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The Stories Behind the Tattoos of 13 Russian Criminals
“Text on the bearers right arm reads: ‘The court only deprived me of freedom, but nobody deprived me of human feelings. And the years go by, and my temples have gone grey, and my youth has been...
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Save Brian Dowling's Darkroom
Brian Dowling, Flowers I, 2011Courtesy of 125 MagazineThe modern world seems to be following a rule of compression. As digital dominates, physical space becomes redundant – if everything can be done on...
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Vintage Style Special: Top Ten Horror Film Heroines
Sissy Spacek in Carrie, 1976The Birds. Halloween. The Shining. These cult films would have been nothing without their leading ladies — horror-heroines who slashed, screamed and stared directly in the...
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Why You Should Own Los Alamos Revisited by William Eggleston
Los Alamos Revisited by William EgglestonBook photographed by Chris RhodesAny William Eggleston book is special – the series' titles, the harmonious colours, the clever editing. A 588 page, three-part...
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Go Inside Loulou de la Falaise's Costume Ball
Loulou de la Falaise and ThadéePhotography by Philippe MorillonIn 1978, Loulou de la Falaise and her husband Thadée threw an Angels and Demons Costume Ball at the legendary Parisian nightclub Le...
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Roxanne Lowit on Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent Opium Party, 1978, Alya ChinnPhotography by Roxanne LowitBefore Mario Testino, before Rankin, before Juergen Teller, there was Roxanne Lowit. Considered the first celebrity...
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Richard Gere in After Dark
Richard Gere on the cover of After Dark magazine, September 1978No one knows better than us the importance of a great cover. From Rachel Weisz and her goat and Pamela Anderson’s blonde whirlwind to...
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Brilliant Things To Do in November
Vivian Maier, Untitled, 1956Photography by Vivian MaierVivian Maier: In Her Own Hands– Until December 6Another excuse to revel in the joys of Vivian Maier's voyeuristic world, as New York's Howard...
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Getting to Know Photographer William Helburn
Lamppost, “The Skirt’s the Thing,” Carmen Dell’Orefice and Betsy Pickering, First Avenue and 23rd Street, Harper’s Bazaar, 1958In 1958, William Helburn photographed Carmen Dell’Orefice and Betsy...
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The Renaissance of Flower Design
Arrangement by Sarah Winward of Honey of a Thousand FlowersPhotography by Leo Patrone, FLORAL CONTEMPORARY: The Renaissance of Flower Design by Olivier Dupon, published by Thames & Hudson"After...
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The Art of Fireworks
Olaf Breuning, Smoke Bombs 2, 2013Today is Bonfire Night in the UK, so we are celebrating the nefarious antics of the Gunpowder Plotters with a creative take on fireworks. Stand well back.Everyone...
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The Art of Underwear: Sixty Years of La Perla
La Perla A/W91Photography by Nadir, courtesy of RizzoliIn 1954, entrepreneurial housewife Ada Masotti presented her first couture lingerie collection from her atelier in Bologna, Italy. Sixty years on,...
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What We Wore: A People's History of British Style
Kensal Rise, 1995From What We Wore by Nina Manandhar, published by Prestel Five years ago London-based artist and archivist Nina Manandhar made a significant observation while browsing through Flickr:...
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Norman Parkinson in Ten Quotes
Wenda and ostriches, 1951© Norman Parkinson Ltd, Courtesy of the Norman Parkinson ArchiveNorman Parkinson, or ‘Parks’ as his closer circle knew him, is the grandfather of British fashion photography....
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A Photographic Look: New Kinds of Normal
From Family, by Arja HyytiäinenSociety is fluid – it changes, it takes on new guises, it rejects the normal of the past for the unexpected standards of the present. But how to capture the ever-changing...
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Spring: Skye Gyngell Gets Seasonal at Somerset House
Wild sea bass with girolles, chantrerells and salmoriglioPhotography by Neil WissinkWhat is it?Spring is a new restaurant in the recently reopened wing of Somerset House. After making her name at...
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Industrial Scenes by Bernd & Hilla Becher
Gasbehälter (Gas Tanks) Image VII from series: Typologies, 2008Photography by Bernd & Hilla BecherThings look good in a grid. The format adds order, symmetry, while providing a pleasing place of...
View ArticleAnother Man A/W14: Jordan Hunt, The Sea
Composer, vocalist and multi-intrumentalist, Jordan Hunt's most time consuming role at present is as the musical director of the Theo Adams company, a London-based troupe of avant-garde musicians,...
View ArticleAnOther's Top Ten Animal Videos
It's a fact: watching videos of animals makes us feel happy. So what better theme for a Happy Monday than our favourite animal moments on film, carefully selected from YouTube's vast archive? From a...
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Rooms in Bold Colours
From House & Garden’s Complete Guide to Interior Decoration, 1970Today is the first edition of our new interiors column by design aficionado Steven Holt of Dry Dock Shop. Inspired by his childhood...
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