In early summer, Miley Cyrus told Paper magazine that she considered her gender identity "changeable" and then launched an instagram campaign in support of people who do not fit into the strict framework of the binary gender system. It is unlikely that someone from the fans was surprised to see her relaxed photo with Snoop Dogg - where Miley is in a cloud of smoke and a T-shirt with the inscription "GENDER IS OVER (if you want it)".
On February 12, the winners of World Press Photo - 2015 were announced. The main prize was a snapshot of Danish photographer Mace Nissen, which depicts John and Alex, a same-sex couple from St. Petersburg. We talked with them about the history of photography, LGBT activism, and what needs to be done to make LGBT things good in Russia.
RECENTLY WE HAVE SAYED what vintage is, how it differs from second-hand and how things are with it in Russia, and also listed 10 rules for handling vintage now. It is impossible not to notice that over the past two years, a dozen vintage projects have appeared of a completely different format: from online stores to studios, where they come by personal recording, and showrooms.
Anna Andrienko and Natalya Buzakova founded the osome2some brand in 2009, under which they produce laconic clothes for everyday life. Their iconic thing is cozy coats; they are presented in the Tkachi space and in the brand’s Moscow showroom. Without special education, the girls created one of the most commercially successful Russian young brands with their own enthusiasm and no third-party investments.
At fourteen, Nestor Rotsen graduated from the very first recruitment of the Fashion Factory school; in the group that Lyudmila Norsoyan supervised, she studied with him, for example, the talented Asiya Bareeva. The designer has long complained that he is unable to find an official job or take part in design competitions because of too young age.
Kira leads an instagram, goes to the Pushkin Museum, hangs out in "Enthusiasts" with the drummer "Pasosh" and works in the modeling agency This Is Not - the first company in Russia that produces not "live", but virtual models. With each post, it complicates the answer to the question about the nature of reality and shifts the framework of the black mirror in which we live.
Recently, we talked about what vintage is, how it differs from second-hand and how things are with it in Russia, and also listed 10 rules for dealing with vintage now. It is impossible not to notice that over the past two years, a dozen vintage projects have appeared of a completely different format: from online stores to studios, where they come by personal recording, and showrooms.
Founder of Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days, Style.com ambassador and Nowfashion.com video director Daria Shapovalova met with Angelo Flakkavento - Italian journalist, author of Vogue, GQ, L'Officiel and Fantastic Man - and talked with him about what women's publications should learn from men, why not to lay out a lot of money for the brand and how to relate to fashion easily.
Chantal Tomass is one of the few grand dames of the fashion industry who, having half a century of experience, continue to manage the brand's work from and to. Thomas is 69 years old, but any Millennial envy her diligence and vigor: the next day after the show of a nominal brand in Moscow, which she personally prepared, the designer spent several hours talking to journalists before flying to her native Paris.