1. Be inspired – and educated – by Janaya Future Khan, the public speaker, teacher, author and international ambassador for Black Lives Matter, who has been tirelessly working for equality for the Black community since they were a teenager. Speaking to Janelle Monáe, in a conversation mediated by Lynette Nylander, the pair discuss their formative years, the finding and claiming of their identities, the similarities in their shared experience of Blackness, the understanding of privilege and where we can go from here. Khan is photographed by Collier Schorr and styled by Nell Kalonji.
Leather jacket with diamond patchwork sleeves by SYMONDS PEARMAIN from MATCHESFASHION. Jersey tracksuit trousers with layered shorts by BALENCIAGAPhotography by Collier Schorr, Styling by Nell Kalonji
2. Delve into a special project realised during lockdown, performed by Michèle Lamy and Kim Kardashian, conceived and directed by Dutch photographer Paul Kooiker– a visual attestation to Lamy and Kardashian’s perhaps unlikely friendship. In the accompanying text, Stefan Kalmár, the curator and director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, meditates on these two extraordinary women, how they relate to each other and to a complex notion of contemporary reality.
3. Step inside Susie Cave’s home in Brighton, where the model, designer and face of Gucci Bloom is photographed by Alasdair McLellan and styled by Ellie Grace Cumming in Alessandro Michele’s collections for Gucci, past and present. Speaking to Alexander Fury, Michele muses on his love of fragrance, nature, unexpected beauty and his friend, Susie.
Velvet dress with cotton bib and cuffs and crocheted gloves with satin ribbon from the GUCCI Autumn/Winter 2020 collectionPhotography by Alasdair McLellan, Styling by Ellie Grace Cumming
4. Revel in the extraordinary imagery capturing John Galliano’s Autumn/Winter 2020 Maison Margiela Artisanal collection, imagined by Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo. Speaking to Susannah Frankel, the inimitable – and ever-influential – designer discusses his 1986 Fallen Angels collection, the Blitz Kids and his experience meeting the famously reclusive Margiela himself.
From left: Daan is wearing a single-breasted heroic-cut wool Recicla jacket, hat with millinery net, tights, thermocollant loincloth and ghillie socks and boots. Anton is wearing a single-breasted heroic-cut wool tweed Recicla jacket,hat with millinery net, tights, thermocollant loincloth and ghillie socks and boots. Daan is wearing a single-breasted heroic-cut wool Recicla jacket and hat with millinery net. Photography by Willy Vanderperre, Styling by Olivier Rizzo
5. Meet fashion’s stars of tomorrow in a shoot celebrating emerging designers, whose work is captured in a captivating portfolio of images photographed by Craig McDean and styled by Katie Shillingford. The designers include the Central Saint Martins-educated Tolu Coker whose appliquéd jacket, featuring her father and Angela Davis, appears on one of the six covers for this issue. “This collection was inspired by my childhood spent growing up on a London council estate,” Coker says, “as well as my late father Kayode Coker’s involvement in fighting for equitable justice for marginalised communities.”
Jacket and trousers as before. Leather court shoes by DorateymurPhotography by Craig McDean, Styling by Katie Shillingford
6. Bask in the beauty of Katy England’s story, which represents a collage of people, paintings and fashion close to and moving her. The story features photography by Benjamin A Huseby – starring dancer, model and choreographer MJ Harper, dressed exclusively in Stefano Pilati’s label Random Identities – paintings by Charlie Gosling and floral still-life photography by Flora Starkey. In an accompanying conversation mediated by Alexander Fury, Harper and Pilati (who have been close friends since 2015) discuss fashion, Random Identities’ show in Florence this January and the upheaval that has ensued since.
Art and fashion direction by Katy England, Photography by Benjamin A Huseby, Painting by Charlie Gosling, Floral still-life photography Flora Starkey, Talent MJ Harper, Beauty by Kenny Campbell
7. Lose yourself in Document which, this issue, is curated by Alister Mackie and centres around the idea of community and, more specifically, communes. Featuring texts by Honey Dijon and Bobby Gillespie, the pages offer a supremely elegant display of imagery, spanning new and archival photography and painting, showcasing the work of image-makers including Alex Foxton, Brett Lloyd, William Waterworth, Malick Bodian, Jesús Medina, among others.
Paintings by Alex Foxton in collaboration with Alister Mackie, featuring the collections of Mowalola, Maison ARTC and Palomo Spain
8. Marvel at the sheer creativity of Jane How who made all the clothes for her story, taking inspiration from specific pieces by some of her favourite designers – including a hooded aluminium dress with fringing by Paco Rabanne, which she recreated in the form of a headpiece constructed entirely from safety pins.
Aylah is wearing an ensemble inspired by a sleeveless puffed top, voluminous skirt with cushion and headpiece with veil by COMME DES GARÇONS. Opposite: Ensemble inspired by synthetic and wool knotted backpacks by COMME DES GARÇONSPhotography by Johnny Dufort, Styling by Jane How
9. Escape into the alternative reality of Rafael Pavarotti and Ibrahim Kamara’s compelling shoot which, in Pavarotti’s words, “conveys emotions, feelings and visions of this society that is gradually rebuilding itself”. “Working with Ib is a creative dive into a sea of infinite possibilities,” he says.
Photography by Rafael Pavarotti, Styling by Ibrahim Kamara
10. Read conversations between inspiring individuals such as the aforementioned Janaya Future Khan and Janelle Monáe, and MJ Harper and Stefano Pilati, as well as Andre Walker and Grace Wales Bonner, Pamela Anderson and Andreas Kronthaler, and Nick Knight and Gareth Pugh.
Self-portrait by Andre Walker
AnOther Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020, which is on sale internationally from October 1, 2020.
