www.womanthismonth.com 77 October 2013 Here’s our round-up of the newest shows, movies, books and music albums you’ll need to catch up on this month. Artistic Licence Recorded in pictures In 2008, Alexander McQueen commissioned photographer Nick Waplington to document the creation of his Autumn 2009 collection – all the way from inception to runway showing. Unfortunately, it was to be the last Autumn/Winter collection that McQueen would stage before his untimely death. This show recycled his 15-year archive of work into a new collection. In effect, it was his personal survey of his work to date. Every step of the creative process is documented in fascinating detail in the hardcover book titled Working Process. Most notably, McQueen himself placed the book’s layout, picture by picture, on storyboards. The book was ready for publication when he died, then was put on hold – until now. The beauty of silence Filmmaker Jem Cohen’s latest film, Museum Hours, is a 106-minute portrait of life on the margins in wintertime Vienna. The movie is as hushed as the museum that shelters its protagonists. The lead actress is the cult Canadian singer Mary Margaret O’Hara. Style defies age Advanced Style: The Coloring Book is based on the popular street fashion blog of the same name featuring stylish senior citizens around the globe. Ari Seth Cohen, creator and director of Advanced Style, collaborated with illustrator Ilan Schraer on the book of 30 drawings, which are based on photographs from the blog. It’s in the blood When illustrator and graphic artist Mica Angela Hendricks complied to share her brandnew sketchbook with her four-year-old daughter, she did not expect to see such fascinating results. In the making Nike’s new app called Making and the brand’s Materials Sustainability Index (MSI) are fundamental to the future of sustainable fashion. It is an easy way for designers to understand the ecological impacts of fabrics. Each material is given a score based on chemistry, energy/ green house gas intensity, water/ land use intensity and physical waste. They are also rated by organic-ness and recyclability so that designers can consider the potential life-cycle of the fabric. pop culture
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