Behind every beautiful garment, image, project or presentation there's a crack team of dedicated artists, designers and technicians. Below are listings by project, profession and collection, though many people listed are cross-disciplinery. If the person you are looking for is not here, please send your enquiry via the contact form. This list is not exhaustive will forever be work in progress. If you should be on this list and are not, you are incorrectly described or your link is out of date, please do get in touch
collaborators
David Alexandre - artist/photographer | Ben Ashton - fine artist/art director | Ron Athey - artist/performer | Empress Stah - aerialist/performance artist | Fancy Chance - cabaret/performance artiste| Ed Griffiths- leather artisan | Alexandra Groover - clothing designer | The Irrepressibles - musicians | Lydia Lunch - musician/writer/provocateur | Manko - artist, model and muse | Amanda May - producer | Simona Martini - ballerina | Robert Masciave - hair sculptor | Takuji Mizutani - shoe designer | Franck Trebillac - graphic designer, film director and RF logo designer | Clare Whitt - metalwork artist | Tristan Versluis - director/special effects artist | Alex Wreckage - metalwork sculptor/graphic artist/painter
technologists
Sophia Brueckner | Melissa Coleman | Cedric Honnet | KOBAKANT | Artyom Maxim | Pushan Panda | Mika Satomi | Becky Stewart | Paul Strohmeier | Hannah Perner-Wilson
photographers / film makers
Allan Amato | Matthew Brindle | Aurora Crowley | Oliver David | Michael Donovan | The Fashtons | Kate Friend | Nathan Gallagher | Fiona Garden | Ron Goldstein | Diego Indraccolo | Steve Kraitt | Helen Olds | Ellen Rogers | Matilda Temperley | Grant Thomas | Manuel Vason | Philip Volkers | Nicholas Stuart White | Tristan Versluis |
costume, set and makeup designers
Oscar Alexander - Makeup/hair artist | Vin Burnham - costume designer | Charlotte Rose Brazier - costume designer | Andrew Thomas Cartwright - pattern cutter extraordinaire | David Bradley/The Curious Confectioner - food artist and set designer | Rebecca Elley - costume designer | Annike Flo - costume designer | Christian Warren Landon - hair and accessories | Natalie O'Connor - set design/makeup/everything else imaginable | Sarah Alice thrower - Head of RF webshop/studio assistant extraordinaire | Adam Wright - special effects/anamatronics |
MI.MU gloves www.mimugloves.com
MI.MU gloves are a wifi-enabled wearable gestural interface which allow the user to compose, record and perform music with their hands.
MI.MU is a highly skilled team of musicians, artists, scientists and technologists developing cutting-edge wearable technology for the performance and composition of music. This musical glove system represents a truly elegant fusion of traditional textiles with advanced motion tracking electronics and algorithms. Combined with dedicated gesture detection and mapping software, mi.mu gloves offer a new and flexible approach to the control of music and visuals with intuitive human movement. Users experience a dramatic shift in their perceptions of music performance and composition as the technology fades away and what used to be a barrier to entry becomes an enabler of creative freedom.
Imagine, instead of turning up a fader in order to bring in a sound or add reverb, you could be raising your arms to achieve the same effect. Or to move a sound around the room, you could simply point where you want it to be.
Imogen Heap - Grammy award winning musician and producer. Founder of Mi.Mu, executive director, the ultimate developer and tester.
imogenheap.com
Dr. Tom Mitchell - MI.MU founder and author of neural networks. Computer scientist, researcher and electronic musician lecturing computer music at the University of the West of England, Bristol. teamaxe.co.uk
Dr. Kelly Snook - glove developer, project manager. Researcher, engineer and musician, Holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University spent nearly two decades as a NASA researcher. itsnotrocketsciencestudios.com
Sebastian Madgwick - Designer of Mi.Mu hardware. Director of x-io Technologies, making wireless IMUs and custom electronics. x-io.co.uk
Hannah Perner Wilson - Futuristic DIY e-textile expert who combines conductive materials and craft techniques. Alumni of MIT media lab. plusea.at
Dr. Adam Stark- Author of mi.mu Glover software. Researcher, computer scientist and musician with a Ph.D. in digital signal processing and audio analysis in live musical performances and installations. adamstark.co.uk
fashion collection teams
AGxRF | collaborator/garment designer alexandra groover | pineapple leather pinatex | lookbook photography tom medwell | models manko and andro | makeup pat grimm | assistant monk | location dalston pier |
lost collection | lookbook photographer Oliver David | model Miss Miranda | stylist Irene Manicone | studio assistant Rebecca Elley | remade metal beaded necklace Clare Whitt | metalwork assistance SSJ workshop | couture leathers handmade at ECCO Leather R&D in Dongen, The Netherlands |
SS12 iconoclash | lookbook photographer Nathan Gallagher | model Manko | makeup RTW Sascha Rai | makeup couture Oscar Alexander | photographers assistant Monk Stevens | retouching M. Seth Jones | ballerina Simona Martini | print designer Clarice Rebecca Buck | metal accessories Clare Whitt | spine ring sculptor David Bradley/The Curious Confectioner | interns Rebecca Elley, Tea Cake, Vivian Cheung, Siam Colvine, Kanika Sachdeva | leather consultant Ed Griffiths | couture leathers handmade at ECCO Leather R&D in Dongen, The Netherlands | LFW presentation soundtrack and performance Lydia Lunch |
AW11 jus in bello | lookbook photographer Kate Friend | model Kirsten Varley | makeup and hair Natalie O'Connor | campaign photographer Fiona Garden | models Eva and Vin | studio assistant Sarah Alice Thrower | interns Clarice Rebecca Buck, David Maunder, Kanika Sachdeva, Poppy Beatrice | couture leathers handmade at ECCO Leather R&D in Dongen, The Netherlands | fashion film: model Simona Martini, director Tristan Versluis, DOP Stuart White | LFW presentation performers: ballet Simona Martini, violin Anna Phoebe
SS11 the girl i never was | photographer Grant Thomas | model Layla Pudule | styling Laura Bartlett | LFW secret performance The Irrepressibles | toile du jouy illustration and screenprinting Victoria McGrane/Neurotica | leather workshop The Little Workshop | leather assistant Takuji Mizutani | leather consultant Edward Griffiths | couture leathers handmade at ECCO Leather R&D in Dongen, The Netherlands |
AW10 future noir | lookbook photographer Diego Indraccolo | model Kirsten Varley | Stylist Kay Korsh | lookbook and LFW show makeup Jack Saundercock | LFW makeup assistant Kelly Ager/ Addicted To Pretty | LFW models Manko, Sascha Rai, Nina Kate, Nell Nabarro | LFW production and press Bloody Gray | LFW sponsors Fashion Scout, Crystal Skull vodka, Sophie Jonas | latex technician Lady Lucie | interns Sarah Alice Thrower, Laura Bartlett| shoes Natacha Marro
SS10 the grey area | lookbook photographer Philip Volkers | models Alex Crowe, Miia Forbes, Danielle Foster | hair Natasha Lawes | latex technician Lady Lucie | campaign photographer David Alexandre | shoes Natacha Marro
AW09 pandora's box | LFW sponsors On|Off Presents.., MAC | LFW hair showpiece Robert Masciave | shoemaker Takuji Mizutani | campaign images Steve Kraitt | reflective fabrics Regine Elastics | interns Victoria Hunt, Lady Lucie | special thanks Martin Conroy, Amanda May, Mark Fast |
special and eternal thanks to Martin Conroy, without whom all of this fantastical nonsense may never have happened.. and who still needs a haircut