NEW PROJECTS
Showing now on: http://www.showstudio.com
Showing now on: http://www.showstudio.com
FASH-OFF: Gareth Pugh
Feted for his commitment to creating provocative spectacles over mundane,
workaday clothes, controversial young designer Gareth Pugh will be using the
SHOWstudio live platform to stage a series of performances to mark Couture
Week, the first week of July 2006. Each representing his attitude towards the
different aspects of his whirlwind fashion career thus far, the afternoon
broadcasts will focus on themes of boredom and repetition, artifice and
multiple personae, high-octane glamour and the falsity of easily-won
acclaim. Of course, no Gareth Pugh project would be complete without
the attendant party, which he will be throwing to open the series.
Gareth will also be providing unprecedented access to the 'world of Gareth'
in the run up to the live events. An ongoing image diary kept over June and
captured via his trademark Polaroids, will detail the month in process and a
documentary film shot by Gareth during a trip home to his native Sunderland
will provide a unique portrait of the designer's background and image world.
As the final performances will be running in parallel with Couture, Gareth has
agreed to open up his own construction process to scrutiny, whereby he will
be the next contributor to our prestigious Design_Download series, offering
up a pattern for viewers to make up, style and photograph.
