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#16
Out now! The New Issue of Contributor is here What’s in the box? Instead of a conventional magazine format, we continue to put Contributor in a box. The content of our Art Boxes is always loose leaf, tactile experiences where the sheets come in different sizes and textures. We also always include one of our greatly […]
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Out Now! The New Issue of Contributor is here
What’s in the box? Instead of a conventional magazine format, we continue to package Contributor in a box. Inside you’ll find a selection of large prints in two different sizes and one poster. We’re thrilled to have the actress Katherine Waterston on the cover. Waterston’s lived-in, full-bodied, and palpable commitment is why she’s become a reliable source for a variety of directors looking to infuse their characters with a visceral complexity, a nuanced humanity, that’s difficult to find elsewhere.
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Fashion Story: Misfit
Photography by Elena Pirogova-Mares and fashion by Lyla Cheng.
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Escaping the Womb. Essay by Antonia Nessen
Maternity and nursing clothes are an overlooked chapter in fashion history, but in the 1930s the symbolic value of clothing was considered to have a deep connection to motherhood. One of the reasons for our obsession with fashion is our unconscious desire to return to the womb. This is one of the conclusions in J. C. Flügel’s famous book “The Psychology of Clothes” from 1930. Essay by Antonia Nessen
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Fashion Story: Ajisai
Photography by Ginjiro Uemura and fashion by Reina Ogawa.
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Fashion Story: If I Were You
Photography by Celine Hong and fashion by Xioyu Chen.
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Maxida Marak. Cover Story and Interview
Music is an effective political weapon. Maxida Märak is a hip-hop musician who has become a leading figure in the resistance to the growing mining industry in Sápmi, the northern mountainous region of Sweden. By Antonia Nessen
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Fashion Story: Masking Fusion
Photography by Puzzleman Leung and fashion by Ball Ball Chiu.