24February 2021
In news that will be sure to have fashion aficionados frothing at the mouth, Sotheby’s has announced that it will be selling a private collector’s archive of nearly 20 years of Martin Margiela’s Maison Margiela pieces.
Dubbed “Hors Normes II”, the collection spans 1989 to 2006 – almost the entirety of Margiela’s expansive career – and includes nearly 200 ready-to-wear and couture garments. Some of the most coveted pieces from the designer’s most famous collections will be up for grabs, with highlights including the plastic-coated dress (with its original plastic bag still intact) from FW98 and the duvet coat from FW99. Full runway looks from the designer’s FW04 collection are also available.
24February 2021
The 1981 film
Christiane F. may have remained a niche creation if it weren’t for its soundtrack, created by none other than David Bowie. Since its release, it’s gone on to achieve cult status, even inspiring not one but two collections by Raf Simons. And now, it’s set for the highest 2020s accolade: a TV adaptation.
The movie tells the harrowing true story of Vera Christiane Felscherinow, a teenage heroin addict coming of age in the mid-70s. Like the film, the forthcoming series will be inspired by the 1978 book about Felscherinow’s life, titled
Wir Kinder Vom Banhof Zoo.
Jumbo is Jeanne, an introverted, 20-something woman played by Noémie Merlant of
Portrait of a Lady on Fire fame. By day, Jeanne’s asleep; at 6pm, she’s woken up by her mother, Margarette (Emmanuelle Bercot), for a night shift as an amusement park cleaner. At Jeanne’s workplace, the elusive new colleague defying her to break HR guidelines is Jumbo, a “Move It” ride with metal arms and chair-shaped fingers; he showcases the composure of Robert Redford, the prettiness of Timothée Chalamet, and the loud, clanging mating call of a washing machine.
Jeanne soon discovers that Jumbo is the perfect boyfriend: he’s a good listener; he’s unlikely to run away; and, as she boasts to her mother, the literal love machine dispenses orgasms at the push of his button. Parents rarely want the blow-by-blow account of their child’s sex life, but this confession reduces Margarette to tears.
As their long-awaited comeback and seventh studio album Don’t Call Me drops, K-pop’s brightest, longest-burning stars discuss their legacy, future, and mastering creative control
Can you share with us the story of your own mentorship and how it inspired
Love Is Why
?
Ibrahem Hasan: I grew up on the south side of Chicago, and my father took me to this place called Maxwell Street. Just a quick hit on what Maxwell Street is because, for me, I know. But for other people who are just like, what the hell is that? So, basically, a lot of Blacks migrated up north, they went there for work and they congregated around the street called Maxwell Street, and it’s where the Chicago blues started. And then it also acted as an open-air market for people to sell goods, so my father took me there as a kid.
If we know anything by now, it’s that Simon Porte Jacquemus is a self-confessed romantic and unashamed lover of love.
Frequently posting cute and sometimes kind of goofy pics of his boyfriend on Instagram alongside captions declaring “LOVE ALWAYS WINS”, the joyful French designer even went so far as to make a young, nude couple embracing passionately on the beach the stars of his (entirely clothing-free) AW17 campaign.
Now, he’s up to his old tricks and clearly feeling the love, dropping a new photo series in celebration of his aptly-titled L’AMOUR collection. Captured by photographer Tom Kneller and styled by Zoey Radford Scott, the images feature a diverse bunch of couples from around the world in intimate clinches.
Looking back now, it’s easy to see why it captured so many hearts and minds like mine from the get go.
The Legend of Zelda eschewed early gaming traditions – the simple joy of arcade games and straight-up fighter formats – in favour of vast landscapes, where players could explore the mystical land of Hyrule. Its lush and expansive aesthetics were based on Miyamato’s childhood exploring the countryside around his hometown Sonobe, as blocky meadows and two-dimensional dungeons became pixelated portals into brave new worlds. It was a spiritual forerunner of the modern action RPG, and even the game’s earliest iterations with crudely rendered 8-bit landscapes,