Born just after the Second World War, Kansai Yamamoto was raised in a new Japan. Studying both engineering and English at university, he would eventually incorporate the futuristic, the imaginative and the technologically innovative and channel them into fashion, his creative medium of choice. In many ways Kansai’s unique output would become signatures of the rebirth [...]
“I came to you one rainless August night. You taught me how to live without the rain. You are thirst and thirst is all I know. You are sand, wind, sun, and burning sky. The hottest blue.” – Benjamin Alire Saenz. Burnt orange sands, swept up and out like the white capped waves, the deep [...]
“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”- THOREAU Working with shafts of sun, the nuances of a night sky, the flicker of dust mote projections and the illusion of the eye – James Turrell is one of the most lyrical of our contemporary artists. His art is constantly in flux, [...]
Thrillingly imaginative and jaw-droppingly prolific, choreographer Ryan Heffington has thrust modern dance into the Post-Millennial age. His work has been embraced by commercial clients like Evian and Target, pop stars like Britney Spears and K$esha, and institutions like LACMA, MOCA, the Hammer Museum and beyond. His hugely popular Los Angeles studio, The Sweat Spot, is an [...]
SHE SAID, SHE SAID from Co on Vimeo. Co Collections is a company born from both an understanding of elegance and a total embrace of high cinematic style. A collaboration between a screenwriter and a producer, Co has become truly one to watch – a thrilling new Los Angeles’ fashion house that combines sophisticated cuts [...]
Bawdy, rebellious and tremendously talented, the fashion designer Paula Thomas channels her rocknroll energy and edgy personal aesthetic into her Thomas Wylde clothing and accessories. Since the label’s inception, Thomas’s punk-chic looks have attracted the adoration of everyone from Angelina Jolie to Heidi Klum, Madonna to Rihanna. With no apologies and no regrets, this former model makes clothes [...]
Working from a shared idea that fashion, business savvy, and human rights activism could go hand-in-hand – Kristy Caylor, Paul van Zyl and Daniel Lubetzky created Maiyet – an innovative fashion and accessories brand that combines luxury goods… with social good. Sourcing one-of-kind objects, textiles and materials from artisans around the globe, Maiyet offers an evolving [...]
Vivid colors, complex geometries, whimsical juxtapositions – the art of Alia Penner takes you by the hand and pulls you straight into it’s multifaceted world. Working in collage, illustration, photography, painting, posters, sculpture, murals and clothing (whew!) – her work is consistently bright and bold – popping off the page/wall/website – with a vigorous cheeriness. [...]
Vivid colors, imaginative prints and bright, fresh cuts – the impossibly young Brazilian designer Pedro Lourenço has blasted onto the fashion scene – fully evolved. Still in his early 20s, Lourenço has already made a name for himself with designs that reflect both a mature eye for precise tailoring and a youthful embrace of a sensual, sometimes [...]