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Contradictory Layers. Interview with Dries van Noten
From our 10 year anniversary issue. “I think my work is a strange mixture of reality and dreams. I love to make pieces that are genuine and can be worn in many different ways,” says Dries Van Noten in an exclusive interview by Philippe Pourhashemi. Standing for elegance, charm and singularity, the collections of the celebrated Antwerp-based designer are soulful, moving and personal. Photography by Laetitia Hotte and fashion by Shino Itoi.
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10 Years
10 Years of Contributor Introducing our 10th Anniversary Issue For over ten years, we have invited thousands of contributors to explore fashion through art and photography. From the start, Editor-in-Chief, Robert Rydberg wanted Contributor to be an extension of the atelier work that is essential to all fashion image-making. From his experience as an influential […]
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Fashion Story: Into Suburbia
Photography by François Pragnère and fashion by Pauline Croce.
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Fashion Story: Space
Photography by Fujikawa hinano and Kosuke Saitou, fashion by Arimi.
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The Appeal Of Commitment. Interview with Mohamed Khattabi
A new generation of fashion lovers craves meaning and values, as opposed to vacant buzz and meaningless clothes. It’s refreshing to listen to Paris-based designer Mohamed Khattabi, who launched his own brand Reward if Found last year, talking about the kind of fashion he loves, which fuses concept and intellect with politics and raw emotion. Interview by Philippe Pourhashemi.
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Pattern of Thoughts. Interview with Linnéa Sjöberg
From our 10 year anniversary issue. “The latest weaves are called Pattern of Thoughts. They don’t have any predetermined patterns, rather they are a kind of visualization of how my brain works when I weave. I try to have lots of fun in my studio and be curious about where my thoughts will lead me,” says Linnéa Sjöberg, who has been working in Berlin since 2016 and is busy preparing for a solo exhibition at Company Gallery in New York. Interview by Antonia Nessen.
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Nature as Culture. Essay by Maria Ben Saad
While researching this text I returned to Barbara Kruger’s iconic picture from 1983 with a black and white image of a woman’s face partly covered with the words: “We won’t play nature to your culture.” True to a feminist agenda, the picture rejects artificially determined gender roles, building on the dichotomy of “culture” (superior and male) versus “nature” (inferior and female). Kruger challenges not only the dichotomy itself – the binary opposition of nature and culture – but also the legacy of a power structure, where culture is considered to be of higher rank than nature, as well as the tradition of associating culture with male and nature with female. By Maria Ben Saad
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Interview with Walter Van Beirendonck
“We were called the Antwerp Six because the English press didn’t know how to pronounce our names. We showed our work together in London in the 1980s and it had an impact on how we were perceived. It would be impossible to reproduce this now.” Interview by Philippe Pourhashemi and photography by Julien Claessens.