LIVE 'COLLECTIONS STORY BY SOUND' EVENT TOMORROW
The potential for experimention is so wide with a site like ours and the workload so intense that we have had to accept that some of our craziest, most outlandish ideas for projects have 'fallen between two stools' as it were. This was certainly the case with an initial thought we had when I first came to SHOWstudio; to do a shoot 'through sound', where the interpretation of garments would be led by their audio characteristics, rather than their visual appearance. That pitch was made nearly five years ago and though the legendary 'Sound of Clothes' series has often come up in meetings since, we had long lost in hope of this ambitous and eccentric project ever happening...
Until now!! It is with breathless excitement (and some anxiety) that I announce that at last, the much anticipated recording session will take place. TOMORROW. The full proceedings occuring in the hemi-anechoic chamber (pictured) at the National Physical Laboratory's will be broadcast live on the site. From 10:00—17:00 hrs BST you will be able to watch (and hear!) us working with model Zora Star to record the intimate audio characteristics of a range of materials from soft, organic substances like feathers, velvet, jacquard and leather to the harder, man-made sequins, glass crystals, nylons, zips and plastic bead fringes.
Our intial tests (blogged on the 11th May) produced some amazing -and alarming- results, but they were only based on fabric samples. Tune in tomorrow to hear what it sounds like when those substances have been fashioned into beautiful garments by Alexander McQueen, Christian Dior, Giles Deacon, Hermès, Maison Martin Margiela, Miu Miu, Stella McCartney, Richard Nicoll, Prada or Undercover!