (all Jean Muiresque navy minidresses with fuschia or red piping) to the mid 70s with neo-Nouveau embroidered shifts and then some full-length, printed chiffon... [more]
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For the shows you can't get tickets for there are the erroneously named 're-sees'. The incredibly successful Bottega Veneta -it's no secret this luxury brand is shoring up the rest of Gucci group's more whimsical loss leaders- is worth re-seeing, however. The quality of the butter-soft leathers that make up... [more]
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Isabella Capece Galeota and Claudia Labati from Fendi may look like they are calmly relaxing in the splendour of Hotel Diana. In truth, however, they are in ticket panic stations. Happily, that doesn't prevent them spending a (hugely enjoyable) hour detailing the production of their new bucket 'Palazzo' bag.
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Andrew Bannister, currently studying Fashion at Leeds College of Art & Design, is the latest addition to our FASH-OFF Download Gallery with his bumble-bee inspired take on Gareth Pugh's signature balloon.
If you want to create your own version, Gareth's Balloon pattern can still be exclusively downloaded here.
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Correction: it seems Calvin Klein's new making of film was shot by Christopher Romero.
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We are extremely excited to announce the launch of our new project 'EXPERIMENTS IN ADVERTISING: The films of Erwin Blumenfeld' - a unique opportunity to see the undiscovered, historic film footage of one of the most influential fashion photographers of all time. Three beautiful film edits by SHOWstudio, created in... [more]
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Francisco Costa is throwing a little soiree to celebrate his collection for Calvin Klein. There's a looping screening of a film -half catwalk, half TV commercial in feel. Looks incredibly like the fades and transitions used in the Moving Fashion film Fabien Baron did for us last Christmas. Could it... [more]
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Like the Palazzo Riccardi in Florence, a modest family home built by Cosimo de Medici to conceal his money lending family's wealth, the Armani HQ on Milan's Via Borgonuovo doesn't exactly shout out 'ostentatious glamour'. But wandering around the twists and turns of its labyrinthine interior - as I was... [more]
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It's an irresistible story. Horticulturalist Ken Scott's love of flowers and beautiful drawings of his gardens gets him noticed by eccentric art world matriarch Peggy Guggenheim, who prompts him to translate his work into textiles. Whilst they don't do so well in his native America, they really take off in... [more]
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Launched in the year of the Great Exhibition, Swiss leatherware company Bally are keen to assert their 155 year history in the wake of their upstart/new-comer peers' success. For their 'static' (i.e. non catwalk) presentation this afternoon, Bally have gone through the company archives and pulled out all the 30s,... [more]
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For a brand whose design vocabulary is as established as Marni's -witness the circular cutting into firm, coloured printed fabrics that stand proud of the body - it's understandable that a designer might want to introduce some maverick reference points from time to time to keep things fresh. Of all... [more]
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Pringle brought in the big guns last night -Fabien Baron art directing, Karl Templer styling, Pat McGrath on make-up and Guido on hair - but the collection itself was a simple sequence of tennis slips and easy knitted separates.
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Christopher Bailey continued his own sweet revision of the 1960s tonight, despite any ideological interruptions. Fabric volumes were slightly heavier than previous seasons, creating fabulous flourishes like little trumpet sleeves on a trench or a tulip skirt on a Summer coat. The popularity of YSL A/W tunic continues into Spring... [more]
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The minute Otis Ferry, the pro-hunting star of the current Burberry campaign took to the runway tonight, so did a trio of fur protestors, brandishing their paper placards directly opposite Anna Wintour. The Milanese security were singularly slow off the mark in responding in comparison with their British or French... [more]
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It's rumoured ALT has been researching the UK club kid look on MySpace.
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I'm hardly going to rival Craig McDean's current Gucci campaign with this shot so you'll just have to take my word for it that Cristina Ortiz's collection lived up to her burgeoning reputation for impeccably constructed 'OrganicCouture', as the company like to call it. With impressive credentials from the houses... [more]
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There are two showings of Armani and Leonardo di Caprio was at the second (but we've given you him already this week!) so Brioni is still filling up. The clever souls have thought ahead though and are keeping us entertained with this undulating wave film, to off-set the ocean themed... [more]
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If ever there was a spectacular setting to see my first Milanese fashion show, it is Tadao Ando's extraordinarily brutalist Armani Theatre, where Giorgio Armani's mainline collection was set only half an hour ago. Whereas last season's collection focused solely on eveningwear, Spring/Summer '07 was literally split in two, with... [more]
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My Barbarian are an exuberant troupe of Los Angeles-based musicians, artists and actors who have come up with a pretty unique style of theatrical cabaret. Confidently fusing influences from pagan ritual to Fame dance routines, perhaps this is the logical descent for West Coast live performance to go. This August... [more]
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When we introduced a site design upgrade at the end of last month, we promised a further four new sections to come. Campaigns was the first of those to be added to the left hand navigation, and the second launches today in the form of the Live section. This area... [more]
The final round of clues for our Who's The Muse? competition have been revealed this morning. Watch cryptic footage of all twelve muses before submitting your guesses and a brief explanation of why you deserve to go to Nick Knight's ball ahead of anyone else. Good luck!
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See the 'walk through' of Carri-Cassette Playa's stand out collection from this afternoon's MAN showcase. Warning: the sound's pretty dreadful on this phone so adjust your speakers accordingly.
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Braving the photographer's 'pit' on Tuesday afternoon at the London Fashion Week tent, our cameraman and video editor Harry Hanrahan and studio assistant Anna Gudbrandsdottir managed to maintain prime positions, enabling them to capture Gareth Pugh's eagerly awaited S/S '07 show in its entirety. Providing two angles, the film incorporates... [more]
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Teaming up with Motorola, RED have positioned a mobile on each table, urging each party-goer to send a message. Nobody seems brave enough: maybe we should give a quick tutorial before Bryan Ferry comes on?
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It's rumoured that the Armani company have spent £1,100 per head on tonight's unbelievably star-studded event. This is apparently the 'capsule' collection. How many models will be in the remaining two, presumably more extensive ones?
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Giorgio Armani's RED event starts with a tribute to the designer's charitable commitments by Leonardo di Caprio.
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As a member of this year's Fashion Fringe judging panel, Nick has just phoned to let us know the 2006 competition winner. The annual initiative, set up in 2004 by fashion historian Colin McDowell intended to discover and nurture new fashion talent, was held this afternoon at City Hall in... [more]
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Today is officially Armani day: Giorgio Armani is showing his Emporio collection for the first time ever in London tonight as a sign of his commitment to Bono's RED, UN-affiliated global fund to fight AIDS in Africa. And to mark the occasion, the Italian designer has also authored the second... [more]
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The final show of the day, held in Holland Park late last night, came courtesy of Marios Schwab who -after only two collections as part of Fashion East- has quickly become renowned for his sharp eveningwear and virtuoso technical skills (ardent supporter, Lulu Kennedy was sporting one of his velvet,... [more]
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Tonight Giles finally presented a collection for the younger girl, or to be precise, the sexually confident young woman. Probably one just old enough to remember the s&m/punk references in the studded leather accessories and handcuff prints the first time, whilst still young enough to carry off the hemlines. A... [more]
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Listen to an elated Christopher Kane explain how he prepared his hit collection, previewed in Holland Park this afternoon.
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Without wishing to cast London as the other three fashion week's provincial cousin, one thing it does suffer from is a paucity of top models. Aquascutum's show earlier this afternoon was eagerly awaited, therefore, because casting supremo Russell Marsh is in town and that means 'great girls'. Michael Herz... [more]
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Citing 'rubbish art' as her inspiration, Ann-Sofie Back played with her customary cheap fabrics (matted faux fur, irridescent plastic, rubber, even chicken wire) to create a S/S collection that used sheer weights and large loop knits to expose the body underneath.
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Nadja Swarovski-Adams and Markus Langes-Swarovski gave a lavish dinner at Somerset House tonight with a host of designers (Torde Boontje, Ron Arad, Tom Dixon all in attendance) to celebrate the current Design and Fashion Weeks. Creative Director of the new campaign Olivier Van Doorne (seen here chatting with Nick) took... [more]
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Taken from my seat in the upper-circle of the Shepherds Bush Empire, the setting for the final show of the day: Basso and Brooke. A dramatically theatrical display, their extensive 'Exotique' collection was typically fuelled with the duo's trademark prints and their penchant for a lurid colour palette, with the... [more]
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His ubiquity in the press meant that Gareth Pugh's show this afternoon would come under the greatest scrutiny yet. Just as well, then, that it was also his greatest collection yet. With a more restrained set design (look no balloons!), all attention was on the 24 year old's burgeoning technical... [more]
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In characteristically civilised circumstances, Roksanda's Ilincic's S/S '07 collection was unveiled to the press earlier today, in opulent surroundings at Dartmouth House. Possessing many of Ilinicic's signature styles -her use of glamourous fabrics, voluminous structuring and frayed edge detailing- this season's inclusion of brocade fabrics, covered button fasteners, thigh-skimming hemlines,... [more]
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Polkadots were the sole embellishments on Richard Nicoll's elegant S/S '07 collection: the second we have seen today at Top Shop's marquee in London's most beautiful green space, Holland Park. Restricting himself to an industrial palette of grey, white and orange -peppered with the odd silver foil spot- served to... [more]
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The common factor uniting the three collections comprising Lulu Kennedy's feted Fashion East showcase was a direct kind of sexuality, most literally expressed in short, short, short hemlines across the board. Louise Goldin's beaded knitwear created minimal, figure-hugging silhouettes out of silver and Robin Hood-green yarns that left little to... [more]
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Hairy bags, a hand-blown glass poodle, 'Pop' logo emblazoned hair bobbles, bags customised with pin-badges, rope necklaces: where else could we be other than Katie Grand's latest venture, a stall at Dover Street Market?! Taking time out of the busy show schedule, we 'popped' in to examine her selection of... [more]
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From a trompe L'oeil drawing room, created from Matisse-inspired line illustrations, came a succession of cotton shirt-dresses, sequinned separates and light knitwear that suggested Peter Jensen's S/S '07 priority was 'easy wearing'. Easy yes, but never simplistic or dull. Relaxed structuring, in the panelled shirts and high waistlines, and low-key... [more]
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We knew as soon as we saw a riding hat that London Fashion Week would have officially started!
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On Thursday, it was Scott Stephen -the jeweller who is creating the SHOWstudio team's facewear for the Moet Tribute- who had the pleasure of raiding Swarovski's stocks to research our suite of masks. He sent us the following mail to let us know how he got on:
"Meeting at Swarovski went... [more]
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Viewers have now been included on the Home Page. Down the page, between Contributors and the Forum are pictures and biographical information from viewers who have registered and created a Viewer Profile Page. If you’ve made one, and have a portrait picture and some words about yourself then you could... [more]
We have just received this rather impressive contribution for our 'You Shall Go To The Ball' competition, courtesy of Andrea Paustenbaugh in New York. Her intriguing creation is made entirely from paper, with intricate cutout detailing and features -the all important component- a mask fashioned from the pages of Ordnance... [more]
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Nick Knight has asked eleven designers and stylists who have worked closely with him over the years to design an outfit and mask for his Bal Masqué, to be worn by the muse of their choice. In July these eleven mystery muses –plus one Knight added himself- were photographed for... [more]
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"Doesn’t Gareth Pugh’s red foil ‘Big Bird’ costume for Casey Spooner look just gorgeous in the sunshine? Dressing not only Casey himself but an entire float-load of dancers for Deitch Projects' second annual Art Parade yesterday in SoHo, Gareth’s efforts ensured that the Fischerspooner entry (one of 74 separate performance... [more]
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Back in July, as part of the ongoing FASH-OFF project, Gareth Pugh used SHOWstudio's live platform to stage a series of performances to mark Couture Week. Now, after weeks of capturing, editing and directing, the best bits from all six, mind-boggling performances are available to re-live from our FASH-OFF Performance... [more]
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The first, brave soul to submit an entry to our YOU SHALL GO TO THE BALL! 'golden ticket' competition is Jasna Rausavljevic of Croatia, pictured here in the outfit she will wear to Nick's Masked Ball on the 24 October, if she makes his shortlist. To remind you, all you... [more]
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Lali Chetwynd makes merry again with a charming evocation of what she perceives as the hilarity in Rem Koolhaus' mythic status book on New York, 'Delirious'. A giddy but sophisticated crowd of recognisble New York landmark buildings sip cocktails and dance to a 1920s flapperesque musical score. Clearly referencing the... [more]
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I was just doing some tweaks to our new server and acidentally renamed all of the items in our CMS from the last week, since our last backup. We're in the process of fixing these, which are currently titled 'Projects Blog', but for forum topics you have started we might... [more]
Adam's edits from the Blumenfeld unseen film footage are completed and despite the fact that Ensemble is about to embark on a major, North American tour that starts in Boston tonight, Olivier Alary is labouring to perfect the soundtracks. What a hero! Design time allowing, we expect to launch these... [more]
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Tonight we witnessed a new development in the history of the fashion show: Nimesh Gadhia showed his graduate collection on the backs of a troupe of Parkour athletes at the Westminster MA show at Homestead Space in Clerkenwell. Bear with Sharmin's crazy video technique to begin with: it's got back-flips!
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Sentimental journey! In the two months running up to his FASH-OFF performances, Gareth Pugh agreed to take the SHOWstudio video camera along on visits home to Sunderland and on a working trip to Cannes. Two intimate, diary-style shorts (posted inside the overall FASH-OFF project structure) give a unique insight into... [more]
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Our Video Editor, Harry Hanrahan, has turned around this morning's film already and it is ready to view here.
Following the launch of our new Advertising section at midnight last night, Nick Knight will be partaking in an interview today with Penny Martin, in which he will talk about his own experience of working in commercial image-making and discuss the reasons, aims and intentions for SHOWstudio's new advertising showcase.... [more]
You will notice an addition to our new site design tonight: advertising. After nearly six years online without featuring any whatsoever, we have decided to introduce this core aspect of fashion image-making to SHOWstudio for the first time. Our motives are twofold: finding apposite funding to support the expansion of... [more]
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