FASHION
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LAW ROACH - STYLE ARCHITECT
Law Roach @luxurylaw on surviving Chicago’s Drug Wars, launching Zendaya, saving Céline Dion and launching his debut: How to Build a Fashion Icon.
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UGBAD ABDI
VOGUE: Ugbad Abdi, the American-Somali model who brought the hijab to the catwalk.
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TELFAR
DIE WELT: How designer Telfar Clemens, impresario Babak Radboy, and stylist Avena Gallagher shock the idea of exclusivity: Even Anna Wintour awoke.
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DAPPER DAN
DIE WELT: Hip-hop icon Dapper Dan’s surprising comeback. A conversation in his Harlem atelier about redemptive justice, Eric B. & Hakim, Harlem, Gucci, and the Olympic sprinter Diane Dixon.
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AYZIT BOSTAN
DIE WELT: Portrait and studio visit in Munich at designer Ayzit Bostan’s Palast. We discussed her Turkish roots, minimalist iconography, the crescent moon, Erdogan, and the sensuality of of belonging.
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GABRIELA HEARST
VOGUE: Interview with Gabriela Hearst, fashion designer from the backwaters of Uruguay, about sustainability, luxury, and the pleasure of supermarket mayo.
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RAF SIMONS x MIKE D
INTERVIEW magazine: Designer Raf Simons and Beastie Boys’ Mike D about playing the guitar, stage fright, and the power of “Puss in Boots.”
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EDIE CAMPBELL
VOGUE: Interview with Edie Campbell, aristocrat rebel, about horses, greenwashing, and the dirt of the British countryside.
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OSLO GRACE
VOGUE: LGBTQ activist and model Oslo Grace raises awareness about gender norms. We talk about identity, sexual orientation vs sexuality, and Scandinavian free thinking.
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CHARLOTTE CASIRAGHI
VOGUE Interview: I spoke with the former Monégasque Princess—excommunicated by choice—about her Institut de Philosophie, Julia Kristeva, motherhood, and the trapdoors of fame and social media.
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HEATHER KEMESKY & ERIKA LINDER
VOGUE: I chatted with Heather Kemesky and Erika Linder, about their humble beginnings as models, their public love, artistic ambitions, and the fine art of ditching class.
SCENT
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KENZO WORLD
ICON: Caroline Lim and Humberto Leon’s new fragrance for KENZO is aptly portrayed in the energetic ad by their pal Spike Jonze. Actress Margaret Qualley proves that eyes, too, can smell.
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ROZU BY AESOP
PIN-UP: Perfumer Barnabé Fillion took inspiration from the French architect and Designer Charlotte Perrigand for the creation of a new spin on a classic fragrance.
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COMME DES GARCONS
ICON: Comme des Garcon’s Christian Astuguevielles idiosyncratic fragrance Concrète. Olfactory brutalism.
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TOM FORD'S LOST CHERRY
VOGUE: Tom Ford launches Lost Cherry, a bow to losing one’s virginity with his anti-fashion muse Celeste Barber from Down Under. French kissing included.