SHOWstudio: Nick Knight, Sam McKnight, Stephen Jones, Sølve Sundsbø, Richard Nicoll, Jason Evans, Nasir Mazhar, Daphne Selfe, Nicholas Kirkwood, Bart Hess, Lucy McRae, Barbie, Katy England and more

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	Newswire | 27.10.10
CURRENT THE FASHION BODY
Our kaleidoscopic tour around the Fashion Body continues, with yet another batch of films and essays from today's leading fashion creatives. This week sees collaborative artists and designers Bart Hess and Lucy McRae of lucyandbart each offering a liberating take on the male and female genitalia (respectively), whilst on Friday London's favourite shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood provides us with a haunting view of the right shin. Alongside essays from journalists Elliott James Sainsbury and Paul Vincent, experience yet another voyage into the meaning and corporeality of the Fashion Body. Tune in each weekday to SHOWstudio.com for the launch of a new film or essay on the the theme of the Fashion Body. [more]
CURRENT 200 PORTRAITS
Adding to our ever growing continuum of cinematic portraits, the latest cast of creative icons from Nick Knight's epic shoot for i-D's 30th anniversary issue is revealed. Filmed live exclusively on set, no less than 200 personalities were captured by Knight's lens: this week we showcase the likes of photographers Sølve Sundsbø and Jason Evans, fashion designer Richard Nicoll, veteran model Daphne Selfe and leading British milliners Stephen Jones and Nasir Mazhar. Each Wednesday at 15:00 BST, SHOWstudio.com will launch a new selection of video portraits captured on a specific date, the series as a whole documenting not only this ground-breaking live shoot but a slice of twenty-first century popular culture. [more]
CURRENT IN FASHION, SAM MCKNIGHT
The latest addition to our In Fashion interview series is a tête-à-tête between world-renowned hairstylist Sam McKnight and eminent journalist and Style.com contributing editor Tim Blanks. With a career spanning over three decades, McKnight has collaborated with the best of the times: from the pages of Vogue, to photographers Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Nick Knight and Bruce Weber and styling the likes of Fendi and Chanel's S/S 2011 collections - his excellence is often the result of spontaneous creation on set, he reveals, in this exclusive interview. Leading British milliner Stephen Jones will be the next personality to join us as part of our In Fashion series, interviewing the most inspirational creatives and personalities working in fashion today. [more]
CURRENT BARBIE BLOG
As Barbie bid SHOWstudio.com's Mayfair home a fond farewell at the close of last week, she left revealing her own insider's experience of Nick Knight's and Nicola Formichetti's latest collaboration for Arena Homme Plus. Featuring high fashion gender-bending styles, Barbie's views reveal the energy and inspirational characters behind-the-scenes, as well as the fabulous personalities and models performing on set. Check out the BLOG for the exclusive, and the last hurrah of our Barbie tea-party! [more]
FROM THE SHOP BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 2010
The most recent cover girl of LOVE magazine, Marina Bychkova, has hand-crafted an astonishing new piece from her Enchanted Doll collection. Aptly named Beauty and the Beast, the delicate figure is inspired by the romanticised hostage situation as represented by the fair tale. With tattoos engraved into the porcelain, and integrated sterling silver, genuine leather and Swarowski crystals the hand-made piece is as enduringly beautiful as the fairy tale itself. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE DEAD CAN DANCE
There couldn't be anything more suited to the weekend's festivities than a look back on groundbreaking stylist Katy England's 2003 Halloween antics. Documenting the debauched cavalcade of characters and costumes that staggered and revelled through the night at Artist Sam Taylor-Wood's Halloween party, England's images capture the beautiful and macabre. With an explosive party mix of the likes of style siren Daphne Guinness, artist Tracey Emin, musician Bobby Gillespie and the late designer Alexander McQueen, the recounting of this night celebrates the hedonism of Halloween. [more]
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SHOWstudio: Naomi Campbell, Boudicca, Lily Cole, Dr Brandt, Sam McKnight, Gareth Pugh, i-D, Barbie, S/S 2011 Collections and more

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	Newswire | 20.10.10
CURRENT 200 PORTRAITS
This week we once again focus our attention solely onto one of Nick Knight's trio of cover stars for the 30th anniversary issue of i-D magazine - iconic British model Naomi Campbell. Captured live on the set of this celebratory shoot, Campbell - powerful, feline and inspiring as ever - takes captivating centre stage in her video portrait. They didn't dub her a Supermodel for nothing… Each Wednesday at 15:00 BST, SHOWstudio.com will launch a new selection of video portraits captured on a specific date, the series as a whole documenting not only this ground-breaking live shoot but a slice of twenty-first century popular culture. [more]
CURRENT THE FASHION BODY
The second half of our Fashion Body season continues this week, delivering a new batch of exclusive fashion films and essays from today's most important and inspirational creatives in fashion. This week, Lily Cole reflects her environmental passions through her portrayal of the left ear, british design duo Boudicca tackle the left ribs, and dermatologist Dr Brandt - the 'Baron of Botox' - reveals an exercise on the forehead, alongside essays from journalist Margo Fortuny and SHOWstudio.com's New York voice, Indigo Clarke. Tune in each weekday to SHOWstudio.com for the launch of a new film or essay on the the theme of the Fashion Body. [more]
CURRENT COLLECTIONS: PARIS, MILAN, LONDON AND NEW YORK FASHION WEEK S/S 2011
Spring may well be a chilly season away, but the latest S/S 2011 fix for our fashion obsessives is already here. Fashion Director Alexander Fury turns his attention to the spring collections once again, offering a round-up of each fashion capital's offerings. Dissecting and analysing offerings across two continents and a hundred shows, our Collections seasonal reports complement the dizzying array of backstage coverage from fashion week in our BLOG, whilst Gareth Pugh's S/S 2011 vision is available for viewing exclusively on SHOWstudio.com. Check Collections for all the round-ups, reports and Chris Moore's catwalk images, and our BLOG for snapshots and musings on the S/S 2011's most inspired incarnations. [more]
CURRENT BARBIE BLOG
Barbie is in the final week of her internship here at SHOWstudio.com - taking on the annual Frieze Art fair alongside behind the scenes action on a selection of shoots. Her latest antics, as ever, are uploaded live and direct to our BLOG so check back for more action before our pint-sized fashion powerhouse signs off! [more]
COMING UP IN FASHION, SAM MCKNIGHT
Come Friday, the latest fashion personality to be added to our In Fashion interview series is none other than Sam McKnight, hairdresser extraordinaire and guest blogger for this round of fashion shows, interviewed earlier this year by esteemed journalist and Style.com contributing editor Tim Blanks. McKnight's career reads like a who's who of fashion - from styling the latest Spring S/S 2011 offerings at the likes of Chanel and Fendi to creating the most unforgettable looks for over three decades of the most influential photographers - from Richard Avedon and Irving Penn to Nick Knight and Bruce Weber - not to mention the countless designers, supermodels and magazines that McKnight's talent has played master for. In Fashion, Sam McKnight launches this Friday at 15:00 BST.
FROM THE SHOP LONE SIGURDSSON
Since working on the SHOWstudio.com project Plasticine almost ten years ago in which a selection of A/W 2001 fashions were cloned, Lone Sigurdsson is back to sculpt another selection from the collections. Teaming up with the Shop on our In Wolves Clothing: Re-imagining the Doll exhibition, the celebrated Danish sculptor has now replicated the work of Hussein Chalayan, Yohji Yamamoto and Viktor & Rolf. Intricately accurate, the delicately posed figures emulate the shapes, contours and colours of the designers creations. Encased in glass domes, each plasticine deity exhibits the diversity of the latest catwalk looks. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE FASHION PANOPTICON: BOUDICCA
Without a doubt one of the most nonconformist fashion houses in London, Brian Kirkby and Zowie Broach's label Boudicca is a favourite amongst those seeking conceptual, politicised and above all subversive beauty. Back in 2004, we were allowed a rare intrusion into the Boudicca studio, observing every detail and process, days before their S/S 2005 show. Alongside an interactive tour of their space, a short interview follows, where the enigmatic designers describe their inspiration for the studio as 'Scavenging Night Time Thieves and Daytime Believers'. [more]
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SHOWstudio: Nick Knight, Raquel Zimmerman, Steven Klein, Gareth Pugh, i-D, Barbie, Phoebe Philo, The XX, Karla Otto and more

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	Newswire | 13.10.10
CURRENT THE FASHION BODY
Our 'Fashion Body' continues to grow with our second season launching exclusive new films and essays from a host of today's most prolific and influential photographers, stylists, designers, models and journalists. This week model Raquel Zimmermann showcases her back through the rigorous discipline of Pilates, Steven Klein captures his view of the neck and Simon Foxton focuses on the bicep in a trio of singular cinematic visions, alongside essays from journalists Kiki Georgiou and Vanessa Pelz-Sharpe. The Fashion Body will continue to unfold throughout Autumn 2010. Tune in each weekday to SHOWStudio.com for the launch of a new film or essay on the the theme of the Fashion Body. [more]
CURRENT 200 PORTRAITS
Today sees the latest installment of video portraits taken from Nick Knight's stellar 'Then Now Next' shoot for the 30th anniversary of i-D magazine. The tenth day of this epic shoot is now online, presenting a power cast including PR queen Karla Otto, actor Harry Treadaway, Mercury Prize winners The XX and Céline designer Phoebe Philo. Each Wednesday at 15:00 BST, SHOWStudio.com will launch a new selection of video portraits captured on a specific date, the series as a whole documenting not only this ground-breaking live shoot but a slice of twenty-first century popular culture. [more]
CURRENT COLLECTIONS: PARIS, MILAN, LONDON AND NEW YORK FASHION WEEK S/S 2011
As fashion takes a rest from the marathon sprint that was the S/S 2011 Collections, withdrawal symptoms call for some obsessing on next season's offerings and propositions. Alongside all our real-time report uploads and Chris Moore's live catwalk images from all four catwalk capitals, we can exclusively showcase Ruth Hogben's cinematic exploration of Gareth Pugh's S/S 2011 collection, adding more fuel to the film versus show debate currently raging in fashion. And in our BLOG, the backstage trio of Val Garland, Marian Newman and Sam McKnight capture snapshots and thoughts from behind-the-scenes at Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Fendi, Rodarte and Mulberry, alongside Susanna Lau's stellar showroom and front-of-house coverage. All in all, it's all there, in a comprehensive overview of the season that was. [more]
CURRENT BARBIE BLOG
Fashion waits for noone - not even Barbie - as proved in our latest selection of whirlwind videos captured by our intrepid intern from the Paris round of shows. From scouting the stylish fashionistas outside the venues, to capturing Galliano's maquillage-laden mannequins post-show, the thoughts of Anna Dello Russo and, of course, a few of the key shows themselves, these exclusive films uncover Paris fashion from Barbie's personal angle. Stay tuned for more from Barbie on the SHOWStudio.com BLOG. [more]
FROM THE SHOP LAUREN KELLEY
Altoids award winner Lauren Kelley innovatively transforms our perception of the archetypal Barbie doll in her unique 2006 film Big Gurl. Kelley's twenty-one minute stop-frame animation explores issues of racial identity, womanhood, self-image and gender stereotypes through the unconventional use of African-American Barbie dolls. A composed narrative aids the three stories in Big Gurl, whilst each plastic figurine occupies their own voice that ultimately brings to life the inanimate objects of human depiction. Addressing such serious subjects through a child's plaything makes Kelley's acclaimed film perfect for our exhibition In Wolves Clothing: Re-imagining the Doll. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE FUTURE TENSE
As the second half of our latest fashion film season The Fashion Body kicks off, we look back to Future Tense, our 2008 series of video shorts that celebrated a host of fresh fashion talent. Inspired by Hywel Davies' book 100 New Fashion Designers, SHOWStudio.com approached a selection of fashion's brightest new names - including Rodarte, Todd Lynn, Pierre Hardy, Aitor Throup and Peter Jensen - to create films to encapsulate their individual aesthetic and identity. A Q&A with the designer accompanies each film, alongside a selection of specially-commissioned essays from young journalists from the fashion industry on various ideas raised by the series, and on the future of fashion today. [more]
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SHOWstudio: Gareth Pugh, i-D, Barbie, Panos Yiapanis, These New Puritans, Matthew Stone, Val Garland, Marian Newman, Sam McKnight, Paris Fashion Week and more

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	Newswire | 06.10.10
CURRENT COLLECTIONS: PARIS FASHION WEEK S/S 2011
With Paris fashion week entering its final phase with Louis Vuitton and Hermes the last to show, our live coverage of the S/S 2011 Collections comes to a close. Our backstage blogging trio of Val Garland, Sam McKnight and Marian Newman and front-of-house frontwoman Susanna Lau will continue their uploads from the field, while Fashion Director Alexander Fury will upload the final clutch of reports from the final day of the S/S 2011 shows Catch the final flurry of next spring throughout today on the BLOG and in COLLECTIONS on SHOWStudio.com [more]
CURRENT 200 PORTRAITS
Continuing Nick Knight's cinematic portraits captured during i-D's landmark 'Then Now Next' anniversary issue, today sees the launch of the ninth day of films from the live shoot last December. Sitters this week include east London band These New Puritans Arena Homme + Editor in Chief Jo-Ann Furniss , stylist Panos Yiapanis and actor and comedian Russell Brand. Each Wednesday at 15:00 BST, SHOWStudio.com will launch a new selection of video portraits captured on a specific date, the series as a whole documenting not only this ground-breaking live shoot but a slice of twenty-first century popular culture. [more]
CURRENT BARBIE BLOG
Accompanying the SHOWStudio.com team on their latest jaunt to Paris to cover the S/S 2011 shows, Barbie received an incredible, one-off insight into the workings of the industry inside the fashion capital of the world. Capturing the scene at shows including John Galliano, Sonia Rykiel and Viktor & Rolf, our Barbie's eye perspective gives a new slant on the season to come, and some of the sensational characters that populate the international fashion weeks. Visit our BLOG for Barbie's video updates from her glamorous adventures at the S/S 2011 fashion weeks. [more]
COMING UP THE FASHION BODY
With the mania of the S/S 2011 fashion month nearing its end, the second season of our Fashion Body films and essays resumes on Monday 11 October 2010. Model Raquel Zimmerman, photographer Steven Klein and stylist Simon Foxton are but a few of the inspirational names serving up their share of what defines the physical experiences of fashion through a melding of the corporeal and cinematic. Tune in each weekday to SHOWStudio.com for the launch of a new film or essay on the the theme of the Fashion Body. [more]
FROM THE SHOP PUPPET BOARD, 2009
American born Nancy Fouts has been described by Les Coleman as an 'Art Prankster' and her 2009 creation of the Puppet Board certainly demonstates her reputation. Highly evocative of the old-fashioned favourites - Punch and Judy - Fouts has created an intriguingly sinister piece from puppets originally produced for a child's entertainment. A perfect example of Fouts ability to cleverly disrupt object association and rework perceptions, row upon row of ominous yet familiar faces peer out from the canvas. The sea of facades from a bygone age playfully reach out their arms whilst towering upon one another's shoulders. From suited policemen to menacing clowns, the mass of vintage hand puppets are enough to give you nightmares…no matter what your age. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE FASH-OFF
With Gareth Pugh's latest sensational cinematic presentation unveiled in Paris last week as part of the S/S 2011 collections, there can be no better time to delve back into Pugh's singular explorations and workings of fashion. Our 2007 Fash-Off project is an intimate, in-depth look at Pugh's controversial, theatrical genius at a crucial point in his career development. Containing archive show footage as well as biographical film shot by Pugh himself, Fash-Off offers an inside look into the unique world of one of contemporary fashion's visionaries. [more]
SUSANNA LAU: Kenzo Cacophony At the 40th Annivesary Kenzo show finale, Vanessa Reid's skill in combining pieces from Kenzo's 40 year history as well as Antonio Marras's pieces for the house, has to be seriously commended as each model was elongated, padded out and layered up so that every one looked like a culturally-ambiguous... [more]
VAL GARLAND: Giambattista Valli Giambattista Valli, minamalistic punk is the reference, its monochromatic, punctuated with a graphic carbon or frozen white slash on the lower lashline, buffed skin, delicately placed highlighter accentuating bone structure, overall finish, taut simplicity... [more]
Nick Knight, OBE All the team here at SHOWstudio.com would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our director Nick Knight, who today received his OBE from Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace, in recognition of services to art. A wonderful and very timely acknowledgement of Nick's incredible career to date, we... [more]
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