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Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Viral Fashion Video: SHOWstudio for Gareth Pugh Spring/Summer 2011

For his Spring/Summer 2010 show, Gareth Pugh chose to present a video of his new collection in lieu of a traditional runway show.  The video, directed by Ruth Hogben debuted yesterday and was streamed live through SHOWstudio.  This is a strategic move for both parties: SHOWstudio is trying to solidify itself as the eminent innovative [...]

Cultural Evolution: Lucy McRae’s Body Sculptures

Lucy McRae is a visual artist and body architect most famous for collaborating with Dutch artist Bart Hess to produce Lucyandbart, a project that explores futuristic human forms that could result from plastic surgery and evolution.  Using the body as a canvas, Lucyandbart create grotesque sculptures that directly attack vanities typical in both men and [...]

Daily Inspiration: Rodolfo Vanmarcke, Turning Your World Upside Down

Images via Why Not

The Fashion Body: SHOWstudio’s Fashion Week Antidote

Over the summer, SHOWstudio invited artists to contribute to “The Fashion Body,” a videographic study of body parts.  Each artist focuses on a single part of the body, and the result is an astounding array of approaches to and messages about how body parts function physically and symbolically; as fashion objects and in personal expression. [...]

Daily Inspiration: Johan Sandberg Shoots Bo Don For Marie Claire Italia

Images via Fashion Gone Rogue.

Nick Cave Soundsuits in Vogue September 2010: Furry Happy Monsters Holding Tod’s

Of all the fabulous, wearable fashion in this month’s Vogue, the most striking spread is Monsters, INC, in which Raymond Meier shoots fall’s hottest fur accessories modeled atop performance artist Nick Cave’s very furry soundsuits. Like a psychedelic Where the Wild Things Are or an edgy Dr. Seuss illustration, Cave has captured every imagined childhood [...]