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 | Newsletter | 19 April 2012 |
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| CURRENT FASHION FETISH: ASIA ARGENTO | |
| The latest Fashion Fetish offering continues the series' trend for unique and innovative creative displays. Actress and director Asia Argento contributes Don't Bother To Knock, an incredible series of film shorts exclusively for SHOWstudio. Presented as a 'video diary', these shorts - captured during Argento's London promotion of the feature film Marie Antoinette - combine DIY reportage aesthetics with meticulous direction from Argento and Nick Knight. Intertwining reality with fantasy, a number of the films are aided by a script devised by author Emma Forrest, thus blurring the line between fiction with reality. Interspersed amongst the narrative are films exploring the theme of 'Twenty-three words beginning with 'F'', sparking monologues on everything from fetish to Florence and allowing a tantalising and raw insight into Argento's mind, routine and habits. Additionally, the films are accompanied by comments from SHOWstudio users. Originally presented as entries on the SHOWstudio blog, the user soundbites are displayed alongside the shorts, forming a corresponding narrative of viewers perceptions of Argento's actions and the suspension - or not - of disbelief as they navigate the fiction/fact labyrinth of this unique film series. [more] | |
| CURRENT VOTE FOR SHOWSTUDIO | |
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 Time is running out to cast your ballot in the 16th Annual Webby Awards - so vote for SHOWstudio now at pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/7! We are thrilled to have been nominated for Best Fashion Website and you have just a week left to help us win. Dubbed the 'Internet's highest honour' by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet. Get voting for SHOWstudio and make sure to tune in on 21 May for The Webby Award show live stream! | |
| COMING UP PUSSYCAT, PUSSYCAT | |
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 SHOWstudio's commitment to live fashion takes a new twist: this Friday 20 April 2012, SHOWstudio turns to the latest web tools - Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr - to offer up Nick Knight's first ever Instagram photo shoot. This is a 'live shoot' in its most literal sense, with images of model Cara Delevingne posted online straight from Knight's camera alongside tweets of pithy analytical fashion commentary from fashion director Alexander Fury. The theme? Well, if diamonds are a girl's best friend and dogs are a man's best friend, what happens when the two collide - with the addition of a kitty-cat, bunny, chick and a selection of Autumn/Winter 2012's finest fashions to the mix? Pussycat, Pussycat takes inspiration from Internet meme culture and the craze for animal GIFs to combine high fashion, fine jewellery and a cutesy-poo array of web-friendly and cuddly creatures. Featuring the finest of jewellery from Fabergé, Van Cleef and Arpels and Cartier, ludicrously luxurious fashions from Valentino Couture, Mary Katrantzou, Giles and Rochas and a four-legged menagerie of meme-worthy adorable animals, this editorial is a true exploration of society's passion, addiction, and obsession with the many fabulous faculties of the web. Furry friends, fabulous fashion and jaw-dropping gems: tune in for our take on unapologetic aesthetic indulgence. Follow the shoot on Instagram via @showstudio_nick_knight and watch the SHOWstudio Twitter and Tumblr throughout the day this Friday 20 April 2012 to see all the action unfold. | |
| CURRENT IN YOUR FACE: VOID OF COURSE | |
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 Those who missed the original live stream of Void of Course's two day design residency in February 2012 can now access the edited footage online. As part of the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition In Your Face the fashion design duo set up camp in February 2012 at our Bruton Place headquarters, producing an exquisitely dark 'Uglylove' outfit, which is now available from the SHOWstudio Shop. The making of their erotic elastic 'peek-a-boo' bandage dress - very apt for our current Fashion Fetish series - and tumor-ridden veiled hat are all documented in the newly launched film, accompanied with a candid discussion about the duo's creative process and some anecdotes from their career journeys. The footage is accompanied by a very special soundtrack, an original piece made especially for the film by pianist Lance Horn. [more] | |
| COMING UP RANGE ROVER EVOQUE SPECIAL EDITION WITH VICTORIA BECKHAM | |
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 Victoria Beckham teams with Land Rover for her latest creation: as guest creative designer for a special edition of their latest model, the Range Rover Evoque. Beckham chose to collaborate with Nick Knight to create the accompanying campaign imagery and fashion film, showcasing VB herself clad in her eponymous fashion line alongside the equally sleek and sophisticated Range Rover model. This exclusive film, inspired in Knight's words by the concept of 'The Fountainhead meeting Bladerunner', will launch on SHOWstudio at 13:00 on Sunday 22 April 2012, allowing our viewing public to pore over Beckham's design as captured by Knight. | |
| CURRENT SHOWSTUDIO MILESTONES | |
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 Perfectly timed with our Archive item for this week, Nick Knight's 2010 interview with The Business of Fashion to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of SHOWstudio, is the launch of SHOWstudio Milestones - a blow by blow retrospective of all our finest web work since our founding in 2000. With details of all SHOWstudio's most innovative past projects and exclusive collaborations, the visual timeline takes you through key moments in SHOWstudio's eleven-year history. A neat summary of our vast archive, with details of projects such as our In Camera interview with Lady Gaga from 2010, our interactive project Taking Liberty’s from 2004 that saw SHOWstudio take over the London department store windows, and Nick Knight's film tribute to Alexander McQueen To Lee, With Love, Nick from 2010. From our first ever film to our most recent, boundary-pushing technical endeavors, be sure to revisit the best of SHOWstudio. [more] | |
| CURRENT FASHION MIX | |
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 It's been a stellar week for Fashion Mix with playlists from London prince of prints Erdem Moralioglu and acclaimed fashion journalist Tim Blanks. Monday saw the launch of Erdem's mix - given that he is fêted for his flirtatious colours and sensual feminine shapes, it's perhaps unsurprising that love and romance were the lynchpins of his musical musings. From the sultry soulful sounds of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone to classics like Antony & The Johnson's 'Crazy In Love' and The Mamas & The Papas's 'Midnight Voyage', the mix, just like Erdem's frocks, is sure to make any girl swoon. Friday's mix packs a more eclectic punch, with a hugely diverse mix from writer Blanks. You can look forward to wonders such as Gene Wilder's 'Pure Imagination' from the Willy Wonka soundtrack. Make sure to tune in, and keep your ears as fashionable as can be with SHOWstudio's Fashion Mix. [more] | |
| FROM THE SHOP MR & MRS, 2012 | |
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 Mr&Mrs is a loveseat made from vintage Ercol chair frames. Charlotte Kingsnorth is a London based designer who uses furniture to narrate the world as she sees it, conjuring up thought provoking ideas which push accepted boundaries and values. Her work melds together the practical and the sculptural. This piece is from her collection Hy-breed; which evolved from a mixture of vintage furniture frames and fleshy biomorphic forms. The character of the original frame informs the contours of the fleshy cushioning that make up its body, thus creating a unique anthropomorphic piece. Bringing the fantastical into any environment, Kingsnorth's pieces invite us to engage with the furniture intellectually and emotionally. [more] | |
| FROM THE ARCHIVE FASHION PIONEERS: NICK KNIGHT | |
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 SHOWstudio is opening up our 2010 archives - publishing,for the first time, on demand footage of SHOWstudio founder and director Nick Knight's Fashion Pioneers interview with fellow online fashion portal The Business of Fashion. On 26 November 2010 - the eve of SHOWstudio's ten year anniversary - Imran Amed spoke to Knight about his status as a visionary image-maker and SHOWstudio's role in shaping contemporary fashion. The original discussion was broadcast live - in true SHOWstudio fashion - on SHOWstudio.com and thebusinessoffashion.com, but is now available for re-visiting in Fashion Pioneers: Nick Knight on SHOWstudio. [more] | |
| LATEST ENTRIES BLOG | |
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Amanda Harlech: Found  Saw this in an overgrown flower bed at Birmingham international. It seemed to have such a sorrowful story. I hope I am wrong but I felt the key ring with its happy holiday "forever yours" embrace had been ripped off its key and chucked away as if one of the smiling couple had lied to the other. The photograph was a lie. Somewhere I imagine the other still has their photo key ring - they still look at it every day as they open their front door - a holiday romance laced with promises - but as the months eat into months and that call never comes, the key ring with that illusion of true love is the only thing that make life worth living. | |
Neal Bryant: SymbiosisO: Voxel - Issey Miyake's Interactive Grid  SymbiosisO: Voxel is an interactive installation that has been installed within Issey Miyake's flagship New York store. The piece is constructed from silk and felt hexagonal pads that respond to body heat. Users are encouraged to touch and play with the grid to leave their 'mark' on the installation. As well as the physical interaction the piece also responds to a mobile website that enables users to design a pattern that can then be displayed across the polygons. [more] | |
Neal Bryant: Louis Vuitton Harmony Trunk Soundtrack  During The Sound Of Clothes: Anechoic SHOWstudio explored the sounds that garments produced whilst being worn. Similarly, Louis Vuitton are now producing a soundtrack of the workshop noises created during the production of their Harmony Trunk. [more] | |
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