THE CURE — LIVE ALBUM

Photograph by LFI On December 6th, The Cure will release a new live album from Bestival 2011 via Sunday Best Recordings. The record features the celebrated band’s mind-blowing two and half hour set, split over two CDs (also available digitally), with 32 tracks including “The Lovecats,” “Friday I’m In Love,” “Lullaby” and more. Robert Smith notes, “We had such a great time in the Isle of Wight…

Ultrasuede in Search of Halston

Halston vs Warhol Ultrasuede in Search of Halston was just released this month on DVD. The biography was made by Filmmaker Whitney Sudler-Smith and looks back on the career of Fashion Icon Halston. Halston dressed some of the most glamorous women of the 1970s. Clients included Elizabeth Taylor and Jacqueline Kennedy.  The designer also left his mark on the fashion industry as the creator of…

Sofia Coppola vs Robert Mapplethorpe

Sofia Coppola Sofia Coppola has curated an exhibition by photographer and artist Robert Mapplethorpe.  Mapplethorpe was best known for his controversial images which captured the underground scene during the 70s and 80s in New York. Coppola however has produced a show which portrays his imagery in a very different light. Focusing on the softer side of Mapplesthorpe's artist vision. Robert…

RICHIE CULVER.

Photo by James D. Kelly FAULT: How did you become an artist? It ended up being quite late for me to be honest. It's not like I went to art school and dreamt of one day becoming one, far from it! In short, I guess you could say it's the only thing I'm any good at or maybe the only thing other people think I'm good at. It was the case of one piece I made having got quite a lot of attention…

The Pencil Skirt: Then and Now

‘Bettina’ in Christian Dior, photographed by Henry Clarke, 1950 : Marc Jacobs AW11 Collection The glamorous 1940’s silhouette made a comeback this season with loose silk blouses, waist-clenching pencil skirts, pearls and structured handbags, celebrating the return of immaculately dressed women with perfectly coiffed hair. The pencil skirt, key to the trend, dominated the runways of Louis…

Kate Bush – New Album “50 Words For Snow”

Kate Bush - 50 Words of Snow Kate Bush has just released her 10th studio album this week 50 Words of Snow. This is the singers first album of original material in 17 years. In a recent biography Bush goes into detail about her attraction to songwriting: "songs are just like a little story: you are in a situation, you are this character. This is what happens. End. That's what human beings want…

The Tuxedo: Then and Now

‘Le Smoking’ by Helmut Newton, 1975 : The Row AW11 Collection When transgender Andrej Pejic took the modelling world by storm, appearing in nearly every editorial and runway in early 2011, was it any wonder that androgynous dressing would soon follow, taking centre stage this Autumn/Winter season? The runways have been taken over by masculine shapes including tailored trousers, pressed white…