SHOWstudio: Daphne Guinness, Nick Knight, Future Couture, Maggie Cheung, Cerebral Ballzy, Peter Phillips, Irving Penn and more...

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	Newsletter | 22 December 2011
CURRENT FUTURE COUTURE
When Nick Knight was approached to create installations to grace the windows of Paris' Le Printemps department store during February 2012 Paris Fashion Week, the first model that leapt to mind was Daphne Guinness - a living embodiment of Le Printemps' Spring/Summer theme of Future Couture. Watch our live broadcast over 21-22 December 2011 to witness every step of the process as Knight captures the Divine Daphne in creations by contemporary fashion's finest including Gareth Pugh, Rick Owens, Maison Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe and Paco Rabanne. The resulting imagery and films will be showcased online exclusively on SHOWstudio and in the windows of Le Printemps from February onwards. [more]
CURRENT HAUTEUR SPACE
Nick Knight looked to the timeless language of elegance expounded in the work of Erté, Aubrey Beardsley, Lillian Bassman and Irina Ionesco - amongst others - to explore the future-fantastic visions of Spring/Summer 2012 for January 2012 W magazine. This editorial immortalises creations by Louis Vuitton, Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, Haider Ackermann and Alexander McQueen, including previously unpublished stills. [more]
CURRENT MAGGIE CHEUNG, CENTRE STAGE
Filmed during Nick Knight's shoot for Vogue China in 2009, our latest fashion film stars actress, philanthropist and composer Maggie Cheung. A collage of utterly sensual moving imagery, Gabrielle Hackworthy's insightful interview and fashion from the likes of Lanvin, Stella McCartney and Louis Vuitton, Centre Stage is a portrait of a fascinating, fascinated and, indeed, beautiful woman. [more]
CURRENT IN YOUR FACE: MUSIC
As part of SHOWstudio Shop's current exhibition, In Your Face: Music invites a variety of artists to put on a personal and emotional performance, addressing their music and their audience head-on. Premiering with Brooklyn-based punk band Cerebral Ballzy, lead singer Honor Titus' set is expectedly raw, full-on and full-frontal. [more]
CURRENT MEAN STREETS
Exploring the visual codes of the archetypal Rockabilly girl and placing her in the neon jungle of the twenty-first century city, Mean Streets is a tactile and graphic fashion film shot by Nick Knight earlier this year as part of an editorial shoot for British Vogue. Featuring 2011's unrivalled tops of runway and page, Karlie Kloss and Joan Smalls, Mean Streets also features a gallery of editorial images, including previously unpublished stills. [more]
CURRENT FASHION MIX
Inviting some of the most influential figures in fashion to reveal their own greatest hits, from Cathy Horyn to Gareth Pugh to Liberty Ross, Fashion Mix's latest selection comes from Undercover's Jun Takahashi. Fresh from our stream of Future Couture, Friday sees Daphne Guinness compile her own soundtrack and promises to be an eclectically elegant offering. [more]
COOMING UP BEHIND THE SEAMS: DRESSED TO KILL
As part of a continuing exploration and dissection of the world of modern fashion, our latest Behind The Seams piece looks to the NEWGEN initiative and the latest subjects benefitting from the scheme's vital injection of advice, support and finance to emerging designers in London. Whilst incredibly fortunate to receive such invaluable help at a crucial early stage, SHOWstudio fashion director Alexander Fury explains how it is fashion as a whole that truly reaps the benefit. [more]
FROM THE SHOP MICKEY MOUSE, 2005
Just in time for Christmas, this unique artefact of fashion history, hand-stiched by renowned make up artist Peter Philips, currently global creative director of Chanel cosmetics, is now available. Captured by Irving Penn in the December 2005 editorial Magic in the Make Up for US Vogue, this black lace mask captures the romance and childlike excitement in the transformative possibilities of fairytale and make up. Originally modelled by Lisa Cant, Peter Philips has created a piece which incorporates a 20th century icon of affection with the elegance expected of fashion masters. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE ADVENT
In case you need assistance in deciphering the perfect Christmas present for your loved ones, Advent offers a selection of inspirational gift suggestions from some of fashion's finest. Twenty-four SHOWstudio contributors - including David Bailey, John Galliano, Kate Moss, Dita Von Teese and Viktor & Rolf - made the countdown to Christmas all the more pleasurable by confiding their most desired gift in this audio advent calendar, unveiled one per day over December 2004. [more]
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SHOWstudio wishes you a merry christmas and a happy 2012!

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	Newsletter | 22 December 2011
SHOWstudio MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011
Nick Knight and the SHOWstudio team wish you all the best for the holiday season! To celebrate Christmas 2011, Lady Gaga stars in this fashionably festive film created by Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben.
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SHOWstudio: Dinos Chapman, Gary Numan, Cerebral Ballzy, Alexander Fury, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Maggie Cheung, Liberty Ross, Jay Massacret, Tim Shaw, Erin O'Connor, Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova and more...

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	Newsletter | 14 December 2011
CURRENT IN YOUR FACE: DINOS CHAPMAN
Dinos Chapman, one half of the controversial contemporary-art gruesome twosome the Chapman Brothers, is the inaugural sitter in our new series of interviews designed as online accompaniment to the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition In Your Face. Twisting the notion of the coaxing, cajoling and coercive interview that has become the mainstay of art and fashion journalism, our In Your Face interview series seeks to provoke and question some of the leading figures in contemporary culture. With compelling visuals - cropped tightly to the face to create a frame that is often arresting and sometimes uncomfortable to watch - and unedited, candid conversation, this is a one-off insight into the life and work of Chapman in his own words. [more]
CURRENT IN YOUR FACE: MUSIC
Honor Titus, frontman of skater punk five-piece Cerebral Ballzy, was the first participant in our new performance series inspired by the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition In Your Face, performing an emotionally-changed, raw and intense set streamed live from SHOWstudio's Bruton Place base. Tomorrow, Thursday 15 December, electropop pioneer Gary Numan becomes the second musician to contribute to the series, streaming live from 13:00 GMT. [more]
CURRENT BEHIND THE SEAMS: FASHION IMMORTALITY
Chanel, Dior, Lanvin - the founders may have passed but the power of their names live on. With styles spinning ever-faster, models shifting season-by-season and a roster of continually changing designers (Dior being the latest prize in fashion's favourite game of musical chairs), it seems the only permanence in fashion are the age-old and yet ageless brand names themselves. By contrast, the fickle world of fashion has decreed that the houses will live forever. In the latest of our Behind The Seams series, Alexander Fury looks not behind the seams but inside the collar and examines the enduring power of the designer label. [more]
CURRENT FASHION MIX
Celebrating the synergy of fashion and music, our Fashion Mix project showcases a selection of fashion figures' all-time favourite hits. This week, British model Liberty Ross and fashion director of V and V Man magazines Jay Massacret offer their own choice of ten tracks fit for the most fashionable of festive parties. [more]
COMING UP IN YOUR FACE: BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY
The next sitter for our In Your Face: Interview series is influential and inflammatory French philosopher, intellectual and journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy. Captured before delivering a lecture for Intelligence Squared at the Royal Geographical Society in London, Lévy speaks candidly on his career, beliefs and tempestuous life in the public eye. Lévy's In Your Face interview will launch on Friday 16 December.
COMING UP MAGGIE CHEUNG, CENTRE STAGE
Captured on camera during Nick Knight's shoot for Vogue China in 2009, this film showcases an exclusive interview with Chinese actress, composer and philanthropist Maggie Cheung. Alongside fashion film of Cheung in creations from Balenciaga, Lanvin, Stella McCartney and Louis Vuitton, she discusses her life and work in an intimate and revealing video portrait, to be launched on SHOWstudio next week.
FROM THE SHOP FROM THE SERIES 'HAND-TAINTED POSTCARD', 2009
Creating a  daring juxtaposition between the innocence and nostalgia of vintage postcards and artist Tim Shaw’s view of macho symbols and images from mass media today, Hand-Tainted Postcard merges two worlds both conceptually and visually. Using unexpected mediums in each work, these postcards marry traditional images with silicone, pornography and fish skin to give each piece a rich identity of excessive ambiguity and yet, because the work pulls from mainstream imagery, there is something seductively familiar about each portrait. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE BRING & BUY
Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, Tilda Swinton and Björk - these were just some of the names that donated garments to SHOWstudio's Bring & Buy in July 2005. All piece received were featured in a unique Nick Knight shoot for the October 2005 issue of i-D, starring the likes of Erin O’Connor, Naomi Campbell and Karolina Kurkova modelling unique fashions realised by an army of international stylists. The truly one-off clothes were then auctioned on eBay in aid of Oxfam - but our project profiles the entire process from receipt of the packages through to the shoot itself, captured on fashion film by Nick Knight and edited by Ruth Hogben. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
New preview of "The Legend of Lady White Snake" film Inspired by one of China's most beloved legends, the film is a meditation on obsession and metamorphosis. Directed by Indrani. [more]
Librty Ross - Lips Like Sugar Video by Echo And The Bunnymen [more]
In Fashion, Louise Wilson and David Koma Re-stream now broadcasting! The re-stream of our latest In Fashion interviews have begun! From 18:00 GMT we will be showcasing Hywel Davies' one-on-one conversation with Central Saint Martin's MA Fashion professor Louise Wilson OBE, and from 19:00 GMT London designer and former student of Wilson David Koma will be speaking with Alexander Fury. Watch the full, unedited interviews in our In Fashion project. [more]
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SHOWstudio: In Your Face, Dinos Chapman, Gary Numan, Cerebral Ballzy, Nick Knight, Kate Moss, Stephen Jones, Professor Louise Wilson OBE, David Koma, Robert Mapplethorpe, Marina Abramovic, Fraser Hamilton and more..

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	Newsletter | 7 December 2011
CURRENT IN YOUR FACE
Featuring major pieces by artists and designers including Robert Mapplethorpe, Marina Abramovic, Douglas Gordon, Santiago Sierra, Nick Knight, Stephen Jones, Nasir Mazhar, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel and Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, the latest SHOWstudio Shop exhibition In Your Face is now open to the public.This exhibition collides pieces from the worlds of fashion, fine art and music that explore the straight-up, the confrontational and occasionally the aggressive. To quote from Nick Knight: 'To push people to reconsider their opinions is good. But sometimes you have to do that in a direct and upfront way, in your face.' [more]
COMING UP DESIGN_DOWNLOAD
Launched in 2002, SHOWstudio's Design_Download series has a simple and direct aim: to help demystifying the fashion process by offering prestigious designer garment patterns for download via the Internet. After exploring patterns from some of the most important fashion designers of our time - including John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Yohji Yamamoto and Maison Martin Margiela - the latest Design_Download will be launched on SHOWstudio this month, allowing viewers the unique chance to make a one-off garment designed by a true British fashion legend. More information on our mystery festive Design_Download pattern will be revealed soon…
CURRENT FASHION MIX
Our Fashion Mix series continues to offer a musical reflection of the fashion scene today, giving a selection of fashion figures the opportunity to showcase their greatest hits. This week's top song choices were offered by set designer, art director and graphic artist Gary Card on Monday, while the leading Polish model - Monika 'Jac' Jagaciak's selection of fashion tracks will be live on SHOWstudio this Friday at 13:00 GMT. [more]
CURRENT BEHIND THE SEAMS: FASHION HEROES
With Kate Moss covering Paris Vogue in a jumpsuit and Diamond Dogs coif (for the second time, that is: Nick Knight having first photographed Moss in Bowie drag back in 2003), this week's Behind The Seams article explores the aesthetic legacy and eternal influence of the great David Bowie. From Thin White Duke through to Ziggy, Bowie's countenance can still be seen stamped across contemporary fashion, with his ghost haunting catwalks from designers as diverse as Balmain, Dries Van Noten and Richard Nicoll. [more]
COMING UP IN YOUR FACE: INTERVIEW
Dinos Chapman, one half of controversial art duo the Chapman Brothers, is the first of our In Your Face: Interview series - a twist on the coaxing and cajoling tradition of coercive interviewing prevalent in art and fashion journalism that presents the interview as a confrontational conversation to profile a series of figures from the worlds of art, fashion and celebrity. The up-close and personal interview with Dinos Chapman launches on Friday November 9 2011.
COMING UP IN YOUR FACE: MUSIC
Performers including Gary Numan, Ladyhawke, Luke Pritchard and Cerebral Ballzy have accepted SHOWstudio's invitation to perform their most emotive and emotional songs, in a stripped-back, intimate and entirely personal set. Streamed live on SHOWstudio and then available on-demand, each In Your Face: Music performance is a unique one-off and a musical reflection of the latest SHOWstudio Shop exhibition. The opening performances, from skater punk five-piece Cerebral Ballzy and electronic pioneer Gary Numan, stream live next Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
COMING UP IN FASHION, LOUISE WILSON AND DAVID KOMA RE-STREAM
This Friday 9 December 2011, we will be re-streaming both of this week's live In Fashion interviews entirely unedited. From 18:00 GMT/10:00 PST, journalist and author Hywel Davies speaks with one of the most influential women in contemporary fashion, Professor Louise Wilson OBE of Central Saint Martins MA; while from 19:00 GMT/11:00 PST, SHOWstudio fashion director Alexander Fury talks with influential up-and-coming London designer David Koma. Tune in on Friday for these exclusive broadcasts.
FROM THE SHOP IDOLS, 2011
Fraser Hamilton's Idols collection uses monumental, sculptural and statuesque archetypes as - monoliths, totem poles, obelisks and heads, hands and busts - miniaturised into jewellery, hence subverting their inherent stature. Some items are upturned into personal idols while others adapt to the body treating it as a sort of sculpture park; figures recline on fingers, pendants with limbs and earrings with heads reach in bosoms or whisper into ears. These one-off pieces have been carved out of a solid block of wax, cast in bronze, and then plated in gold and silver. Each transformed element treats the body as a playground attempting to narrate its object status or stand tall as a monumental idol - uniquely designed for women or men who enjoy making a statement. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE DESIGN_DOWNLOAD: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
With a new Design_Download set to launch later this month, it felt fitting (pardon the pun) to chose a piece from our existing archive of exclusive one-off designer pieces. From one of the world's foremost fashion designers came the third in our series of downloadable garments - Alexander McQueen allows us to examine and assemble his pattern for a beautiful kimono-inspired jacket from the Autumn/Winter 2003 collection. The brutally sharp tailoring, for which this label is synonymous, is seen in the jacket’s strong linear construction and carefully layered fabric sections. A collision of Western Victoriana and Eastern traditional dress, this garment, like so much of McQueen’s work, references historical detailing, whilst remaining quintessentially modern. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
Amanda Harlech - Paris - 6th December 2011 Chanel's show date for its metiers d'art spirit of India, Paris - Bombay. The set at the Grand Palais is an elegant Moghul palace hung with chandeliers. A vast table piled with roses, tiers of fruits the colour of an 18c miniature, gilded glass and ropes of tuberoses. A silver train carrying decanters chugs around the perimeter of the table cloth. Karl has created his other world with genius set designer Stephen - alias Lulu. [more]
Marie Schuller - Second Interview in Marrakech: Roland Joffe SHOWstudio continues covering the Marrakech International Film Festival. The second interview of the day was held with legendary director Roland Joffé who told us in detail how he bribed his way into Cambodia with Coca Cola products prior to shooting his Oscar nominated film The Killing Fields in the country. [more]
Libery Ross - COLLAGE by John Stezaker Check out these amazing collages by English artist John Stezaker. I admire the simplicity of his artworks and love the idea of two different photographs (of old movie stars or found postcards) combined into one striking and intriguing image. Awesome! [more]
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