Piero Fornasetti: Five Steps to Practical Madness
"I have gathered thousands of documents on the so-called decorative arts; it is essential to find, to collect things together so that at the right moment I can find an aesthetic reference to use for my...
View ArticleA Celebration of Jessica Lange's On-Screen Style
Born in Cloquet, Minnesota, Jessica Phillys Lange was working as a model when she was cast for her first film, 1976's mega hit King Kong (for which she received her first Golden Globe nomination)....
View ArticleAlexander McQueen x Marie-Agnès Gillot
Choreography & Performance Marie-Agnès Gillot; Direction Daniel Askill; Drumming George Barnett from These New Puritans; Photography Sam Rock; Styling Karen Langley; Hair Peter Gray at Home Agency;...
View ArticleThe Secret History of Plants
Who? Fresh from her artist residency at Iniva last October, Alida Rodrigues is a young, Angola-born London-based artist causing a stir with her innovative collages which bring together Victorian...
View ArticleWhat is Luxury?
On 25 April, the Victoria & Albert Museum opens a new exhibition, What is Luxury?, exploring and interrogating the concept of luxury and its cultural cachet. With over 100 objects – from mechanical...
View ArticleRudi Gernreich: Sartorial Feminist
As summer slowly approaches, it seems an apt time to consider the legacy of Rudi Gernreich, the Viennese designer who created the legendary monokini. However, while Gernreich might be best known for...
View ArticleSaul Leiter's Painted Nudes
Who? Quiet, mysterious, unassuming – these are the words that trail around after the late photographer Saul Leiter. It was always hard to pin him down. An integral part of the so-called New York school...
View ArticleChalayan x AyaBambi and Ryan Heffington
Ever since starting his eponymous label in 1994, Hussein Chalayan has been celebrated for his multi- disciplinary approach to fashion, incorporating the worlds of performance, design, art and...
View ArticleLessons We Can Learn from Juergen Teller
Summer of 2014 saw the Nationalmannschaft win the World Cup in Brazil, an unforgettable event for German football fans, including Juergen Teller. For the occasion, the lauded fashion photographer – a...
View ArticleFive Good Things: From Gourmet Junk Food to Gorgeous GIFs
With a tag line ‘small portions, tweezered everything’ Chef Jacques La Merde (we think this translates to something cheeky) takes junk food and presents it haute cuisine. Clever!read more »
View ArticleLessons We Can Learn From Maxine Sanders
In the 1960s and 70s, Cheshire-born Maxine Sanders and her husband Alex were household names. After spending her childhood exploring the planes of astral projection, by 15 Maxine was a member of an...
View ArticleShifting Skies: The Story of Clouds and Carel Willink
Weather looms large in the art of Carel Williams. A painter whose work spans the 20th century, from the 1920s until his death in 1983, he evolved via expressionism and Picasso-infused neoclassicism to...
View ArticleA Path to the Milky Way
Where on Earth?The Atacama DesertGPS Coordinates: 23°01′S 67°45′WFrom the frozen wastes of Antarctica to the depths of the ocean, the best locations to conduct cutting-edge science are often among the...
View ArticleStephen Jones Millinery x Jasmin Vardimon x Ford Vignale
Over four decades, Stephen Jones has firmly rooted himself as an icon of British style and culture. From his presence on the 70s Soho Blitz Club scene to his collaborations with houses across the...
View ArticleSophie Calle: Suite Vénitienne
Who? Sophie Calle is an artist of the unexpected. She explores what it is to be an observer and to be observed; she stalks; she writes down her findings with the precision of a police report or a...
View ArticleThe Art of Design: A Visual History of Vitra
Vitra has come along way since it first began in 1950 as a Swiss, family-owned furniture company. A briliant book, Everything is Connected, serves almost like a family album, charting the company's...
View ArticleThree Brilliant Restaurant Gardens
Commissary at The Line Hotel, Los AngelesFirst opened in August 2014, Commissary is part of The Line Hotel, and owned by Roy Choi, Dave Reiss, Paul Pruitt and Natasha Phan. The restaurant is a...
View ArticleAnOther's Guide To Crafting A Céline Shoe
Today marks the start of Pick Me Up, the Graphic Arts Festival that will reside at Somerset House until the 4 May. Showcasing some of the greatest designers and visual artists from around the UK,...
View ArticleThe March of the Toads by Benjamin McMahon
From fairy tales to biblical plagues, the toad gets a bad rep. Decidedly unprepossessing, with all that warty skin and the propensity for lurking in dark, clammy corners, they exude menace and slime,...
View ArticleGareth Pugh x Wayne McGregor
English-born fashion designer Gareth Pugh made his industry debut in 2005 when he showed with Fashion East at London Fashion Week. His work over the past decade has redefined modern luxury through its...
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