Literature

Literary Journeys | Episode 8: the Devil and Truman Capote

— March 20, 2010—

In Literary Journeys, Tara Darby recounts her travels through towns and cities used as settings in great books of American 20th century Literature

The Devil and Capote Photography by Tara Darby, 2009

JM and I swept away the leaves that had gathered at the Clutter family graves and laid out sunflowers. The stones seemed such a modest acknowledgment of four lives curtailed in a night of senseless violence. We hoped that with the completion of this fifty year cycle, Holcomb’s wounds could now begin to heal, that the residents could finally find some peace.

Capote wrote that the Clutter murders, “all to...

Women's Fashion

In the Cut | Schwab's Dirndl

— March 20, 2010—

In the Cut is a column written by Harriet Walker and illustrated by Zoë Taylor, uncovering the hidden meanings behind the season’s collections

Marios Schwab A/W10 Illustrations by Zoe Taylor

Marios Schwab looked ahead to Oktoberfest with the autumn/winter collection he showed in London last month. He has explored various avenues of womanhood, from sci-fi body-con to column-skirted romance, but this time his mainstay was the – literally – humble dirndl.

A full skirt with a gathered waist, often worn with a laced bodice, the dirndl is teutonic in origin – just like Schwab himself &n...

Women's Fashion

Insiders | Loïc Prigent

— March 19, 2010—

The Insiders is a regular column by Kin Woo, presenting integral, but often hidden figures within the fashion industry

Loïc Prigent Photography Willy Papa“I could watch documentaries about Carine Roitfeld for days”, confesses 36-year old French director and filmmaker, Loïc Prigent. “But still, a lot of what is filmed is never about fashion or the skills of the fashion professionals, but just about bling and fake first row opportunistic VIPs.”

That’s an accusation that can never be leveled against Prigent who from capturin...

Literature

Literary Journeys | Episode 7: Grim Apparitions

— March 17, 2010—

In Literary Journeys, Tara Darby recounts her travels through towns and cities used as settings in great books of American 20th century Literature

Grim Apparitions Photography by Tara Darby, 2009

Lonely sounds at night in Holcomb, “the keening hysteria of coyotes, the dry scrape of scuttling tumbleweed, the racing, receding wail of locomotive whistles.” Thinking of Perry's father, the Lone Wolf and the desperate fate of his wife and children who “shared a doom against which virtue was no defense” Thinking of Perry's skewed relationship with Cookie, the nurse he h...

Women's Fashion

Beauty | Yves Saint Laurent Palette

— March 16, 2010—

In Beauty, visual artists creatively interpret the season’s most desired beauty products

Yves Saint Laurent Palette Illustration by Alessio Nessi

For the second in a series of art project homages to our favorite beauty products, we enlisted Illustrator Alessio Nesi to interpret the spirit of Yves Saint Laurent’s tri-colour "Palette" through one of his whimsical sketches. Nesi describes his drawings as “fuelled by the power of elegance as make-believe and magic as an antidote to reality, in the elegantly naughty vein of Aubrey Beardsley and Ge...

Men's Fashion

AnOther Man Behind the Pages | Jack White Interview Preview

— March 16, 2010—

AnOther Man Behind the Pages discovers the untold stories behind some of our favourite features and fashion shoots

Jack White Photography by Mark Segal, Styling by Robbie Spencer

Earlier this month we revealed the cover of AnOther Man Issue 10 featuring the forcible Jack White, now AnOther Man Editor Ben Cobb shares his thoughts about the man and the interview, and we preview a special set of photographs by Mark Segal – but you’ll have to wait for the full shoot in the magazine out Thursday, March 18.

Ben Cobb: I've been a fan of Jack White since I first heard White Blood Cells. You jus...