The Fashion Issue 2009
Wear Dare
The challenge: Go to the thrift store and pick out five of the most hideous, ridiculous outfits you can scare up for 50 bucks. Make your friend wear them all day, every day, for a week no matter what—no changing plans, no wussing out, and don't...
Holy Fashion
Besides being Europe's only absolute monarch, the highest authority of the Catholic Church, and the head of state of the smallest country in the world, the Pope is one of few human beings who can claim to be officially infallible.
When Rat Ruled The World
In 1983, having recently moved to Sydney, a young Jac Vidgen threw a party in his Elizabeth Bay apartment. He’d done stuff like this before and like his previous efforts, the party was an unmitigated success.
More Than Fashion
A sought-after darling of the fashion world, nominated three times for “Man of the Year” by GQ magazine, and Kanye West’s personal go-to guy for his new Pastelle label, Kim Jones is a modern fashion giant.
Global Trend Report 2009 - Milan & Barcelona
Spain recently overtook Milan and Nantes as being the place with the most screamy amphetamine gays per square meter in the world.
The Curious Case Of Grandpa Button
For all I know, “fashion” means trying to sort out a decent look out of two H&M rags and a couple of things I stole from my mom.
Brogue Bros
There is a famous fable from the UK northern-soul scene, from around the time the skinhead look first became popular in about 1969 or 1970.
Global Trend Report 2009 - Melbourne & New Zealand
Attention to detail has become important, and things like buttons, plaid, lace, animal prints, and leather accessories can make or break you.
Paris Is Not A Soft Cheese
I sat down with Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld biographer Alicia Drake and Kate Moss biographer Francoise-Marie to talk about the shark-filled fashion industry.
Barbara Hulanicki
What started as a mail-order business run out of Barbara Hulanicki’s flat quickly turned into a cult fashion line in which virtually every piece sold out as soon as it hit the shelf.