Philips Design has deveoped a series of "dynamic garments" as a part of the ongoing design probe research program called skin.

Skin is an experimental project exploring forms of garments that examines the future integration of sensitive materials in the area of emotional sensing.

It looks at more ‘analog’ phenomena like emotional sensing, exploring technologies that are ’sensitive’ rather than ‘intelligent’. Two outfits have been developed as part of SKIN to identify a new way of communicating with those around us by using garments as proxies to convey deep feelings that are difficult to express in words.

Philips Design Website

Fashion is very much about being unique and distinct. That includes the way the clothes are presented, too.

At the Vena Cava "presentation," there was no runway. No parade of models walking up and down. A presentation is just a bunch of models posing like mannequins with a pulse. It’s a completely different experience for fashion folks.

Designers Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai held the presentation for their label, Vena Cava, on green lawns.

According to Style.com, the show was divided into categories like high school cliques, with “groups of characters with names like `the daydreamers’ and `the misfits.’”

Vena Cava website

Editorial for Vogue IT Apr2006

Models: Querelle Jansen, Marta Berzkalna

Miles Aldridge website

Editorial for W Mag July2006

Models: Gemma Ward, Du Juan, Raquel Zimmerman

Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott potfolio via ArtPartner

Editorial for Elle US April1998

Model: Zora Star

Paris-born Gilles Bensimon is US Elle publication director and head photographer.

Bensimon’s strength does not lie in subtlety. He depicts a waifish, blonde model hiking up her translucent skirt, for example, in front of a plot of orchids. In another photograph, we find a brunette with bee-stung lips coyly sucking on a sugar cube. The bluntness works because of its guilelessness, and also because Bensimon always adds a hint (and just a hint) of sophistication. In fact, mixing the high and low numbers among Bensimon’s most successful strategies.

Gilles Bensimon portfolio via JGKinc Photography Management

Editorial for Vogue FR March2006

Model: Caroline Trentini

David Sims began working as a photographer in 1989 after a number of years assisting. His first editorial stories appeared in The Face and I-D and his defiantly casual ‘grunge’ style soon became recognized. It was at this time that he shot what was to become a very influential campaign in his career for Yohji Yamamoto. This lead to the signing of a one year exclusive contract with Harper’s Bazaar (USA) in 1993 and the commissioning of his first campaign for Calvin Klein.

In 1994 he was awarded ‘Young Fashion Photographer of the Year’ by the Festival de la Mode and opened a one man show at Zwemmers Gallery in London. A year later he was awarded ‘Photographer of the Year’ (Festival de la Mode) and he has since gone on to contribute to a number of exhibitions including the ‘Exhibition of Contemporary Photography’ at the V&A, Isolated Heros with Raf Simons at Emily Tsingou Gallery and ‘Roses’ at Visionaire which included producing a limited edition book of the show.

David Sims portfolio via ArtPartner