Before Fierce: Remembering Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes

An Amazonian woman draped in exotic materials stands before him trying to change her pose as rapidly as the young artist finishes another drawing. His vibrant eyes move over the model capturing more than the newest fashion in which she is adorned; he is able to put on the page a bold and palpable as […]

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Meant for Beautiful People, Stephen Sprouse Collections

Mauricio and Roger Padilha of MAO PR are the co-authors of the best-selling “The Stephen Sprouse Book” by Rizzoli, 2009. Their affair with Stephen Sprouse started as a teenage love and continued through the decades. The two brothers are the owners of the largest collection outside of Stephen Sprouse’s personal archive. –Interview by Natalie Kates […]

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Artist Emilio Pérez Takes Times Square on a Visual Trip

NY based artist Emilio Pérez creates is taking over Times Square with a unique visual vocabulary of sinuous and spontaneous shapes in his precise drawings. They are infused with his fascination for classical paintings, music and nature. Style Curator, Natalie Kates sits with the artist to learn about his latest project “Dream Season” part of […]

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Down in the LES, Rachel Hilbert fashion editorial

Down in the LES – Model Rachel Hilbert @ IMG Models. Photographed by Russ Neipp. Art Direction and Styling by Juliana Bojorquez. Makeup by Christina Lee Adams at NARS. Previous page: blouse REFORMATION, shades THE ROW. This Page: jacket REFORMATION, underwear & thigh-highs CALVIN KLEIN, shoes REISS. Previous page: cardigan PRADA, bra CALVIN KLEIN, jeans […]

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BAST-ARDIZED – An interview with Brooklyn street artist Bäst

Brooklyn-based street artist Bast has been an intricate part of the street art scene for the past 10 years, with his wheat-pasted images prominently featured across New York and Europe’s urban landscape. Long before street art became a part of the mainstream, Bast was setting the tone and raising the bar with his iconic collaged […]

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