Virgil Abloh is and was the modern-day renaissance man. Part designer, part DJ, part creative director, the wunderkind single-handedly helmed the meteoric rise of his label Off White and transformed Louis Vuitton into the streetwear juggernaut we know and love, all the while playing gigs at techno festivals, releasing EP’s with Boyz Noise and conjuring…
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Young wunderkind visionary and choreographer Parris Goebel has partnered up with Nike to fuse the inimitable kinetic sensibilities of dance and sport. From Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” music video, Jennifer Lopez’s Super Bowl halftime performance, to Savage X Fentys shows, Goebel has contributed her multidisciplinary talents to grandiose effect in the pop sphere. The campaign spotlights…
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THE RED ROOM, a multi-disciplinary artist installation in the St Henri borough of Tiohtià:ke / Montreal this past week, was equal parts community, femininity, and unfettered artistic expression. Devoted to women’s intimacy, the piece, presented as an installation comprised mostly of photographs, textiles, ready-to-wear, and paintings, was borne out of a deep bond between two…
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After three years at the helm of Bottega Veneta, Daniel Lee is leaving. “Bottega Veneta and Daniel Lee announce their joint decision to end their collaboration,” a statement from the label begins, “he brought new energy to the House and greatly contributed to the new momentum that Bottega Veneta is enjoying today.” Since joining in 2018, the designer,…
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Re-conceptualizing how physical spaces are perceived today in tandem with how they are envisioned has to do not only with the future of a city but also with its past. As physical spaces reopen and restrictions are lifted, urban dwellers are enticed to revisit spaces where social interaction and new encounters are produced through the…
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Directed by Juergen Teller, Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent Winter 21 show breaks away from the traditional mise-en-scene of the brand’s visuals. Set against distant frozen tundras and striking fantastical landscapes, the collection was created with the setting as a backdrop; eventually becoming an inspiration for the show as a whole. Vaccarello, the notorious creative director for the brand finds…
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Hyper-pop queen and sex-positive icon Slayyyter makes her return to the dancefloor her new single, a collaboration with rapper Big Freedia titled ‘Stupid Boy’. Released yesterday (November 5), ‘Stupid Boy’ dropped with distortedly kitsch visuals that pair with the raunchy elements of the track. Watch the official lyric video, directed by SLEEPxTITE and featuring both…
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Existential anxieties bubble over in Balenciaga’s latest SS22 campaign, replete with cybernetic face coverings, exoskeleton suits, and Matrix-esque headpieces designed by Ikeuchi Hiroto. Bearing in mind, it’s certainly not the first time that Demna Gvasalia has prophesied doomsday, the designer oft sends post-apocalyptic garb down water-soaked catwalks recruiting deep fake news anchors to present TV…
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With just a glance at one of Lea Colombo’s photographs, you’ll instantly recognize it as hers: hazy, psychedelic and saturated in profound colour, the self-taught South African artist’s work is a multi-faceted exploration of feminine energy, the self, and the emotion-provocation of colour. Colombo’s distinctive style has made her a favourite of leading fashion publications and…
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JAW JONES is the DJ/Producer project of Callum Sheedy, an artist from Toronto, ON. JAW JONES blends the sounds of house, techno, pop, hip-hop and more, for a genre-fluid exploration of dance music, with one goal in mind: getting your ass on the dancefloor. DJ Simlocked – Oops Edit – HABIBI BASS MRD – Superwoman…
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Toronto-based visual artist and designer Avleen Kaur‘s leather goods practice GAHM has reinvigorated her love of craftsmanship and adornment. Hand-made and independently produced by the artist/designer, the vision and manufacturing process of the brand was the result of free time spent during quarantine and an itch to explore the sartorial. We caught up with Kaur…
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Belgian photographer Line-Teta Blémont’s ‘’Strange Banalities’’ is a series of photographs depicting a wordless feeling and ambiance that’s situated somewhere between liminal spaces, nostalgia and anemoia. Investigating the volatile moments of life that are seemingly banal and ordinary, the project is a photographic conservation of these small fleeting observations. “It tackles the power of spaces,…
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Film has a tendency to compress time. In all of the frantic and jagged cuts and perspectives of cinema, its multiplicities suggest and allow for the illusion of a time-elapsed in much greater length than the average running time of a film. But subtract these multiple perspectives from the medium and one is left with…
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𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢-𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔡𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠 𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔰.
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There has been no shortage of leather trousers, lace-up tops, harnesses, and corsets on the runway in recent months. Prada recently sent bare-chested models down their Spring-summer runway donning corseted cardigans and black leather trenches, whilst stars like Kim Kardashian and Kim Petras’s signature looks as of late could be described as nothing less than…
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Lucie and Luke Meier’s Jil Sander collection show during Milan Fashion Week this season was described by the designers as “about embracing a positive future.” The same could arguably be said for the vibe that swept the runways this past week in Italy’s fashion capital. Following the general tumult of the past few seasons, and…
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Brent Cleveland and Sheila Nadimi, two artists living and working in Montreal, are both perhaps emblematic of the city’s propensity toward the avant-garde. Nadimi, working in a variety of media, is driven by an interest in the inherent properties of materiality and the relationship between ideas and materials. Her paintings, adhering to a commitment to…
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Political and social activism became powerful movements within the latter half of the aughts as Me Too, Black Lives Matter and annual events such as Pride Month began taking up ample space in the pop-cultural sphere. As younger generations, informed and inspired by digital activism, have begun fervently advocating for issues deeply embedded within the…
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