Following Shona and Tim's shoot in the Live Studio space at Somerset House, we are proud to confirm two more two-day shoots next week. On Monday and Tuesday, designer Rasharn Agyemang from menswear label Jaiden RVA James will be shooting for his RE-BEL project, with guest styling by Simon Foxton... [more]
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Husband and wife team Tim Gutt and Shona Heath took a short break from their shoot in the Live Studio space this evening, to explain the thoughts behind their project to our stalwart editorial intern Sarah Raphael. You can still catch the last few minutes of their 'Modern Nude' here... [more]
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After a three-week residency in Liberty's Carnaby Street windows, our Taking More Liberty's interactive was packed away by its creator Ross Phillips earlier this week. The project boasts a wealth of entries which will now be sent over to our judge Gareth Pugh whose job it is to decide the... [more]
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Of course, Tim Gutt and Shona Heath's live shoot is by no means the only live project on our collective plate. Simon Foxton's re-staging of his 2005 Sittings project has just passed its original number of models - and there's still two months to go! Today's 'Living Portrait' is William... [more]
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You may have wondered where everyone disappeared to for the first part of today - well, Shona and Tim decided to photograph our model Giedre in a somewhat incongruous corridor here at Somerset House for a period, as a contrast to the stylised studio shots of yesterday. Why? Why not!... [more]
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It's the third and final day of our 'Nude' shoot at the Fashion Revolution Live Studio with photographer Tim Gutt and set designer and art director Shona Heath: our stream kicked off a few moments ago, and on-set preparations are well underway. Our hairstylist Maarit Niemela and make-up artist Andrew... [more]
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For those watching Tim and Shona's shoot via our live stream, here is a taste of the view our exhibition goers experience in the Fashion Revolution space at Somerset House. In good old-fashioned Big Brother style, although we can peer into the studio, the team inside have no inkling of... [more]
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Early evening on day two of our live shoot and it’s all hands on set. Shona’s chipping away at the central prop, an abstract block custom made to complement the contours of the model’s body. Tim’s going over his test shots with approving nods from the rest of the team... [more]
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After yesterday's preparations, Shona and Tim are gearing up to start shooting in our Live Studio space at Somerset House. There's already a crowd of exhibition visitors gathered in front of the two-way mirror - for those of you that can't make it down, you can watch all the... [more]
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Our latest three-day live shoot is in full swing at the Live Studio space at SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution. For this latest session, the husband/wife team of photographer Tim Gutt and set designer/ art director Shona Heath - whose collaborative work has graced the likes of POP, Dazed & Confused and... [more]
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Today marks the publication of Nick Knight's eponymous retrospective tome - a whirlwind look at the last fifteen years of his work, from Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and Christian Dior to Cindy Crawford and Kate Moss. Packed into 264 pages of layout (designed by our very own Paul Hetherington), alongside... [more]
This weekend is the last opportunity to visit Liberty’s Carnaby Street windows and show off your best look in front of our camera in our Taking More Liberty's installation. As of Monday 7.00 am GMT, the competition will be closed and designer Gareth Pugh will be coming in to judge... [more]
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Following our live shoots earlier this month and back in July, we can finally reveal the name of the winner of our VMAN Model Search. The lucky one, as you may have guessed, is the charming man above - Rico Nieves, from Ohio, USA. The rather dashing Rico will not... [more]
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Following the live broadcast of our Clown shoot with Nick Knight, stylist Panos Yiapanis and Estonian übermodel Carmen Kass back in June, we can now reveal not only the final editorial images, but also Dark Annie, an exclusive fashion film created during the two-day editorial shoot. The title - taken... [more]
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Fashion's favourite revival - a moribund house shaken to its foundations with an injection of fresh, vibrant talent - was this season exemplified by Celine, an erstwhile dusty name that has been reinvigorated by the talent of new designer Phoebe Philo. Showcased here in an exclusive video - created in-house... [more]
The press show junket has begun, and as always our first stop is the Hoxton street showroom of the indomitable Mandi Lennard. In the past one has been accosted by hunks of raw meat (luckily just a tricksy bit of trompe l'oeil), big-cat prints or a raven strewn ode to... [more]
We receive lots of post here everyday but this clever handmade card is arguably one of the most creative and heart-warming thank-yous we've seen in a while. Created by Fred Butler to let us know how pleased she was to have been a part of our Fashion Body film series,... [more]
Stuart Vevers has arrived and we've just started the live interview conducted by Fashion Director Alex Fury. You can watch the live stream here.
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From 14:00 London Time this afternoon, we will be live-streaming our latest In Fashion interview with Stuart Vevers, touted as the world's number one bag designer. His is the hand behind many a bag from the likes of Bottega Veneta, Luella, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Mulberry and, since 2008, Spanish luxury... [more]
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The latest addition to the SHOWstudio SHOP are these oversized letters from Peter Jensen's S/S 2006 collection 'Sissy' - an eponymous ode to Sissy Spacek if ever there was one! These letters formed the backdrop to Jensen's show - a trip through deep South Americana culled from movies from The... [more]
Just visit Liberty's Carnaby Street windows, day or night before 26 October, and photograph yourself using our unique interactive. The participant with the most outstanding sense of style will receive £500 of vouchers to spend in the the Liberty department store, stockist of brands including Christopher Kane, Chloé, Vivienne Westwood... [more]
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Our latest In Fashion interview with designer Richard Nicoll launches today - and really, it couldn't have come as a better moment, given that last week Nicoll was officially announced as the new Creative Director for Cerruti's womenswear line. The latest in a high-profile string of London leaders recruited to... [more]
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We're used to the Americans (press and department stores alike) fêting our young avant-garde designers - so it felt a little eerie when the tables turned on Tuesday night and leading young New York designer Alexander Wang came to London. Wang's approach, however, is quintessentially New York - how many... [more]
Our interactive, full-functional (and quite frankly all-singing all-dancing) Casting booth has been capturing hundreds of video submissions from the Fashion Revolution space at Somerset House, and we can now reveal more details of just two of the projects we are recruiting models for. It's all about the boys at the... [more]
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Our Raw Power competition is drawing to a close -with the final deadline at midnight UK time tonight, there's barely six hours left to perfect your final films and upload them to our Submissions gallery. The final winner, chosen by Nick Knight and Alexander McQueen, will be commissioned to direct... [more]
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Following our live broadcast of McQueen's 'Plato's Atlantis' show on Tuesday evening (which can still be seen here), we are pleased to launch an accompanying interview with the designer by SHOWstudio Director and long-time collaborator Nick Knight. Filmed four days before his Paris show, the revelatory thirty-minute interview sees McQueen... [more]
Last night saw the second annual A Shaded View on Fashion Film festival in Paris, founded and curated by Diane Pernet. We were incredibly pleased to discover regular SHOWstudio contributor Ruth Hogben had been awarded a prize for her Gareth Pugh A/W '09 film which was showcased on SHOWstudio.com. Other... [more]
Today's shoot at the Live Studio space within our SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution exhibition has now ended, as has our live stream. Here's Nick's final shot of the day featuring all four girls, with make-up by Pat McGrath and hair by Duffy. Sign up to the SHOWstudio Twitter feed for details... [more]
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When they're not taking phone calls, our Sittings models often amuse themselves by reading a book or filling in a crossword. Today's model, Daniel (from agency D1) dressed in a striking suit by Satyenkumar, proved himself to be very creative by making a 'fashion doll' from an old newspaper during... [more]
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Proceedings are well underway on set of our Max Factor shoot at the Live Studio space at Somerset House. Nick is currently shooting individual close-ups of our four models - here's legendary make-up artist Pat McGrath with Ginta, who is wearing Max Factor 'Second Skin' foundation and oversized lashes from... [more]
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This week marks the launch of Taking More Liberty's at department store Liberty - yet another of the live, interactive elements of our SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution exhibition at Somerset House. Originally launched in 2004 as Taking Liberty's, Ross Phillips' interactive returns to the shop windows until 26 October inviting passers-by... [more]
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Today sees the third shoot to take place within our Live Studio space at our SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution exhibition at Somerset House. Nick Knight will be working with legendary make-up artist Pat McGrath and stylist Jonathan Kaye on a shoot for Max Factor themed around 'skin'. The Live Studio has... [more]
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Our first and final show today - indeed our final show of Paris Fashion Week - is Giles. Not to outdone by his Brit counterparts McQueen, Galliano et al on the invite innovation front, Deacon's is certainly unique: an inflatable, Giles- brand dinosaur. Not sure how typography purists may... [more]
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Irving Penn, one of the most celebrated and influential photographers of the twentieth century, passed away yesterday morning aged 92 at his home in Manhattan. Most famous for his fashion photographs and portraits of prominent cultural figures, Penn's prolific body of work also included studies of ordinary people, still lives... [more]
Click here for another fantastic opportunity to watch the full version of Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2010 catwalk show entitled 'Plato's Atlantis'.
Here's a snap of John Galliano's clapper-board invite to his Norma Desmond-inspired S/S 2010 show - which, gallantly, I braved a tropical storm to attend. I've just posted my review to the SHOWstudio Collections, and now - after our penultimate show and very, veery early on the morning of my... [more]
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Is the grass always greener at Hermes? Quite possibly as the whole venue is carpeted in it. As I speak, one audience member has already taken a tumble down the turf-coated stairs! Luckily the models have a neat concrete catwalk. With sports markings running over floor, seats and walls alike,... [more]
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Hands down, the best invite of the week is this punched leather number from the world-renowned purveyor of luxe par excellance, Hermes. I figure if I attend their shows over the next twenty or so years I'll have enough hide for a patchwork Birkin. To be frank, it would probably... [more]
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Here is an extended version of that final walk-through at Alexander McQueen's stellar S/S 2010 collection. You can read my (frankly, rather verbose) Collections review here. Good night, god bless, and for heaven's sake wish me luck to get to Roland Mouret at 9.30am tomorrow - I'll need it!
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While Nick Knight and the team at Paris' Palais Omnisports work into the night to edit together the Alexander McQueen live stream footage into the final show video, here is my considerably less technologically advance video of the collection's finale. Check out those roving robotic cameras! And the shoes!
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In exactly an hour, our Alexander McQueen broadcast will begin, kicking off with an exclusive interview with the designer himself available to view here. As soon as the show starts (scheduled for 20:15 Paris time, but we anticipate it being fashionably late), SHOWstudio.com viewers will be able to watch a... [more]
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'Plato's Atlantis' is the title McQueen has given his Spring/Summer 2010 collection - and this holographic invite, oscillating between a woman's face landbound and submerged in watery depths, isn't giving many clues as to what the eventual clothes will look like. Naturally I'll be blogging, tweeting and reporting from the... [more]
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A standing ticket is not to be scoffed at. Especially when designers show in shoebox-sized venues and you end up with a sensational view - like this full-on full-frontal I got earlier this afternoon at Dries Van Noten's show.
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Is Karl Lagerfeld a Banksy fan? It wouldn't be a great leap of logic, given that Karl is consistently on the button of anything and everything deemed branche. His invite featured a sprayed graphic of KK riffing on a Gibson, and now the press packs on the seats at his... [more]
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Showing at the Salle Wagram, the same nineteenth-century Parisian dance hall in which McQueen staged his 'Dance Marathon' show for Spring '04, Rei Kawakubo sent out girls in skewed patchwork creations and leather armor topped with candyfloss hair. This was my last show of the Paris collections - I leave... [more]
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With seven (count them) shows packed into a barely-twelve hour period, we've been rushed off our feet and neglecting the much-beloved SHOWstudio.com BLOG today. Here is a snap captured by the intrepid Laura Bradley at Viktor & Rolf's stellar show this afternoon (our review is now live in the Collections)... [more]
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Laura and I have been hammering out those reports, and our SHOWstudio Collections are now (just about) up to date with all the sights and sounds of the last few fashion-filled days here in Paris. We leave you for today with this hastily videoed excerpt of the Maison Martin Margiela... [more]
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The shoot has now ended and it's been an exciting day for everyone. Final images will be collaged into a mishmash of black and white photos added with accents of colour. Keep an eye on VMAN Model Search to get updates and find out who will make it to the... [more]
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After hot-footing it to Maison Martin Margiela in ill-advised wool layers I was, understandably, a little overheated. The ever-delightful Alber Elbaz, however, came to my rescue. This fabulous keepsake fan was left on my seat as a souvenir of the Lanvin show. Admittedly, it was on everyone else's seat too,... [more]
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After a brief incident where everyone had to evacuate outside the building, the LIVE SHOOT has now resumed. So far the models have shot in their first outfits (out of two) and are enjoying the experience very much, even if they have to get their hair cut very short or... [more]
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It's a Mona von Bismarck maxim I've used before, but the wit evidently is on the head at Bernhard Willhelm, my first show of the S/S 2010 Paris season. This is my first show of a seven-day, twenty-something show schedule to close the final leg of our latest comprehensive Collections... [more]
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Matt Nicol from Toronto, Canada is the first model to start off. Sporting a Givenchy number, he is looking confident in front of Nick Knight's camera on his very first shoot. Only one winner from all five finalists (including D'Marco from our last shoot) will make it to the cover.... [more]
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The finalists of the VMAN Model Search are Rico Nieves, Matt Schimitt, Louis Harris-Tench and Matt Nicol. Apart from Louis who lives in London, they've all flown in last night from US and Canada. For most of them this is their first shoot ever! Styled by Simon Foxton, the models... [more]
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The latest reports and photos are arriving from Paris. From Gareth Pugh to the recent addition Giles, British fashion power in the French capital seems to be stronger than ever. Don't forget to watch Alexander McQueen S/S '10 Plato's Atlantis live on Tuesday!
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