Pink floral blazer and pink floral trousers both by EMPORIO ARMANI, white cotton shirt by COS, white snakeskin brogues by CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN and ring by NOEMI KLEIN

A rattlesnake, a dense Texan wood and a pair of pale tits. Not Nymphomaniac’s surprise third part, but where Annie Erin Clark found an in-road to her fourth, eponymously titled LP as outré multi-instrumental solo project, St Vincent. “St Vincent” is 11 songs of danceable, experimental disco rock. It’s her Pop, her Flowers of Romance, her “Clapham Common”. Maybe she inhaled too much pre-dance floor hairspray in the late eighties and it’s finally catching up. Either way, Clark – who has replaced Hasidic brown curls for a glammy white bouffant – is cresting her most unapologetically accessible musical phase. Take it from lead single “Birth in Reverse”, a cocksure tune as tight and latticework-like in rhythm as it is lyrically breezy and existential: “Oh what an ordinary day,” she drawls, in the way only a true Southern States native can, “…take out the garbage, masturbate.” Elsewhere opener “Rattlesnake” is steered by Innervisions-esque modular funk and “Bring Me Your Love”’s treated, mutant beat swaps gleaming pop for broody synthedelica.

I met Clark in a strange, gated bourgeoisie enclave known as Kensington Village – the type of haunt you’d expect to have opiate-gilded oxygen pumping from its glass walls. Our chat journeyed everywhere from PJ Harvey’s back catalogue (we both think Is This Desire is a career high, and co-hum “Angeline”’s creeping bassline) to starting a black metal band together (Annie, if you’re reading this, I’d like us to be called “Exploding Breastplates”).

After all, Clark spent most of her youth perfecting Dimebag riffs in her parent’s house Tulsa, Oklahoma, before moving to Brooklyn. And you can hear it in her music: after stints in bizarre, stadium pop gospel choir The Polyphonic Spree and Surfjan Stevens’ touring band, and as one of Glenn Branca’s 100 Guitars project, she started work on her debut record, 2007’s Marry Me. But it wasn’t until the skewed, conceptual sophomore Actor that Clark introduced her patented brand of Tourette’s Rock; where sickly sweet Disney lullabies are broken in two by bolts of jagged, overdrive soaked Strat. Like the tar-thick, blackened overcast “The Nothing” in Neverending Story, songs like “Actor Out Of Work” and “Laughing With a Mouth of Blood” are seasoned with a generous dollop of shrieking, morbid blues instrumentation.

Navy blazer by MARGARET HOWELL and white cotton shirt by COS

She’s not in the mood to wade through old projects. The past is just that, and I agree – even if it does involve a collaborative album with Talking Heads ingénue David Byrne; 2012’s unhinged Love This Giant. In the main, we discuss her newfound mascot, the St Vincent rattlesnake.  “My friend has an old cattle ranch in far, far west Texas,” she explains, “and I went walking one night around the property, which is miles from the road.  Without the Internet, I know nothing about nature. I didn’t have a cell phone, either – I’m in the middle of the universe and I’m all alone. So I decided I was going to take off my clothes because there will be nothing tethering me to the universe anymore. And I was having this really mystical experience – and I am not a person who says ‘mystical experiences’. I’m not into Urban Outfitters spirituality,” she continues. “But what happened next sounds like a Creationist myth. I heard a sound and thought: “Oh, it must be a critter”. Then I heard a rattle and saw the snake. I ran as fast as I could back to the ranch, dropping everything I owned on the way.”

Shit, suit jacket and trousers all Annie’s own, left hand: gold chunky ring by NOEMI KLEIN and eternity rings both by RUTH TOMLINSON and right hand: silver rings both by NOEMI KLEIN

Her sense of isolation – an incident she now describes as “all very Cormac McCarthy” – prompted her analysis of Social Media-surveillance in “Digital Witness”. “In this day and age, there are millions of digital eyes, and that’s all of us.  And it’s almost as if the snake has eaten its tail. We feel like if we don’t show someone what we’ve done – or have a million digital hands clapping for you all the time – we feel like we don’t exist.” In fact, reminders of the fantastical reptilian encounter are at every turn: in its Tabula Rasa abandonment of the dark urban indie of New York contemporaries Deerhunter and Dirty Projectors for crisp, seventies dance, and in its a brooding sense of dystopia: “It’s a party record, but there’s a twist,” she says. “There’s blood on the piñata. It’s not a party record in the sense of: ‘Let’s get fucked up at the pub’ – but in terms of it being like an apocalypse that you can dance to.”

The album’s disco and Clark’s part Betty Davis part Jim Jarmusch hair steez, are her way of refusing to stick to a tried, quantifiable formula. It’s her, sprinting through the woods, ditching everything she possesses. “I think it’s so important to be a mythmaker in art – like Lou Reed, Bowie Polly Harvey, all these people who constantly reinvented themselves. That’s what this record is for me; I never want to look back, and I hate nostalgia. My hair doesn’t define me but a radical change is a good change. Always.”

Words Jack Mills
Fashion Editor Francesca Turner
Hair Christian Wood at The Wall Group
Makeup Riona O’Sullivan using LANCÔME
Nails Ami Streets at LMC Worldwide using CHANEL S 2014 and BODY EXCELLENCE HAND CREAM
Photographic Assistance Andrew Davis and Alex Franchini
Fashion Assistance Samantha Lockwood
Production Seona Taylor-Bell
Thanks Charlotte Cassidy

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There’s not much better than an awards ceremony – exulted triumph, applause, gowns, men in suits, sobbing disappointment, hysterical women stealing hateful glances at each other. Pure theatre. In celebration of the 2014 BAFTA’s, Wonderland has joined in blissful union with their official backstage photographer Jessie Craig to shoot who we imagine to be future award winners. Here they pose resplendent and explain, in bite-sized quote form, their dreams, loves, aspirations and ventures for the rest of 2014.

Wool polo neck by HACKETT

Harry Treadaway
“Coming up I’m playing Dr Frankenstein in Showtime’s Penny Dreadful with Eva Green, Timothy Dalton and Josh Hartnett. Also, I star in a psychological thriller indie with Rose Leslie called Honeymoon, I’m writing and directing a short film and am shooting a photographic portrait project. Calm, then.”

Patterned dress by MARY KATRANTZOU

Gugu Mbatha-Raw
“Even though she’s hardly fictional, Cleopatra would be great to explore, as she’s reached an almost mythological status in history. Plus it would be interesting to discover the real woman beneath the image.”

Primary blue suit by PAUL SMITH and white cotton shirt by HACKETT

Max Irons
“I’ve spent too long thinking about what a musical of my life would sound like. Out of key probably.”

Teal jacket and matching shorts both by DIOR HOMME

Freddie Fox
“When I was a kid it was the big action epics: Die Hard, Beverly Hills Cop. As I got older: Withnail & I, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather, Glengarry Glen Ross. I have relatively eclectic taste, but there’s definitely a strong Al Pacino theme running through it.”

Textured jumper by HACKETT

Asa Butterfield
“In every film I do, I learn something new and I never know what the day will bring. Unless, of course I have to wake up at 5am, no one likes waking up at 5am…”

Nude silk dress by CHRISTOPHER KANE and charm bracelet by ASPREY LONDON

Kaya Scodelario
“I’m obsessed with the 60s and 70s music scene, so I would love to portray a character of that time. I love the fashion, music and youth movement of it all. My favourite band is The Rolling Stones and I’d love to play a young Keith Richards. Like most British actors, I’d love to be in a Bond film – but I want to be the one who finally kills Bond, and doesn’t sleep with him.”

Knitted jumper with suede elbow patches by HACKETT

Dominic Sherwood
“I used to love watching anything with superheroes and villains in. Mainly for the villains! I love the paradox of dark and light needing each other. I’m a big James Dean fan, so Rebel Without A Cause was another one that lit the fire in me. I also love Last Of the Mohicans – from the performances to the tragedy and beauty of the story. But who doesn’t look up to Daniel Day Lewis?”

Photographer Jessie Craig
Fashion Editor Francesca Turner
Words Jack Sunnucks
Hair Max, Harry, Kaya, Gugu, Dominic and Asa all by David Wadlow at Premier Hair and Make up and Freddie by Louis Byrne at The London Style Agency both using CHARLES WORTHINGTON
Makeup Max, Harry, Asa and Gugu all by Nathalie Eleni and Kaya, Dominic and Freddie all by Riona O’Sullivan both using LANCÔME
Fashion Assistance Francesca Hope
Production Seona-Taylor Bell
Thanks Amy Elton, Janette Dalley, Emma Allen and Charlotte Faith
Special thanks to BAFTA partners LANCÔME, CHARLES WORTHINGTON, ASPREY LONDON, 88 RUE DU RHÔNE, HACKETT, the BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL and THE SAVOY

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This translated to layered, blocky organza shapes redolent of modular design, whilst leather jackets looked almost like monochrome circuit boards. The colours were almost sherbert like in their freshness, against inky black and midnight blue. This played against double heeled plastic shoes and blunt black wigs, as if the women walking down the runway had been 3-D designed and stepped right out of a computer screen.

All clothing by FENDI S/S14

Photographer Jessie Craig
Fashion Editor Francesca Turner
Hair Tracie Cant at Premier Hair and Make up using BUMBLE AND BUMBLE
Makeup Rhea le Riche using YSL BEAUTÉ
Nail Technician Ami Streets at LMC Worldwide using CHANEL S 2014 and BODY EXCELLENCE HAND CREAM
Casting Ros Okusanya
Fashion Assistance Hannah Ryan and Francesca Hope
Production Seona Taylor-Bell
Model Josephine Skriver at Models1

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For spring/summer ’14, Tory Burch drew on her love of the films of Jean-Luc Godard, and in particular his 1969 work La Piscine. The film sees Romy Schneider at her glacial best, languishing in a St. Tropez villa with her lover Alain Delon, and teen seductress Jane Birkin. Visually it’s perfection, and the collection drew on this South of France poolside feel, with a white base over which botanical illustrations climbed in a rather languid manner. Said piscine was also suggested by vivid blue accents. Romy would have approved.

What is it about Romy Schneider, and in particular La Piscine, that inspired your Spring collection?

Romy Schneider is incredibly chic but in an understated way. She brings a sense of strength and elegance to her character Marianne in La Piscine.

Is French cinema a passion of yours?

Yes, I love Jean-Luc Godard’s films in particular – he has an amazing eye and a unique cinematographic style. My taste in movies is pretty eclectic-I watch everything from Pierrot le Fou to documentaries like Sound City and comedies like There’s Something About Mary.

La Piscine takes place in the ideal 1969 holiday villa in the South of France – where is your perfect vacation spot? 

There are so many fantastic places, but there is nowhere quite like Italy, from the vineyards of Tuscany to the craggy cliffs of the Amalfi Coast.

What are some of your favourite looks from your Spring collection, or if you can’t choose, what pieces are you most excited about?

I love our blueprint, botanical, folly and Queen Anne’s lace prints in a crisp palette of green and white. We experimented with different techniques, from photographic to hand-painted patterns, paired with cleaner silhouettes and proportions.

What was the thinking behind the bags attached to a belt? We like them very much.

We thought about the ease of a hands-free bag mixed with the cool of a hip-slung belt.

Why do you think your designs strike a chord with so many women? We see your iconic T logo on chic types everywhere.

We have an eclectic and diverse sensibility and design things with that in mind. We also think about our collection as a lifestyle and offer a range of different options. There is something for women of all ages and personal styles, whether your look is minimalist, eclectic or bohemian.

The theme of our spring issue is ‘Female Power’ – what do you think gives a woman a powerful aura?

Confidence, optimism and a sense of humor

Could you tell us a little about the work the Tory Burch Foundation does to empower women and their families?

Our foundation supports women entrepreneurs through small business loans, mentoring and entrepreneurial education. Women invest up to 90 percent of their earnings back into their family and their communities-women are our best investment.

Who are some of your female icons, both in real life and in the worlds of film or literature?

There are too many to count-Aung San Suu Kyi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jane Austen and Hillary Clinton, to name a few…. In terms of style, Cate Blanchett, Marisa Berenson and Jean Seberg’s character, Patricia, in Breathless.

What have been some of the highpoints of being in business for ten years? Did you anticipate such wild success?

I never expected our company would be where it is today. When we were starting out, I thought we’d open three stores in five years-it turned out we opened 40. There have been many highpoints over the past 10 years, from our first fashion show to the debut of our fragrance and beauty collection. One of my proudest moments was the launch of our foundation in 2009.

What do you envision for the next decade of Tory Burch, both yourself and the company?

It has been an incredible journey and, in many ways, I feel like we’re just beginning. In the next ten years, I hope we will continue to open new stores all around the world, invest in women entrepreneurs through our foundation and expand into new categories, like watches in 2014. Most importantly, I will continue to raise my three boys. It’s hard to believe they will be going off to college in the next decade.

All clothing TORY BURCH S/S14
Photographer Joost Vandebrug
Fashion Editor Francesca Turner
Words Jack Sunnucks
Hair Oliver de Almeida Waqued at Untitled Artists London
Makeup Riona O’Sullivan using YSL BEAUTÉ
Nail Technician Ami Streets at LMC Worldwide using CHANEL S 2014 and BODY EXCELLENCE HAND CREAM
Fashion Assistance Francesca Hope
Casting Ros Okusanya
Production Seona Taylor-Bell
Model Harmony Boucher at Nathalie Models

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All clothing Tory Burch S/S14
Video by Dominic Clarke
Fashion by Francesca Turner

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Director: Dominic Clarke
Fashion: Francesca Turner 

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What is your favourite recent innovation?
Does an app count? Cause if it does then whatsapp definitely, it’s saved some friendships that I would have been broken hearted to lose.

What do you think is the most overrated book or film of all time?
Catcher in the rye, I’ve read it a few times and still don’t understand how it’s the great American novel.

What food do you despise the most?
I eat pretty much anything, but smaller versions of larger things freak me out. Like poussins. Also the idea of a chicken omelette, that’s like eating mother and baby together.

What is your biggest food guilty pleasure?
Salt and vinegar peanuts, or crack nuts as I have come to call them.

What’s the best present you’ve ever received?
Two friends of mine before I went away on a job recently declared it national Katie McGrath day and gave me a box of survival goodies for the trip, it made me cry like a little girl.

Worst job you’ve ever had in a non-acting context?
I’ve been pretty lucky with all my jobs; had fun at most of them really.

Eccentric fear or dislike?
Having anything touching behind my ears. Hair clips or anything. It’s like nails on a blackboard, I can’t stand it.

Whats your favourite TV show?
Great British bake off, it’s amazing! The drama! Will it rise? Won’t it?! Will it be a good bake?! Will it have a soggy bottom?! Who knows!!!?? Epic telly viewing. And I usually can’t stand reality TV.

Whats your favourite item of clothing?
An old grey men’s Gap cashmere sweater that I’ve had for years and that comes everywhere with me, it’s my ultimate piece of comfort clothing.

What is the last book you read?
The Orphan master’s Son by Adam Johnson

 
Photographer Jessie Craig

Fashion Editor Francesca Turner

Hair Yoshi Miyazaki at Untitled Artists London

Makeup Louise Dartford at Stella Creative

Production Seona Taylor-Bell

Words Paul Craig 

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WONDERLAND: Hi Sophie! What is the oldest article of clothing you own?

SOPHIE KENNEDY-CLARK: Hell, I could have a stall or five at Portobello market with the amount of vintage clothing that I have collected over the years from around the globe! Alas, the piece I cherish the most is actually a tartan flannel shirt of my mother’s from the ’70s. She always smiles when she sees me in it and that usually prompts a story or two from days gone by when she wore it. I like that.

What is the worst job you’ve had in a non-acting context?

My father is always threatening to get me working in his fish factory, which gives me enough drive to keep this acting malarky afloat. I once worked in a vintage shop which was pretty disastorous – I got WAY too attached to certain items, was constantly playing dress up and my shop floor manner had little to be desired when met with the rudeness of some customers. 

What favourite song this week ?

Dream a little dream by Mam Cass.

If you had to pick one way to travel for the rest of your life, and you were unable to use any other form of travel, what’d you pick?

Trains, a big ol’ fashioned steam train…and I would like to drive it too please. Hold on – does this bind me to one continent? If so I change my answer to magic train for international purposes – you understand.

What is your favourite movie?

It would be a toss up between Easy Rider, Annie Hall, Carry on up the Kyber and Happy Gilmore.

What is the last dream you had?

I have a dastardly recurring nightmare. I’m standing in front of a stair case and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to climb them. I just can’t remember how to climb stairs I’VE FORGOTTEN and it’s so simple!?! I stare at them frustrated and anxious. Sometimes I’m being chased and in the dream this happens and it’s horrible. Or at least it could be but I usually wake up at the point of capture. I know…I’m a therapist’s field day.

Last great film you saw in theatres that blew you away?

Another Earth. I saw it a while ago and I’ve seen other films since but that one REALLY blew me away…oh my God the end….stop reading this interview and go and watch it immediately.

 What do you think is the most overrated book or film of all time?

Of all time….err that’s a big ask…people rate things for their own reasons so I’m not bold enough to pass judgment.

What is your worst type of food?

I will eat nothing on a plate where there are mushrooms lurking – and mushrooms really lurk. Whats worse is I’m veggie – and folk love to throw a handful of the little rotters into veggie dishes.

What is the worst tourist activity you’ve ever experienced?

I don’t like being on boats – specifically at sea so any sea boating activities go down like a lead balloon in my book. Having said that I wasn’t too averse to the odd Gondola this year at the Venice Film Festival.

Sophie wears velvet top by Rochas and silk pyjamas by Eres. 

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Photography by Jessie Craig

Styling by Francesca Turner

Fashion Assistance by Giulia Oddi

Hair by Noriko Takayama at Untitled Artists London using TIGI

Make-up by Natsumi Narita at Untitled Artists London using MAC

Nails by Ami Streets at LMC Worldwide using The New Black

Productiob by Seona Taylor-Bell

Words by Paul Craig

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English Actress Annabelle Wallis is somewhat of a chameleon when it comes to the roles in which she opts to play.

Her part in historic drama The Tudors, in which she portrayed one of Henry VIII’s wives, Jane Seymour, led to roles in big budget Hollywood pictures W.E and X Men: First Class. This year has seen her take on the role of double-agent Graces Burgess in new BBC drama Peaky Blinders, alongside Cillian Murphy and Sam Neil.

Biggest food guilty pleasure?

Offal. I love odd foods. I eat like only a pregnant woman with mad cravings should.

Eccentric fear or dislike?

Bad teeth and bad breath!

You can go back in time once, to either invent something or stop something from being invented, what would you choose?

The perm would have been halted! There is a whole generation of women from the 80’s traumatised by the perm and it’s been passed on to their children. I call it “perm shame”. A travesty.

Best-worst T.V show you’ve ever watched?

Best is Breaking Bad. Aaron Paul is my buddy…so it makes it even better. I’ve watched a lot of bad Latin soap operas  growing up…although I secretly wish to be in one.

What do you think would drive society into a greater state of desolation: a systematic power outage or if all the gasoline in the country disappeared over night?

Well you need power to extract the gasoline. So power. Could you imagine if our generation of narcissists were unable to take a selfie!? There would be pandemonium!!

Would you rather have to wear roller skates for a month or boxing gloves for a week?

Roller skates! It would be my one and only excuse to wear a full fluoro-spandex onesie and pirouette through the streets of London.

What would impress you more/less: If a date took you on a dinner date to a chicken shop or to a free sample stand in a grocery store.

Let me be honest…I’m a cheap date. I’m usually just happy to be on one. If the company is good then greasy chicken and chips tastes like lobster and champagne.

Worst tourist site/activity you’ve  ever experienced as a child or adult.

Being stalked by lions on a riding safari, then chased by a bull elephant on horseback. Actually that was pretty awesome come to think if it. Climbing Machu Picchu without being proerply adapted to the altitude was also crazy. It’s like being suffocated whilst trying to sprint up a mountain in 35 degree heat and 80% humidity.

If you could eliminate one sport off the face of the earth, which sport would it be and why ?

None! We need to be doing more sport. I am all for a bit of sweat. It’s sexy.

Photographer – Jessie Craig

Fashion editor – Francesca Turner

Fashion Assistance – Giulia Oddi

Hair – Noriko Takayama at Untitled Artists London using TIGI

Make-up – Natsumi Narita at Untitled Artists London using MAC

Manicure – Ami Streets at LMC Worldwide using The New Black

Producer – Seona Taylor-Bell

Interview – Paul Craig

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Middlesbrough girl Faye Marsay snagged the lead role of Anna Neville in BBC1 period epic The White Queen fresh out of drama school and is on the rise. After all, Anna Neville didn’t claw her way to the throne for nothing – some of that queenly steeliness definitely comes from Marsay herself. Since The White Queen, Marsay’s landed roles in Fresh Meat and ITV wartime drama The Bletchley Circle – but we’ll always have a spot in our hearts for the once and future Queen of England.

Who is your style icon? I like what Ellen Page wears. Sometimes she wears like beautiful dresses, and then other times she just looks like a tomboy. That kind of vibe I think, like casual, smart, and then just whack out a beautiful dress.

Any hobbies? I like playing the drums. Or just hanging out with my mates really. I just like being around people. People person. Not all the time, but you know.

What’s the coolest gift you’ve ever received? Probably when my parents took me to Disneyland in Florida. I was about 9 or 10, my mum and dad told us and a week later we were on a plane. It was that age where Disneyland is like the best thing in the world.

If you could co-star with any actor or actress all the time, who’d it be? Kevin Spacey, or Charlize Theron… Or Robert De Niro, loads of them you know what I mean? Let’s go with Kevin Spacey.

What is your most embarrassing fashion faux-pas? At school we used to have our hair tied back in a really tight ponytail. Your hair would be scraped back in a pony with a scrunchy and you’d have two bits coming down over our foreheads that would just be hairsprayed – these two antlers, like antennae. I also had a coke-can fringe before, horrible fringe… With a scrunchy on top.

Biggest pet peeve? Slow walkers. Especially living in London. People that walk dead slow.

What’s the worst pick-up line you’ve ever heard? “Are those space pants because your ass is out of this world.”Awful.

What’s the bigger deal breaker, bad teeth or B.O.? Bad teeth.

What is most stylish character you’ve played? None of them really… Probably Anne Neville because she’s in the court, so she’s got the most regal style. Anne Neville, White Queen.

Three wishes (and no wishing for unlimited wishes). Mum and Dad sorted forever. Just sorted. Emotionally, healthwise, financially. To be in a play at the national theatre. And to be able to drum with Dave Grohl would be pretty cool as well. Art, passion, family.

If you could punch any animal in the face, what would it be? Snake.

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Images: Jessie Craig
Styling: Francesca Turner
Words: Paul Craig
Producer: Seona Taylor-Bell

Hair: Noriko Takayama using TIGI
Makeup: Naoko Scintu at The London Style Agency using DR HAUSCHKA
Fashion Assistance: Giulia Oddi

Look 1: Bug print pencil skirt by MCQ ALEXANDER MCQUEEN and T-shirt with elasticated collar by MARNI
Look 2: Sweatshirt by MCQ ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

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