Claire Barrow

For all of the playfulness and anarchy that characterize hyperpop music, we hardly ever talk about how its associated visual culture contributes to its allure. For hundreds of thousands of twenty-somethings barred from clubs this spring, Charli XCX’s How I’m Feeling Now, dropped on May 15, offered a reprieve. Its unabashed expressionism on songs like “pink diamond” and “anthems” injected life into the dull day-to-day of quarantine.

Jon Snow and Daenerys embrace next to a beautiful icy waterfall after Jon's first dragon ride. Culture The visual artist and designer sketches out Game of Thrones, Season 8, Episode 1. Words: The Face Illustration: Claire Barrow 17 April 2019 Claire Barrow comes well equipped to guide us through Game of Thrones, HBO’s sprawling fantasy epic, currently enjoying its eighth and final (!) season on the telly.

Felix About In an explorative new project, launched to time with the London menswear shows, MACHINE-A's founder Stavros Karelis introduces a new way of profiling the emerging designers and brands that are generating excitement within the fashion industry. Using the communities and friends that surround each label, Karelis offers an insight into the work of rising talents such as Liam Hodges and Cottweiler.