SHOWstudio: Lara Stone / Nick Knight / Carine Roitfeld - Krav Maga Self Defense

In La Femme à Paris the author Octave Uzanne dubbed a woman’s clothing ’her offensive armour’ - but, in reality, fashion seldom offers protection from the violence of the modern world. The clothing adopted when a woman is at her most vulnerable to attack - the heels, furs and jewels of evening attire - actively works against the idea of self-preservation. Nick Knight sought to challenge this: born from a desire to protect his own two teenage daughters and inspired by the ’Slutwalk’ movement of wome