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 Aimee Mullins, Nick Knight, Joseph Bennett and more...

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