EXHIBITION : SALVADOR DALÌ IN LOVE FOR LANCEL.

Dalígramme It was when he first met Gala, in 1929, in Cadaquès, that Salvador Dalí recognised in her the woman he “had dreamed of and painted before he even met her”, his muse and grand amour. At the end of the 60’s, he wrote a language for her, a secret love alphabet only understood by the two of them. He named it Dalígramas. Like Dalí, the French maroquinier Lancel has been inspired by…

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show”

So what gives London the edge over New York as it claims the title of Fashion Capital of the World? Samuel Johnson (quoted above) raved about it in the 1700's, Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister of the 1800's is quoted as having said “London is a modern Babylon”, and countless poets site London as a cryptic city of inspiration. T S Eliot famously calls London an “unreal city” in his…

FAULT Magazine talk to Jim Sturgess

Following his breakout role as Jude Feeny in Julie Taymor’s Beatles-inspired fantasia Across the Universe, Jim Sturgess emerged as one of Hollywood’s most multifaceted young actors working in a variety of genres. He followed that acclaimed musical with Justin Chadwick’s costume drama The Other Boleyn Girl, Kari Skogland’s IRA tale Fifty Dead Men Walking, and Peter Weir’s epic adventure The Way…

Anne Hathaway Exclusive FAULT Interview

Anne Hathaway received Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Spirit Award nominations for her performance in Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married. Previously, she memorably starred opposite Meryl Streep in David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada. Now, in Lone Scherfig’s One Day (adapted from David Nicholls’ #1 international bestselling novel), Anne plays Emma, an…

Marie Ange Casta

As it would seem, Casta is the surname of beautiful and talented people. Following in the modelling and acting footsteps of her older sister, Laetitia Casta, (who has been the face of fashion houses Chanel and Dior and appeared on countless magazine covers), Marie Ange is definitely a talent to watch. Starring in “Des vents Contraires,” along side Audrey Tautou and “Mineurs 27,” these films are…

Carine Roitfeld Published Again

Carine Roitfeld Heading out of a bookstore with a weighty glossy hardback swinging by my side is my idea of geek perfection. ‘Photography, The Art Book’, ‘The Phaidon Fashion Book’ and ‘The Complete Fashion Source Book’ are all long time favourites of mine, constantly providing inspiration for whenever I may need it. But as of October 18th there will be a new hardback slotting into my…

Silence, on tourne!

Silencio, a new Parisian club conceptualised by David Lynch Here is a new meeting point for this Paris fashion week. Conceptualised by the legendary American film director David Lynch, this club called SILENCIO will be opening in September in Paris. The artist likes comparing its design with the club featured in the psychological thriller Mulholland Drive (directed by himself) and he claims…

Yasmine Laraquis

One look at Yasmine Laraquis photographs and you can’t help but be instantly transported to another realm. Yasmine’s work is real and uncompromised, something you can’t help but admire. Laraquis grew up watching the likes of David Lynch and Ernst Ingmar Bergman, we caught with Yasmine to find out what leaves her always wanting more… FAULT: What is your creative background? Yasmine:  I studied…