Brilliant Things To Do in June
New for Now: The Origin of Fashion Magazines – June 12Before photography became widely available, fashion magazines existed in the form of fashion illustrations. A new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in...
View ArticleBrilliant Jewellery Propositions
A brand's presentation of its collections doesn't have to stop at the occasional campaign or an e-commerce cutout; some of the greatest houses in fashion additionally provide a considered series of...
View ArticleCarsten Höller on Feet
“We speak a lot about hands, but not really feet and I wanted to give them some space, to look at them again and think about what we do with them, how we treat them, what kind of value they have. What...
View ArticleThe Style of Dennis Feldman's 70s Hollywood
"We who came to Hollywood were looking to be somebody," states photographer Dennis Feldman. Between the years of 1969 and 1972, he spent his days walking up and down The Avenue of the Stars, the...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono is a complex figure. She is an innovator, part of the Fluxus scene in 1960s downtown New York, a musician, a peace activist, an environmentalist, a mother and a feminist, yet her name is most...
View ArticleSeeing the Light with EVE LOM
"As a photographer I think about light on a day to day basis," says photographer and videographer George Harvey, "whether its exposing my subject on set or walking along the street and seeing a nice...
View ArticleSculptural Carpets
The art of rug making is as old as time, but Jonathan Josefsson has managed to reinvigorate the craft with his brilliant, technicolour abstractions. The Gothenburg-based artist had been spraying walls...
View ArticleAn Inez & Vinoodh Celebration
For the last 25 years, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin have been dictating the standard of fashion photography with beautiful editorials and iconic celebrity covers. Inez and Vinoodh first met...
View ArticleFive Good Things: The Art of Signage to Brilliant Bus Stops
Signage from hairdressers, florists and off licenses. A niche but nice tumblr right here. read more »
View ArticleBehind the Scenes with New York's Greatest Artists
Andy Warhol reclines like a 1970s Titian on a satin adorned bed; a furtive and bespectacled Keith Haring clambers up a wire fence like an escaping prisoner; a wisely wrinkled Georgia O'Keefe gazes...
View ArticleMarc Jacobs' S/S93 Nirvana Tribute at Perry Ellis
“Grunge is anathema to fashion,” wrote Cathy Horyn in her 1992 show report of Marc Jacobs' Perry Ellis collection. "Rarely has slovenliness looked so self-conscious, or commanded so high a price.” Hers...
View ArticleOur Favourite Summer Fashion Instagrams
Instagram's power within the fashion industry cannot be overstated; from the CFDA announcing the debut of their Fashion Instagrammer of the Year award in 2014 (@aguynamedpatrick, whose well-curated...
View ArticleA Floating World
Where on Earth?Location: Hunan Province, ChinaGPS Coordinates: 29°16′N 110°22′E With heavy fog blanketing the forest, we pick our way through the twisted pines, following a well-worn trail as it snakes...
View ArticleA Night of Passion with Helmut Lang
Late last year, ten years after being discontinued, Helmut Lang re-released his eponymous fragrance, and a generation of fans breathed a sigh of relief. No longer enslaved to eBay seconds or scouring...
View ArticleDerek Jarman's World on Super 8
Who? Derek Jarman defined experimental. With the use of his Super 8 camera, the fearless English film director devoted his life to creating images that spoke a haunting and beautiful message. Born in...
View ArticleThe Ten Podcasts You Should Listen To
With the advent of television, logic and public opinion decreed that radio was dead. Why merely listen when you can listen with pictures? How wrong that was. It may be the golden age of TV, with...
View ArticleA Planet House
When looking for a house, there are many criteria. Good bathrooms, south facing windows, outside space, room for expansion... the list is endless. But a post on the Loves stream by Present &...
View ArticleLessons We Can Learn From 60s Style Icons
Next week sees the opening of a new exhibition celebrating 1960s London, filled with photographic gems from the likes of Terence Donovan, Brian Duffy, Norman Parkinson and Eric Swayne. Centring on the...
View ArticleColour Me Fruitful
A new week, another brilliant Instagram account for your delectation. This one comes courtesy of Julie Lee, who began creating food collages on Instagram to "showcase seasonal and local offerings from...
View ArticleSuits You, Sir: Raven Smith on Pop Culture Tailoring
After NOWNESS' Raven Smith talked us through his Instagram devotion to Hilary Clinton's plethora of pantsuits, we asked him to develop his exploration into the most sharable suits from pop culture; the...
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