The iconoclastic designer is back with riotous new exhibition “The Reconstruction”, starring Rina Sawayama and IAMDDB.
Rina Sawayama as The Shard
Rina Sawayama as The Shard
One thing we’ve learned in 2020? We’re always under strict instructions to stan Rina Sawayama. And this quest has led us straight to her latest victory: placement in none other than revered designer Gareth Pugh’s latest project, marking his delicious return to fashion.
Ahead of the start of London Fashion Week this weekend, Pugh has launched his major new art project “The Reconstruction”, which encompasses a feature-length documentary, live exhibition at Christie’s London, and “visual concept album” – shot by the legendary Nick Knight. So 13 iconic looks inspired by 13 iconic songs – with Pugh’s first collection since buying back his trademark in March 2020 – captured in 13 stills and 13 explosive fashion film shorts.
(LEFT) IAMDDB as The Iron Lady
(RIGHT) Matthew Ball as Spirit of Ecstacy
IAMDDB as The Iron Lady
Matthew Ball as Spirit of Ecstacy
And in the portraiture, a groundbreaking mix of fashion and entertainment, enlisting an incredible cast of “artists, activists and change-makers” – including Sawayama; former Wonderland musician IAMDDB; artist and activist Sakeema Crook; the Royal Ballet’s principal dancer Matthew Ball; artist and Performer Jenny Bastet; dancers Travis Clausen-Knight and James Pett; model and muse Maggie Maurer; performers and nightlife icons Finn Love and Georgie Bee; model Jade o’Belle; and finally, vocal model-of-the-moment, Georgia Moot.
All profits from the collection (including the ticket sales for the Christie’s exhibition itself) are set to be donated to Refuge – the British charity supporting women and children experiencing domestic violence.
View more imagery below as well as the full visual album list…
(LEFT) Georgie Bee as Plague
(MIDDLE) Sakeema Crook as The Dissident
(RIGHT) Jenny Bastet as Hysteric Glamour
Georgie Bee as Plague
(MIDDLE) Sakeema Crook as The Dissident
Jenny Bastet as Hysteric Glamour
VISUAL ALBUM
Maggie Maurer as ‘The Toreador’
‘Host Of Seraphim’ by Dead Can Dance
Rina Sawayama as ‘The Shard’
‘Lonely Soul’ by UNKLE
Travis C Knight & James Pett in ‘Communion’
‘Nana / The Dreaming’ by Sheila Chandra
IAMDDB as the ‘Iron Lady’
‘Spell’ by Patti Smith
Hélène Selam Kleih as ‘The Boss’
‘Unfinished Sympathy’ by Massive Attack
Georgia Moot as ‘The Sphinx’
‘Hell Is Round The Corner’ by Tricky
Jenny Bastet as ‘Hysteric Glamour’
‘One Night Only’ by Sylvester
Finn Love as ‘The Firestarter’
‘Open Up’ by Leftfield
Matty Ball as ‘The Spirit of Ecstasy’
‘The Power Of Love’ by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Sakeema Peng Crook as ‘The Dissident’
‘Weary’ by Solange
Georgie Bee as ‘The Drone’
‘Bedtime Story’ by Madonna
Georgie Bee as ‘Plague’
‘Woodstock’ by Joni Mitchell
Jade O’Belle as ‘Gaia’
‘You’re Not Alone’ by Olive
