The most talked about new remixer in London is not your typical newcomer; Alex Egan was already known as one half of the DJ/ production Duo Skull Juice. Alex is also the son of a famous band’s flautist but being so down to earth never really discusses his family’s musical background; this makes his name [...]
Sneakerness is only one year old but in its short life has swiftly become one of Europe’s most significant mobile sneakers festivals. Τhe festival took place in a large (soon to be demolished) exhibition space in Vienna and is now set to tour Zurich, Cologne, Warsaw and Amsterdam.
It was the first festival of its kind [...]
Artist H.O.P.E. sent OZON his collection of illustrations and photographs titled ‘thesewarsareoutburstofhypnosisonlythemasksareforreal’. H.O.P.E,’s identification is unknown; a mask melted onto his face enables him to create expressionistically through his alter ego. Videos, photographs and expressionistic drawings of an ‘infertile ritual’ heighten the curiosity of this animalistic universe. Printed in Liege, Belgium by snel graphics, this [...]
Boy loves girl and girl loves boy until she meets new boy and loves him instead. If we wanted to get more specific than that we could cast Justine Frischmann in the role of the girl who leaves her beloved Brett Anderson for the eyes of Damon Albarn. The big love ends when another begins; [...]
Zurich residents advertise the street Langstrasse as the one of the most multicultural in the city and the truth is that’s it might just be the case. It’s known that where there is a multitude of cultures there are always interesting finds to be discovered, such as outrageously kitsch stores that conveniently forget to give [...]
Fashion designer Sotiris Georgiou’s preliminary idea to invite us to the Diana Ippocratous theatre in order to present his Spring Summer Collection for 2010 sounded like an appealing idea. With a main source of inspiration that came from urban landscapes and architectural design, Georgiou, a beginning designer managed to persuade us with what he does [...]
Last night, Greek designer duo Deux Hommes presented their Spring Summer 2010 collection at Grand Britania Hotel in Athens. The collection was inspired by words like “jeunese doree” (precious youth), and showed a definite preference in animal prints, flowing fabrics and refined luxury with golden details, but also 80s references in their striped, well tailored [...]
There were no queues yesterday at the H&M store in central Banhofstrasse in Zurich for the launch of the accessory collaboration with Jimmy Choo and the gigantic Swedish chain. We found ourselves at the store, yesterday now the situation at the H&M store in Athens is unknown to us. Honestly, after a quick glance at [...]
The new November issue, “Charmless Man” is inspired by Blur’s track is dedicated to men’s style, role-models and desires. Photographer Nikolas Ventourakis uses the concept of the song and produces the editorial “Τhe story of a Charmless Man” to the sound of a track (according to Blur themselves) that marked the end of the Brit [...]
The 10th Swiss Textiles Award was presented last night on the occasion of the Stella Contemporary Fashion Award 2009 event. Alexander Wang of the United States has won, as a surprise to many of us, the Fashion Promotional Prize presented by the TVS Swiss Textile Federation worth 100,000 Euros. Alexander Wang (www.alexanderwang.com) was born in [...]