FAULT Review: Paloma Faith’s ‘Faith in Art’ exhibition with Album Artists
A little self-promotion is an essential part of an album release for most major musicians. But whilst some artists stick to the chat show circuit and others turn towards interesting technology-based additions (see Metronomy’s new single I’m Aquarius for reference,) singer Paloma Faith has sought to explore her powerful and traditional visual identity in yet more depth in her quest to better…
FAULT Reviews: ‘And Every Day was Overcast’ – An Illustrated Novel by Paul Kwiatkowski
“Memories of childhood humanize us as adults. With age, our version of that time is deformed then reassembled. What fragments bleed through are tailored to a narrative designed to hide vulnerability.”
-P.K., And Every Day Was Overcast
If the absence of vulnerability is a hallmark of adult self-retrospection as the first three lines of Paul Kwiatkowski’s debut novel, And Every Day Was…
FAULT Reviews: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
DISCLAIMER: This writer only watched the first Hunger Games film the night before attending the preview screening of the sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - having missed it in cinemas and somehow dodged the hype . If you have arrived at this review of the sequel uninitiated then watch the first, fantastic, film now.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire follows Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and…
FAULT reviews: Vogue’s Fashion Night Out in Manchester
For the first time in its four-year history, Vogue Fashion's Night Out was held outside of London. The 2013 event, widely referred to by its hashtag #FNO, travelled north to Manchester, bringing with it some of the most influential figures from the world of fashion. British Vogue editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman, designer Matthew Williamson and Kate Phelan, creative director for both Topshop and…
NYFW (Sept ’13) Review: Christian Siriano SS’14 show
Isla Mujeres (the Island of Women), next to the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico, was the main inspiration for Christian Siriano to design his latest SS '14 collection. This was, without a doubt, a contemporary representation of - and fashion-orientated reflection on - authentic Mexican culture, so admired for its vibrant style amongst women worldwide.
The color palette evoked the vivid…
NYFW Review (Sept ’13): Tommy Hilfiger’s SS14 ‘Westcoasting’ show
Tommy Hilfiger presented his new womenswear collection for the upcoming Spring/Summer '14 season during New York Fashion Week. The set was completely inspired by the beach: sand on the floor, wood on the runway, surfboards, blue sky and the feeling of being somewhere in California. That’s why the show started with a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers whose singer, Anthony Kiedis, was seated in the…
FAULT reviews: The Weeknd – Kiss Land
The air of secrecy surrounding Abel Tesfaye shows no sign of clearing any time soon, yet with his new album Kiss Land, the picture has become ever so slightly clearer...
The Weeknd - Kiss Land
From the moment it was first mentioned The Weeknd has been keen to show his fans that Kiss Land is more than just an album. Through his now trademark minimalistic approach to communication,…
FAULT reviews: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe ’13
The approach of August brings the Edinburgh Festival to the capital, with not only inflated prices, over-whelmed looking tourists, and pubs that open at 6am and close at 4am the next day, but also the Fringe, the largest arm of the festival. 2013 featured over 2,542 different shows, in over 258 venues, by over 21,192 performers. For four weeks of the year the city hums with activity. ‘I…