SHOWstudio: Mugler, Nicola Formichetti, Ming Xi, Nick Knight, Haute Couture, Alexander McQueen, Björk and more

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	Newsletter | 10 August 2011
CURRENT LES SMOKINGS - MUGLER RE-STREAM
This Wednesday 10 August 2011 from 18:00 BST, we will re-stream the unedited footage of our fourth and final Les Smokings residency. Tune in to watch as Nicola Formichetti and Romain Kremer of Parisian powerhouse Mugler take over our Bruton Place studio to create a futuristic interpretation of the classic tuxedo, riffing on the Smoke and Mirrors theme of the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition Practice to Deceive: Smoke and Mirrors in Fashion, Fine Art and Film. Laser light beams, fluttering wind-effect polythene and a suit mashed together from glitter, armour plates, latex and slime - the making of Mugler's Le Smoking is a truly extraordinary experience, like none we've ever seen before. Don't miss this unique fashion performance from a collective at the forefront of contemporary fashion's current drive into futuristic fetishism. [more]
CURRENT MING XI COUTURE 2011
The process film charting the two-day progress of Ming Xi Couture 2011 - Nick Knight's latest haute couture shoot for V magazine - is now on site. Uncovering the action from behind-the scenes each day as Sam McKnight tweaked the hair, Petros Petrohilos perfected the make-up and Jonathan Kaye styled Ming in fashions from Atelier Versace, Valentino, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel and Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, these films offer a unique glimpse backstage for anyone who missed the live stream first time around. [more]
FROM THE SHOP ARIES, 2010
Chunky knits fall in and out of fashion - but few take it to the extreme of art director and set designer Shona Heath, who fashioned this beyond-oversized aran knit for Tim Gutt's Horoscope of Style editorial in the December 2010 edition of British Vogue. Intricately knitted (and purled) from inch-thick strands of wool in the most traditional fashion, this Paul Bunyan-scale sweater is presented alongside a javelin-sized pair of wooden needles - decorative only, we must add. A mind-boggling, scale-dwarfing example of the art director's craft at its finest. [more]
FROM THE SHOP LE SMOKING, 2011
The creative team behind the revived house of Mugler took to the LiveStudio at Bruton Place on Friday 29th July to create an astonishing addition to the SHOWstudio Shop’s collection of smoking jackets. Mugler’s Le Smoking is a multi-layered, multi-coloured jacket inspired by the theme of evolution. The jacket and the series of ‘ephemeral’ outfits mirror the artistic brilliance of Romain Kremer and Nicola Formichetti – two of the creative geniuses behind the brand. The unconventional materials used to manufacture the jacket provide an interesting angle to our exhibition Practice to Deceive: Smoke and Mirrors in Fashion, Fine Art and Film. Mugler’s take on the menswear classic is a decidedly powerful finale to our smoking jacket series. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE TO LEE, WITH LOVE, NICK
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty draws to a record-breaking close, we felt the moment was right to step back into our archive and examine the fashion film To Lee, With Love - a tribute to McQueen's life and career. Celebrating the visionary designer's profound imagination and extraordinary designs, long time friend and collaborator Nick Knight created this fashion film in commemoration of the British designer who undoubtedly ranks as one of the greatest of his generation. Directed by Knight, edited by Ruth Hogben, styled by Edward Enninful and set to an exclusive soundtrack by Björk, this unique visual tribute features a curated selection of landmark McQueen pieces drawn from his ground-breaking, establishment-shaking sixteen-year career. [more]
SUMMER BREAK
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SHOWstudio: Les Smokings, Hayward, Peter Saville, Yohji Yamamoto, Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Richard Nicoll and more

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	Newsletter | 3 August 2011
CURRENT LES SMOKINGS - HAYWARD RE-STREAM
The re-stream of the third installment of our Les Smokings series kicks off at 18:00 BST this evening, giving viewers a second chance to watch as Ritchie Charlton of London tailoring powerhouse Hayward creates a bespoke tuxedo before your very eyes. Originally broadcast as part of our most recent SHOWstudio Shop exhibition Practice to Deceive: Smoke and Mirrors in Fashion, Fine Art and Film, Hayward's residency was inspired by the concept of dispelling the 'smoke and mirrors' of the fashion industry, giving viewers an unprecedented insight behind the process of creation. The finely tailored suit, the result of his three day residency was modelled by Primal Scream frontman and Hayward client, Bobby Gillespie. Watch the intricate outlines and cutting of fabric evolve before your eyes into a finely tailored suit, the pinnacle of men’s sartorial elegance, across the next three days. The re-stream of Hayward's Les Smokings residency begins at 18:00 BST today.
CURRENT THE GLOW AND THE GLOOM
An homage to Henri-Georges Clouzot's unfinished masterpiece L'enfer - an aborted exploration of jealousy and madness fascinating in the fragments left behind - our latest fashion film, The Glow And The Gloom takes a suitably hypnotic, colour-suffused and obsessive look at this season. Created by filmmaker Marie Schuller and showcasing some of the finest fashions from Spring/Summer 2011 including Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Richard Nicoll, this filmic short is a mesmerising glance at some of spring's greatest hits, as well as an ode to one of cinema's lost masterpieces [more]
FROM THE SHOP FASHION, 2010
Curiously titled Fashion, Peter Saville's monolithic sculpture epitomises the significance of conceptual change in art making. Reminiscent of Marcel Duchamp's infamous 'readymade' artpiece Fountain, which saw a urinal placed on its side and essentially 're-made', Saville too, successfully alters the perception of art. The virginal white galvanised steel framework encases pristine leather whilst severe eyelets serve as simplified corset hooks. The sexual frisson felt by even the most prudish of Victorians when laced into their stays is amplified here, in a one-off artwork guaranteed to get pulses racing... [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE DESIGN_DOWNLOAD YOHJI YAMAMOTO
Following his recent retrospective exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, we felt time was ripe to reexamine internationally-acclaimed designer Yohji Yamamoto's enigmatic contribution to our design_download series of high fashion dressmaking patterns. Allowing viewers to download and make up into an exclusive garment, free of charge, Yamamoto injects a typical note of mystery and intellectual curiosity to his offering - no instructions are provided save a comment from Yamamoto himself, and the visual clues offered through Nick Knight's photographs of the final piece. Explore Yamamoto's design_download and construct a garment yourself. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
Prada A/W 11 by Steven Meisel Shot by Steven Meisel, this tactile and graphic film for Prada’s sensuous A/W 11 collection features the porcelain menagerie of models Frida Gustavsson, Antonia Wesseloh, Kelly Mittendorf, Ondria Hardin and Julia Zimmer.   [more]
Les Smokings - Mugler's Evolutionary Vision Laser-light beams, fluttering wind-effect polythene and a suit mashed together from glitter, armour plates, latex paint and slime - our Mugler Le Smoking is rapidly becoming a one-off experience! 'Evolution' was the theme behind the Mugler team's Le Smoking, according to menswear head Romain Kremer. And it's certainly becoming a... [more]
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