SHOWstudio: Kate Moss, Nicola Formichetti, Lady Gaga, Mugler, Paris Menswear, Gareth Pugh, Bishi, Viktor & Rolf, Andy Warhol and more

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	Newswire | 20.01.11
CURRENT EDITING KATE
Kate Moss is undoubtedly one of the world's most photographed women - and in our latest fashion film series, Editing Kate, SHOWstudio.com invite a selection of contemporary video editors to craft their own fashion film from footage captured of Kate Moss during Nick Knight's editorial for the December 2010 issue of Vogue Italia. The resulting fashion films will be released over spring 2011, alongside interviews with each of the editors underlining their individual approach to the footage, the process of 'editing Kate', and the emerging genre of fashion film - consistently championed by Nick Knight and SHOWstudio.com The first film of the Editing Kate series, Tomorrow Night We'll Go Anywhere by Jamie Harley, is now live at SHOWstudio.com [more]
CURRENT COLLECTIONS: PARIS MENSWEAR A/W 2011
Milan gave us androgyny, wide shoulders and lashings of lurex - as amply illustrated by our comprehensive fashion week rundown. All reports by Fashion Director Alexander Fury and images by Chris Moore now uploaded to the site - while Hywel Davies takes up the baton of roaming reportage for Paris' Collections. The parade of latest styles pour les hommes began last night, with this season's major opener being Nicola Formichetti's first show for the revamped and revitalised Mugler - with music direction courtesy of Lady Gaga. Our review is now live, with the likes of Lanvin, Dior and Raf Simons lined up over the next jam-packed three days. [more]
CURRENT 200 PORTRAITS
The penultimate installment of video portraits from Nick Knight's landmark 200 Portraits has now launched, with designer Gareth Pugh and artist Carson McColl the twin focus of Nick Knight's lens for this dual portrait as part of i-D magazine's 30th anniversary 'Then, Now, Next' shoot. Each Wednesday at 15:00 BST, SHOWstudio.com will launch a new selection of video portraits captured on a specific date, the series as a whole documenting not only this ground-breaking live shoot but a slice of twenty-first century popular culture. The final video portraits from this landmark series will launch next week. [more]
CURRENT IN FASHION, MARTINE SITBON
The latest addition to our ever-expanding In Fashion series launches today, profiling cult French designer Martine Sitbon. Filmed on a rare trip to London just before christmas, the Rue du Mail designer discusses her stellar career, history and inspirations with SHOWstudio.com Fashion Director Alexander Fury, offering unique insight into her much-fêted vision of modern French chic. [more]
COMING UP LIVESTUDIO - BISHI
In a one-off gig to close the SHOWstudio Shop Florist show, the performance powerhouse Bishi takes to our LiveStudio for a set that fuses fashion, music and art together in a spectacular visual and aural experience. Featuring eye-popping kaleidoscopic projections across not only our studio but Bishi herself - transformed for the occasion into a foliate fashion form herself in three-dimensional petals - the fruit of Bishi's collaboration with five visual artists accompany a performance of seven new tracks in this exclusive broadcast. Watch Bishi's LiveStudio performance from 19:30 GMT tonight [more]
COMING UP TO BED
Opening next Wednesday night, the SHOWstudio.com Shop is pleased to invite you to come To Bed.  Given that during these winter months we tend to give over to hibernation, the somnolent exhibition is dedicated to the notion of sleep and its many representations in art and fashion and aptly runs from 26 January to 12 March 2011 and includes major works by Marina Bychkova, Chanel, Corinne Day, Jeremy Kost, Nick Knight, Mel Odom, Maiko Takeda, Viktor & Rolf, and Andy Warhol. [more]
FROM THE SHOP JIGSAW PUZZLE 2008
For over a decade, Steven Meisel has photographed every cover and lead editorial story for each issue of Italian Vogue not to mention photographing campaigns for Prada, Mulberry, Lanvin and Versace. Exclusively for SHOWstudio Shop, Meisel has offered a limited-edition of 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles, all of which are signed and numbered by the man himself. The photograph turned jigsaw titled ‘Vogue Patterns’ is taken from the Vogue Italia December 2007 issue. Featuring the provocative image of Meghan Collison enshrouded in hundreds of tattoos and enveloped within a sea of colour and pattern - it’s perfect for fashion lovers and jigsaw enthusiasts alike. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE GARETH PUGH A/W 2009
Following Gareth Pugh's latest Collection- conceived especially for a 'fashion film fresco' created with Ruth Hogben for Pitti Immagine #79 - the time feels ripe to look back to Pugh's first foray into presenting his collection via film, for A/W 2009. Again in collaboration with Hogben, this collaboration was dubbed 'mesmerising' by style.com's Tim Blanks - pushing the reset button on the way fashion viewed both the internet, and video presentation of clothing, and no doubt helping path the way for the future presentation of fashion imagery. [more]
LATEST ENTRIES BLOG
Nicola Formichetti's debut for Mugler Paris menswear week has kicked off - with Nicola Formichetti's debut collection as creative director for Mugler the opening act for a jammed week of menswear shows. My review of the collection is now online - alongside this final preview image, one of four taken from the film which played... [more]
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