Ever wondered how fashion designers come up with their latest creations? Maybe even what the working environment is like? Director Edward Housden offers a unique insight into the world of fashion designer duo Agi & Sam who, like all successful designers, work in a elderly lady’s semi-detached watched by 80′s gangsters.
Edward reveals his thoughts behind this wonderful surreal fashion film that’s funny, smart and sophisticated and certainly an antidote to black and white, serious fashion films:
“The concept for the film came from chatting to Agi & Sam about the origins of the collection. The clothes were inspired by trips to their respective grandparent’s houses when they were kids, where they would be subjected to ’80s cop shows like Miami Vice. These two worlds (one of guns, babes and Don Johnson, and the other of floral patterns and cups of tea) melded together to create the collection. I wanted the film do the same. The initial idea came from imagining a scene in Miami Vice where a drug deal takes place on yacht scattered with bikini clad girls and men with uzis and moustaches, but instead of a yacht in Miami, the scene instead awkwardly takes place in a little old ladies living room in England.”
“Agi & Sam were very much up for doing something that had a sense of humour and wasn’t overly cool or typically fashiony, which is an attitude that definitely reflects their designs. It was a lot a fun to shoot, and I believe that Nigel Barber (who plays the big boss) actually appeared on Miami Vice and worked with Tom Selleck in the ’80s, which was very fitting. The film also features some ’80s theme song inspired music by my brother, Paul Housden”
Director: Edward Housden
Producers: Benny Locke and Roshan Singh
Cinemetography: Ayoub Lamrani
Production Design: Ciaran Beale
Music: Paul Housden
Sound Recordist: Alex De Grassi
VFX: Derrick Ligas
Armourer: Ezra Bristow
Camera Assistant: John Brown and Imogen Smyth-Prado
Art Department Assistants: James William Cross and Ashleigh Kate Halliburton
Production Assistant/Stylist: Nicolette Carrapetta
Makeup: Kirsty Coleman and Mel Jenkinson
Commissioner: Raven Smith (District MTV)
Production: Just A Little
Cast:
Agi & Sam, Nigel Barber, Adnan Adouni Rashed, Abigail Hamilton, Anastasija Bogatirjova
Walles Hamonde, Rui Rodriguez, Ysham Avdulahi, David Reid, Paul Housden