It’s that time of year again, when the UCL Fashion Society, or Modo as it’s more commonly known, holds its annual fashion show. They’re they only student fashion society in the country (apart from Central St Martin’s, which has a fashion course – UCL doesn’t!) that holds a show entirely composed of students. All the designers are students. All the models are students. The stage is built and lit by students. It is also, of course, photographed by students. (Albeit one of whom could afford to have two D40s around his neck!)

The theme of this year’s show was ‘Elements’, although some designers took this more seriously than others. One designer even had one of the models sewing his collection together on the first night – but that’s not to say that the whole show didn’t look pretty awesome for a bunch of lazy students being in charge. It was quite telling that the timelapse I shot of the stage being constructed involved a lot of inaction… Read the rest of this entry »

Well, it’s the beginning of London Fashion Week, and what better way to celebrate it than go to Wearable Art for Durable People? It helps, of course, to know one of the designers showing off her creations – and to have a girlfriend wearing one of them – but there we go. As in previous years, the event was held at Egg nightclub on York Way – not the first venue I’d choose, but it’s a pretty cool place. We didn’t quite make it to 5am for the celebratory breakfast, I must admit. I didn’t even get my free drink, although I did get a bite of parma ham. Swings and roundabouts.

I’m much more of a fan of reportage, backstage photography of make-up being applied and models hanging around being far more natural than they are on the catwalk, but I snagged a spot at the end of the runway anyway and, I think, captured a few good shots. (Chatting with some of the other photographers, it seemed none of us were very happy with the set-up, but then it was a tent in an outdoor nightclub not set up for fashion shows, so it’s hardly a surprise it was cramped. Plus, any complaints about the lighting should be compensated by technique. Which I’m not terribly good at right now.)

There’s a gallery after the jump, so click on through. (Warning: there are a few nipple tassles involved!)

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