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,