Versatile Studio Space for Fashion Shoots and Film.
about this space
This studio, located within Holborn Studios, is ideal for small to medium-sized fashion shoots or film projects. It features high ceilings that provide ample clearance, ensuring a spacious environment for both crew and clients. The mezzanine level includes a separate hair and make-up area with facilities, while client areas are situated on the main studio floor. Available amenities include an Apple Computer and a Bose Sound System to enhance your production experience. Additional services for lighting, equipment, and catering can be arranged upon request.
the fwv take
Book this one for campaign and lookbook production, because the white infinity cove sitting under genuine shoot-grade ceiling clearance is the operational core of the room and everything else in the building supports that single workflow rather than diluting it. What makes this address work as a content studio is that the technical infrastructure is already standing, so a crew arrives and shoots instead of spending the first three hours building a set that a raw short-term commercial space would demand.
The specific feature doing the heavy lifting is the mezzanine hair and make-up area with its own facilities, which lifts grooming, garment prep and the inevitable client huddle off the studio floor entirely and keeps the cove clear for the photographer for the full day, while the canalside Hoxton position gives you vehicle access, parking and a lift for load-in rather than the kerbside negotiation you get with a Soho walk-up.
In our experience the right fit is a mid-scale contemporary label somewhere between year two and year eight, working in ready-to-wear, denim, knitwear, footwear, accessories or beauty, with a studio-led and product-forward aesthetic that needs accurate colour against a seamless backdrop; it is honestly not a luxury maison venue for a fashion presentation with press seating and a mood-driven architectural narrative, and heritage houses running large multi-set productions will find the clearance and load-in tighter than they want.
On booking, London studio inventory of this calibre goes first for the two weeks immediately before February and September London Fashion Week when every brand is shooting lookbooks and pre-collection assets simultaneously, so allow six to eight weeks of lead time for those windows and two to three weeks off-peak, and note that lighting, additional equipment and catering are arranged on request rather than bundled, which means your call sheet and kit list need confirming well before the day; if street-level visibility matters more than production capability, look at other spaces in London or bring us in for venue sourcing across a paired shortlist.
what's included
- Internet
- Air Conditioning
- Security System
- Stock Room
- Counters
- Fitting Rooms
- Garment Rack
- Lighting
- Furniture
- Sound & Video Equipment
- Electricity
- Heating
- Parking
- Elevator
- Kitchen
- Reception
- Wifi
- Sound System
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how to book this space
- 01
Check the shell and the dates
Review the gallery, 112 sqm floor plan and amenities for Versatile Studio Space for Fashion Shoots and Film, then note the window you want in Greater London. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.
- 02
Send the brief
Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. The listed rate is a starting point at €1010 per day.
- 03
Get availability and a quote
We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Greater London.
- 04
Lock the contract
Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.
- 05
Build and open
Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Greater London.
use cases
location
getting here & street life
nearest transit
- City Roadmetro659 m · 8 min
- Essex Roadrail733 m · 9 min
- Eagle Wharf Roadbus · 56835244 m · 3 min
- Cropley Streetbus · 48561245 m · 3 min
- New North Roadbus · 53398268 m · 3 min
- Baring Streetbus · 52521278 m · 3 min
the neighbourhood
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton, London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The company was initially based at Islington Studios, which were built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway and later converted to studios.
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frequently asked
Yes — Versatile Studio Space for Fashion Shoots and Film is a vetted pop-up ready space in Greater London, 112 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.
who it suits
Brand Scale
This studio fits brands with a 5 to 30 person team, roughly 2 to 8 years of trading, and an in-house or freelance content function that shoots at least four times a year. At 112 sqm with high ceilings, a white cove and a mezzanine hair and make-up area, it holds a full shoot crew of stylist, photographer, assistant, two models and a client contingent without anyone working on top of anyone else. Occupancy runs to around 120, so it also absorbs a wholesale week with buyers moving through. Where we see mismatches is when a one-person label books a full day here for a three-look lookbook, since the cove, the client floor and the make-up level go unused and the money is better spent on a half-day elsewhere. Equally, a heritage house running a 40-person production with rigging trucks and multiple sets will outgrow the clearance and the load-in fast. Brands at this stage typically pair the space with venue sourcing to lock adjacent dates for a second unit.
Aesthetic Fit
A clean, controlled, studio-led visual identity works here: contemporary ready-to-wear, denim, knitwear, footwear, accessories, beauty and anything that needs colour accuracy against a seamless white cove or a colorama backdrop. The infinity cove and full lighting inventory mean the room becomes whatever the brand needs it to be, which suits labels whose art direction leans editorial, product-forward and neutral rather than location-dependent. Garment rails, fitting rooms and a stock room support styling volume on the day. What does not work is a brand whose identity relies on found architecture, patina, period detail or a specific street-level context. If your campaign language is decaying plaster, marble, Georgian windows or a shopfront view, a blank studio will fight you the whole day and you will spend the budget building back what a raw venue gives for free.
Best Use Cases
First choice is campaign and lookbook photography, because the high ceilings, cove, lighting stock and dedicated mezzanine make-up room are built for exactly that workflow. Second is video and moving-image production, with the Bose sound system, on-site power and the ability to bring in equipment and catering on request. Third is a content studio day producing e-commerce, social and paid assets in one block, supported by the Apple workstation for live review. Fourth is a fashion showroom or collection preview for wholesale appointments, using garment racks, fitting rooms, reception and the client floor to keep buyers separate from the working area. Fifth is a press day, where the reception and 120-person capacity handle staggered editor arrivals. Sixth is a creative workshop or masterclass, and seventh a controlled sample sale, though the canalside Hoxton position off the retail high street means you are relying on your own list rather than footfall. Compare against other spaces in London if street visibility is the priority.
Budget Signal
This sits in the mid tier for professional London studio hire and represents strong value for the specification. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is the brand that would otherwise pay a similar rate for a bare short-term commercial space and then spend twice again on lighting, rails, cove build and a make-up area. Here that infrastructure is already standing, with parking, lift access, kitchen and reception included. Against prime Soho or Mayfair commercial units the saving is significant; against a hotel event room you gain shoot-grade ceiling height and technical power; against co-working or shared pop-up formats you gain exclusivity and a credible production environment. Run the numbers through our budget calculator before committing to multi-day blocks.
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