Art & Design
Gustav
My friend Gustav has made La Fourmi Café (The Ant Café) his own enclave. He is potent and distinct like the smell of a squashed bull-ant: Sisters of Mercy balding black frizz, leopard print crotch, rainbow Indian jewellery, homemade black pointed high heels. › Continue reading
interview: MISS AB
At 29, Amber Bignell (aka Miss AB) is one interesting pie-dipper artist. Having worked as a photographer, illustrator, toymaker, sculpturor, acupuncturist, graphic designer and ‘zine writer, Amber is now focusing on creating site-specific installations staged around her soft-sculptures creatures. › Continue reading
Seventeen Crushes (Paris)
The romanticism of Paris spreads like an invasive exotic: what surprises you most is its subtlety.
Paris is a human city. Urine stains the walls. The weather leaves a lasting dampness. Women are natural, perpetually un-kept hair and minimal make-up. Paris Fashion Week to them is a fucking circus. The people are stare-bears, eyes averting as soon as you catch them. The symmetry of spatial design is as equally stiffly conservative, the corduroy straight lines and the manicured gardens. Everything is glazed over in repetition…but then the crush begins.
The Finders Keepers — applications open!
The birth of Hope Street Markets in Winter 2007 was a bit of A Thing. There was live music, yielding couches and enough wine to warm up the sleepy shoppers as they perused of the dozens of indoor stalls manned by local young artists and designers. Begun by Surry Hills locals Sarah and Brooke, the non-profit collaborative market happened thrice more over the next three seasons, swelling visibly each time — and now they’ve gotten so big for their vintage lace-up ankle boots they’ve had to change their name and home.
Tsumori Chisato
You know when all your friends know something and you’re the last to find out and you feel a little sad, a little angry and a little envious all at the same time? That’s how I felt when I discovered Tsumori Chisato on a recent trip to Japan. Holy cow. This shit is amazing! The textures, the fabrics, the silhouettes. This isn’t just fashion, this is art. From the intricately designed fabrics to the little touches of embellishment, even on the panties and bras! Tsumori Chisato is whimsical and charming and made me fall in love with her in one quick glance at her store window.