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  "source": "Fashion Week Venues",
  "title": "Light-Proof Studio Space for Dry Hire",
  "description": "This fully light-proof studio offers a controlled environment ideal for precise lighting and creative freedom. Designed for moody portraiture, product photography, music videos, and cinematic setups, it eliminates spill and reflections with its blacked-out walls and ceiling, allowing your lighting and subjects to shine. The studio features a length of 39 feet, a width of 24 feet, and heights of 8 feet to the beam and 13 feet to the ceiling peak. Available for dry hire, you can bring your crew, equipment, and creative vision. Additional amenities include internet access, air conditioning, a security system, a stock room, counters, fitting rooms, a garment rack, lighting, furniture, sound and video equipment, electricity, heating, parking, an elevator, a kitchen, and Wi-Fi.",
  "editorialTake": "Book this one as a content studio rather than a retail floor, because a fully light-proof basement box with blacked-out walls and ceiling gives you total control over lighting for lookbook shoots, campaign film and moody product photography in a way no street-level unit ever will. Walk-in trade is irrelevant here and the Bordesley Junction address will not deliver it, so treat the space as a production asset for a brand shoot or activation and judge it purely on what the camera sees. The 39 by 24 foot floorplate with 13 feet to the ceiling peak is the operative detail, giving crews enough depth to pull subjects well off the back wall for clean falloff while the pitched height absorbs boom arms, overhead rigs and top light without a compromised frame, and the on-site fitting rooms, garment rack and stock room mean wardrobe can be run in the same footprint instead of trucked in. In our experience this suits emerging and mid-scale contemporary labels in apparel, streetwear, footwear and accessories that shoot in-house on a rolling seasonal cadence, particularly brands with a darker, cinematic aesthetic position rather than the airy daylight look, and it is honestly not the venue for a luxury maison press day or a formal fashion presentation where the address itself carries brand weight. Because it is dry hire with a one day minimum, the practical booking note is to confirm your own lighting and grip package early and factor the basement level into a realistic load-in schedule via the goods elevator, and expect the four to six week run before London fashion week to tighten first as Midlands based brands cut campaign assets, so enquire six to eight weeks out or compare the numbers against spaces in London before you commit.",
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Is Light-Proof Studio Space for Dry Hire available for pop-up shops?",
      "answer": "Yes — Light-Proof Studio Space for Dry Hire is a vetted pop-up ready space in West Midlands, 87 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the day rate?",
      "answer": "£840 / day. Weekly and press-preview rates are quoted on request."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is staging, branding and fit-out permitted?",
      "answer": "Yes. Fashion Week Venues runs the full production build — signage, fixtures, lighting, sound, catering and staffing — subject to venue rules. Include your fit-out brief in the inquiry."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is included?",
      "answer": "Included on-site: Internet, Air Conditioning, Security System, Stock Room, Counters, Fitting Rooms, Garment Rack, Lighting."
    },
    {
      "question": "How far in advance should we book?",
      "answer": "Fashion week windows book 6–10 weeks out. Off-season activations can be secured in 2–3 weeks."
    }
  ],
  "editorialFaqCount": 0,
  "city": "West Midlands",
  "country": "GB",
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  "lon": -1.875260472,
  "areaSqm": 87,
  "areaSqft": 936,
  "priceLabel": "£840 / day",
  "priceEur": 982,
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    "Internet",
    "Air Conditioning",
    "Security System",
    "Stock Room",
    "Counters",
    "Fitting Rooms",
    "Garment Rack",
    "Lighting",
    "Furniture",
    "Sound & Video Equipment",
    "Electricity",
    "Heating",
    "Parking",
    "Elevator",
    "Kitchen",
    "Wifi",
    "Stage"
  ],
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    "video production",
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