APEngine » fashion films http://www.apengine.org Moving image transmission: driving debate and ideas around the moving image, film, art, animation and everything else. Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:24:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Fashion in Film at the Barbican http://www.apengine.org/2010/11/fashion-in-film-at-the-barbican/ http://www.apengine.org/2010/11/fashion-in-film-at-the-barbican/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:42:31 +0000 abigail http://www.apengine.org/?p=6748

Dates: 4 & 5 December | Location: Barbican, London

APEngine recommends the 3rd Fashion in Film Festival: Birds of Paradise, taking place at the Barbican this December.

Exploring costume as a form of cinematic spectacle, these sumptuous and rarely screened European films of the silent era comprise a captivating conclusion to the Barbican’s Autumn/Winter silent series. This programme highlights the hypnotising allure of film costume, as worn by the diva, the showgirl and the dancing fairies and spectres of the silent era. With live musical accompaniment from Lilly Henley, Jane Gardner, Stephen Horne and John Sweeney.

For more information about these stunning works, visit Barbican Film.

]]> http://www.apengine.org/2010/11/fashion-in-film-at-the-barbican/feed/ 0 The Bridegroom Stripped Bare, Alexander McQueen http://www.apengine.org/2010/02/the-bridegroom-stripped-bare-alexander-mcqueen/ http://www.apengine.org/2010/02/the-bridegroom-stripped-bare-alexander-mcqueen/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:39:16 +0000 abigail http://www.apengine.org/?p=4002 The Bridegroom Stripped Bare, Alexander McQueen

The Bridegroom Stripped Bare, Alexander McQueen

The Bridegroom Stripped Bare offers a delightful and rare glimpse of Alexander McQueen performing a design metamorphosis. The bridegroom is transfigured into the bride in a whirlwind of gaffer tape, glitter and gloss paint. The finale piece to a series of transformations that happened at SHOWStudio in July 2002, the performance was originally broadcast live via webcam. I saw this film only a few months ago at SHOWstudio’s Fashion Revolution exhibition at Somerset House, and as one of the introductory pieces to the show, found it utterly mesmerising and astonishing.

To the memory of Alexander McQueen.

Credits
Photography: Nick Knight
Creative Direction: Alexander McQueen
Film & Sound Design: Adam Mufti

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Gareth Pugh A/W 09, Ruth Hogben

In honour of London Fashion Week we bring you this stunning short that showcases British avant-garde designer Gareth Pugh’s Autumn/Winter 09 collection. The piece was directed by London-based filmmaker Ruth Hogben, with Styling by Editor of Fashion at Dazed and Confused, Kate Shillingford.

And for a taster of Gareth Pugh’s collection Spring/Summer 2010, check out the interactive cube created by Gareth Pugh, Ruth Hogben, Simon Costin and Matthew Stone on SHOWstudio.com.

SHOWstudio currently has a retrospective exhibition showing at London’s Somerset House until 20 December 2009. The exhibition features a selection of SHOWstudio’s fashion and art projects, a programme of the fashion films and a series of live fashion shoots within Somerset House open to the public. The live shoots are also available to view via webcast.

Credits
Direction and Edit: Ruth Hogben
Styling: Katie Shillingford
Set Design: Simon Costin
Model: Natasa Vojnovic
Fashion: Gareth Pugh
Soundtrack: Matthew Stone

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