Carmen Kass (November 2002 - July 2009)

[mikel]

The shoot looks very interesting! I can't wait to see the finished result.

[jiaqi]

i didn't hear that hysterical laugh

i hope they will take segments of the live stream and make them into another video of the shooting

[LetThemEatCake]

Originally Posted by jiaqi

i didn't hear that hysterical laugh

i hope they will take segments of the live stream and make them into another video of the shooting

I know, I was looking forward to hearing it too.

I'm sure they'll do something cool as far as a video montage with all this footage. I hope.

[ponytrot]

WOW! This is so avant-garde cazy! Carmen is truly a legend.

[LetThemEatCake]

2 of our CLOWN shoot! Carmen's in make-up and Nick's just arrived so we've switched on the live stream early

Carmen's 1st look of the day: 3 Dolce & Gabbana dresses, a customised bra, leggings and shoes courtesy of stylist Panos.

The team are considering the first shots whilst hair supremo Sam McKnight makes adjustments to Carmen's hair.

aha, the hair change was to make way for a mask...

An incredibly patient Carmen Kass is still undergoing a fantastical Clown transformation.

Fed and watered, the team are shooting the next look: dress, cardigan, bloomers and waders by Prada, bra & leggings customised by stylist.

On to look 2: sweater-dress, devore tunic and those much-admired tan waders from Prada, all other styling accoutrements provided by Panos

Panos' assistant John just revealed that his team spent 30+ hours attaching tiny crystals to a pair of customised boots for the shoot!

Panos is wrapping and strapping Carmen's face with a different fabric mask for our next shot

Carmen goes wild with 2 cans of hairspray!

Panos continues the layering theme with a head-to-toe Comme des Garçons look - dress layered with flesh coloured tulle and a 'blanket' coat.

The team are back at our Bruton Place studio ready for another day of shooting for Nick and Panos' clown-themed story for the upcoming issueof AnOther Magazine. Model Carmen Kass already being prepped in hair and make-up, Panos and his team are busy working on items for today's looks, there's a constant flurry of garment bags being delivered via courier and Nick's just arrived so we thought we'd turn the LIVE STREAM on early. Today is a SHOWstudio first: this is Nick's inaugural shoot in our upstairs studio space, and as it's a weekday, we've got a full-house with the rest of the team downstairs attempting to go about their day-to-day duties. As well as a constant live stream trained on the heart of the action, Alex Fury and I will be multi-tasking to the best of abilities, providing regular blogs and regulat Twitter updates throughout.

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[LetThemEatCake]

Carmen Kass takes to the stage in Panos Yiapanis' second look of the day: a devoré velvet tunic, cardigan, bloomers and those love-or-hate thigh-high tan waders from the A/W 2009 Prada collection. This high-fashion ensemble is however subverted into something far more unsettling, and thoroughly in keeping with our Clown theme, with the addition of items specially crafted to Panos' exacting specifications. In this instance, hand-beaded leggings and bra-like harness and a sinister 'Hannibal the Cannibal'-style face fetter. And check out Sam McKnight's truly terrifying hairdo!

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[Zann]

the live feed is so exciting to watch. Carmen moves with ease. I love it

[LetThemEatCake]

Here is one of the leitmotifs of the photographer's trade: the polaroid wall, in this case covered in glossy eight-by-ten images of Carmen Kass in this morning's outlandish array of Dolce and Gabanna and Prada pieces mixed in with Panos' inimitable array of customised garments. Nick Knight's images are shaping up to blur the line between figurative and abstract - quite literally in many cases, as the sections of the photographs appears fuzzed and clouded, while other aspects register crystal-clear. The mirror-embroidery detail on one of those Dolce and Gabbana gowns, for example, runs the gamut between abstract polkadot to images so finely-focussed you can see each stitch. Carmen herself, of course, has been somewhat abstracted already - to the right of this image, you can see her behind Panos, complete (and completely unrecognisable) with Hannah Murray's circus whiteface and the chicest of frightwigs by Sam McKnight.

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[jiaqi]

this ed seems big!

[LetThemEatCake]

Definitely an extensive ed I am hoping for...this will be worth the indulgence spent on the magazine.

Latest Twitter updates (I want more pics because I am on a pc that only lets me HEAR the shoot, not see it , so I want to see new pics!!)

I keep hearing Carmen cough.

The 4th look of the day? She's in a Louis Vuitton dress and matching leggings complimented by Panos' customised arm-warmers and shoes.

The team are re-shooting some of yesterday's looks - she's back in that that striking houndstooth McQueen blouse, jumpsuit and coat.

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[Laetitia]

I'm so exciting about this shoot...I can't wait to see the pictures.

[jiaqi]

you actually sat through the day listening to the live stream? you are a model fan, LetThemEatCake. yesterday i tried for about twenty minutes but there wasn't much action so i stopped :P

[LetThemEatCake]

Yes, I am very committed to Carmen!

Now Kass is seated, dressed in 2 Miu Miu dresses, overlaid with Panos' bejewelled tutu, Miu Miu stockings and heels.

Check out the neon lip sign Panos and his team have cleverly fashioned for this look

With daylight fading fast in our Bruton Place studio space, what could be a better accessory than a neon 'lip' sign for our model Carmen Kass? Another example of Panos and his team's ingenious handiwork, the specially-devised red glowing lips are currently being used to create fantastical trompe l'oeil effects in front of Nick's lens. Dressed in head-to-toe Miu Miu (two flesh-toned, jewel encrusted dresses, stockings and heels) and a tutu customised by Panos' team, this is our sixth look today. And the team are no way near close to completion - with five (or even six!) looks left to shot and talk of venturing outside, I can safely say that we will be live streaming, blogging and Twittering late into the night.

We're going outside! Nick wants puddles but as it hasn't rained, we're going to make some of our own...

For tonight's next look, Nick's wanted to photograph Carmen in the street in some puddles - as it hasn't rained for the past week, his assistants have had to fake it with buckets of water. Here's a scene you don't see every night on your way home: Carmen Kass dressed in Givenchy and blue crystal shoes, face painted ghostly white, jumping around in puddles, pulling crazy clown poses, in front of photographer Nick Knight and a 11-strong team.

Imagine being on a No. 8 bus and seeing Nick Knight photographing Carmen Kass jumping in puddles, dressed in Givenchy, face painted white.

Eagle-eyed viewers will have seen Carmen pop back in for a quick outfit change. Now she's in a sparkling Gucci and back outside!

It's 00:30 and we have the final shot is done!

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[mikel]

The outdoor shots look interesting as well. Thanks for posting all of this!

[Northern Star]

Bloody hell Tyler thanks for the running commentary on the shoot
This whole thing sounds as mad as box of frogs and I cannot wait to see the results.