Central Saint Martins White Show 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

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

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

Words: 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