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SHOWstudio: SHOWstudio and MACHINE-A launch a new online shop, upcoming live interview with David Sims, interviews with 'Dior and I' director Frédéric Tcheng and model Alek Wek and more...

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Mar 25, 2015: SHOWstudio and MACHINE-A launch a new online shop, upcoming live interview with David Sims, interviews with 'Dior and I' director Frédéric Tcheng and model Alek Wek and more...

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— SHOWstudio / MACHINE-A
New Online Shop
SHOWstudio is joining forces with cutting-edge London boutique MACHINE-A to create a unique online shop. The venture will offer seasonal ready-to-wear clothing and accessories from MACHINE-A and a curated selection of contemporary artwork, fashion artefacts and fashion illustrations from SHOWstudio. Become part of a vibrant online community and interact with emerging and established brands - explore SHOWstudio / MACHINE-A now.

— Live Interview

— In Fashion
David Sims
Catch the latest instalment of our 'In Fashion' series as our editor Lou Stoppard talks to fashion photographer David Sims live on camera this Thursday, 26 March at 13:00 GMT. Looking back at his illustrious career, Sims will discuss his work with influential publications such as Arena Homme+ and the distinctive imagery he has created for brands including Yohji Yamamoto, Prada and Marc Jacobs.

— Interview

— Dior and I
Frédéric Tcheng
'Dior and I', the highly anticipated film documenting the creation of Raf Simons' first haute couture collection for Christian Dior, is coming to cinemas this Friday, 27 March. To celebrate the release of the documentary by Frédéric Tcheng, SHOWstudio is pleased to present a film trailer and an interview with the filmmaker. In conversation with Lou Stoppard, Tcheng discusses falling into the world of fashion and persuading the initially reluctant Simons to agree to filming.

— Interview

— Subjective
Alek Wek on Alexander McQueen
The latest addition to our 'Subjective' model interview series sees Nick Knight sit down with Alek Wek to discuss her experiences of modelling in Alexander McQueen's A/W 97 and A/W 00 shows. The Sudanese model reveals the practical difficulties of walking on McQueen's unusual catwalk sets and recalls time spent practicing walking in heels in her own apartment.

— Illustration

— Illustrating McQueen
Specially commissioned artworks
Alongside our 'Unseen McQueen' project, SHOWstudio is showcasing a collection of specially commissioned illustrations that pay homage to a selection of Alexander McQueen's most pivotal designs. Taking inspiration from McQueen's celebrated craftsmanship and conceptual oeuvre, our diverse community of artists have utilised a variety of mediums in order to re-interpret the exquisite garments. These original pieces are available to purchase online at SHOWstudio Shop.

— Interviews

— Unseen McQueen
Trino Verkade, Jess Hallett, Simon Costin & more
As part of our 'Unseen McQueen' series, we are releasing more exclusive and poignant interviews with some of Lee McQueen's closest creative collaborators. Led by Lou Stoppard, the conversations shed light on McQueen's working relationships with his right-hand woman Trino Verkade, casting director Jess Hallett, set designer Simon Costin, and writer Michelle Olley, who appeared as the centrepiece of McQueen's iconic 'Voss' show. Lending an academic slant to the project, fashion historian Judith Watt also discusses the late designer's work.

— Archive Footage

— Unseen McQueen
Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen
Revisit our 'Unseen McQueen' series for never-before-seen footage from the archives of Nick Knight. Check out the behind-the-scenes video from shoots for the likes of i-D, Visionaire and Puma, watch Knight discuss the footage with Lou Stoppard, or take a look at two candid archive interviews with the designer himself.

— Exhibition

— Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen
From 19 March to 5 June
In conjunction with the V&A's acclaimed exhibition 'Savage Beauty', our exhibition 'Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen' is open in SHOWstudio's gallery, 19 Motcomb Street, London. Drop in every weekday until 5 June 2015 to see a selection of fine art prints of Knight's most iconic and arresting Alexander McQueen imagery, including 'Blade of Light' and 'Devon'.

— From the Archive

— Transformer
Alexander McQueen, Katy England & more
Can't get enough McQueen? Watch the late designer turn a bridegroom into a bride in minutes. The archive gem sits alongside other fashion films by Erin O'Connor, Bobby Gillespie and Katy England, as well as an image gallery, a webcast of the shoot and an essay all exploring the theme of transformation.

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SHOWstudio: Unseen McQueen: Never-before-seen archive shoot footage and exclusive interviews with Aimee Mullins, Nick Knight, Joseph Bennett and more...

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Mar 19, 2015: Unseen McQueen: Never-before-seen archive shoot footage and exclusive interviews with Aimee Mullins, Nick Knight, Joseph Bennett and more...

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— Unseen McQueen
Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen
Today, 19 March marks the end of our week-long 'Unseen McQueen' series. For the last seven days, we have unveiled an array of archive footage and exclusive interviews celebrating Nick Knight's ground-breaking work with the late Lee McQueen. Newly edited films of past shoot footage and creative projects dating as far back as 1997 have been released each day, accompanied by candid video conversations with Katy England, Joseph Bennett, Michael Clark and others who knew and worked with the late designer. Explore the project, and stay tuned for three new interviews with more of the McQueen set, launching tomorrow, 20 March.

— Unseen McQueen

— Archive Footage
The Face
For the fifth instalment of our 'Unseen McQueen' series, we dug up and re-edited photoshoot footage from Nick Knight's 1998 archive. Inspired by the Alexander McQueen A/W 98 'Joan' collection, Nick Knight shot an editorial for The Face featuring Lee McQueen himself in character as Joan of Arc and model Shirley Mallmann on a bed of nails.

— Unseen McQueen

— Interview
Joseph Bennett
'He didn't restrict himself to classic fashion shows. He wanted to do something that was more close to art really.' British production designer Joseph Bennett designed every Alexander McQueen show after S/S 99's 'No 13', as well as the 'Savage Beauty' exhibition at the Met in New York and the V&A in London. In an exclusive interview with Lou Stoppard, he discusses working with Lee McQueen on his theatrical runway shows.

— Exhibition

— Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen
Opens Today
SHOWstudio Shop's long-awaited 'Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen' exhibition opens to the public today, 19 March. Featuring fine-art prints from some of the photographer and designer's iconic collaborations, including Dazed & Confused's 'Fashion-able' editorial, the show runs until 5 June at 19 Motcomb Street.

— Unseen McQueen

— Interviews
Nick Knight
In a series of seven candid interviews, Nick Knight tells Lou Stoppard about his creative relationship with Lee McQueen, shedding light on the ideas behind some of their most iconic projects. Watch him open up about the late designer's legacy and his memories of their friendship.

— Unseen McQueen

— Archive Footage
The Cell
The penultimate piece of footage gleaned from Knight's archives for our 'Unseen McQueen' series shows the creation of an image from 1999 for Tina Brown's Talk magazine. In Knight's photograph, McQueen appears bound in chains and hanging from his own flesh in a padded cell. The themes of torment and captivity reflected the designer's unhappiness working as head designer at Givenchy. Watch the short film to watch the image-making process from beginning to end.

— Unseen McQueen

— Interview
Marian Newman
Nail artist Marian Newman spoke exclusively to Lou Stoppard about working with Lee McQueen on shows and projects including the Alexander McQueen S/S 10 'Plato's Atlantis' show, McQueen's last. 'Every time I did something with him there was always a story with the nails, which was great - and it was unheard of in those days,' she says of the designer's attention to detail.

— Unseen McQueen

— Archive Footage
The Angel Interview
Today, 19 March, we unveiled the last piece of 'Unseen McQueen' footage from Nick Knight's archive. In 2000, Knight and McQueen were commissioned to interview each other for i-D magazine. Filmed at London's Hempel Hotel by Knight's assistants, the conversation took place ahead of the launch of Knight and McQueen's 'Angel' project, a haunting 2001 sound and image installation. Only part of the footage survives, although all of the audio remains intact.

— Illustration

— Illustrating McQueen
Specially commissioned artworks
A selection of specially commissioned illustrations by SHOWstudio's diverse community of artists pays homage to Alexander McQueen's most pivotal designs. Garments from shows such as 'Voss', 'No.13' and 'Joan' are depicted by artists including Unskilled Worker, John Booth, Francois Berthoud and more. Each of these one-of-a-kind artworks is available to purchase at SHOWstudio Shop.

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SHOWstudio: Unseen McQueen: Never-before-seen archive shoot footage and exclusive interviews with Katy England, Michael Clark, Claire Wilcox, Nick Knight and more...

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Mar 16, 2015: Unseen McQueen: Never-before-seen archive shoot footage and exclusive interviews with Katy England, Michael Clark, Claire Wilcox, Nick Knight and more...

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— Unseen McQueen
Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen
Launched in conjunction with the opening of 'Savage Beauty' at the V&A, our 'Unseen McQueen' series is in full swing. We began the week by launching a previously unseen 1998 interview with a young Lee McQueen, followed by footage documenting the creation of Knight's iconic 'Blade of Light' photograph. Also available to watch is video of Knight's 1997 shoot for Visionaire magazine featuring model Laura de Palma in McQueen's controversial 'Bellmer' harness and his campaign shoot for McQueen's 2006 range with Puma. Interviews with McQueen's friends and collaborators including Knight himself, choreographer Michael Clark, stylist Katy England and 'Savage Beauty' curator Claire Wilcox sit alongside the archive content. Stay tuned for more exciting and exclusive unseen footage and interviews every day until 19 March.

— Unseen McQueen

— Interview
Katy England
'I don't think about the term 'muse'. It doesn't mean anything to me. I don't really know what it is in terms of my job in fashion. I was just there as part of the McQueen team.' Stylist Katy England reflects on her relationship with the late Lee McQueen in our exclusive interview. England first met McQueen in 1994, and the pair worked together for 13 years on a variety of his early shows including 'The Birds' and 'Voss'. In conversation with Lou Stoppard, she discusses her first meeting with the designer and the atmosphere backstage at some of his most iconic shows.

— Unseen McQueen

— Interviews
Nick Knight
Alongside the never-before-seen archive gems being released as part of our 'Unseen McQueen' project, Nick Knight has been opening up about his long-term collaborative relationship with the designer. The pair worked together from 1996 until McQueen's death in 2010 and continuously pushed creative boundaries. In a series of daily interviews, the photographer speaks about their iconic images, McQueen as a man and the vision and ideas behind their collaborations.

— Unseen McQueen

— Archive Footage
Blade of Light
Nick Knight has filmed all of his photo-shoots since the late eighties and in his extensive personal archive sits footage of the making of some of his most iconic imagery. As part of our 'Unseen McQueen' series, we've released a behind-the-scenes film of the creation of Knight's 'Blade of Light' photograph, a spectacle choreographed by Michael Clark and featuring the Alexander McQueen 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' inspired S/S 04 'Deliverance' collection.

— Unseen McQueen

— Interview
Claire Wilcox
'This is somebody's lifetime achievement. It's 20 intense years of believing in the potential of fashion to transcend the ordinary.' As senior curator of fashion at the V&A, Wilcox worked with McQueen on various V&A projects during his lifetime, including 2001's groundbreaking 'Radical Fashion' exhibition. In an exclusive interview with Lou Stoppard, the 'Savage Beauty' curator discusses the making and significance of the Alexander McQueen retrospective.

— Unseen McQueen

— Archive Footage
Visionaire
The third instalment of our exclusive 'Unseen McQueen' series features archive footage from 1997. Watch Nick Knight and Lee McQueen at work on images for the 20th edition of 'Visionaire', guest edited by Comme Des Garçons. Their boundary-pushing collaboration resulted in the now infamous image of model Laura de Palma wearing the controversial metal 'Bellmer' harness from the Alexander McQueen's S/S 97 'La Poupee' show.

— Unseen McQueen

— Interview
Michael Clark
'There are those people who could obey the rules and make really beautiful things but they still choose not to. That's what interested me about McQueen.' Watch as dancer and choreographer Michael Clark talks candidly to Lou Stoppard about his creative collaborations with Lee McQueen - including choreographing the S/S 04 'Deliverance' show - as part of our exclusive interviews with the McQueen set.

— Illustration

— Illustrating McQueen
Unskilled Worker, Velwyn Yossy & more
A selection of specially commissioned illustrations by SHOWstudio's diverse community of artists pays homage to Alexander McQueen's most pivotal designs. Garments from shows such as 'Voss', 'No.13' and 'Joan' are depicted by artists including Unskilled Worker, Velwyn Yossy and Francois Berthoud. Each of these one-of-a-kind artworks is available to purchase at SHOWstudio Shop.

— Upcoming

— Exhibition
Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen
Curated to celebrate Nick Knight's dynamic collaborations with Alexander McQueen, and to coincide with the V&A's 'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' retrospective, SHOWstudio Shop's upcoming exhibition showcases Knight's arresting images of the designer's work. 'Nick Knight & Alexander McQueen' opens to the public on 19 March and will run until 5 June 2015.

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