October Recommendations

Dazed & Confused Cover Versions exhibition at Colette
The Cover Versions Art Project is one of the special celebratory projects to coincide with the 20th anniversary issue of Dazed & Confused. On display on the ground floor of Colette, Paris all this month through to November 5, 20 classic Dazed covers have been reworked by 20 of today’s leading visual artists including Tracey Emin, Terence Koh and Mark Titchner. A limited-edition range of T-shirts will also be exclusively sold at Colette during this time featuring five of the cover artworks.

Artek at Dover Street Market
October sees a collaboration between iconic Finnish design company Artek and Dover Street Market, whose windows will be filled with White, a collection of radical lighting solutions from the design director of the firm. Offering a unique transmogrophication of the way consumers perceive lighting, White is designed to allow light itself to take centre stage, without distractions from the fripperies of fittings.The window display runs until October 10, alongside an instore display of the great furniture designer Ilmari Tapiovaara.

Mom & Dad by Terry Richardson
Terry Richardson, the man with a cheeky grin and permanent thumbs up is renowned for his bright-flash studio snapshots of celebrities and models that appear on his online visual diary, aptly entitled Terry’s Diary (look no further than our Reader). In the latest publication from Mörel Books, Terry’s focus turns to his parents in Mom & Dad. An intimate (and sometimes too intimate) portrait series is accompanied by letters and interiors that document the very origins of Terry Richardson, his Mom and Dad.

Fairy Tales by Viktor & Rolf
World renowned for their spectacular couture, Viktor & Rolf have taken the magic of their sartorial universe and applied it to a book of original fairy tales, written and illustrated by the duo themselves. Relating the tale of the Little Dragon Butterfly as well as the tribulations of the Lonely Disco Hedgehog, this collection of twelve stories is a surreal and fantastical journey into the minds of two mavericks of the fashion world, which comes out on October 3rd, published by Hardie Grant. AnOther Issue 21's Document is fairytale themed after all...

Mari Sarai Naked
In celebration of the 21st century woman, Japan-born London-based photographer Mari Sarai captures the naked bodies of friends, musicians, artists, editors and models in an a unique spontaneity and boundless energy. Intimate, erotic and devoid of the commercial restraints of the fashion world – these upfront (sometimes literally) images are on show until October 13 at Doors showcase and also feature in an accompanying book.

Glamour of the Gods at National Portrait Gallery
Last chance to see the Hollywood portrait exhibition that focuses on the industry’s ‘Golden Age’, the period of 1920 to 1960. Drawn from an extraordinary archive and many of which are on show for the first time, likely suspects include Greta Garbo and Clark Gable, Audrey Hepburn, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. Exhibition ends October 23.

Paradise Lost by Raqib Shaw
White Cube Mason's Yard present a new series of works by London based artist Raqib Shaw, a depiction of the artist's own childhood and youth in India and the UK refracted through the prism of John Milton's eponymous poem. With different areas of the gallery hosting images relating to the four seasons, touring the exhibition takes on a dually temporal experience, and the works are a fascinating combination of mythology and realism that make for an unsettling and compelling show. Exhibition ends November 12.

Sergio Rossi's New Store
Legends of shoe design Sergio Rossi have redesigned their flagship London store, revealing a sumptuous boutique filled with gilded mirrors, velvet chaise longues, zebra skin rugs and sculptural heels dangling from the ceiling. Reminiscient of the ideal Parisian boudoir, the new shop opens its doors to customers on the October 15.

Text by Lucia Davies & Tish Wrigley