Lilia Yip’s Edgy Prints

Lilia Yip Designs Sometimes it’s so nice to find a collection of clothes that gently impress you. Garments that are so soft, subtle and sophisticated that they don’t need lashings of spikes or studs to sell themselves. Lilia Yip is becoming renowned for her harmoniously designed ready to wear collections, and instantly after viewing them, you can understand why. There aren’t many designers who…

How Small Publishers Keep the Creativity Flowing

Today, the criterion for what it takes to get published isn’t the same one that applied to American literary legends like Hemingway or Fitzgerald. Similarly, publishing companies are now beginning to print books as needed instead of carrying a large inventory. These books are called print-on-demand POD, and can be delivered with perfect covers within the same day they are ordered online.…

Sanctum Soho

Sanctum Soho is one of the best kept secrets in the little black book of the discerning cosmopolitan traveller. Housed in a sumptuous - albeit low-key - conversion of twin Georgian town houses and tucked away on Warwick Street in London’s buzzing West End, this hidden gem provides comfort, style and sophistication within striking distance of some of the most desirable haunts of Soho and Mayfair.……

The men of London are a very lucky bunch

From an insiders point of view, menswear day at London Fashion week is much more relaxed, the pace has slowed down considerably, and the fashpack allow themselves to wear what they would normally and chill, without fear of being papped (or not papped if their outfit isn't 'funky' enough!) It also brings alot of commercial interest from the big buyers/editors, who can pretty much get to all the…

NICOLAS JAAR

Following on from the release of Space Is Only Noise earlier this year, Nicolas Jaar has breathed life into his sensational project with a live show that captures both the sparseness of the record and the rich strands of inspiration behind it. He spoke to Fault ahead of two dates at London’s Fabric. Photography by Pascal Montary You’ve labeled El Bandido, Mi Mujer and Time For Us as tracks…

Amadou & Mariam – The Blind Couple From Mali

“A story is like a dream. And we can only dream with our eyes closed.” Hamadoun Tandina Esteemed for showcasing a host of innovative shows, remarkable and peculiar in nature, this summer’s Manchester International Festival stages Eclipse, a sensory production like no other. Amadou & Mariam - The Blind Couple From Mali The auditorium lights have been extinguished. The night-vision equipped…

Beat And The Pulse

Austra will in likelihood be musically condemned to the esoteric outskirts of the abyss, but before succumbing to this gross misapprehension give Feel It Break a spin, don’t be intimidated by the ominous banshee sounds of Katie Stelmanis and co. you may just find it a highly rewarding experience. You guys are much less scary in person than on record. K: Haha you think so?! Would you be able…

Badass is rare to come across nowadays…

But where The Velvet Underground & Nico came to a close amidst the din and clamor of The Black Angel’s Death Song, a murmur was heard and a seed sown. Steeped in those juices of tradition, with a hint of Wayne’s World and an unmistakable likeness to Eli Cash’s Wild Cat… Wild Cat… you’ve got yourself a damn shot We spoke with Christian Bland, Alex Maas and Nate Ryan of The Black Angels………