SHOWstudio: Naomi Campbell, Yohji Yamamoto, Jason Wu, Philip Treacy, Hannah Martin and more

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	Newsletter | 16 March 2011
CURRENT NAOMI CAMPBELL: STATUESQUE
Statuesque is the word for Naomi Campbell, an icon of our time who, it seems, can inflame opinion in any observer. Statuesque is also the word for 'Naomi' - Nick Knight's 25-foot interactive sculpture that formed the centrepiece of the exhibition SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution at London's Somerset House. Our latest project fully documents each and every step behind the creation of this super-sized monolith to a true Supermodel, including scanning Naomi's legendary body and refashioning her as a three-dimensional form. In her final installation - as interactive exhibit as part of SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution - Campbell's recreated form was utilised by exhibition goers and online viewers as a global conduit for communication, illustrated here by Nick Knight's narrated tour of the piece, and also by a ten-minute extract taken from three months of live footage showing Naomi dressed and undressed by layers of projected 'graffiti'. [more]
CURRENT LIVE STUDIO: PHILIP TREACY
A rare opportunity to see a virtuoso craftsman and one of fashion's true originals in action, this week we launch our video edit of Philip Treacy's residency in our LiveStudio. The milliner par excellence visited our Bruton Place studio to create 'Feathered', a 'feather salad' crafted by his own hand to be included in our SHOWstudio Shop headdress exhibition. Edited from footage captured during Treacy's one-day live session, our exclusive video offers a unique insight into an award-winning creative at work. [more]
COMING UP IN CONVERSATION WITH YOHJI YAMAMOTO
Alongside the new exhibition Yohji Yamamoto which opened at London's Victoria and Albert Museum last week, we launch a two-stage project profiling the ground-breaking Japanese designer. The first film captures a conversation between long-term Yamamoto collaborators - photographer Nick Knight, art director Marc Ascoli and graphic designer Peter Saville - discussing their collective work on the seminal Yohji Yamamoto advertising imagery and catalogues of the 1980s. The second step, launching this Friday, showcases a rare interview with Yamamoto himself discussing his three decades of work in the rococo enclaves of the Norfolk Music Room at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
COMING UP THE MAN WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING
A Voltaire quote - 'The man who knows everything and never dies' - and a fictional 400-year old alchemist inspired London jeweller Hannah Martin's latest collection. However, the interpretation of the collection is resolutely modern: taking over Dover Street Market for a unique installation fusing real-world with web-based interfaces showcased exclusively online at SHOWstudio.com The final project will be unveiled at 19:00 GMT on Thursday 17 March 2011
COMING UP IN FASHION, JASON WU - LIVE
The next instalment of our In Fashion series profiles CFDA award-winning New York designer Jason Wu. Wu has firmly established his name as a designer of classically refined tailoring and dresses modernised with a classic American sportswear attitude - an approach that has won international plaudits, and has awarded him the patronage of none other than America's First Lady, Michelle Obama. Following his much-acclaimed Autumn/Winter 2011 show, Wu makes a rare trip to London and will be in conversation with Fashion Director Alexander Fury on Tuesday 22 March from 15:00 GMT
FROM THE SHOP Luna Tee, 2010
With Spring just around the corner, Mother of Pearl’s collaboration with the contemporary visual artist Jim Lambie is the perfect way to warm up from the Winter months. Having been exhibited in our Florist show, the limited-edition Luna Tee is available just in time for the sun to come out and as a major piece from the Spring/Summer 2011 collection, the floral Crepe de Chine is conceptually wearable art. Shaped by an ever-present contrast - a looming, sharp black figure is concealed by the gentle brushstrokes of flowers to create this exclusive and stunning tee. [more]
FROM THE ARCHIVE DESIGN_DOWNLOAD: YOHJI YAMAMOTO
In light of the Yohji Yamamoto retrospectives taking place at London's Victoria and Albert Museum and the Wapping Project, examining 30 years of masterful fashion innovation, the time felt perfect to re-examine the design_download pattern Yamamoto exclusively offered to SHOWstudio.com viewers in 2002. Described enigmatically as 'a certain garment' and with equally open instructions for the pattern's construction, Yamamoto invites the public to become a creative collaborator in realising the final garment. If you're hankering after a more visual distillation of Yamamoto's ideal, a gallery of viewer images show their own made-up versions of the pattern - alongside Nick Knight's definitive version of the Yohji original. [more]
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Sam McKnight: backstage at Chanel As well as creating a look that allowed the models to walk through an apocalypse with the kind of chic nonchalance that only a Chanel girl can, Sam McKnight found time to film scenes from backstage and on the set before the Chanel A/W 2011 show last week for SHOWstudio.com. [more]
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