Fashion, Culture, Art, Montreal, Toronto
A portrait study of emerging faces within the city of Toronto both on and off set — from models to production crew. Producer: Chinelo (@chineloyasin) Photographer: Buggz (@bbuggzz) & Chinelo (@chineloyasin) Creative Director: Buggz (@bbuggzz) Set Assistant: Mark (@_markemery) Lead Stylist: Sweets (@lil.sweeets3) Stylist #2: DriewGarments (@DriewGarments) MUA #1: NightStar (@nightstar.thecurator) MUA #2: Āveen (@aavveeeenn) HairStylist…
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The location for this season’s Anna Bolina runway show is a nondescript windowed room off the J train in Lower Manhattan. Black industrial tarps hang from the ceiling to the concrete floor, creating a makeshift backstage area. The only lighting for the runway show is 3 LED panels arranged around a DJ booth with a…
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Until recently, New York Fashion Week felt a little dull. It’s true that heritage American brands like Ralph, Tommy, Michael Kors et al do Upper East Side collar-popping better than most, but beyond striped rugby shirts and oversized poplin, pre-pandemic NYFW was lacking a little panache. With a special Fendi show, Marni’s relocation to New…
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Electric: A Celebration of Womanhood champions the empowerment of black women through the rise of icons. In the vein of Rihanna, Beyonce, Naomi Campbell, Megan Thee Stallion and more, Electric honours women of colour who have paved the way in media, eschewing representations of black women as “aggressive” “strong” and “intimidating”; instead showcasing their creativity,…
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MS. BABY aka Hannah Montana à l’africaine is a Paris-born, Cameroon-bred, Montreal-based musical enchantress. Making a mélange of the sounds she heard growing up, the sun and the beats that make her body sway and stay alive every day, MS. BABY’s mission is to create, through the power of music, as many blissful moments as possible in…
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Galerie Galerie is an online platform which aims to disseminate contemporary web art. They will be launching their fourth rendition of their showcase CHAUD MAINTENANT (Hot Right Now) on September 1st, 2022. As an ever-evolving subject of contemporary interest, web art is defined as a multitude of creations, including but not limited to video games,…
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Apollo and Dionysus are Lovers is a queer reimagining of the two dichotomic gods of order and chaos, of man’s endless search for perfection against the backdrop of nature’s perpetual chaos, rebellion, and ecstasy. Photographed by Hannah Sommer and styled by Sepehr Badiei, Badiei juxtaposes handmade garments from emerging brands, Shannen Maria Samuel and Janavi…
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Dior has been holding its Photography and Visual Arts Awards for Young Talents for the last five years. In partnership with LUMA Arles and ENSP, the project seeks to identify the most exciting emerging image-makers around the world, many of whom are hand-picked from the finest international art schools. The Dior “laureates” are a shortlist…
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PRADA Prada’s AW22 collection concentrates on the idea of “encapsulat[ing]… humanity” while reflecting on the “depth of the human experience”. The campaign was lensed by photographer David Sims who directed the models, such as Hunter Schafer, Kendall Jenner, etc to sit opposite a still life image which abstractly embellishes parts of their narrative, celebrating recollections,…
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In March 2020, Marie Déhé moved to London with her partner and 15-month-old daughter. Despite the intimacy of her practice, Dehé had been yearning for the connections she made through art. “I have been photographing women’s bodies, often naked, for an ongoing project since 2016,” she says. “I’ve always liked those moments. They always started…
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