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New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks
6 February-9 March 2004
For each of the respective fashion weeks four creatives hailing from different quarters of the industry have taken the SHOWstudio picture phone to record their experiences of the week.

For the first week, designer Maria Chen Pascual collaborated with photographer Jean-Francois Carly to report on the staging of her first ever presentation in New York. From there, curator of cult fashion showcase Fashion East Lulu Kennedy took the baton and shared her busy week in London, ranging from producing the show, attending others including Jonathan Saunders, Preen and Sophia Kokosalaki and partying at various aftershow events. Head of Creative Direction at Selfridges, Susanne Tide-Frater then conveyed the more commercial perspective emanating from the Milan shows before producer, Sam Gainsbury and celebrated DJ, John Gosling took over for the Paris home stretch.

As ever, their un-edited, 'virtual broadcasts' were beamed directly onto the SHOWstudio homepage throughout the month, documenting their different perspectives on developments live, as they took place.

Project credits
Images and text:
Maria Chen Pascual, Lulu Kennedy, Susanne Tide-Frater
Technical Development: Dorian Moore

Artist Profiles
Maria Chen Pascual
Maria Chen Pascual (neé Chen) is a London based designer with her own label. [More...]

Lulu Kennedy
Lulu Kennedy is the Director of Fashion East, a project based at The Old Truman Brewery which supports young fashion designers. [More...]

Susanne Tide-Frater
Susanne Tide-Frater has been Head of Creative Direction at Selfridges department store in London since 2002. [More...]

Sam Gainsbury
One half of the redoubtable British production company, Gainsbury and Whiting, Sam Gainsbury is a producer of fashion collections shows, photographic shoots and high-profile events. [More...]

John Gosling
John Gosling is a London-based DJ, who began his musical career playing saxophone and bass guitar for his first band AKE in Brighton in the late 1970s. [More...]