SHOWstudio: Northen Soul Girl - Levanna Mclean / Nick Knight / Katy England

http://showstudio.com/project/northern_soul_girl Levanna Mclean has become a YouTube sensation thanks to the popularity of videos of her dancing to northern soul music. Captivated by the carefree spirit of 'Northern Soul Girl', the name Mclean goes by on her uploads, longterm soul fan Nick Knight invited the young music enthusiast to create a video exclusively for SHOWstudio. He invited Katy England, a stylist he has a long working relationship with, to select the fashion. Pieces by the likes of Gucci, Lanvin and Valentino all feature, alongside footwear from Robert Clegerie, Tabitha Simmons, Church's and Loeffler Randall. Mclean selected Queen of the Minstrels by Mr Day as the soundtrack for the film. Mclean became interested in northern soul through contemporary music. 'I discovered northern soul through artists like Amy Winehouse. She spoke a lot about being influenced by sixties music, especially girl groups, which led me down that path,' explains Mclean. 'It was the beautiful girl soul ballads that got me very intrigued. I searched out music online, and it made me really want to go to a Northern Soul Allnighter, and after my first one just a year a half ago, I was hooked. I couldn’t dance but I knew I wanted more than ever to dance to this music. Northern Soul is an endless supply of amazing tracks that are all so different and so beautiful in their own right, I love it all and always want to discover new records I haven’t yet heard.' She learnt the steps by copying f