SHOWstudio: Marc Jacobs, Nick Knight, Raquel Zimmermann, Patrick Wolf, Carlo Brandelli, Roland Mouret, Alice Hawkins, Joseph Lally, Daphne Guinness, John Galliano and more...

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	Newsletter | 27 October 2011
CURRENT OBJECT FETISH 2011
Examining key pieces from the international collections, Object Fetish 2011 trains obsessive attention onto fashion's latest objects of desire. Examining the season's obsession with millinery once again, SHOWstudio fashion director Alexander Fury metaphorically unpicks the meanings behind Marc Jacobs’ powder-blue mink 'doodle of a hat', modelled by the astonishing Raquel Zimmermann in this fashion film by Nick Knight, captured once again amidst the glittering vitrines of leading London department store Selfridges & Co. [more]
CURRENT CAFÉ CONCERT - PATRICK WOLF
Inspired by the tradition of the Café Chantant that enlivened the cultural sphere of belle époque Paris and London, Café Concert streams musical performances live and direct from the 2011 SHOWstudio Shop exhibition The Café. On Thursday October 20 2011, singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf staged a one-off live set of six songs, now showcased in their entirety in a video playlist alongside a gallery of stills captured during this mesmerising live broadcast. [more]
CURRENT CAFÉ CONVERSATIONS
As a part of our Café Conversations series, artist and designer Carlo Brandelli joined fashion designer Roland Mouret for our fifth conversation. Their intriguing  discussion on art, design, fashion, religion, childhood and much more took place in the SHOWstudio gallery space as a part of the ongoing exhibition The Café. The film charting their discussion is now available to view on site. [more]
COMING UP MUSEUM OF COSTUME
Created as part of the Antwerp Fashion Museum's retrospective exhibition Dreamsuits: Designs by Nudie Cohn, the Rodeo Tailor, photographer and filmmaker Alice Hawkins lends her unique eye to Cohn's equally unique couture creations, capturing their glittering surfaces on fashion film. Inspired by the idea of Cohn's work as crossing the line between costume and art, Hawkins dressed up a selection of Nudie Cohn enthusiasts - from Elvis impersonators to musicians, club entrepreneurs and even the photographer herself - in the Rodeo tailor's greatest hits and immortalised them on film.  Museum of Costume launches on Thursday 27 October 2011 exclusively on SHOWstudio
COMING UP EARTH MAGIC
The second cinematic collaboration between director Joseph Lally and Daphne Guinness, Earth Magic is an art film for the digital age, contrasting film with still image and text in arresting juxtapositions, and eschewing conventional narrative in favour of aesthetic exploration. Also featuring Jamie Bochert, Sebastian Sauvé and Erik Sage, Earth Magic is released exclusively on SHOWstudio on Monday 31 October 2011.
FROM THE SHOP UNTITLED, 2011
Regarded as one of England's most influential photographers of the Edwardian era, Emil Hoppe's black and white photographs reveal the realities of the day-to-day life during the era between the wars. Hoppe was able to capture everyday British people, in a fascinating and captivating manner, provoking curiosity along with a sense of nostalgia. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE EDITING FASHION
An offshoot from 2005's three-month Moving Fashion project, the fashion film season Editing Fashion shifted the focus of SHOWstudio's exploration of fashion film from direction to the editing process and from fashion figures to established editors - from the fields of commercials, feature film and pornography to name but three - and global SHOWstudio viewers. All were given exclusive footage of John Galliano's Spring/Summer 2006 show, filmed by Nick Knight, to re-work into their own unique edit. View their final films and process interviews here, alongside a gallery of archival material documenting every stage behind Galliano's conception of this elaborate one-off show, the fashion press' reactions and of course Knight's unedited footage of the show itself. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
Lily Donaldson - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac 1968 when Fleetwood Mac played the blues. My mum and Mick on the cover of the record.. [more]
Developing shadows For those of you who might have missed Walter Hugo's installation from his ever growing series Reflecting the Bright Lights here at the SHOWstudio Shop over the summer, now's your chance to get a glimpse of his latest work. [more]
Scooters on a Sunday afternoon I love this picture of our extremely stylish production manager Ms Amy Ireland enjoying some very fine company at London Fields last weekend. The full story featuring more pictures by Damian Weilers is due to be released in 1814 Magazine early next year. [more]
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SHOWstudio: Patrick Wolf, Lady Gaga, Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben, Spring/Summer 2012, Liberty Ross and many more...

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	Newsletter | 19 October 2011
COMING UP CAFE CONCERT PATRICK WOLF
Inspired by the tradition of the Café Chantant that enlivened the cultural sphere of belle époque Paris and London, Café Concert streams musical performances live and direct from the 2011 SHOWstudio Shop exhibition The Café. Tomorrow, Thursday October 20 2011, singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf stages a unique set, streamed real-time on SHOWstudio.com from 11:00 BST. Tune in to our Café Concert project tomorrow and watch this one-off live performance from the comfort of your own home! [more]
CURRENT MONSTER BALL
As part of her Monster Ball world tour in 2009, Lady Gaga asked Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben to create a number of films to use as part of her on-stage performance and as interludes in the epic show. Building film into the architectonic feeling of the Monster Ball tour, these films explore iconic notions of fame, celebrity and life in an evolving metropolis. This week, three new interlude films have been released into the Monster Ball project: 'Intro', 'Toilet So Happy' and 'Tornado', offering Lady Gaga fans the chance to experience the unique visuals of the Monster Ball anew. [more]
CURRENT COLLECTIONS: NEW YORK, LONDON, MILAN AND PARIS S/S 2012
Having visually digested all that the spring 2012 season has to offer from New York, London, Milan and Paris, SHOWstudio fashion director Alexander Fury gives his overview of the latest collections city-by-city, dissecting the designers' creations for next year in a series of round-up reports. Examining the overriding mood of the times - as well as detailing the good, the bad and the ugly (although whether pejorative or complimentary is truly in the eye of the beholder), let us recap the season that was and that will be, and perhaps give an indication of what women will look like in the brave new world of 2012. [more]
FROM THE SHOP UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES "TRANSFIGURED PAST"), 2009
Drawing from his series Transfigured Past, Franz West's untitled piece gestures at ephemeral recollection. A collage of transitory moments from staged meetings, West composes a visual allusion to encounters with his fellow Vienna Actionists. Acrylic paint and collage activate the composition, creating a scene of intrigue and anticipation.  [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE DRESS ME UP, DRESS ME DOWN
Exploring the idea of control in fashion image-making - shifting control from the image-maker and stylist to the model, and then ultimately to the viewing public themselves - in 2005 Dress Me Up, Dress Me Down offered SHOWstudio viewers the chance to dress Liberty Ross during Nick Knight's live interactive photoshoot. Inspired by live pornographic video chats widely available on the web Ross became the focus of a series of fashion film interactives and imagery, the creation of which was determined by the online audience and Ross herself. These interactive editorial images are accompanied by Liberty Ross' video and picture diaries documenting her experiences on fashion shoots and an interactive comprised of footage shot by Liberty, utilising her own body as a canvas for aesthetic experimentation. The origins of the shoot are mapped out through mood boards that investigated Jonathan Kaye's selection of key seasonal themes, and also a series of essays and personal statements from a variety of voices on the subject of pornography. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
Orient Express There has been an Asiatic undercurrent to much of fashion recently - Marc Jacobs' camp (his words, not mine) spring 2011 collection for Louis Vuitton was something of a starting point, despite the criticism it reputedly garnered.  [more]
Amanda Harlech - Last of the roses Last gold before Winter's dark approach. Last of the roses. So many other things that I should be doing but I am drawn back to the garden and its passing splendour. I just sit and watch. [more]
Matthew Williams - American Juggalo American Juggalo is a film by Sean Dunne, it looks at the often mocked and misunderstood subculture of Juggalos, hardcore Insane Clown Posse fans who meet once a year for four days at The Gathering of the Juggalos. [more]
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SHOWstudio: Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, Alexander McQueen, Raquel Zimmermann, Suzy Menkes, Stephen Jones, Mary Katrantzou, Lady Gaga, Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben and more

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	Newsletter | 13 October 2011
CURRENT OBJECT FETISH 2011
Examining key pieces from the international collections for 2011, Object Fetish trains obsessive attention onto fashion's latest not-so-obscure objects of desire. Metaphorically unpicking a key piece from a key collection, the latest instalment focuses on Riccardo Tisci's Autumn/Winter 2011 collection for Givenchy - namely on the pin-up emblazoned satin and velvet sweatshirts that were the leitmotif of Tisci's sports-couture chic. The second instalment of our object analysis series showcases this fashion objet d'art through text by SHOWstudio Fashion Director Alexander Fury and a fashion film created by Nick Knight, with Raquel Zimmermann modelling in the luxurious confines of Selfridges department store set to an specially-created soundtrack by Frederic Sanchez. [more]
CURRENT CAFE CONVERSATIONS
As part of the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition The Café, over Autumn 2011 Café Conversations invites a selection of the most intriguing, exciting and influential movers-and-shakers in the fashion and art world to pull up a chair for coffee and conversation. The unusual aspect? The entire process is streamed live to a worldwide audience in the living online and offline art installation. Filmed just yesterday morning, our latest Café Conversation between celebrated milliner Stephen Jones and leading London fashion designer Mary Katrantzou is now live on-site, with more to come very soon. [more]
CURRENT IN FASHION, SUZY MENKES
Just before the Spring/Summer 2012 round of international collections kicked off in September, the International Herald Tribune's celebrated Fashion Editor Suzy Menkes joined SHOWstudio Fashion Director Alexander Fury as the latest subject of our In Fashion series. One of fashion's most influential journalists and a widely-respected authority on the industry Menkes shares her experiences of a life spent at fashion's forefront in this rare film portrait. A unique insight into one of the industry's most agile and inquisitive minds. [more]
CURRENT MONSTER BALL
As part of her Monster Ball world tour in 2009, Lady Gaga asked Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben to create a number of films to use as part of her on-stage performance and as interludes in the epic show. Building film into the architectonic feeling of the Monster Ball tour, these films explore notions of fame, iconicism and life in an evolving metropolis, unveiled each night on stage during Gaga's truly monster 201-date tour.  The first four Monster Ball films are now live on site - stay tuned to SHOWstudio for the next instalment, as more films from Lady Gaga's Monster Ball will be released very soon. [more]
FROM THE SHOP MENU, 2009
Menu, an artistic portrayal of poured coffee on paper, depicts a captured memory of sight through the representation of a café menu. Stephen Lapthisophon, a practising artist who is legally blind, uses his work to over-emphasise the sense of sight in aesthetic culture. By accumulating and collecting layers of meaning and associations, Lapthisophon provides a visualisation of his personal interpretations. His blindness is used as figure for the ways in which we see the world through our own specific framing mechanisms. Combining coffee with more traditional art mediums such as ink and gesso, the artist is able to examine the interaction of our internal sensory processes. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE BELLWETHER
To celebrate Alexander McQueen receiving the CBE award in 2003, the visionary designer himself illustrated a selection of showstoppers from his 2003 collections in a fashion film that documented the formidable technique at their core. An essay by Susannah Frankel and a film gallery charting the highlights of McQueen's spectacular presentations showcase the creative magic of McQueen's true genius. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
Acne Studios launch the Capsule Collection in collaboration with Daniel Silver London-based contemporary artist Daniel Silver, known for his sculptural work launched a fashion line in collaboration with Acne Studios. The collaboration between the artist with the Swedish fashion collective was developed whilst doing a shoot in Daniel's studio for Acne Paper. [more]
Lily Donaldson - Happy Survival This is one of my favorite songs. It's Nigerian and it's beautiful. [more]
Elevenses with Stephen Jones and Mary Katrantzou Master milliner Stephen Jones and leading London designer Mary Katrantzou are the duo in discussion as part of our latest Café Conversation, set to kick off at 11:00 BST today. [more]
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