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SHOWstudio teams with Mercedes-Benz to cover Hyères 2013

Blog - 15 hours ago

Tomorrow, members of the SHOWstudio team - Neal Bryant, Lou Stoppard, Marie Schuller and Jon Emmony - are heading off to the south of France to cover the International Festival de Hyères 2013. We've joined forces with Mercedes-Benz to bring live coverage straight from the event. The buzz and beauty of the 28th international festival of fashion and photography will be captured in a social media feed of curated instagrams and tweets from the event, a fashion film and interviews with key figures - including members of the festival's judging panels and its featured designers. Stay t... more »

LIVE NOW! 'In Fashion' with Jeremy Scott

Blog - 22 hours ago

Our *In Fashion* interview with Jeremy Scott is now live! Lou Stoppard talks to the rebellious American designer about his longstanding career and pop culture-influenced aesthetic as part of our ongoing and in-depth series. Scott has been creating his trademark style of humourous slogans, neon colours and cartoon-like prints for over fifteen years. From producing ongoing collaborations with brand giants such as Adidas to dressing celebrities like Lady Gaga in her *Paparazzi* video, the designer has an instantly recognisable aesethtic that has earned him titles such as 'the Jeff K... more »

Ministry Of Love

Blog - 1 day ago

My favorite new video "Ministry Of Love" by io echo, directed by Barnaby Roper. Click here to watch and play!

Everyman Road Movies at KXFS

Blog - 1 day ago

SHOWstudio is all about celebrating the ongoing and extensive relationship between fashion and film. From *Tumbleweeds* to *Night* *Porter*, there's a whole roster of films that inspire creatives season in, season out. Therefore it only makes sense that designer initiative Fashion Eastchampion a cinematic endeavour as well. Yesterday marked the launch of Everyman Road Movies, a 12-day celebration of film, fittingly located at former petrol station KXFS. The event was hosted by *In Fashion* contributor Lulu Kennedy and her three current championed designers Ryan Lo, Ashley Williams... more »

Edited footage of Tim Blanks' In Fashion interview is live!

Blog - 1 day ago

The incredible Tim Blanks stopped by SHOWstudio a while back to record an *In Fashion* interview with Lou Stoppard, in which he spoke about his much-celebrated career in the fashion industry. An edited version of the extensive interview is now available to view on-demand! The recent CFDA winner spoke about his first memories of fashion, his work with *Fashion File* and his role as editor-at-large at *style.com*. Blanks also shared his extensive knowledge in our A/W 2013 Paris and Londonroundup discussions. Watch the interview now for a glimpse into Blanks' fashion world!

Ruth Hogben's editing process for the Met's Punk films

Blog - 2 days ago

I have asked the wonderful Ruth Hogben to work on the films for the Met show Punk, Chaos to Couture. At 1.30 in the morning Ruth sent me this, the many different layers on her Final Cut Pro time line, which shows the complexity of some of the films she is putting together. Impressive, beautiful and exciting.

Matthew Williamson shares his Fashion Mix

Blog - 3 days ago

Our latest *Fashion Mix* comes courtesy of the king of bohemian luxury, Matthew Williamson. Just like his designs, the end result is sure to put you in a good mood. Commencing with the uplifting electronc beats of Little Dragon, Williamson's playlist soon moves into more party appropriate tunes such as a Boys Noize remix of Charlotte Gainsbourg's *Trick Pony*. Fusing the best of household acts like David Bowie and Grace Jones with the songs of indie queens Grimes and Lykke Li, the designer's *Fashion Mix* provides an energising way to start your week. Whether you fancy doing you... more »

Project #Coachella is underway

Blog - 4 days ago

Jez Tozer has begun to post his first Vine films for our #Coachella project.In this innovative new form of reportage, the fashion photographer captures the energetic buzz of the annual music and arts festival in concise clips of six seconds or less. Whether it's a bit of live music you're after or on-site celebrity spotting in the middle of the Californian desert, head on over to the project pageand follow Tozer on Twitter now.

Jeremy Scott is our next 'In Fashion' interviewee

Blog - 6 days ago

American fashion designer Jeremy Scott is the latest participant in our *In Fashion* series, which profiles industry figures who are shaping the ever-changing scape of contemporary fashion. Scott's outlandish designs have firmly embedded themselves within popular culture; Britney Spears' iconic air-hostess uniform in music video *Toxic*and Lady Gaga's Mickey Mouse dress in *Paparazzi *are just a few that may spring to mind. Never afraid to step out into the spotlight, his designs often feature caricature patterns, neon colour palettes and slogan-ed tees, which break the mould of... more »

Nick Knight captures Florence on Instagram

Blog - 6 days ago

To finish off SHOWstudio's Italy trip to participate at the International Europeana Fashion Conference, we give you this image captured by Nick Knight's own recent trip to the historic city. To see more photos, follow showstudio_nick_knight on instagram!

International Europeana Fashion Conference comes to an end

Blog - 1 week ago

Today is the last day of the International Europeana Fashion Conference!It's also the date of a panel discussion analysing new media in fashion, which SHOWstudio was invited to be part of. The panel raised interesting conclusions about new forms of communicating fashion after the digital revolution and fashion film being the main new emerging format that was given a platform following the invention of the internet. The panel discussion, which also included another very important fashion film supporter, Diane Pernet from ASVOFF, was followed by a presentation by Agnes Rocamora fro... more »

SHOWcabinet: Prosthetics, our collaboration with Úna Burke, is open!

Blog - 1 week ago

The incredibly talented Úna Burke is the second creative to collaborate with SHOWstudio on our re-imagined gallery space, the *SHOWcabine*t. Our team have been busy working away in our new Motcomb Street gallery and the exhibition is now installed and open to the public! Burke's beautiful leather bound pieces take centre stage within the latest exhibition, which looks at the original understanding of the word 'prosthetic', meaning 'to add', 'to equip' or 'to enhance'. A mesmerising selection of rare artefacts and artworks are on show - including specially-shipped-in couture gown... more »

SHOWstudio attends the Europeana International Fashion Conference in Florence

Blog - 1 week ago

Today saw the launch of the Europeana International Fashion Conference in Florence and SHOWstudio has been invited to speak on a panel discussing new media in fashion on 18 April. Marie Schuller will join Diane Pernet from ASVOFF, Gabriele Monti from the IUAV University in Venice, Anja Cronberg, editor of ACNE Paper, designer Fabio Quaranta, and Geer Oskam from the Europeana Foundation to talk about new possibilities in communicating fashion after the digital revolution. The panel will be chaired by Marco Pecorari and will be set in a beautiful ancient refectory of a former Bened... more »

A new film by Marie Schuller and Una Burke

Blog - 1 week ago

To coincide with the launch of our latest exhibition, *SHOWcabinet: Prosthetics*, filmmaker Marie Schuller collaborated with designer Una Burketo create a mesmerising fashion film. Inspired by Burke's interest in movement and restriction, the short films sees her intricate armour-like leather creations transformed into human-size puppets that dance and writhe eerily before the camera. Speaking on the film Burke commented, 'I have thoroughly enjoyed the breathing of life into my static pieces through this use motion and light and the collaborative fusion of fantastic creative minds... more »

Lulu Kennedy's In Fashion interview is now available

Blog - 1 week ago

Earlier this week the lovely Lulu Kennedy popped into SHOWstudio to record an exclusive *In Fashion* interview with Lou Stoppard and the uncut version is now available to watch on-demand. Kennedy opened up on her established career in the fashion industry, and spoke about her involvement with supporting young designers as director of Fashion East. She also spoke to Stoppard about what it takes to make it as a designer today and how she never completely planned the trajectory of her career. Be sure to watch this rare insight into one of the leading figures in fashion, available ... more »

Our SHOWcabinet: Prosthetics is almost installed

Blog - 1 week ago

Our latest SHOWcabinet* *in collaboration with Úna Burke is close to completion, with an intriguing array of artefacts now installed! To coincide with the installation's opening, Burke and SHOWstudio's head of fashion film Marie Schuller will launch an exclusive film that sees the designer's leather sculpture creations come alive on-screen. The film be available to view on SHOWstudio.com and also will be screened in our gallery space as part of the exhibition. Our second SHOWcabinet will also see us reunite with previous *In Fashion *collaborators Aimee Mullins and Betony Vernon.... more »

Nick Knight's 'Flora' works feature in the latest A Magazine

Blog - 1 week ago

Remember our wonderful *Flora* exhibition that featured beautiful - and giant - floral photography from Nick Knight? Well his delicate pastel rose artworks are immortalised in (smaller) print in the latest copy of *A Magazine, *curated by brilliant milliner Stephen Jones. The magazine also features our dynamic drawing project with Celia Birtwell, which saw her equipped with the world's first quill nails by Marian Newman, as well as a diverse range of other illustration-themed images. The magazine is now available through SHOWstudio Shop. Dive into the immersive artworks now.

Our Úna Burke cabinet is taking shape!

Blog - 1 week ago

Following on from our very first SHOWcabinet with the incredible Daphne Guinness, the talented Úna Burke is in our Motcomb Street studios hard at work installing our second cabinet of wonders! For April's SHOWcabinet, our re-imagined gallery space, we present objects under the theme of prosthetics. Focusing on the original Greek meaning of the word 'prosthetic', which meant 'to add', 'to advance' or 'to give power to', the pieces on show engage with prosthetics' ability to adorn, equip and enhance. Burke's signature leather sculptures will be forming the foundation for the inst... more »

Craig Green offers up a 'Fashion Mix'

Blog - 1 week ago

Everyone loves Craig Green - just remember how much Tim Blanks raved about him in our London round-up panel discussion! The rising star's also just been nominated for The Design Museum's Designer of the Year award for his MA Fashion 2012 graduate collection. Naturally then, our *Fashion Mix*project wouldn't be complete with out his top tunes. Known for his house-like wooden structures and clever way with textiles, Green favors fashion with a bit of punch, so it's no surprise that his mixis packed with emotive anthems from musical superstars like Kate Bush, Philip Glass and Bjork. A... more »

Lulu Kennedy 'In Fashion' interview live tomorrow, 16 April

Blog - 1 week ago

Tomorrow, 16 April, fashion's fairy godmother Lulu Kennedy will take part in an live *In Fashio*n interview with Lou Stoppard. As the founder of Fashion East - a sponsorship and mentoring progam that champions young design talent - Kennedy has helped develop the careers of acclaimed talents like Gareth Pugh, Meadham Kirchhoff, Louise Gray and J.W. Anderson. She'll be talking about the challenges and opportunities that face young creatives today, as well as discussing her own fashion journey, from setting up her own line, Lulu & Co, to taking up the role of editor-at-large at *LOV... more »