BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS at SELFRIDGES

To get us in the mood for Fashion Week Selfridges have handpicked 20 of the most exciting design talents of 2011..............we welcome 'BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS'. With 10 designers occupying a window each for January and 10 February each designer has also been asked to design exclusive pieces for Selfridges which will be sold in pop up shops in store or online. Here are some of the first 10!!

NOKI-NOIR-POUR DANDY A/W11

This season Dr Noki launched his very first menswear collection titled NOKI-NOIR-POUR DANDY. The collection has a very different feel to his womenswear, the bold graphic prints, manipulated branding and cartoon characters have been replaced with a mature focused colour palette of grey, navy and black, with a punch of colour and famous pen work only on braces. This collection is all about silhouette. High waisted trousers and knee length shorts paired with bike courier bondage leggings, sharp shirts buttoned to the top with huge hip-hop sleeves covering the elbow and New Era caps redesigned with a collaboration between Dr Noki and Piers Atkinson.

I shot the above image for JJ (Dr Noki) with photographer Morgan White before we went to Paris where Dr Noki debuted his collection alongside other exciting London menswear designers such as James Long, Katie Eary and J W Anderson as part of the BFC and Tim Blanks - London Show Rooms.

BEHIND THE SCENES AT ANN DEMEULEMEESTER MENSWEAR- A/W11 - PARIS

The Old Convent, Couvent des Cordeliers

Bart with his black horse hair headpiece

Bart and Duco

Tomek Szczukiecki

Fabian and Fabian

Tomek, Anthon and Leon

DAVID KOMA S/S11 BY THOMAS COOKSEY

I teamed up with the talented Thomas Cooksey to shoot David Koma's new S/S11 collection on the amazing JuJu at Storm. Here are the pics!

Photographer: Thomas Cooksey

Stylist: Kim Howells

Hair: Kenna at Terrie Tanaka using L’Oréal Professionnel for KennaLand

Make up: Abi Johnson using M.A.C

Model: Juju at Storm

Photographer Assistant: Gilbey

Stylist Assistant: Reuben Esser

Jewellery: Mawi for David Koma

Shoes: Alain Quilici for David Koma

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ZANDRA RHODES

I grew up obsessed with Zandra Rhodes. As a child I would sit and sketch non stop, read every book and interview and drag my mum to London to visit her Textile Museum in Bermondsey. Her freedom, playful energy, line and confidence with colour was such a huge inspiration and perhaps is the reason I love to work so much with colour and line now........ With all this in mind you can imagine it was such a great honour to actually go and visit her at her home. Now I can't say why I was there but here are some pics - welcome to the world of Zandra Rhodes!!

INSIDE ZANDRA RHODES SKETCHBOOKS...........

As you can imagine Zandra's studio is an Aladdin's cave of colour, with the walls covered in sketches, references and print ideas she also has the most amazing collection of sketchbooks!!! I was lucky enough to photograph some of her work as she whizzed though the pages describing each scene and explaining that she has 1 sketchbook rule - always start at the front and don't miss a page!!

THE ALCHEMY SERIES: 1.1 NEGREDO

Just before Christmas I teamed up with the lovely Jez Tozer and Walter Hugo to shoot a small story for part 1 (1.1 Negredo) of Jez's new project - The Alchemy Series.

The Alchemy Series will run over 2 years, 4 seasons, each season representing 1 of the Alchemy's 4 major transformations, Negredo, Albedo, Citrinitas, Rubedo. This was a really great project to be part of and amazing to work with Walter Hugo for the first time and see how his amazing photo developing techniques relate to our shoot. Here are the images!!






1 -Hats by Pam Hogg and Piers Atkinson. Dress Craig Lawrence
2 - Headpiece by Keko Hainswheeler, catsuit by Hannah Marshall
3 - Headpiece customised by stylist, using props, by Alun Davies, dress Hannah Marshall
4 - Headpiece by Keko Hainswheeler dress by DR NOKI

Concept and Photography - Jez Tozer

Stylist - Kim Howells

Hair - Adrian Clark at CLM

Make up - Martina Luisetti using Mac

Set - Alun Davies

Model - Kasia Wrobel at Select

Photographic assistant - Rik Patel

Hair assistant - Mel Pearce

Make up assistant - Amaranta Bea

Set assistant- Xan Ashley

Hand processing- Barb Wilson

Deconstructed colour landscapes, re-printed using silver emulsion by the artist Walter Hugo

Special thanks to Cassandra Maxwell at CLM

Production Edie Rohl.