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Yohji Yamamoto on Sustainability
Yohji Yamamoto A/W09 "When fabric is left to age for a year or two, it naturally contracts, and at this point it reveals its charm. The threads have a life of their own, they pass through the seasons...
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Isabel Muñoz
Série Bam, 2005 Photography by Isabel MuṅozBarcelona-born Isabel Muñoz dreamt of being a dancer until, in her twenties, she discovered an even bigger passion: photography. She moved to Madrid in the...
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Who? Indian- born British sculptor Anish Kapoor has made a Gangnam Style film in support of fellow artist Ai Weiwei.What? The original Gangnam Style single was released by South Korean pop artist PSY...
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Laetitia Casta
Laetitia Casta Illustration by Robert BeckSoirées in Paris can lead to the occasional memorable quip. And one of my all-time favourites is: “skin is the best accessory.” It was André Leon Talley who...
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Antonio Lopez's Kinky Polaroids
Jessica Lange, Paris, 1974 Antonio Lopez, more often referred to as simply Antonio, was one of the great fashion reactionaries of the 1970s and 80s, his much sought-after illustrations gracing the...
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Lili’s Journey
Lili’s Journey Photography by Katia BelmadaniThird on the list of the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals – the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women – is unanimously...
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Peter Blake on Rock, Paper, Scissors
London: Westminster Abbey - Animalia, 2012 © Peter Blake, Courtesy of Waddington Custot GalleriesPeter Blake’s perfectly titled semi-retrospective at Waddington Custot Galleries Rock, Paper, Scissors...
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Diane Keaton by Norman Seeff
Diane Keaton by Norman Sieff, 1975 From the slew of Givenchy-esque little black dresses sold off the back of Audrey Hepburn’s performance in Breakfast at Tiffany’s to the international stampede from...
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Dalí – Cosmogonic Genius
Salvador Dali writing “The secret life of Salvador Dali” at the home of Caresse Crosby, Hampton Manor, Virginia, 1941 Photography by Eric Schaal, © Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2012"Each...
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The Thirst: Little Bird & The London Gin Club
Gin cocktails at The Star Photography by Neil WissinkTim Moore, the founder of Little Bird Gin, tells us that the black-clad woman on their label was inspired by Vargas’ airplane designs from World War...
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The Death of the Typewriter?
Olivetti Lettera 22 advert On November 20, 2012, what is purported to be the last typewriter made in Britain rolled off the conveyor at Brother UK’s factory in Wrexham. The demise of the device can be...
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Lina Scheynius
From Book 04, 2012 Photography by Lina ScheyniusLina Scheynius has always been very open about sharing her life – from intimate self-portraits to glimpses of friends or just the view outside her...
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Kate Phelan
Kate Phelan Courtesy of TopshopThe day Kate Phelan handed in her resignation at British Vogue to join Topshop was met with a crisis of confidence for the usually unflappable stylist. Sitting in Arcadia...
View ArticleThe Body Language of A/W12 Campaigns
To expand upon last week’s body language of S/S13 front row, we turn our attention to the A/W12 campaigns for Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, Miu Miu, Marc...
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the–miumiu–london
Stephen Jones headpieces in the window of The MIu Miu London Courtesy of PradaWho? In the traditional sense, the term "private members club" conjures up an array of images, from tailcoats and bowler...
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Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner about to leave port in Reykjavik to jettison his planks A PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ASAP as his participation in Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland, 2005 Courtesy of Moved Pictures Archive,...
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Zeng Fanzhi
Zeng Fanzhi, Praying Hands, 2012 © Zeng Fanzhi Studio. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery"And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?" In the contemporary art lexicon, most would...
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Bunny Yeager's Darkroom
Bettie Page, Africa USA, Safari Park, Boca Raton, Florida, 1954 Courtesy of RizzoliThe pneumatic curves of a smiling pin-up girl are one of the definitive visual legacies of the 1950s, along with the...
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The Spice Girls
The Spice Girls Posh, Sporty, Scary, Baby and Ginger:from the early days in 1997 photographed for The Face outside a Shoreditch council block, to selling out Wembley Stadium and closing the 2012...
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Mel Bochner: If The Colour Changes
Blah, Blah, Blah, 2011 © Mel Bochner‘Blah, blah, blah,’ are the words that greet you as you enter Mel Bochner’s exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, the artist’s first major survey show in the UK....
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