Commissioned by the British Council, Dressing the Screen is an on-going fashion film project which has run in 10 countries including China, Bosnia and the Phillipines; bringing together British and local filmmakers and designers to create new fashion films. Our fashion film programme includes workshops, screenings and exhibitions.

 

This Singapore edition is curated by filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson and designed by System Sovereign X Fuur. Presented by British Council Singapore, Dressing the Screen: The Rise of Fashion Film explores the origins, history and pioneering role UK filmmakers and designers have played in the development of fashion film. An official fringe event of #DigitalFashionWeek (DFW) Singapore 2013 - British Exchange, Dressing the Screen: The Rise Of Fashion Film is also supported by the ICAS, LASALLE and other kind partners. It opened to the public on 28 September 2013 and ran for four weeks in the lead up to Digital Fashion Week Singapore in Nov 2013.

 

Featured designers and filmmakers include SHOWstudio’s Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben, Quentin Jones, Vivienne Westwood and Henry Holland. Pivotal moments in fashion, film and technology - from pre-internet early experiments such as the early films of Ossie Clark, Zandra Rhodes and Mary Quant - to visionary technological advancements by filmmakers such as Sølve Sundsbø and Bart Hess will be displayed. Including rare and unseen archive material, the exhibition also explores the ground breaking work of female filmmakers and how they respond to shooting the female form with work by Marie Schuller, Sarah Piantadosi, Amanda Boyle for Mulberry and Elisha Smith-Leverock.

 

Additional Video Credits: 
Video by: Jillyn Koh ( jillynkoh.com)
Music Track: Rush by Gema (Syndicate), Courtesy of syndicate.sg

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