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WONDERLAND: Revolt: Recall: Renew
PINK hurred barb queen Nicki Minaj graces the front of our newest edition, REVOLT / RECALL / RENEW, on shelves across the globe from Thursday. It celebrates all that is punky, charged and brimming with zeal amidst gloomy, penniless February and March. Ringleader Azealia Banks chats candidly of past hardships and how, in spite of […]
ELISE PALOMINO – A Fairy Dance
Elisa Palomino‘s blackened, seductive SS12 collection “A Fairy Dance” mines the eerie worlds of Victorian art and Rococo design and realises mishapen headwear, intricate print designs and pastel-splashed hosiery. The designer, who studied with the likes of Alexander McQueen, Antonio Berardi and Hussein Chalayan before moving to Moschino, spoke to Wonderland about her dazzling new […]
LABELMAKER: Butterz
Frustrated with the few-and-far-between coverage of burgeoning artists, the lack of actual releases, and the negative connotations of grime, Elijah Bishop and his BFF, Skilliam decided to do things their own way. Starting as a blog, the Butterz concept grew into one of the most significant grime enterprises going. After DJing, running raves and securing […]
NEW NOISE: The 14th
Tracey Duodu and Tom Barber hazily remember getting thrown together at university and, as 14th, have supported the likes of AZARI & III and We Humans. The band, whose name is a nod to Outkast’s 2003 song “Happy Valentine’s Day”, where Andre 3000 chants “Every day the 14th, can y’all dig that?”, push a kind […]
AGI & SAM
Brainchild of Agape Mdumulla and Sam Cotton, British menswear label Agi & Sam has caused a stir in recent seasons, offering a sense of playfulness and fun to menswear by ignoring the rules of convention and bringing a whole new meaning to the word ‘print’. As they prepare to unveil their AW12 collection at the […]
EMERGING… Nicolas Deshayes
Hoxton’s Galleries Goldstein will be hosting a one-off exhibition called Hotel Palenque from 6.30pm, whereby invitee Nicolas Deshayes will exhibit the newest of his typically culture-critical installments – his past works have, in various manifestations, laid bare capitalist society’s messy excesses. The France-born artist and exhibition curator Elise Lammer offer Wonderland a taste of what […]
NEW NOISE: Fun Adults
The moment we heard the shadowy, crestfallen opening moments of ‘Til Sleep, Leeds quartet Fun Adults‘s debut single, our attention was spiked. Then, as Huw Thomas’ vocals entered the fray – recalling an even-more-intoxicated Dave Longstreth (of Dirty Projectors fame) – we were busy Google-ing the band’s name for a reliable contact. The song hints […]
CLASS ACT: Kayvan Novak
Kayvan Novak, star of Chris Morris’ Four Lions, Syrianna and mastermind behind Channel 4 sitcom Facejacker (sister show to Fonejacker), sat down with Wonderland to reveal exclusive details of the new series, forthcoming in February. He talked frankly of his decision to film a lot of it in the US and to introduce a horde […]
WONDERKIND: Valentin Loellmann
Valentin Loellmann‘s newest collection, ‘m.&mme’, sees wooden and polyester cabinets morph into anemic-looking creatures of some unspoiled netherworld. The German designer sat down with Wonderland to explain how the pieces are analgesic of childhood, family life and innocence.
EDITED – Julia Sarr-Jamois × Topshop
Stylist and Wonderland fashion editor Julia Sarr-Jamois has been asked to guest edit a space in Topshop’s Regent Street store. Her two week-long residency, which began yesterday, is part of the chain’s Edited project which asks a number of tastemakers to compile looks that best represent their unique style – past guests have included Dazed […]
NEW NOISE: Foxes
London’s Loui Rose Allen dropped out of music college last year to start Foxes, a one woman project. The 22-year-old’s debut single, Home, is a kind of skewed, light-headed apprehension of the radio-friendly RNB mould, but no less intriguing and ethereal. Allen’s second song Youth, released this week on Neon Gold, boldly signifies her fascination […]
W.E. – James D’arcy
Last week, we ran a q+a with the copiously talented Andrea Riseborough about her role as Wallis Simpson in Madonna’s newest film, W.E. To mark the film’s commercial release today, we follow it up with a chat with her co-star James D’arcy, who plays a disgraced King Edward VIII.
Fashion Interview: Susan Caplan
Susan Caplan offers vintage jewellery and accesories on her website – www.susancaplan.co.uk. We catch up with her to find out more…
EMERGING…Breach
Breach, which begins its month long residency at the Rod Barton gallery in London tonight, brings together the work of five visionary photographers – Aurelien Arbet, Jeremie Egry, Bianca Brunner, Jean Charles de Quillaicq and Brian Dooley – and aims to showcase the art form’s wondrous breadth of possibility. Wonderland sat down with its curator, Tobias Czudej, […]
WONDERKIND: Parker Fitzgerald
Parker Fitzgerald is a fashion and music photographer from Portland, Oregon who spends most of his time trekking to the last green reaches of the earth to photograph his languid, beautiful subjects. With a traffic jam of projects on the horizon, we pinned down the nascent talent to pick through his impressive portfolio.
Marketa Uhlirova presents…DAISIES
Marketa Uhlirova is following in the footsteps of Richard Nicoll, The Gentlewoman’s Penny Martin and Roksanda Illincic in introducing the latest film at Test Presents this week – one of London’s more upmarket film clubs. Held at Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green, Test Presents invites speakers and designers to host an evening of discussion […]
CLASS ACT: Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Riseborough stars this month in Madonna’s latest venture, W.E., the story of King Edward VIII’s abdication following an extra-marital affair with twice divorcee Wallis Simpson. The story follows Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish), a tortured, unlucky-in-love soul who finds solace in researching Simpson’s story. Riseborough’s exemplary performance as the disgraced American socialite has to boost […]
War Horse – Jeremy Irvine
Steven Spielberg’s latest, War Horse, sees the veteran filmmaker returning to his classic heartfelt best. A tale of friendship, adventure and bravery, War Horse (based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo) is the story of Joey – a young colt from Devon who is sold into the armed forces in World War I and chronicles […]
AZALEA’S AMAZONS – Daniel David Freeman
Meet Rick Azalea, sex-pest brainchild of London based illustrator Daniel David Freeman. His exhibition, which begins tonight at Beach in east London, showcases drawings of Azalea’s innermost projections – hench Amazonian women in mystical tribal wear (and slinky stuff), for the most part. We spoke to Azalea via Freeman, who was happy to take us […]
Charlie Casely-Hayford’s HEROES
To celebrate the launch of Casely-Hayford’s newest collection, we asked Charlie, one half of the father-son designing duo, to pin down five of his heroes. Charlie then took Wonderland through SS12’S Touch, which develops the pair‘s career-long fascination with unusual fabric hybrids, bold colour formats and dandy-in-the-details craftsmanship.
NEW NOISE: patten
Patten, whose sonically maximal long player GLAQJO XAACSSO emerged onto last year’s techno scene like a sticky grenade, continues to develop his sound in the coming months with a throw of live slots locked in. The notoriously evasive sound murderer offers Wonderland a glimpse into his colourful otherworld, ahead of his first show of the […]
Shame – Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender
“Shame” is the haunting new film from director Steve McQueen, giving an unflinching account of one man’s spiraling descent into sex addiction in New York. Michael Fassbender (reunited with McQueen following “Hunger”, 2008) plays protagonist Brandon Sullivan whose addiction threatens to derail his entire life, while his situation is complicated by the arrival of his […]
WONDERKIND: William Eckersley’s Dark City
For such a closed sardine tin of a city, London has an uncanny knack of looking lonely, especially at night: its cobbled passageways uninhabited, acidic and po-faced. That is, according to William Eckersley’s newest volume of photographic portraiture, Dark City. For a number of years, Eckersley roamed the area’s streets in search of naturally-occurring scenes […]
Forbidden Drinks
Set during the prohibition era of North America and set in Atlantic City, Boardwalk Empire is set during sort of depressing times – and as we’re currently in the midst of a seemingly endless recession times are tough now. Fortunately we don’t have to find unscrupulous sources for our drinks, at least, and the team […]
THE ARTIST – Uggie
The Oscars are on the horizon and one of the most talked about films generating Awards buzz is “The Artist”. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, the romantic film stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo and celebrates the forgotten beauty of silent cinema. The two leads share the screen with Uggie (winner of the “Palm Dog Award” […]
Hair and Beauty: Peter Gray for Moroccanoil at Paul Smith
The inspiration: a quintessentially English girl returning home after a sultry summer night out. The look: Natural, soft, floaty hair that can be worn down comfortably during a hot, summer day – and carried through to the evening. “This look is all about the summer under-cut,’ said Peter. ‘The summer under-cut removes weight from the […]
NEW NOISE: Tribes
Start up a gritty indie band with your mates in Camden and you’ll be told it’s all been done before. But this is exactly what Tribes‘ front man Johnny Lloyd did two years ago. Sticking two fingers up to modern rock’s stiff upper lip, the band wrote songs that emulated the music that they loved […]
EMERGING: Cal Lane
Just like the story of her career, Cal Lane‘s jaw-slackening work plays with a number of polarities. To date, her pieces stand alone in capturing a delicacy and intricacy quite apart from her closest contemporaries. Indeed, unlike fellow iron sculptor Richard Serra, Lane’s tapestries, welded into harsh and often preternaturally large steel and iron structures, are […]