Gareth Pugh x Ruth Hogben x Wayne McGregor: MOVEment
Alongside Prada, Alexander McQueen, and Hussein Chalayan, at the invitation of AnOther Magazine — as part of a larger project pairing choreographers with fashion designers, — we worked with Wayne McGregor and Ruth Hogben to create a stark and provocative film short presented to the public at Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio.
S/S18 at the BFI IMAX — London Fashion Week
An uncompromising visual tour-de-force, created in collaboration with Nick Knight and the French performance artist Olivier de Sagazan, in September 2017 we presented a a 18 minute fashion film at the BFI IMAX — the biggest cinema screen in Europe.
Exploring the meaning behind the accompanying visual album, in September 2020 we released a feature-length documentary offering the public an ‘access all areas’ insight into the creative process, paired with a series of breathtaking digital landscapes created by the artist Jon Emmony, in a visceral and unguarded response to recent world events.
A/W17' Fashion Film directed by Nick Knight & HARD+SHINY
Returning to the depths of our Autumn/Winter 2017 venue, we reimagined our A/W17 collection in an explosive fashion film short shot by longterm collaborator Nick Knight, featuring a new performance by Ed Watson — principal dancer at The Royal Ballet — and the iconic British model Erin O’Connor, also captured in a cover shoot for 10 Magazine.
New York Fashion Week, September 2014
Supported by Lexus, across the summer of 2014 we created a series of explosive fashion films, made in collaboration with Milk Studios, with movement direction from Wayne McGregor, resident choreographer at The Royal Ballet, London.
S/S11 — Paris Fashion Week
In collaboration with fashion filmmaker Ruth Hogben and iconic supermodel Kristin McMenamy, in a groundbreaking Paris Fashion Week moment, we replaced our entire runway show with a large scale fashion film presentation on an IMAX size screen at the Palais de Omnisports Bercy in Paris.
A/W15 Film — London Fashion Week
As an accompaniment to our return to the London schedule, in early 2015 we presented a major new collaboration with fashion filmmaker Ruth Hogben and model Aymeline Valade — as a modern day Joan of Arc — in a public exhibition at Somerset House.
‘On the Pulse of Morning’ is both a document of and call to action for Black Trans Lives. Made for Pride 2020 and released as part of UK Black Pride, Carson McColl, Gareth Pugh and Sakeema Peng Crook's film features an interview with Crook, a London-based Black trans* dancer, artist and activist. Crook encourages the LGTBQIA+ community to recognise Black voices in the history of Pride, in particular that of Black trans* activist Marsha P. Johnson.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, in the summer of 2019 we embarked on a tour of the UK to meet some of the British LGBTQI+ activists, artists and allies carrying the revolutionary fire today. With a limited cinema release in the UK, ‘Soul of a Movement’ was streamed 100,000+ times over the week of its online release.