#WordWeek: Favourite Film Quotes
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951.Courtesy of Warner Bros.“No one puts Baby in a corner.” “Shaken not stirred.” "You talkin' to me?" Often all it takes is a single line to conjure up recollections of an...
View ArticleBrilliant Things To Do in August
The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001Courtesy of Buena Vista PicturesTeenage Kicks at BFI Southbank& Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House– August 7 - 20In homage to the tumult of adolescence – complete with...
View Article#WordWeek: Alex Fury on Fashion Journalism
Christian Dior Couture S/S13Photography by Adrian CrispinAlexander Fury is fashion editor of The Independent. Fury began his career at Nick Knight's website SHOWstudio, where he went onto become...
View Article#WordWeek: Designer Handwriting Analysis by Caroline Murray
Handwriting by Karl LagerfeldCaroline Murray is the governor and director of the British Academy of Graphology. The Academy was established in 1985 and its function is to promote a greater...
View Article#WordWeek: Famous Last Words
Picasso and LumpPhotography by David Douglas DuncanIt seems unfathomable to consider uttering one’s last words; to conclude the convoluted tapestry of life on a solitary thread. Like the final...
View ArticleCorey Bartle-Sanderson's White Marbled Fruit
Corey Bartle-Sanderson, Supermarket Simulacrum© Corey Bartle-SandersonThis week, we're getting our kicks from a brilliant series, entitled Supermarket Simulacrum, by artist Corey Bartle-Sanderson which...
View ArticleCannes by Clement Jolin
CannesPhotography by Clement JolinCommissioned as part of the prestigious Portraits de Ville series, Clement Jolin's mesmerising photographic homage to Cannes was compiled over two years at the city's...
View ArticleMade-to-Order Prada Footwear
Prada made-to-order footwearWho? This week launches Prada's latest made-to-order shoe service. Giving a personal touch to the traditional Oxford brogue, it will run in Harrods for the month of August,...
View ArticleAn Interview with Alfredo Arias
El Tigre, with Arielle DombaslePhotography by Ali MahdaviAlfredo Arias is one of the world’s most celebrated theatre directors. Born in Argentina in 1944, he emigrated in the 1960s and has lived in...
View ArticleChic Cereal: Anya Hindmarch x FashGif
Coco Pops clutch by Anya HindmarchGreta Larkins is better known by her online alter ego FashGif. The Melbourne-based actress taught herself how to make fashion GIFs back in 2011, exploring runway...
View ArticleVintage Style Special: Back to the Future
Marty McFly, Back to the FutureWith its outstanding one-liners and pimped-out DeLorean time machine, Back to the Future is undoubtedly one of the defining films of the 1980s. The cult trilogy broke the...
View ArticleChristian Louboutin Beauté x David Lynch
Christian Louboutin Beauté x David LynchChristian Louboutin’s red paint can now be bought by the bottle, with the launch of his new nail polish line. It seems like an inevitable case of synergy, as it...
View ArticleBrilliant Balloons
Andrea Galvani, Death of an image #5, 2005Courtesy the artist and Artericambi, Verona, ItalyToday would have been the great Andy Warhol’s birthday, so we’re celebrating with a bit of pop art in the...
View ArticleLot 180: Downtown New York
Diana Ross, Silk Electric, c. 1982 by Andy WarholPhotography courtesy of Lot 180Lot 180’s latest exhibition captures the notorious epochal whirlwind that was New York during the 1970s and 80s, through...
View ArticleJoan Fontcuberta: Stranger Than Fiction
'Braohypoda frustrata' (1984) from the Herbarium seriesPhotography by Joan FontcubertaWho? Born in Barcelona in 1955, Joan Fontcuberta was a youth of the Franco dictatorship. The influence of the...
View ArticleMissy Rayder for Forte Forte A/W14
Missy Rayder for Forte Forte A/W14Photography by Arnaud PyvkaFor A/W14, Forte Forte takes us on a sensual trip around the waterfronts of Venice, travelling from the lagoon of Torcello and across the...
View ArticleHenry Wessel’s Incidents
Henry Wessel, Incidents No.27© Henry Wessel, courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New YorkLegendary American photographer Garry Winogrand once said: “there is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly...
View ArticleMost Loved: Perfectly Packaged Pencils
Gris Pencil Package Design© Gris"Never judge a book by its cover," so goes the well-worn adage. But sometimes its impossible not to. As companies are only too aware, packaging can make or break a...
View ArticleAfter the Archers at Primeur
Half lobster with jersey royalsPhotography by Neil WissinkThe menu:Jamon de TereulBritish asparagus Cod, creamed leeks and baconHalf lobster, garlic butter and jersey royalsMeringue, strawberries and...
View ArticleTop 10 Moomin Facts
Still from Moomin and Midsummer Madness© Filmkompaniet / Moomin Characters TMMoomin and Midsummer Madness, the animated children’s movie based on the lives of the Moomin characters, will run at the ICA...
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