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Wendy Dagworthy: Head of Fashion at the RCA
Wendy Dagworthy by John Swannell, 1989© John Swannell / Camera PressWhen George Bernard Shaw declared, “He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches”, he hadn’t yet met Professor Wendy Dagworthy, OBE....
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One to Watch: Grace Wales Bonner
Wales Bonner graduate collectionPhotography by Dexter LanderBlaxploitation is a cultural genre that emerged in the 1970s in a groove of stylised cinema, funk and soul music, fronted by the likes of...
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The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins
Margaret and Peter© BBC/John Lilly EstateWho? In 1963, Margaret Howe, a resident of the Caribbean island of St Thomas, was informed by her brother-in-law that there was a secret dolphin laboratory...
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Pastime of the Moment: Pottery
Ceramics by Anna Frith HodgsonWho? Very few know that, after graduating in industrial design, Raf Simons made a living for two years buying and selling ceramics in Belgium and has since been an avid...
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Céline S/S14 Bracelets
Crushed metal bracelet by CélinePhotography by Charles NegreLast year, Céline revolutionised the humble plaid shopper, and for S/S14 they have once again transformed trash into treasure with their chic...
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A Day At The Beach
Miami Pink Umbrellas© Gray MalinIt’s hot in the city this week so of course our minds turn to beaches. Oh, to be by the seaside with the water lapping at your toes. So in honour of our daydreams, this...
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Plastic Bag Landscapes by Vilde Rolfsen
Plastic Bag LandscapesPhotography by Vilde RolfsenAn influx of sustainable art forms is imminent. It’s the new way to be green. Eco artists and fashion designers alike are clearing the way for more...
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James Dean: The Original Rebel
James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955)In 1955 James Dean stepped out as rebellious teenager Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause, wearing a red blouson jacket, white T-shirt and tousled quiff. This...
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Top Ten Football Moments on Film
Next Goal Wins, 2014Football has a venerable history as a rich and suggestive subject matter for cinema. It has variously served as a metaphor for human struggle, a way of figuring themes like ambition...
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Love Locks & Other Tourist Superstitions
Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday, 1953Last Sunday the Pont des Arts, Paris' famed footbridge, partially collapsed under the weight of its so called "love locks" – padlocks attached to...
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Maison Martin Margiela's Grid of Hands
Maison Martin Margiela S/S89 - A/W98In keeping with their position as the most inscrutable of design houses – Style.com dubbed their namesake “fashion's very own J.D. Salinger” – Maison Martin Margiela...
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Culinary Nurseries: Darsham & Petersham
Welcome table at Darsham NurseriesPhotography by Neil WissinkFive years ago horticulturalist and garden designer David Keleel took on the not insignificant task of transforming a derelict nursery on an...
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Ralph Steadman on the death of Hunter S. Thompson
Fear & Loathing in Las VegasIllustration by Ralph Steadman“Hunter told me he would commit suicide at any moment. And, in fact, when he did commit suicide, he did it on the phone to his wife Anita...
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A Topography of Tears
Tears of laughing till I'm crying© Rose-Lynn Fisher, Courtesy of the artist & Craig Krull galleryHumans cry for hundreds of different reasons. Sometimes vastly different – laughter, sadness,...
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Theresa Wayman of Warpaint on Motherhood
Theresa Wayman of WarpaintPhotography by Robin Laananen“At the beginning of Warpaint, we were doing a lot of brainstorming for the name of the band. We had this moment where we kind of went into outer...
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Eight Ways to Commemorate Bloomsday
The Transmogrifications of Bloom by Richard HamiltonJune 16th is Bloomsday, the day on which, in 1904, James Joyce's novel Ulysses was set. Named after the novel’s central character Leopold Bloom,...
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10 Lessons in Style from Hardy Amies
Hardy Amies S/S15Photography by Rosaline Shahnavaz“A man should look as if he’s bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care and then forgotten all about them,” were the immortal words...
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Sarah Lucas on the Magic of Mexico
Work by Sarah Lucas, from TittipussidadPhotography by Julian Simmons“I’ve been reading a lot of Carlos Castaneda's work, particularly The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge. They’re a...
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Graphic Print at Alexnder McQueen S/S15
Alexander McQueen S/S15Photography by Rosaline Shahnavaz“My curves are not crazy” were the immortal words of pioneering French artist Henri Matisse. It was said that he painted with scissors, an idea...
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British Casting at DKNY S/S15
DKNY S/S15Photography by Rosaline ShahnavazFor S/S15, DKNY took their menswear presentation to London, in a high-tech display of baseball shirts, raglan sweaters, pea-coats and rubber. The label, which...
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