SHOWstudio: Collections, Inside Out, Vogue Homme Japan, Miu Miu, Carson McColl, and more

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	Newswire | 23.06.10
CURRENT COLLECTIONS: PARIS MENSWEAR WEEK S/S 2011
Just as our Fashion Director Alex Fury is returning to London from his trip to Pitti Immagine Uomo #78 and Milan Men’s Fashion Week, our Paris correspondent Hywel Davies is getting ready to leave for the French fashion capital. From tomorrow, Davies will be reporting live from Paris Men’s Fashion Week on the latest S/S 2011 collections from the crème de la crème of men’s fashion, including Yves Saint Laurent, Dior Homme, Rick Owens, Ann Demeulemeester and Raf Simons just to name a handful, alongside real-time image uploads from Chris Moore and the catwalking.com team. For all the up-to-the-minute news from the shows, follow our Twitter feed at twitter.com/showstudio [more]
COMING UP INSIDE/OUT
Here at our Bruton Place headquarters, we’re rupturing the clean black and white aesthetic of the last Shop show with Inside/Out, an exhibition all about the body. Opening to the public on 26 June, you can imagine the sort of visceral palette that’s bouncing across our walls. Corporeal creations from jewellery and fashion designers including Naomi Filmer, Shaun Leane, and Professor Helen Storey literally give us a chance to see inside ourselves, while art stars Dan Colen, Terence Koh, Marilyn Minter, and Ariana Page Russell render physiological reactions larger than life. The body, in other words, seems to be the centre of attention once again in both the art and fashion words. [more]
COMING UP LIVESTUDIO - ELEGANT MECHANICS
This Friday 25 June, master stylist Nicola Formichetti will be in our studio with Nick Knight shooting a men’s fashion editorial for Vogue Hommes Japan. Expect chic, timeless suiting from Armani, Prada, and Yves Saint Laurent contrasted with industrial hardware and custom accessories by Japanese designers Yuima Nakzto, Yoshiko Creation and Noritaka Tatehana. Live streaming will begin on Friday morning, so tune in for complete coverage from the set.
CURRENT OBJECT FETISH
Think spats are outdated garb reserved for welders and 19th century infantry? Not if Miuccia Prada has anything to do with it. The ever-elegant Mrs Prada sent pretty, girlish spats strutting down the Miu Miu A/W 2010 runway alongside Mary Quant and Twiggy-inspired mini dresses. This week, for our second Miuccia-designed Object Fetish, we delve deeper into this archaic but historically rich shoe accessory. [more]
FROM THE SHOP INSIDE/OUT PREVIEW
Though we can’t give them all away just yet, there are some exciting and even shocking surprises in our upcoming Shop exhibition Inside/Out. From a virginally white dress purposefully 'decorated' with vomit to the European debut of Marilyn Minter’s Green Pink Caviar, we’ve gone Technicolor just in time for summer. And that’s not it. Also on view for the first time: Alister Mackie’s underpants (you may remember those from our 2007 project Boned), a brand-new vertebrae cuff from Shaun Leane and a two-faced, bronze Terence Koh head suspended upside down. So, keep your eyes on the Shop as unexpected items are added in the days to come. But don’t say we didn’t warn you… [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE OUTSIZE?
19 June 2010 marked the finale of New York’s second annual Full Figured Fashion Week - and, in light of FFFW’s celebration of curves and couture, we are looking back at OUTSIZE?, our own exploration of the relationship between size and fashion. Eight years ago, we challenged twelve of the biggest names in fashion to create designs for full-figured women sizes 16 and above - Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Shaun Leane and Roland Mouret were among those who submitted original designs for the project. Check out OUTSIZE? for couture for all sizes. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
SNOW WHITE II - Look 1 Part two of the provocative Snow White photoshoot for i-D magazine is now underway, with Nick Knight behind the lens once more. Edward Enninful and Eamonn Hughes’s collaborative efforts resulted in this fierce ensemble for Kate Moss... [more]
Carson McColl performance video now live When punk-poet Carson McColl took up residence in the LiveStudio to mark the end of the Shop's Blackwhite exhibition, we didn't realise quite how apt it would be. Though his uncompromising and provocative performance certainly wasn't for the faint-hearted, it's the perfect introduction to SHOWstudio Shop's next show, opening to the public this Saturday 26 June, which brings together a range of raw and abjectly beautiful object... [more]
Prada - the black sheep of Italian fashion It's day four of Milan fashion week. Well, it was - a whirlwind morning of re-sees and two major shows back-to-back, now it's all over. Hardly time to post my musing on a decidedly simple and subdued fashion week filled with relaxed tailoring, practical footwear, natty shorts and ever-reliable regulation navy blue... [more]
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SHOWstudio Newsflash: LIVESTUDIO: ANOTHER MAN - LIVE THIS WEEKEND AT 11:00 BST

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	Newswire | 18.06.10
SHOWStudio Newsflash LIVESTUDIO: ANOTHER MAN - BROADCAST BEGINS SATURDAY 11:00 BST
Join us from 11:00 BST this Saturday and Sunday for the latest broadcast from our LiveStudio, documenting Nick Knight's latest shoot for AnOther Man with conceptual couture artists LucyandBart and super-stylist Alister Mackie. Transforming models from human beings into phantasmagorical fantasies through the unique work of LucyandBart and beastly A/W 2010 fashions from the likes of Rick Owens, Vivienne Westwood and Comme des Garçons, each day we will be streaming the intricate process of reworking our models into sculptural works of art live before your very eyes. [more]
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SHOWstudio: Carson McColl, Collections, Jez Tozer, Givenchy, Judy Blume, and more

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	Newswire | 16.06.10
COMING UP COLLECTIONS
It's that time of year again, and Fashion Director Alex Fury is jetting off to view the latest Italian offerings for men's S/S 2011 wardrobes. Starting today, he will be reporting from Pitti Immagine Uomo 78 in Florence from all the fun of the fair, including the inaugural menswear offering from esteemed talent Haider Ackermann and the latest S/S 2011 collection from Raf Simons for Jil Sander. From Saturday he'll be reporting live from the big league likes of Versace, Prada and Armani in Milano, while Hywel Davies will be keeping us up to date from the Paris runways next week. For all the up-to-the-minute news from the shows, follow our Twitter feed at twitter.com/showstudio [more]
COMING UP LIVESTUDIO - CARSON MCCOLL
This week, the LiveStudio at Bruton Place features a one-off performance from artist, poet and musician Carson McColl. Tune in on Thursday 17 June 2010 at 13:00 BST for the streaming of McColl's raw and confrontational piece exploring the concept of black and white, and addressing the regaining of his visual self in the absence of light. Be warned, Carson’s dramatic, provocative LiveStudio session may not be for the faint-hearted. [more]
CURRENT GWENDOLINE
Last week, photographer and filmmaker Jez Tozer took up residence in our studio with actress Gwendoline Christie to create a video short to celebrate the launch of Bistrotheque’s newest venture, Studio East Dining. Designed by architect Carmody Groarke, the pop-up restaurant sits on the roof of a construction site in Westfield Stratford City – what will later become Europe’s largest shopping mall. Gwendoline dined on a selection of Studio East Dining’s menu, courtesy of Tom Collins, while dressed in the hottest names in London fashion including Gareth Pugh, Giles and Nicolas Kirkwood. Skillfully woven with time-lapse footage of the restaurant's construction, Tozer's film is a mouthwatering fusion of food and fashion - an appetiser, if you will, of the public opening of the restaurant today. [more]
CURRENT OBJECT FETISH
The first apparel piece to be included in our Object Fetish collection hails from the A/W 2010 show of Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci - the graphic, geometric sweater, inspired by the seemingly paradoxical sources of alpine and aquatic sports. Opposites, it seems, do attract - a key piece from next season's collections, Tisci's coveted, custom-made piece somehow manages to fuse fashion's current fascinations with the Minimal and Maximal into a single and singular garment. Ripe for analysis, we think. [more]
FROM THE SHOP JUDY BLAME
Crafted during his whirlwind one-day residency in the LiveStudio last week, Judy Blame's idiosyncratic monochromatic creations now grace the SHOWstudio Shop. Always one to epitomise the longstanding visual relationship between black and white, Blame’s two one-off pieces are no exception. Adorned and hand stitched with a multitude of pearly buttons, safety pins and a plethora of haberdashery elements, Blame’s customised tribal titter and neckpiece engulf the wearer in a mass of ornamental grandeur from around the globe. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO 72
The latest Pitti Immagine Uomo kicks off today, and the time seems apt to cast our mind back to Hywel Davies' coverage of Pitti Uomo 72 in 2007, viewing the S/S 2008 menswear collections and blogging live from the fantastic events happening at the trade show. Diesel took centre stage with an aquatic-inspired Liquid Space runway extravaganza and Puma celebrated the launch of its Black Label, while New Beat(s) presented the best of fashion’s new talent. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
NICK KNIGHT, OBE We are delighted to announce that SHOWstudio.com director Nick Knight has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's birthday honours list this year, in recognition of his services to art throughout the last thirty years of his illustrious career... [more]
SNOW WHITE It may be the height of summer (or as close as dear old blighty gets) but we're in a decidedly wintry mood on set with Nick Knight, Edward Enninful and Naomi Campbell shooting a story for this autumn's issue of i-D magazine. 'Snow White' is our theme - we've rails of arctic-white garments from pretty much every fashion house under the sun, and Sam McKnight has concocted a wig fit for a snow queen... [more]
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SHOWstudio: Judy Blame, Chanel, Kate Moss, Collections, Philip Treacy and more

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	Newswire | 09.06.10
COMING UP LIVESTUDIO - JUDY BLAME
Join us from 11:00 BST tomorrow to witness the transformation of stylist extraordinaire and acclaimed designer Judy Blame as he styles himself from an inky shadow through to black and white. Famed for his postmodern bricolage aesthetic, Blame will be hand-crafting several jewellery and accessory pieces throughout the day, alongside answering questions submitted by the public to our LiveStudio page. Blame’s creations from his frenetic day's activity will be included as a part of the ongoing SHOWstudio Shop exhibition Blackwhite. [more]
CURRENT OBJECT FETISH
For A/W 2010, Karl Lagerfeld took his Chanel audience at the Grand Palais in Paris to a Winter Wonderland - complete with polar bears (fake) and icebergs (very real). Faux-fur boots, heavy coats, and fierce tweed suits dominated the runway, while Lagerfeld's sly witticisms could be seen in the accessories, with ice blocks hewn into haute couture clutches. We snagged one for this week's Object Fetish, showcased alongside a sensational beauty concept from ground-breaking manicurist Marian Newman. [more]
COMING UP COLLECTIONS
While here in London we've barely experienced summer 2010, designers in Milan and Paris are already casting their thoughts forward for next summer - namely the latest round of menswear creations for S/S 2011. Kicking off at Pitti Uomo with Haider Ackermann's first men's offerings and Raf Simon's show for Jil Sander, next week Fashion Director Alexander Fury will be on hand to provide first-hand coverage of the Italian menswear Collections. For all the up-to-the-minute news from the shows, follow our Twitter feed at twitter.com/showstudio [more]
IN THE SHOP KATE 2006
In 2006, guest-editor Giorgio Armani commissioned Nick Knight to shoot the cover of a section of London's Independent newspaper dedicated to the fight against AIDS in Africa.  For the subversive, harrowing portrait, Knight captured Kate Moss in the nude, with little adornment - except for the fact that Moss appears to have been painted black, covering every visible inch of her skin. But appearances, as they say, can be deceiving: not a drop of paint was on Moss.  Knight deepened the colour contrast in the print to achieve his effects.  A call to action for Armani and Knight, this seminal piece took one of the most famous faces in the world and let her represent Africa by declaring solidarity with Africa. Now on view for the first time in our Bruton Place headquarters, the work has the same poignant effect; provoking concern for an issue, a group of people and a pandemic that most of us are as far removed from as Moss is. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE SCORE
The World Cup is just peeking around the corner, and there is no better time to look back at Score, Philip Treacy’s debut collaboration with sportswear label UMBRO for A/W 2006. Elaborating on the concept of ‘luxury sportswear,’ Treacy called dancers, gymnasts and Premiership footballer David James to join fashion icons including Linda Evangelista and Grace Jones to participate in a shoot styled by Judy Blame. Paying homage to the multiple camera technique of Eadweard Muybridge, Nick Knight explored the relation between sport and fashion, showcased here in short films and galleries of the live fashion event. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
Oh Vienna! Maybe our Object Fetish items have given you a slight indication of my taste for a bit of ornate embellishment - so the Palais Schönburg here in Vienna is pretty much my ideal wedding-cake of a European summer home. Fret not! I haven't won the lottery and upped sticks to this baroque bon-bon of a villa in the centre of Vienna... [more]
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SHOWstudio: Lady Gaga, Mary Katrantzou, Vivienne Westwood, Ed Griffiths, Peter Saville, Maison Martin Margiela and more

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	Newswire | 03.06.10
CURRENT IN CAMERA: LADY GAGA - ON-DEMAND FOOTAGE AND TRANSCRIPT
Following the exclusive stream of our live In Camera interview with Lady Gaga on Sunday May 30, the on-demand footage of this unedited and candid two-hour conversation is now live on site. With a wealth of questions posed by friends, fans, and celebrities including Quentin Tarantino, Bret Easton Ellis and John Galliano, our video and real-time transcript are an invaluable record of this unique one-on-one with one of the most exciting artists on the contemporary music scene. CLICK HERE TO FOR ON-DEMAND FOOTAGE AND TRANSCRIPT [more]
CURRENT IN FASHION, MARY KATRANTZOU
Profiling one of London's new generation of fashion design talent, our latest In Fashion interviewee is leading London name Mary Katrantzou, a modern maestro of print whose A/W 2010 collection was acclaimed not only as her bet, but one of the finest to emerge from an exceptionally strong London season. Here, Katrantzou discusses her time at fashion 'Taste Factory' Central Saint Martins, the influences behind her work, and exactly what it takes to make women dress as perfume bottles… [more]
CURRENT OBJECT FETISH
With the latest Italian menswear offerings due to kick off in a mere matter of days, the time feels apt to cast our eyes over to the boys. Who better to kick off with than the grand dame of agitprop masculine attire, Vivienne Westwood? Never content to create a little black dress, let alone a little black suit, for A/W Westwood continues her idiosyncratic celebration of peacockery, embellishing, embroidering and bejewelling garments from head to toe - quite literally, in the case of these rebelliously flamboyant fuchsia kilt-hose. [more]
CURRENT LIVESTUDIO - ED GRIFFITHS
This week, we travel to deepest, darkest Hackney Wick for our first ever off-site LiveStudio with leather artisan and designer Ed Griffiths. from 1-4 June we will be blogging live from Griffiths' studio as he uses hide, caustic lyes and brute force to forge a series of life-size leather monoliths for inclusion in the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition Blackwhite.  Log onto the BLOG for the latest updates from Griffiths' studio throughout the week
FROM THE SHOP FASHION, 2010
How easy is it to ally fashion with the trussed restraint of the sexual tack-shop? According to celebrated art director, graphic designer and agent provocateur Peter Saville, easier than you might expect. Ten years after Madonna laced herself into Gaultier's infamous reclamation of Mainbocher's corset and in the midst of a S/S season dominated by underwear as outerwear from the sublime (check Christopher Kane and Christian Dior) to the ridiculous (the less said about tatty high-street nylon negligees the better), Saville's visual collision of the erotically charged laced corset and the fetishistic extremity of a rope bondage-table is especially fitting. Custom-crafted in virginal white, Saville's strapped-up slab fuses fetish, fashion and the ready-made art object in an aesthetic tradition dating back to Duchamp, and his sardonically-monikered Fountain. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA A/W 2004-05
With the major exhibition Maison Margiela '20' The Exhibition opening to the public today at Somerset House, a retrospective delve into just one of our own Maison Martin Margiela moments is certainly called for. For A/W 2004, the house conversed with five women to draw themes for the collection - and it is their voices that form the soundtrack to this unique series of videos, exploring the collection in depth and created in collaboration with the house and its eponymous, enigmatic founder. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
Taking shape After a well-earned lunch break, the Hackney Wick group have come to realise that more leather is needed, eighteen more layers to be precise. The order of skin is hurriedly on its way and once here, it will go through the same process of cutting, hand filing, sanding and eventually... [more]
The mask Thumping drum n bass is the current soundtrack in the studio and encouragement to Ed’s leather masterpiece, muffled only by the sound of raw manpower and sanding machines, it’s certainly an upbeat sound to the afternoon. Faces are dust (and mask) covered, and the work is really underway. Spurred on... [more]
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