William Hunt's most recent performance Put Your Foot Down, at Vilnius/London gallery IBID Projects involved submerging himself in a black BMW worth of cold water and singing with the emptying of his lungs - a spectacle that elicits a combination of empathy and trepidation from the attendant audience.
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It's been a good while since we've had Jason Evans on the site, not counting his confession, that is. So here's Jason's recent video for Clinic which I only recently discovered. As those who religiously tune into The Daily Nice will attest, it's a representative, motion picture account of what... [more]
First it was Ai from 1960s Shinjuku who occupied the top spot; next it was D from Omiya. Then it was (controversially!) Frank from Shibuya...for some time. Now -1,480,695 votes later- we can finally announce the result of the public vote for the HOT OR NOT? contest HERE! With the... [more]
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Yet another reminder that the Tokyo Style Clash: Hot or Not? competition ends this weekend. You have until Sunday to cast your votes so get clicking! Thrilled with the enormous variety of individual looks the competition presented, panelist Sarah from Colette decided to undertake some inspired decorating using the entrants... [more]
Asked how the company managed to be so on-the-money with their choice of designer collaborators, Nadja Swarovski explained how they formulate their selection criteria...and showed off what a one-take-wonder she is on camera!
These was a starry turn out for Swarovski's screening of their new film detailing all their designer collaborations for the coming season, including those with Hussein Chalayan (pictured with a playful Nadja herself), Designer of the Year Giles Deacon, Best Newcomer Marios Schwab, hot property Christopher Kane and the king... [more]
Following on nicely from Pablo Bronstein's celebration of the surface appeal of postmodern architecture comes a look at some recent films by "one of the earliest manifestations of Jencksian post-punk art in Britain, the adolescent historicist neo-kitsch of Duggie Fields."* In a presentation of his digital films during a performance... [more]
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After five weeks and over ONE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND votes the competition nears it's dramatic conclusion. So if you haven't played then you'd better be quick because the game ends at midnight Tokyo time or 4pm GMT this coming Sunday. If you have played then why... [more]
On display this morning at the Chloé store on London's Sloane Street were the (crucial to the collection and in high demand), shoes, bags and jewellery from the S/S ’07 collection. A distinctly 1970s look; lots of patent leather and shoes and boots come with a wooden block heel with... [more]
Inez and Vinoodh unveiling their Pirelli calendar with Sophia Loren and Lou Doillon.
Inez and Vinoodh unveiling their Pirelli calendar with Sophia Loren and Lou Doillon.
Inez and Vinoodh unveiling their Pirelli calendar with Sophia Loren and Lou Doillon.
Inez and Vinoodh unveiling their Pirelli calendar with Sophia Loren and Lou Doillon.
Inez and Vinoodh unveiling their Pirelli calendar with Sophia Loren and Lou Doillon.
Inez and Vinoodh unveiling their Pirelli calendar with Sophia Loren and Lou Doillon.
Enjoy Pablo Bronstein's irreverent tour of Postmodern London architecture - a special commission by the Frieze Art Fair. Throwing a critical eye over fashionable modernism, and re-appraising the brickwork and stylistic humour above your local Argos, Bronstein continues his investigations into the merits and 'decadent pretensions' of the dominant 1980s... [more]
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It's been a long road, but as you're about to see, it's been more than worth it! When we invited Nick Ryan and Daniel Brown to interpret Nick Knight’s photographs of Nicolas Ghesquière’s diaphanous garments for S/S ’06 Balenciaga, we had absolutely no idea of the scale of the operation... [more]
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‘Back To The Drawing Board’ is the title of Eley Kishimoto's S/S '07 collection, which was on display today at the ‘Shop at Maison Bertaux’, where the designers have been stocking their collection since September. Not having shown at London Fashion Week this season has given Eley Kishimoto a... [more]
i've just received an e-mail from the Curator of the Hyères 'Emerging Photographers' prize, Michel Mallard, saying that they are now accepting submissions for the festival next April. You can download a PDF here (and if you're interested, you better had soon, as their deadline is 5 December 2006), but... [more]
With so many potential winners to choose from, we are agog that our panel has managed to whittle their choices down to a mere 3 entrants each! Panelist Jun Takahashi (pictured) has gone to great lengths to choose an appropriate winner, passing on style tips with each of his selections.... [more]
The rather swish Connaught Hotel in Mayfair was the setting for the McQueen accessories press day. There, the designer's signature round-toed heels, hand-tooled leathers and Novak bags could be seen in a variety of fabrics and finishes from pony skin and crocheted yarn to these Swarovski crystals, which, grouped in... [more]
There's a lot of speculation about where Jane Shepherdson (left) might be off to, now she is standing down as Creative Director of Topshop. But she's staying schtum.
Witness two of fashion's hardest working people in the industry at the moment. Exactly how do they find time to go to parties?
Upon receiving a nomination for the 'Red Carpet' award at the BFAs last week, apparently Anthony Price was quoted as asking 'who opened my grave??!' I don't mind admitting that it took two of the house cocktails to get up the courage to ask one of my true fashion heroes... [more]
The great and the good gathered tonight at London's Serpentine Gallery to celebrate UK Vogue's 90th birthday. Huge screens positioned above the bar announced the key shoots by Bailey, Mario, Craig and Nick from the anniversary issue.
With their professorial collaborator Stephan Dillemuth, artists' collective k2 Aufbau Organisation staged 'Bohemian Lobotomy' at the Frieze Art Fair this year. A critical investigation of the state of 'lifestyle' culture through the prism of certain historical events of Munich (where they are currently based), the film/performance takes the audience... [more]
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Thanks Chris Owen, we were really uplifted by your FASH-OFF Gallery submission. Can't help feeling we need a few more to get the ball rolling though!!!
Go here to download the pattern and submit your own entry.
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As Daisy Donovan, daughter of underrated 1960s fashion photographer Terence Donovan, opened the British Fashion Awards at the V&A last night, she said a new generation of designers were breaking through the ranks. Certainly the decision to give Giles Deacon (36) 'Designer of the Year' having only bagged 'Best Newcomer'... [more]
Well done to Modus Publicity, who, despite the many press days on offer this week, managed to shine through with their 'backstage beauty area'. Following their merge with Dowal Walker, Modus were pressing an extensive array of beauty brands in addition to clothes by the likes of Calvin Klein,... [more]
All industry eyes are on Margaret Howell this season with Venetia Scott at the helm of their womenswear advertising (both styling and photographing!) and Alastair McKimm. Margaret Howell is of course celebrated for her simple garments with a masculine edge and her S/S MHL second line especially -on display in... [more]
Allow me to boast that Jean-Paul Goude helped me take this portrait of him (in as much as after three dismal attempts, he suggested I switched on the flash)... Over here to promote his new book So Far So Goude, clever London University of the Arts hosted a talk from... [more]
Penny and I were offered 'Five hundred grams of pure Louboutin addiction' for breakfast by the Christian Louboutin PR this morning! For these metallic patent pills, embossed with 'Christian Louboutin 500mg', are the controversial clutchbag-centrepiece of his glam S/S collection. Already highly sought after by stylists, the accompanying platforms are... [more]
My marvellous Renaissance painting tutor once told me that if you burnt all the works of the Quattro and Cinquecento, preserving only one to explain the achievements of that era, it would have to be Raphael's Sposalizio. If you apply that rather dubious logic to S/S's accessories, then this 'Cosmic... [more]
'Collaboration' is a word peppered around fashion press days with some frequency. Our new Editorial Assistant Ingrid and I have seen it all over the past two days, from middle market eye compacts with tacky vinyl illusrations by so-so designers to ecologically wicked paraffin candles bearing any old brand's moniker.... [more]
