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A Closer Look at Simone Rocha’s Delicate New Menswear Collection
A new lookbook capturing Simone Rocha’s Autumn/Winter 2025 menswear collection signals the brand’s softer take on masculinity Simone Rocha first introduced menswear to her brand almost three years ago.
Gillian Wearing and Michael Landy’s New Show Captures Two Artists in Love
Husband and wife Michael Landy and Gillian Wearing talk about Art Lovers, the first exhibition they have collaborated on in over 20 years This article is taken from the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of AnOther Magazine: “In 2013 I was the artist in residence at the National Gallery in London and I spent the first year going around it nearly every day. It’s an amazing collection, with lots of paintings of heroic deeds, historical and mythological depictions.
Simone Rocha’s Sensual Ode to Her “Emo” School Years
PhotographyPaul PhungTextViolet Conroy Lead Image School was on Simone Rocha’s mind this season. Alongside her own “emo youth” spent listening to bands like the Smashing Pumpkins, Placebo, Cocteau Twins and Radiohead, the Irish designer was thinking in particular of a Greek fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, first introduced to her by the school’s headmistress.
The Story Behind Joanna Hogg’s Italian-Language Short Film
As her bold new short film Autobiografia di una Borsetta is released, the acclaimed director behind The Souvenir films talks about the key role that fashion and clothing plays in her life and work Lead Image Joanna Hogg’s latest film centres on a handbag. Autobiografia di una Borsetta – Italian for ‘Autobiography of a Handbag’ – opens with a beaten-up Miu Miu Wander bag perched on a rock in a stormy Tuscan valley, recounting its life story rather wearily.
Kids at 30: How a Role in Larry Clark’s Cult Film Changed One Actor’s Life
As he curates a show in New York of Larry Clark’s photographs, Leo Fitzpatrick reflects on how his role in Kids as a young teenager shaped his life in more ways than one Lead Image It’s been nearly 30 years since Leo Fitzpatrick graced the screen in Kids as Telly, a foul-mouthed, horny teenage skateboarder stalking the streets of New York City in search of young girls to have sex with (his preference is clear from the film’s unforgettable opening scene: virgins).
Willy Vandeperre Shoots Dries Van Noten’s Wild Boys-Inspired Collection
The first lookbook released under new creative director Julian Klausner, Dries Van Noten’s A/W25 lookbook draws inspiration from a William S Burroughs novel Six months after Dries Van Noten presented his last ever show – a joyous affair set in a vast warehouse on a catwalk glistening with silver leaf and an enormous disco ball to match – the brand announced the appointment of Julian Klausner as creative director.
This Nuanced (And Funny) Book Dissects Chinese Food, Culture and Identity
Avoiding the tropes of the food writing genre, Jenny Lau’s wildly subversive An A-Z of Chinese Food: (Recipes Not Included) uses food as a jumping-off point to explore Chinese history, culture and identity Lead Image To say that Jenny Lau’s debut book is about only Chinese food would be reductive.
Katrien De Blauwer’s Intoxicating Artworks for Le Labo Fragrances
Together with Le Labo Fragrances and AnOther Magazine, Belgian artist Katrien De Blauwer talks about creating something tangible in response to something so elusive – scent, and how we experience it Scent has the power to trigger potent memories; we are all familiar with the indescribable yet instantly recognisable smell of a past lover, the scent that lingers on old clothes borrowed from friends, or the distinct aromas of houses.
The Opulent World of Tina Barney: “It Was in My Genes to Understand Art”
Lead Image Some artists are made, others born. For Tina Barney, an American photographer with a career spanning over four decades, art – and more specifically, photography – runs in her blood; her grandfather was an amateur photographer, her mother a fashion model (and an interior decorator in later life), and her family were art collectors for generations.
The Book That Inspired McKenzie Wark’s Intoxicating Memoir on Raving
In the latest issue of AnOther Magazine, writer McKenzie Wark talks about DeForrest Brown Jr’s book Assembling a Black Counter Culture – a historical book on Black techno music This story is taken from the Autumn/Winter 2024 issue of AnOther Magazine: “The thesis of DeForrest Brown Jr’s book Assembling a Black Counter Culture was always interesting to me. It didn’t get the attention it should have when it dropped.
Jesse Gouveia’s Debut Exhibition Captures the Innocence of Childhood
An emotional meditation on innocence and memory, Jesse Gouveia’s new photo show captures a series of childhood forts, painstakingly remade in adulthood For his debut solo exhibition, American photographer Jesse Gouveia seized on a type of patterned cloth so ubiquitous in Western homes and wardrobes that its symbolism is often overlooked: plaid.
See Ethan James Green’s Sensual Take On the Pirelli Calendar
Featuring Hunter Schafer, Vincent Cassel, John Boyega and more, Ethan James Green’s 2025 Pirelli Calendar is an ode to inclusivity, nature and natural beauty Under the theme of “Refresh and Reveal”, today Ethan James Green has unveiled his vision for the Pirelli 2025 Calendar.
Miga: How One Family Built the Best Korean Restaurant in London
PhotographyLuca WardTextViolet Conroy Lead Image Introducing AnOther Dish, a new series of recipes and interviews with chefs in London Last summer, people in east London kept talking in hushed tones about a brand new Korean restaurant I just had to try: Miga. The ox bone broth, supposedly, was to die for, and I should get down there before it became a ’spot’.
Emily Witt’s Lucid Memoir Blends Love, Drugs, and American Politics
In Health and Safety, New Yorker staff writer Emily Witt blends the personal and political together to create an introspective portrait of a relationship, the pandemic, New York’s underground dance music scene, and the Trump years Lead Image Early on in her memoir, Health and Safety, Emily Witt – a staff writer at The New Yorker – has a profound epiphany while tripping on magic mushrooms. “The mushrooms had said a lot about writing,” she recalls.
The Standout Shows From London Fashion Week
From Simone Rocha’s grand and beautiful ode to Michael Clark and Pina Bausch, to Paolo Carzana’s intimate and tearful presentation in his own back garden, these are the best shows from London Fashion Week’s Spring/Summer 2025 season TextViolet ConroyTextGeorge Pistachio The week to launch a thousand camera flashes, London Fashion Week has just roared through the city and left a fresh sense of excitement in its wake.
René Redzepi: “Fine Dining Isn’t Going Away by Any Means”
Lead Image Zooming in from Kyoto at dusk,René Redzepi is talking about bugs with great excitement. The ancient Japanese city is the latest location for Noma’s new pop-up residency, and the infamous Danish chef is talking animatedly about the apricot-sized cicadas and cockroaches that litter Kyoto’s streets during the unbearably humid summers. “It’s no joke, let me tell you,” he laughs, childlike in his fascination with – and aversion to – the region’s extreme climate.
Tilly Lawless’s YA Novel Is an Uncensored Depiction of Teenage Girlhood
As her young adult novel Thora is published, Tilly Lawless talks about stepping back from Instagram, the irrelevance of genre, and working against sanititsed depictions of teenagehood in popular culture Lead Image After nearly a decade, Tilly Lawless is ready to step away from Instagram.
Koya: How Shuko Oda Crafted London’s Beloved Japanese Udon Noodle Bar
Lead Image Introducing AnOther Dish, a new series of recipes and interviews with chefs in London. With its pillowy udon noodles, flavoursome dashi (Japanese soup stock), nourishing bowls of donburi, Japanese breakfasts, and moreish small plates (‘umeboshi’ pickled plums, braised pork belly, seaweed salad), Koya has emerged as one of the most quietly confident, reliable and innovative Japanese restaurants in London.
Gathering: A Bold New Space for Art in Ibiza, Away From the Parties
A new exhibition by Mexican artist Stefan Brüggemann at Gathering’s new Ibiza location is a symbol of the island’s new, flourishing art scene Winding through the rolling hills of Ibiza by car, Stefan Brüggemann’s house can be seen from afar like a mirage. With an exterior clad entirely in silver foil, and a living room finished in gold leaf, the brutalist house – designed by Alberto Kalach – is an astonishing total work of art.
Chef Jackson Boxer Takes AnOther’s Food Questionnaire
As he opens the doors to Henri, a Parisian-inspired bistro in Covent Garden, Jackson Boxer talks about his favourite restaurants, the best meal he’s ever had, and what people get wrong about chefs Introducing AnOther Dish, a new series of recipes and interviews with chefs from around the globe. Jackson Boxer is a chef and prolific London-based restauranteur.
How William Strobeck Elevated Skateboarding to an Art Form
Lead Image Before William Strobeck fell in love with skateboarding, he fell for the style surrounding it. As a young teenager growing up just outside Syracuse, a city over 200 miles north-west of Manhattan, Strobeck vividly remembers the moment he came across a photograph of pro American skateboarder Natas Kaupas in a magazine during the 1980s.
The Story Behind Nan Goldin’s Gut-Wrenching Film About Her Late Sister
Now screening in London with Gagosian, Nan Goldin’s film Sisters, Saints, Sibyls is a visceral meditation on martyrdom, mental health, addiction and rebellion Sisters, Saints, Sibyls is the kind of artwork that lingers in your mind long after you’ve finished looking.
Artist Charles Fine on Finding Inspiration in Mexico’s Abundant Nature
In the latest issue of AnOther Magazine, the Los Angeles-based artist talks about travelling to a small lake town in the mountains of Mexico in the 1970s This article is taken from the Spring/Summer 2024 issue of AnOther Magazine: “I was a very restless young man, bouncing around the world travelling, especially in Mexico. In 1975 I visited a small valley my friend purchased near Valle de Bravo, a little town on a lake in the mountains of Mexico.
Frank Lebon’s Debut Book Is a Heartfelt Tribute to His Loved Ones
British photographer Frank Lebon’s first publication, One Blood, is an affectionate, vivid portrait of friends and family that takes blood as subject and metaphor Blood is the throughline in Frank Lebon’s debut book. Titled One Blood, and shot between 2020 and 2023, largely during the pandemic, the book takes blood as both subject matter and metaphor, transforming it into a symbol for love, health and unity in taxing times.
The Sweet East: a Beautiful and Bizarre Trip Through Contemporary America
As The Sweet East is released in the UK, Sean Price Williams talks about directing for the first time, crafting a patriotic portrait of America, and the importance of independent cinema Sean Price Williams is a prolific cinematographer.
This Book Is a Disruptive Guide to London’s Food Culture
As his cult book London Feeds Itself returns to the shelves, Jonathan Nunn talks about what makes a good meal, the state of food criticism, and what TikTok is doing to London’s restaurants Lead Image London is overflowing with famous restaurants. There’s St John, Brat, The Wolseley, Mount St, Brat, Sessions Arts Club, Quo Vadis, Andrew Edmunds, Claridge’s and more spread throughout Soho, Mayfair, Farringdon, Clerkenwell and Shoreditch.
Johanna Parv’s Elegant Vision for the Modern Flâneuse
PhotographyIvan RubertoTextViolet Conroy Lead Image After reading Streetwalking the Metropolis: Women, the City, and Modernity, Johanna Parv became fixated on a very specific image of a woman. The book, written by Deborah L Parsons and published in 2000, focuses on the emergence of the ‘flâneuse’ archetype – the female alternative to the male ‘flâneur’ – after the Industrial Revolution: an independent, working woman who was navigating the city, all alone, for the first time in history.
Sheila Heti: “I’m More Interested in Life Than Imagination”
As the Alphabetical Diaries is published, Sheila Heti discusses keeping a diary, her dislike of the term ‘autofiction’, and fragmenting time and place in her writing to extraordinary effect Lead Image Work, love and money: Sheila Heti believes these are the things that preoccupy us most as human beings. In the Canadian author’s new book, the Alphabetical Diaries, these make up the three main pillars of the narrative.
Inside the Exhibition Spotlighting Britain’s Artists of Tomorrow
As an ambitious group show of British art opens at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, five artists – Victoria Cantons, Joseph Yaeger, Ebun Sodipo, George Rouy, and Sang Woo Kim – unpack their work Lead Image What does the zeitgeist of British art look like at the moment? A bold, eclectic new group show at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Present Tense, aims to answer this question, showcasing the work of 23 artists both emerging and mid-career.
Wales Bonner’s Sensitive Ode to Howard University
Inspired by the school’s sartorial, musical and literary history, Wales Bonner’s Autumn/Winter 2024 show captured the American college experience Grace Wales Bonner has been infatuated with America for some time now. After curating Spirit Movers at the tail-end of last year, an exhibition at MoMA that focused on Black cultural and aesthetic practices, the British designer also found herself working on a research project with Howard University in Washington, DC.
The AnOther Guide: 25 Ways to Improve Your Life
From morning pages to eating with the seasons, here are 25 simple ways to improve your life this year TextViolet ConroyTextGeorge Pistachio 1. Keep a planner Don’t underestimate the wave of relief that’ll wash over you once you transfer your Google Calendar into an actual physical notebook. We recommend a trusty Moleskine, or if you want something more luxurious, try a Smythson. 2.
One Photographer’s Melancholic Portrait of His Bedroom Over Time
In Jay Johnson’s new zine, the photographer captures life over one weekend in the guardianship he lived in in Manchester. “It wasn’t a normal house,” he says If you were to distil your life down into a single weekend, how would it look? In Jay Johnson’s new zine, the photographer takes the nearly two-year period he spent living in a former school in Manchester, and transforms his bedroom into a stage set for everything that happened there.
Matte, the Publication Spotlighting America’s Rising Photography Stars
Lead Image At the beginning of 2023, Matte magazine announced a simple open call on Instagram for ’exciting photography now.’ Founded by the New York-based photographer, publisher and professor Matthew Leifheit in 2010 as a niche magazine focusing on the work of emerging photographers – although bigger names have previously included Collier Schorr, Michael Bailey Gates and Allen Frame – the latest issue of the publication, its most ambitious yet, set out to be a “survey of current American...
A Journey Through China’s Booming Arts and Culture Scene
On a trip through Hong Kong, Shanghai and Chengdu, AnOther delves into the artists and art institutions that are defining culture in China today Hong Kong is a city designed to be viewed from an altitude. With the world’s largest number of skyscrapers – there are over 9,000 high-rise buildings, and more than 400 skyscrapers – nestled amongst the city’s winding highways and subtropical verdant mountains, walking through the city is a disorientating experience, like it’s built for cars, not humans.
Blowing up The Kitchen With Rebecca May Johnson
In an exclusive excerpt from the new issue of Worms Magazine, the author of Small Fires talks about rethinking the kitchen as a site of pleasure, power and history PhotographySarah WhiteTextViolet Conroy Lead Image This interview is taken from ’The Elements Issue’ of Worms Magazine. Food features prominently in Rebecca May Johnson’s book Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen, although ‘food writing’ is by no means the genre in which it belongs.
“I Go Very Deep”: Joanna Hogg on Her Gothic New Film, The Eternal Daughter
As The Eternal Daughter is released, Joanna Hogg talks about her “intensely personal” way of working, the ethics of drawing from real life, and why her new film both is – and isn’t – a continuation of The Souvenir diptych Lead Image Although Joanna Hogg insists that The Eternal Daughter is not a continuation of The Souvenir films, diehard fans will be able to spot the parallels.
TON: The New Issue of the Interiors Magazine Explores Community
With a “bold, brash, do-it-yourself” attitude, issue two of TON is all about places in which people come together, spotlighting gay saunas, a castle featured in Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, sites of worship, and more Lead Image Buy a copy of the new issue of TON here. An article on gay saunas might be the last thing you’d expect to find in an interiors magazine – shrouded in secrecy as they are – but TON is full of surprises.
Simone Rocha and More Celebrated in New Exhibition about Fashion and Memory
A new exhibition in Antwerp explores the fascinating relationship between clothing and memory, with work by Simone Rocha, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and more on display As anyone who has ever cleared out their closet knows, clothes have the power to trigger strong memories. Rifling through old garments, we are reminded of our past selves; a time when we were younger, smaller, larger, had good taste – or questionable taste – and most importantly, what was going on in our lives.
Sam Youkilis’s Debut Book Captures a Life Well Travelled
As his first book is published by Loose Joints, Instagram phenomenon Sam Youkilis talks about his love of food, preserving tradition, and imperfection Nobody does Instagram quite like Sam Youkilis. With over half a million followers and counting, his glittering grid of photos and videos documents the charming idiosyncrasies of human behaviour in some of the world’s most beautiful, far-flung locations (mainly Europe, especially Italy).
Natasha Stagg’s New Book Perfectly Distils Life in Pandemic-Era New York
As her new book of essays and stories is published, Natasha Stagg talks about the stupidity of fashion, quitting social media, and her enduring obsession with brands and celebrities Lead Image Natasha Stagg considered calling her latest book ‘Name Dropping’ – something she refers to in the introduction as “one of my favourite pastimes, you’ll see”.
The Escapist Cotswolds Hotel With Creativity at Its Core
PR mogul Matthew Freud’s luxuriously cosy new hotel The Bull at Burford is a place to break bread, reset and get creative Opened by Matthew Freud earlier this year, The Bull at Burford is a luxurious Cotswold hotel that is distinctly anti-solitude; it’s the kind of place where you are encouraged to integrate, not isolate, to break bread with other guests over dinner and share in new experiences.
The Immense Painterly Empathy of Henry Taylor
A new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth’s recently opened Paris space features the painter’s striking portraits of Black American life In Henry Taylor’s exhibition at the newly opened Hauser & Wirth in Paris, gargantuan paintings of the rich and famous quietly coexist with canvases depicting everyday people.
Alexander McQueen Names Seán McGirr as New Creative Director
The Dublin-born designer, who has previously held positions at JW Anderson and Dries Van Noten, is the surprise successor to Sarah Burton Just three days after Sarah Burton presented her emotional final collection for Alexander McQueen at Paris Fashion Week, the British house has named Seán McGirr as its new creative director.
The Standout Shows From London Fashion Week
From Aaron Esh’s refined runway debut to Chopova Lowena’s riotous takeover of a west London skatepark, here are the best shows from London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2024 TextViolet ConroyTextGeorge Pistachio Clothes, and their inner workings, were the simple focus of Molly Goddard’s beautiful show.
Stay True, Hua Hsu’s Pulitzer-Winning College Memoir About Coming of Age
As his Californian college memoir is finally published in the UK, Hua Hsu discusses how grief turned him into a writer, capturing the texture of the 90s, and what it means to “stay true” Lead Image In his Pulitzer-winning memoir Stay True, Hua Hsu knows the power of culture to define oneself.
Watch Simone Rocha’s New Film Starring Samantha Morton and Patrick Gibson
Exclusive: Featuring a cast of cult actors that walked in her Autumn/Winter 2023 show, Simone Rocha’s new short film centres on age-old Irish marriage rituals August 02, 2023 If you have some of the most acclaimed cult actors of our times walking your runway, why not make a film with them?
The Standout Shows From Paris Fashion Week Men’s
From Pharrell’s bold debut as creative director of Louis Vuitton men’s to Rick Owens’ gothic proposal for “joy as a moral obligation”, here are the standout collections from Paris Fashion Week Men’s Spring/Summer 2024 June 27, 2023 TextGeorge PistachioTextViolet Conroy A riot of colour and subversion, Botter’s S/S24 collection – self-proclaimed “Caribbean couture” – honed in on the centuries-old Haitian religion of vodou and the misconceptions surrounding it.
Rick Owens’ Latest Collection May Be Gothic, but It’s All About Joy
June 23, 2023 PhotographyPaul PhungTextViolet Conroy Lead ImagePhotography by Paul Phung Yesterday afternoon, under drizzly skies in Palais de Tokyo’s open-air space, Rick Owens put on a spectacle of the highest order. The Californian designer has been showing in the museum’s gargantuan courtyard for years, setting towers on fire, globes aflame, jet streams of water sky high, and letting fog machines run wild.
Botter’s Latest Show Was a Playful Ode to Haitian Vodou
June 22, 2023 TextViolet ConroyPhotographyPaul Phung Lead ImagePhotography by Paul Phung Botter’s Spring/Summer 2024 show was all about vodou. To the uninitiated, the word (sometimes confused with ‘voodoo’) might conjure up images of someone sticking pins into a doll to magically induce pain in a real-life human; a common horror film trope. That, however, was not the kind of vodou Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh had in mind while designing their new collection.
This Exhibition Pays Homage to the Sordid Aesthetics of Desire
Laila Majid and Louis NewbyŌĆÖs arresting joint exhibition in London explores desire, porn, image consumption ŌĆō both physical and digital ŌĆō and how they intersect June 15, 2023 At Laila Majid and Louis NewbyŌĆÖs new exhibition, Beautiful Girls on Top!, at Sadie Coles HQŌĆÖs The Shop, thereŌĆÖs a drawing of two people kissing. Contact (The Kiss) depicts a pair of figures, lips locked, one wearing nightmarish facial prosthetics and the other in a latex gimp mask.
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