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When Punk Met Renaissance Painting for Valentino
On paper, the names Zandra Rhodes and Valentino do not immediately appear analogous: the former, a punk pioneer who champions liberal self-expression, the latter, a fashion house renowned for the...
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The Organised Chaos of a Fashion Architect's Hamptons Garden
Business of Fashion named architect Peter Marino “one of the most important people shaping the global fashion industry”, and having designed a host of high-shine retail temples – Chanel boutiques...
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The Artist Creating Neon Nudes to Examine Female Sexuality
It’s hard not to like artwork that consists mainly of massive neon naked women. But as with all art that seems relatively straightforward to describe, there’s rather more to them than that, as the...
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The Drag Queen Archiving Beauty Looks With Make-Up Wipes
Victoria Sin is not your common, or ‘garden’ drag queen. Despite the make-up applied with a trowel, ginormous silicone breast plate and wigs in varying shades of platinum playfully mimicking the sex...
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This Supernatural 1940s Movie Inspired Anna Sui for A/W17
Noel Coward’s comedy Blithe Spirit may have lost some of its theatrical whimsy and comedic blitheness in the transition from stage to screen, but its spirit flourished. Reimagined by director David...
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Photos Capturing the Spirituality and Sexuality of Dancehall
Dancehall, along with reggae, is one of Jamaica’s best-known cultural exports. Conceived in the clubs of inner-city Kingston, the genre’s infectious riddims have gone global through artists like Sean...
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Inge Grognard on What She Learned From the Antwerp Six
“I grew up in a time when it was not cool to be a fan, or a groupie, and so I never really thought about having heroes. But I do have a lot of people who I really admire, people who gave me a push,...
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Photographs of Flower Arrangements in Plastic Bags
The beauty of freshly cut flowers is bound in melancholia; that they only last for a short time seems to emphasise their loveliness. Victoria Zschommler’s photographs of ephemeral floral arrangements,...
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Faustine Steinmetz on the Denim Moments That Made Her
Faustine Steinmetz’s first denim icon was her grandmother, who would wear her Levi’s with a Burberry trench, a cashmere turtleneck and Chanel ballerinas. How chic. But it was also edgy, Steinmetz is...
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Ten Films that Shaped This Year’s Cannes Film Festival
Famed for its glamorous premieres, which welcome the most famous celebrities from around the world, it’s fairly easy to forget that actually, the Cannes Film Festival exists to showcase the best that...
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Savages Frontwoman Jehnny Beth on Language and Hypnotherapy
“There was a book given to me by Johnny Hostile, called My Voice Will Go With You, by Sidney Rosen. It’s a series of case studies by Milton H. Erickson, an American pioneer of hypnosis and family...
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The Missoni Bathrobe That Will Cure Your Hangover
Towelling Robe, Missoni 100% cotton There are numerous procedures one can undertake to recover after a big night out, and some are more orthodox than others. While many swear by consuming further...
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The NYC Photographer Capturing Mexico City’s Emerging Models
Since launching last year, Mexico City’s Güerxs model agency has been commended for its diverse roster of models. Campaigning for a much-needed change within the Mexican fashion industry, this new...
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The Artist Comparing Contemporary Politics to Sinking Ships
When the Fondazione Prada opened their second space in a Venetian palazzo in 2013, it quickly became a mecca for the art world. Its current show The Boat Is Leaking. The Captain Lied. is a statement on...
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Inside the Palazzo Pitti, Gucci’s Modern-Day Medici
Given that the house of Gucci was founded in Florence in 1921, it seems only natural that it should return to the birthplace of the Renaissance as it nears its 100th birthday. Under the invigorating...
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Why We’re Still in Love with Cats and Plants
“This weird other stuff,” is the phrase that Chicago-based artist Stephen Eichhorn uses to describe his meticulously X-Acto blade-cut collages featuring their namesake subject matter: Cats and Plants....
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This Pioneering Woman Created the World's First Photo Book
Who? A botanist and photographer, Anna Atkins was born in 1799 in Tonbridge, Kent to the scientist John George Children and his wife, Hester Anne. An only child, Anna lost her mother soon after she was...
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Brilliant Things To Do in June
The Events Edit Photo Basel, Switzerland: June 14 – 18, 2017While Art Basel returns to its namesake Swiss town, the third edition of photography fair Photo Basel will also be taking place over four...
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The All-Female Show Channelling Peggy Guggenheim’s Legacy
In 1942 the collector Peggy Guggenheim opened Art of This Century, a gallery in New York which she intended as a place to show her exceptional collection of Surrealist masterpieces, and groundbreaking...
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Michael Halpern and Stephen Galloway on the Fashion Industry
Michael Halpern is the rising designer drawing comparisons with the likes of Bob Mackie. And with good reason, for his work, at first glance, clearly recounts the sequin-encrusted days of disco, Studio...
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