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The Books That Made Me: Hattie Stewart

Glassy-eyed hearts, monochromatic spirals and flowers in psychedelic shades have become the visual motifs of Hattie Stewart, the London-based artist and illustrator whose dynamic characters can be...

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Salone Calling: The Design Trends That Will Define 2016

Every year Milan is transformed into a city-wide celebration of arts and culture for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile. Now in its 55th season, the fair has long been renowned for being the site of...

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A Brief History of the Anklet

The anklet, so delicate in form, can often be overlooked or obscured by another garment of clothing – thus its presence is often only known to its wearer. The Spring/Summer 2016 shows saw anklets in...

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Transformative Photos and Musings of Jean-Daniel Lorieux

Jean-Daniel Lorieux is an eternal optimist. His photographic works – driven by the pursuit of palm tree-strewn sunsets, azure seas and extraordinarily beautiful women – have become a visual doctrine of...

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Colour in Context: Pink

From the colour-coded baby blankets of the maternity wing to a girl’s first dabblings with lipstick and nail polish, pink is a colour that carries emotional baggage. Its cultural permeance through...

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Alec Soth: Gathered Leaves

Celebrated American photographer Alec Soth "didn't take much interest" in his chosen medium until he enrolled in a photo class in college. "I began by making night pictures," he tells AnOther. "I was...

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The Ten Most Iconic Lingerie Moments On Film

Whether for empowerment, expression or simply for comfort, undergarments play a powerful and pervasive role in the way we present ourselves to the world – and its influence is not to be underestimated....

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An Ode to the Singular Marchesa Luisa Casati

With a gift for malice and a penchant for exhibitionism, Marchesa Luisa Casati is the kind of figure so swathed in myth that she defies definition. In her heyday, she wandered Venice in nothing but a...

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The Literary Revolution of Pierre Guyotat

Who? Pierre Guyotat is a writer who epitomises the literary avant-garde; a pioneer of linguistic creativity who celebrated his right to protest and freedom of speech during mid-20th century Paris. With...

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A Five-Point Guide to Jenny Saville

Ever since being cherry-picked by Charles Saatchi for his 1994 Young British Artists III exhibition, Jenny Saville – then, barely two years out of art school – has stayed unflinchingly faithful to her...

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Portraits of Sheffield's Native Goths

Sheffield, a city in South Yorkshire, England, is not renowned for the nourishing environment it provides for quintessentially British subcultures. Still, as this new series from photographer Dean...

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Iggy Pop in the Words of Judy Blame

Having schooled himself in punk rock and nightclubbing during the late 70s and early 80s, Judy Blame turned his nocturnal penchant for extreme dressing-up into a longlasting career as an accessories...

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The Evolution of Balenciaga's Hero Silhouette

On the eve of its centenary, the house of Balenciaga has staged yet another defining moment in its long history. The much-anticipated debut of Demna Gvasalia as Balenciaga’s artistic director has...

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The AnOther Guide to Alternative Herbal Remedies

In a beauty industry overrun with ever more elaborate diagnoses and the complex chemical concoctions to solve them, it’s easy to overlook herbs, whose naturally occurring properties have been serving...

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Why We Must Seek Out Failure in Order to Find Success

Erik Kessels, one half of the founding duo behind independent communications agency KesselsKramer, is a passionate advocate of failure. “Without it, you’re stuck in a zone of mediocrity and ‘meh’,” he...

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Ten Things You Might Not Know About Hieronymus Bosch

Zoom in on any one of the busy scenes that populate the paintings of celebrated Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516) and you are likely to encounter the most extraordinary array of...

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What to See at Art Brussels This Weekend

Brussels is chaotic, rough around the edges, and a little dysfunctional. Yet it hasn’t fallen prey to tourist marketing or cultural giganticism and remains a place wholeheartedly dedicated to its arts....

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When Kabuki Cosmetics Met Louis Vuitton

Kabuki is a historied facet of Japanese culture: the art of theatrical performance which employs elaborate costumes and stark, stylized cosmetics to dramatically communicate historical narratives....

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What AnOther Loves This Week: Perfect Pairings

This week marked the launch of Apple's hotly anticipated collaboration with Hermès on the Apple Watch Hermès, which sees supple, handmade leather straps, created by the house's artisans in France,...

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Three Enlightening Eco-Conscious Instagram Accounts

It was witnessing a dramatic oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California in 1969, that compelled the late Gaylord Nelson to initiate a national teaching scheme to educate the general public...

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