SHOWstudio: Exclusive new Ruth Hogben fashion film, essays by Lou Stoppard and Dan Thawley, interview with Kristen McMenamy, Peter Saville and Julie Verhoeven wallpaper, Penny Martin live interview and more...

Jul 28, 2014: Exclusive new Ruth Hogben fashion film, essays by Lou Stoppard and Dan Thawley, interview with Kristen McMenamy, Peter Saville and Julie Verhoeven wallpaper, Penny Martin live interview and more... If this email is not displaying correctly click here to view in web browser

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— Beyond the Glass Fashion Film We are thrilled to launch a new fashion film by Ruth Hogben! 'Beyond the Glass' stars model Saskia de Brauw styled by Robbie Spencer and forms part of our rolling 'Ugly' series. The work is an exploration of fashion's fascination with deliberate awkwardness and vulgarity and draws on the iconic work of Alfred Hitchcock. It features fashion by the likes of Prada, Meadham Kirchhoff, Gareth Pugh and Alexander McQueen. To accompany the film, we asked historians, curators and writers to compose essays on the theme of 'ugly'. Soon, we will also be releasing mini films with audio analysis that unpicks and explains key 'ugly pieces', from clumpy shoes to odd prints. — Essay — Ugly Lou Stoppard SHOWstudio editor and instigator of the 'Ugly' project Lou Stoppard has written a new essay. She examines attitudes to dishevelled, unkempt and unwashed women, citing 1996 student film 'Dirty Girls'. 'Poise and purity have long been associated with prettiness and with that passivity and traditional, regressive femininity. Dirt suggests activity, agency and autonomy,' she argues. — Essay — Ugly Dan Thawley In the build up to the release of Ruth Hogben's fashion film, we asked various writers and curators to explore 'ugly fashion' in scholarly essays. A Magazine Curated By editor Dan Thawley tackled the ways in which the trend for awkward, odd fashion is affecting male dressing. ''Ugly' as a concept is more nuanced than bad taste, as it suggests a knowledge of good taste applied with delicious perversion,' he says. — Interview — Subjective Kristen McMenamy on Ruth Hogben This week's 'Subjective' interview features Kristen McMenamy recalling her experience of working with Ruth Hogben on a film for Gareth Pugh's S/S 11 collection. The model discussed the future of image making with Nick Knight, stating 'I could express myself in film in a better way than I could in still photography.' — From the Shop — Forget-Me-Not Wallpaper Peter Saville and Julie Verhoeven Commissioned for the 2009 'Fashion Revolution' exhibition at Somerset House, Julie Verhoeven's erotic wallpaper draws inspiration from Japanese rope-suspension bondage, 18th century Troile de Jouy patterns and general erotica. A collector's item, this intricately illustrated paper is exclusive to SHOWstudio Shop. — Live Shoot — Sans Couture Nick Knight, Amanda Harlech and Alex Fury Tune in today and tomorrow, Friday 1 and Saturday 2 August, to watch Nick Knight, Amanda Harlech and Alexander Fury team up on a live haute couture shoot! The editorial, which will appear in The Independent, will explore the process of veiling, wrapping and unwrapping the body and will feature fashion from Valentino, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Margiela, Dior, Armani and more. — From The Archive — Perfect Ruth Hogben and Katie Shillingford In light of the release of Ruth Hogben's 'Beyond the Glass', revisit the filmmaker's previous work in this project from the SHOWstudio archive. 'Perfect' is inspired by the mantra 'reduce, refine, define' and showcases Phoebe Philo's minimalist A/W 10 Celine collection.

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