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Peter Vack – I Just Want My Pants Back
Admit it. We’ve all been there. After a particularly dry spell you end up going out, getting blind drunk and wake up the following morning next to the woman of your dreams only for her to up and leave wearing your favourite pair of jeans and passing you a fake number. You’re gutted to have […]
DAVID SHULTS – capturing Ana Lola Roman
Brooklyn’s Ana Lola Roman – a part Spanish, part Oklahoman chanteuse and sound designer – released her newest EP Keep It Mellow yesterday. To celebrate, her foremost personal photographer David Shults will be shooting her in a “day in the life” style montage for UK publication the 405, and spoke to Wonderland ahead of the […]
SUMMER PLAYLIST – Moshi Moshi
Trusted-but-teeny-tiny LDN record label Moshi Moshi – responsible for breaking acts like Hot Chip, Lykke Li, Bloc Party and Au Revoir Simone (read: some of the noughties’ most memorable indie bangers) – were more than happy to offer us a list of their biggest and brightest summer songs. Enjoy! 1. Summertime – Jazzy Jeff and […]
Competition – MOODS OF NORWAY
To celebrate the release of Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters, the Norwegian thriller currently showing in UK cinemas, Wonderland are giving away 600 Euros worth of online shopping credit at Scandinavian based label Moods Of Norway.
TOP FIVE… TWITTER “QUITTERS”
Nicki Minaj may have just deleted her Twitter account after a disagreement with her fans, but she’s not the first star to dramatically exit the social networking site. Wonderland rounds up the serial celeb tweeters who’ve tried (and failed) to quit Twitter… (1) Miley Cyrus raps her reasons for leaving Twitter 2. Justin Bieber suspends […]
Matcho Suba – BUSHFIRE
Matcho Suba’s fall collection, Bushfire, is, he claims, his most “directional and complete” to date: “Fabrics such as fur, leather, taxidermy and lace were used to create a textual roller-coaster of emotion.” Inspired by an incline for researching bush-fires in his home country, Australia, the Slovakia-born, Central Saint Martins-educated designer sat down with Wonderland to […]
TOP FIVE… BUFFY MOMENTS
With The Cabin in the Woods proving to be a surprise smash hit and The Avengers premiering next weekend, director Joss Whedon is enjoying the acclaim that’s eluded him since sci-fi drama Firefly got axed. But let’s not forget where Whedon began – with a little show called Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Grab your Scooby […]
MARK DEKLIN – life as a Good Christian Bitch
Mark Deklin stars in ABC’s newly launched comedy GCB (set in suburban Dallas and based on Kim Gatlin’s acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel Good Christian Bitches), alongside roles in Desperate Housewives and Hawaii Five-0. In Bitches, he plays happily gay-and-in-the-closet Blake Reilly, and spoke to Wonderland about tackling the complex part.
EMERGING… Tim Silversides
Nestled in the shabby-chic surroundings of the East End’s artistic hub, Redchurch Street, painter Tim Silversides debuted his latest exhibition at The Outside World Gallery over the Bank Holiday weekend. Entitled Limbo, the exhibition is a brave and honest exploration of Silversides’ own experience of depression, with echoes of loneliness and despair emanating from the […]
MATTES – Anonymous, Untitled, Dimensions Variable
Eva and Franco Mattes are the cheeky artist-provocateurs behind works like Stolen Pieces, composed of dozens of fragments broken off from masterpieces by Duchamp, Warhol and Jeff Koons. The Brooklyn-based pair pioneered net art, blurring the line between real and online life with staged suicides on Chatroulette and re-enactments of performance art on Second Life. […]
Record Store Day – THE PLAYLIST × S.C.U.M.
Peddling a universally-accepted online marketplace for independent fashion boutiques clearly isn’t enough for farfetch.com, who are collaborating with Record Store Day to host an inspired new project called The Playlist. For this, a collection of rare and exclusive records are available to buy from the site from today. All items have been put forward by […]
VUVUVULTURES – Vibes, Vulva, Voodoo
Vuvuvultures is not a simple name to pronounce, but this striking and industrial looking quartet, who’ve just reached their 12 month milestone together, are rapidly establishing a solid reputation on London’s live circuit. Harmony Boucher (vocals), Nicole Bettencourt Coelho (bass), Paul Ressel (guitar, production) and Matthew Christensen (drums) sat down with Wonderland to discuss their […]
I Want Your Love: Travis Matthews Interview
The director behind the intimate, NSFW gay indie film talks titillation and sexuality.
Soundtrack: Rita Ora
“I can’t wait for Summer as I’m going on my first ever Tour with DJ Fresh and Coldplay!!” exclaims fresh faced 21-year-old Rita Ora
NOW OPEN: ONE EDIT
ONE EDIT, which launched this week, is an online shop that fits somewhere between luxury stores Net-A-Porter and Matches, and high street offerings Urban Outfitters and ASOS. Founder Jaime Mistry, craved a shopping experience that offered limited edition, directional pieces that were still attainable – ONE EDIT fulfils this niche.
WONDERLUST: Amanda Nimmo
We had the pleasure of catching up with the lovely Amanda Nimmo from Storm Models – who you can also spot in our current issue.
EMERGING… Remi/Rough
A shock of kaleidoscopic shapes and colour has covered the façade of one formerly bleak corner of Kings Cross. The slick, vibrant design that wraps around two sides of the Megaro Hotel and Karpo restaurant, comprises London’s biggest-ever public mural – which launched earlier this month. Wonderland spoke to Remi Rough, one of the artists […]
New Noise – HOODIE ALLEN
You could say that Hoodie Allen is the epitome of a 21st Century Man. A self-proclaimed “college educated nerd” and not to mention a genre-blending wordsmith, you only have to hear the MC’s name to realise that his tongue in cheek persona is a nod to fellow Jewish New Yorker, Woody Allen. After a selection […]
Wild card – Hollyoaks’ PJ BRENNAN
Shoegazing, suicidal, accent-switching wheeler dealer Doug Carter is easily one of Hollyoaks‘ most nuanced recent creations. Wonderland sat down with Brooklyn-born actor Patrick Joseph “PJ” Brennan to discuss the character – curiously, the first screen role he ever auditioned for.
Wonderland April/May: summer issue
Portrait of a Lady: weeks after her 18th birthday, Dakota Fanning shows she’s a child star no more on the cover of Wonderland’s sun-soaked summer issue. Inside, accompanying her surreal, sublime shoot with photographer Cedric Buchet, she reveals why she’ll never join Facebook, discusses her fashion battles with sister Elle and tells Wonderland why she […]
KATIE EARY – Darker Side of the Fairy Tale
Katie Eary, one of London’s most promising young designers, showcased her AW12 collection Darker Side of the Fairy Tale today. We were treated to another viewing of her sombre short film – styled by Wonderland’s Wey Perry featuring interplaying textures and silhouettes – and sat down with Katie to discuss the darkly fantastical collection. Pick […]
DRAPER – dreams, beatmaking and “liquidstep”
From the tender age of 16, dubstepper Draper’s music career has gained considerable reach, even landing him a runner-up slot at the prestigious Laurie Anderson competition (judged by iconic curmudgeon Lou Reed) in 2010. With his full-length debut record set to drop, Wonderland sat down with the Kent-based beat wrangler to ask how he intends […]
TOP FIVE… GIRL MOVIE CLICHÉS
With Lena Dunham’s sitcom Girls premiering on HBO this month and New Girl going strong on Channel 4, showbiz isn’t short of funny, women-fronted comedy – but that doesn’t mean the genre lacks its own uniquely female cliches. After hours of trawling through romcom classics and Sex and the City episodes, we round up the […]
SARAH SUMFLETH talks Art Deco, lace and street style
Fashion designer Sarah Sumfleth fuses on-trend sportswear influences with intricate lacework to create understatedly chic clothing. Currently sold in French and Belgian indie boutiques, as well as in America, Australia and Asia, Sumfleth’s designs are currently available in the UK from über-cool online retailer THEN AND NOW. Sumfleth shares the secret of that certain je […]
EMERGING… Edward Crowell II
Edward Crowell II is an artist on the rise. Inspired by Latin jazz, poetry and notions of hedonism, freedom and desire, he sat down with Wonderland to discuss his hugely varied output.
Beach House – BLOOM
Beach House’s third album, Teen Dream, was drowned in praise last decade, sitting pretty at the top of a number of end-of-year lists after its 2008 release – which makes Bloom, the Baltimore duo’s newest offering, one of the year’s most anticipated albums.Wonderland couldn’t help but press the band‘s gifted and mystical chanteuse Victoria LeGrand […]
DAMIEN HIRST: In Retrospect
The first UK retrospective of controversy-courting conceptual artist Damien Hirst opens tomorrow at London’s TATE Modern. Responsible for the most expensive piece of artwork ever produced (a diamond encrusted skull, said to be worth £50m), and currently the richest living artist in the world, Hirst is the first to admit the line between artist and […]