Central Saint Martins White Show 2021

Watch this year's show and explore the visual universe behind it

Published Feb 8, 2021

In the last few years, the White Show took place on the bridges that connect the floors of the King’s Cross campus, in front of tutors, guests, and hundreds of students who were getting squished to watch the event. The garments that walk the runway might not be perfectly finished, but what they stand for can’t be found in any established show at the Strand: talent entering the process of learning how to create, not exiting it – a whole event showcasing the seed and not the flower. This is why The White Show is so precious this year, proving that no matter how often the system is telling us that our fields are not worth fighting for, young creativity continues to set its roots.

This year’s White Show was divided into three conceptual axes: VOID, ODYSSEY, and MONITUS. Have a look at the process behind the show’s production by the Fashion and Communication students

MONITUS , BA Fashion Design Knitwear and BA Fashion Print

In the digital age it feels as if our right to autonomy seldom exists. Despite being observed, tracked, and monitored we disregard the encroachment of surveillance-based technologies on our daily ives. The system has gained access to every aspect of our identities through our reliance on interconnectivity, with surveillance strategies built into our devices and communities. As our reality feels more disconnected than ever we have taken the opportunity to reimagine The White Show, speaking explicitly about the supremacy of technology in modern society. Monitus will be showcasing the garments of BA Fashion Print and Knitwear students in an ironically digital location.

Text by Katie Hudson

Portraits of the BA Fashion Design Knitwear and BA Fashion Print designers by Macy Kerrigan

ODYSSEY, BA Fashion Design with Marketing and BA Fashion Menswear

A tripartite succession, inviting our audience to undergo a journey alongside this year’s Menswear & FDM students as they display their responses to the progression from the omnipresent chaos found in our current reality, to the darkness when faced with Oblivion to finally the tranquility of rebirth. Acting as a metaphor reflecting the need to reassess modern society, this new beginning will allow for an evolution of values, away from the institutional failures and havoc caused by this year’s pandemic and ultimately transporting us to a place of optimism & hope.

Text by Tiffany Lee

Promotional visuals by Polina Boyko and Callum Hansen

Portraits of the BA Fashion Design with Marketing and BA Fashion Menswear designers by Carlos Duro

VOID , BA Fashion Womenswear

Our world has entered a collective state of liminality, with our lives and creative practices existing in permanent limbo. A void. Thus, becoming what you make of it; a purgatory, a portal, a waiting room. To be here is to be rid of the construct, to challenge fashions long-standing runway delivery by erasing the muse. As part of The White Show, Void will present the work of BA Fashion Womenswear students in an alternate space with no boundaries, isolating the garments as artifacts.

Text by Yiling Zhao

VOID Promotional posters by Yiling Zhao, Max Kallio and India Morgan

Words by NATASSA Stamouli

MONITUS lookbook shot by Justin Jensen

MONITUS designer portraits by Macy Kerrigan

ODYSSEY lookbook shot by Frankie Baumer and Cult Chan

ODYSSEY designer portraits by Carlos Duro

VOID lookbook shot by Solar Klinghofer Bar Dov and Max Kallio

VOID posters by Yiling Zhao, Max Kallio and India Morgan

MONITUS

Directors: Katie Hudson – Producer, Creative Director Macy Kerrigan – Producer, Communications Director Aïcha Sommer – Visual Designer, Film Director Luigi Abano Acera – Visual Designer, Graphic Director Justin Jensen – Visual Designer, Image Director

Team: Llyr Evans – Communications Aryton Prevost – Content Creator Ianika Gulina – Content Creator Michael Pietrzyk – Content Creator Johnny Paridiso – Sound Designer Lingani Noah – Sound Designer Cristina Fazzi – Visuals Megan Howard – Visuals Billy Larsen – Visuals Deaun Shin – Graphics Meen Kyung Kim – Graphics Shanglin Yang – Grapics Seonjoo Lee – Grapics

ODYSSEY

Group Leaders: Maciej Knas – Art Director, Producer + Set Design Group Leader Callum Hansen – Film Director + Filming Group Leader Frankie Baumer – Film Producer + Filming Group Leader Polina Boyko – Graphic Designer + Promotion Group Leader Filming Group: Carlos Duro – Photographer Luca Ward – Photographer Cult Chun – photographer + editor Romy Lewis Set Design Group: Chi Ip – Set Design Director Harry Ezzat – Set Design Executor Arlo Hopkins – Set Desing Executor Judy Campbell Henry Green Roza Tyborowska Promotion Group: Hannah Conway – Social Media Coordinator Tiffany Lee – Copy Writer Gioia Cheung – Instagram Stories Designer Taibah – Instagram Stories Designer Alexander Arauz – Poster Designer Joseph Share – Promotion Assistant

VOID

Group Leaders: Yiling Zhao – Art Director, Image Team Leader Max Kallio – Production Manager, Graphics V (Mhari) Thurston – Video Team Leader Myles Mansfield Calenti – Lookbook & Interviews Team Leader India Morgan – Set Design Team Manager Image Team: YIling Zhao Max Kallio Solar Klinghofer Bar Dov India Morgan Saran Ford-white Annabelle Aurora Holden Desislava Bogdanova Bella Santucci-Chanchai Video Team: V Mhari Tturston – Director of Videography, Lead Editor Joseph Craven – Lead Editor Aruzhan Moldasseitova Sonny Round Yujin Kim Anqi Liu Promotion: Isabella Josephine Leon – Social Media Group Head Kenechi (Carmel) Amamgbo Lookbook & Interviews Team: Myles Mansfield Olivia Mcdermott Anisha Kapoor Saran Ford-white Isabelle Burnette Set Design Team: India Morgan Myles Mansfield Yiling Zhao Solar Klinghofer Bar Dov Olivia Mcdermott Saran Ford-white Annabelle Aurora Holden Desislava Bogdanova

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Central Saint Martins White Show 2021

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