Sans Couture

Launched on 01 August 2014

A/W 14's finest haute couture is captured in unconventional fashion in a collaboration between Nick Knight, Chanel’s Amanda Harlech and The Independent’s Alexander Fury. The editorial, which appeared The Independent, is inspired by Karl Lagerfeld’s preoccupation with ‘sans couture’ - literally without sewing - and focuses on veiling, wrapping and unwrapping the body. Mirroring the ‘sans couture’ concept, Elena Sudakova (a model famed for her flexibility and contortion abilities) and dancer Olivia Cowley push their bodies beyond ordinary limits to showcase the most unusual haute fashion from houses such as Giambattista Valli, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Margiela, Dior, Armani and Versace.

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The Elegant Universe

15 May 2014
Nick Knight and couture doyenne Lady Amanda Harlech unite with model and physics scholar Alexia Wight for a shoot that explores the mathematics of beauty.
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Stephen Doherty's Couture

05 July 2014
SHOWstudio invited artist Stephen Doherty to draw haute couture looks from the Paris A/W 14 couture shows straight onto our wall.
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Creatures of the Night

24 February 2011
Ten cinematic analyses of the Autumn/Winter 2011 Sergio Rossi women’s collection.
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