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Interview with Fashion Designer Sandra Backlund
Fashion designer Sandra Backlund: “working on a collection is like being in a state of trying to solve a math problem or a riddle.” Photography by Magnus Magnusson. Interview by Antonia Nessen.
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Short Story: GIRLS
Click to read the whole story by Tucker Stone. Fashion by Christopher Insulander.
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Interview. Meet Stylist Christopher Insulander
Stylist Christopher Insulander has taken the fashion scene in his native Sweden by storm. Right now he is working on the next print issue of Contributor Magazine. Photography by Linnéa Sjöberg.
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Interview with Fashion Designer Iris van Herpen
Meeting Iris van Herpen for the first time two years ago is a moment in my life I’ll always cherish. It was a beautiful spring evening in Amsterdam and Iris, my partner and I sat down inside this quiet restaurant, which looked almost like an English pub. With candles burning on the table and subdued lighting, it was weirdly romantic. We ordered pasta and red wine, chatting away and enjoying our food. It was definitely not your usual interview set-up, but then again, there is nothing predictable about this Dutch designer. By Philippe Pourhashemi
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Fashion after Fashion. Essay by Maria Ben Saad
Recently, I was flipping through the pages of A.L.T.: A Memoir, the autobiography by André Leon Talley, one of my favorite larger-than-life figures in the fashion world. In one passage, he describes how he was “a true convert of fashion” by the age of twelve, reading everything he could get his hands on, especially Vogue under the reign of fashion editor Diana Vreeland. “While other boys may have been out practicing their fastballs or trying to break track records, I was on the couch, enrapt in the pages of the world Diana Vreeland had invented, a world of fantasy, style, and exquisite fashion.” By Maria Ben Saad.
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Dreams of a Third Arm. Essay by Tom Greenwood
In my dreams I am a man named Pierre and have three arms. My third arm is not a tentative genetic aberration like a flipper or feeler or wimpy ghost of an ancestral tail. It’s as arm-like as my other two, both of which are quite arm-like. It is a thing to behold, this third arm, an evolutionary leap forward in the human chain, thrusting mankind far beyond his (and her) potential as a two-armed beast. Yes, it’s a decisive third arm, a dominant trait with a subliminal animal musk that has women everywhere overtaken by instinctual urges to unite their ova with my spermatozoa. Click to read the article.
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Sara Litzen on the Ritual of Dressing
There are many female designers who I look up to. As I see it, it is only an advantage being a woman and designing for other women. Women designers are considerably more practical than male designers. We have dressed ourselves since we were kids. We know what women need. Article by Sara Litzen.
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My empty glass
was making him nervous. Words and photography by Martin Benninge.
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In focus: Amsterdam Fashion Week
The week in pictures. From the landscapes of designers Viktor & Rolf, model Lara Stone and photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, here are some selected fragments from Amsterdam Fashion Week as seen through the brands Dagmar, Individuals, Daryl van Wouw and more. One of the most interesting projects during the Amsterdam Fashion Week […]
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Close-up: Valentino part II
The making of a couture show. Follow casting agent Katrin Wesolowski at La Mode En Images behind the scene at the latest Valentino couture show in Paris. Click for details.
