Pink Beaded Silk Bra by Meadham Kirchhoff, pink cotton pencil skirt by Christopher Kane and bracelets Lindsay’s own worn throughout.

The Mush Pit’s Bertie Brandes talks fashion fixes, beauty regimes and her brand new West End play David Mamet satire Speed-The-Plow with Tina Fey’s teen dream, Lindsay Lohan.

Taken from Wonderland September 2014:

She fits the bill pretty well doesn’t she? Wrapped in pink shearling, all freckles and the perfect pout. But as at home as Lindsay Lohan might be on the front of a magazine, there’s no question she’s got more going on than your average cover star. Since her days acting alongside herself in The Parent Trap, snogging Chad Michael Murray in Freaky Friday (eternally jealous) and playing Cady Heron in the ever-relevant Mean Girls, Lindsay has become something of an institution.

Predictably berated by the press for refusing to simply sit pretty, adored by fashion weeks and front rows the world over, and idolised by, well, us, Lohan rocketed into our hearts in an explosion of pre-teen movies and she never left. Ever since she taught Tyra Banks to love herself in Life Size, we knew she was on to something. A few days after her Wonderland shoot, we caught her on Jimmy Fallon having a bucket of ice tipped over her head wearing thigh-high leather boots which her publicist concurs were “probably Gucci”. Everything about Lohan is ridiculously glamorous and brilliant, and we’ve been hanging off her every word (outfit and, honestly, music video) since Hallie Parker pierced Annie’s ears with an apple and a needle way back in ‘98.

Luckily, we don’t have to dream of packing off to camp in order to feel close to Lohan anymore (it’s probably frowned upon for 24-year-olds to go anyway), this year she’s bringing Hollywood to us, by way of the Playhouse Theatre. Yep, Lohan’s set her sights on London (as if you didn’t already know) in order to play Karen in David Mamet’s brilliant Speed-The-Plow. Karen is a complex character, quick to be judged by the others yet slow to reveal her inner objective. There are obviously certain parallels, and Lohan’s eager to point them out. “This is a young girl who sets out for Hollywood and stumbles into something new, I can relate”. Speed-The-Plow seems to attract big names, the last time I saw it was at the Old Vic with Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum. There’s something about how it both glamorises and undercuts Hollywood that must make it tantalising for anybody familiar with the industry. “I’ve been there, just in different ways” Lohan agrees, as though she’s ready to teach Karen a thing or two about dodgy producers. The role feels as though it was written with her in mind: a strong, determined woman hidden behind the façade of somebody perhaps a little out of her depth. Of Mamet, Lohan has nothing but praise: “He is a brilliant writer with so much conviction” and I suspect Mamet will be equally as enthralled. He’s not the only Mamet she’s keen on either, she’s a “big fan” of his daughter Zosia (AKA Shoshanna from Girls, AKA the virgin AKA the funniest one) too.

I wonder how terrifying it would be to walk out on stage and see father and daughter eagerly awaiting from the front row. Pretty terrifying I’d imagine, though nerves don’t seem to be a huge issue for Lohan, perhaps unsurprising for one of the most famous child stars on planet. Maybe nerves are a bit like puberty, totally hellish for a bit and then tossed to the back of your wardrobe like an old bra. “This is my life, it’s what I’ve known since I was three years old” explains Lohan – “It feeds my soul”. It’s easy to forget that she’s been dealing with the stress and exhaustion that accompanies her job for over two decades, and at the moment she seems revitalised by her new role. Every time Lohan threatens to give up acting for the quiet life, something draws her back in. In this case, it’s the brilliance of Mamet – but whatever it is, she consistently keeps her audience entranced. There is certainly something of those old Hollywood movie stars to her, something maddeningly compelling, and it’s no surprise that she cites Frances Farmer and Clara Bow as her dream roles.

I suppose, just like the legends of Hollywood must have known, when it comes to holding your nerve the trick is staying focused – something she doesn’t seem to have a problem with. I wonder (desperately hoping) if we’ll see her at London Fashion Week, but she’s not convinced. “I’m not sure, my only thoughts right now are on this play”. “Maybe on the weekend” she adds, though with a schedule as rigorous as the one she’s about to embark on, I’m not sure the once-notorious socialite will make it out far. Instead she’s prioritising “staying healthy, spiritual, happy and focused,” which all sounds rather grown-up and sensible. There’s no question fashion week will miss her if she decides to pass it up for a good sleep and a detox, though. Lohan styles herself most of the time, and she clearly knows her J-Brand from her Jeremy Scott. “Always Hermès” she replies when I ask what she loves to wear, which is amazing enough on its own, but is followed by “Karl Lagerfeld, Hedi Slimane, Miu Miu, Chloé and Harry Winston”. Yep, Rachel Zoe is probably quaking in her artfully distressed boots because here is an actress who clearly knows what she likes. She remembers the first time she felt like a million dollars as when she wore a “seven-carat cushion cut from Cartier” (which is a really, really, really sexy diamond for the uneducated among us) and confesses to having a wardrobe stuffed with “Isabel Marant, YSL and Chanel”. Her most hoarded item? “Leather jackets… or boots”. She’ll probably need a new pair of thigh-highs after Jimmy Fallon though, I think the last pair might be a bit soggy.

While she might be gearing up for one of the most rigorous acting experiences of her life, Lindsay’s not too busy to share beauty tips. “Sleep, drink water and meditate,” she advises. Oh, and “stay on a boat”, which might not be quite so easy when you live in north west London, but I suppose there’s always Camden Lock. For someone so comfortable on a red carpet, she certainly knows how to switch off, but maybe that’s natural when getting dressed up has been part of your job description for as long as you can remember. Not that she minds of course, I mean who would when they can say things like: “in The Parent Trap, I wore a specially made Chanel suit. I was 10.” And with that, the legend of Lindsay Lohan lives on.

Melon shearling double breasted coat by Gucci and pink wool dress by Marni.

Pink wool dress by Marni, pink silk scarf worn as belt by Prada and sunglasses by Miu Miu.

Black wool crepe jacket by Hermes.

Leopard print cashmere jumper by Sportmax.

White net top by Ryan Lo, pink beaded silk bra by Meadham Kirchhoff, vintage black silk knickers by Dolce & Gabbana, black leather thigh high boots by Fendi.

White net top by Ryan Lo, pink beaded silk bra as before, vintage black silk knickers by Dolce & Gabbana, black leather thigh high boots by Fendi.

Photographer: Alex Sainsbury

Fashion Editor: Danielle Emerson

Interview: The Mush Pit

Words: Bertie Brandes

Hair: Alex Brownsell at D+V using Bleach London

Make Up: Thom Walker using Dior

Manicurist: Ami Streets at LMC Worldwide using Chanel AW14 and Body Excellence Hand Cream.

Photography Assistance: Hugo Yanguela

Make Up Assistance: Lois Moorcroft

Hair Assistance: Nicole Kahlani

Fashion Assistance: Georgina Thomas, Olga Bilenchuk & Megan Blackburn

Set Design: Dale Oliver Slater

Set Design Assistance: Emily Barrett

Special thanks to loft studios.

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The Prettiots might look like the cutest band you’ve ever seen – they’re pretty, they have a pretty name, they laugh a lot, and they sing dreamy songs about high school love affairs over happy ukulele melodies – but at heart, they’re young New York punks with a deep understanding of the history of guitar music.  Their breezy, salty college pop tune “Boys (I Dated In High School)” is Kitty on a comedown, with a Telecaster replacing Pro Tools synths. But The Prettiots – Kay Kasparhauser (ukulele and vocals), Lulu Prat (bass), and Rachel Trachtenburg (drums) – don’t really care if you underestimate them. In fact, they dare you to try.

Wonderland: What is a “prettiot”?

Kay: It’s a pretty idiot! It’s a made-up term that I saw on someone else’s Facebook or something. But I decided it was a good band name, because the most powerful thing we can do as a band is be underestimated. There are people who are just cute and dumb, and that’s what the name is playing on.

W: Has it worked, or are you still underestimated sometimes?

Lulu: I think so. A lot of times we get a shocked response after a show. People are like, “Wow, I totally didn’t expect that,” or, “Wow, you guys are actually good!”

Kay: Like, every show! People will tell us that we’re funny, as if we don’t know we’re funny.

Lulu: They’re saying, “Your songs are like funny too!”

W: Who’s a perfect example of a pretty idiot?

Kay: Like, most of Los Angeles! No… I’d say Betty Boop maybe, or Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot. And she plays the ukulele, too.

W: How did you start playing the ukulele?

Kay: I bought one off eBay when I was drunk, when I was 17. Then it arrived in the mail and I figured I should probably get really good at it, having bought it, and then I broke my ankle so I had nothing else to do all summer.

W: If someone has never heard your music before, what song should they listen to first?

Rachel: I think “Boys (I Dated In High School)”. It’s a better representation of our newer sound.

W: What sort of boys did you date in high school?

Kay: Well, the song is mostly about mine. Like, really misguided, older men. Misguided on my part, not on theirs. What about you guys?

Lulu: I dated one gentleman and then I was kind of solo. He played bass just like me.

Rachel: Awww.

Lulu: Yeah.

Rachel: I didn’t go to high school, so I didn’t date boys in high school…

W: What were you doing instead?

Rachel: I was in a family band. Touring. A lot.

Kay: Rachel’s my hero!

W: Who are your other musical heroes?

Rachel: I’ll go first. I really like early Pink Floyd – Syd Barrett is one of my favourite musicians – and I love a lot of stuff like Jeffrey Lewis, The Moldy Peaches, King Crimson… And The Breeders are a new favourite that I’ve been obsessing over.

Kay: Mine are all over the place. This is really hard… I listen to a lot of slower sludge metal, like Eyehategod. And I’ve been listening to a lot of 70s French pop recently.

Lulu: In terms of newer music, I listen to a lot of punk and hardcore, but also a lot of 80s goth music like The Cure, The Smiths, Joy Division, Siouxsie Sioux and stuff like that.

W: What do you all do apart from The Prettiots?

Rachel: Lulu and I both have other musical projects on the side – I have a solo thing that’s like psychedelic folk. I also make jewellery and do some modelling. But I think for all of us, music is basically our number one thing that takes up every inch of our soul.

Kay: Yup. I mean, I also babysit.

Rachel: Yeah, I babysit too!

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Grey cotton oversized tee customised with tape and worn as dress by Marques almeida (menswear), black cotton socks by American Apparel and black leather shoes by Cheap Monday

A couple of years ago, 25-year-old Liverpudlian singer-songwriter Jetta was a backing vocalist for Paloma Faith and CeeLo Green. This year, she went to the Grammy Awards on her own merit and was fangirled by Katy Perry (“I bumped into her and she said, ‘I bought your EP and I love it!’”). Over 31 million people have heard her track, “Feels Like Coming Home” too, thanks to the the viral YouTube video it soundtracked – last year’s Google trailer “Here’s to 2013”.

She also happens to be one of Pharrell Williams’s protégés. He called Jetta up, flew her to Miami and produced her track “Crescendo” after spotting her DIY music video for “Start A Riot” online. “I just did it because my friends and I were sitting around doing nothing and I thought, ‘Why don’t we just have some fun and film this on my iPhone?’” recalls Jetta. “We got some lamps from the house to make our own lighting and I got in the bath with all my clothes and shoes on, which was a bit gross, but it felt grungy enough. It was 5am by the time we finished. I had no intention of putting it out, but when record labels here and in America picked up on it, I thought, ‘Hold on, there’s something in all of this.’”

Aside from her piercing Bambi-like eyes and lioness curls, the first thing you notice about Jetta is her Scouse accent and her distinct style. She cites Sigourney Weaver in Alien, and other sci-fi flicks like Blade Runner and The Fifth Element as key fashion references. “I think I might watch The Fifth Element tonight, actually,” she laughs. She gives a wry smile and continues, “I’m a Gemini so there are two sides of me and my alter ego wears a pink wig. I don’t have a name for her yet, but I’m open to suggestions.”

Raised by a sound engineer father and a mother who had her own a cappella quartet, it’s no surprise Jetta was drawn to music from a young age. “I remember being three and hearing my mum and her friends sing four-part harmonies in our living room every weekend. I’d lie on the floor taking in all this gorgeous sound. I used to sing to myself all the time, but I was really shy. I used to make my friends face the other way and not look at me when I sang,” Jetta tells me. “My mum got me a laptop with music software on it when I was 16, and I set up my own little studio in my room, spending the summer teaching myself how to produce music. That’s when I really started songwriting, so I put on a show in a local bar in Liverpool called La’go to show my friends and family what I’d been hiding away doing, and I realised the rush I got when I was onstage.” That night also happened to be her big break, when a chance meeting with a music business student with connections in London resulted in Jetta’s move to the capital. “I remember telling them, ‘Look, I just want to be here. I want to move away from my comfort zone, meet new people and get new experiences,’ and by chance, Paloma Faith was looking for someone to join the tour, so I went in and started singing along with everyone else and spent the next year and a half touring with her.”

Unsurprisingly, Jetta’s honest lyrics have elicited comparisons to the likes of Adele and Florence Welch. “I don’t want to shy away from any of it, whether I feel really happy or really sad. I tend to just embrace it, write about it and stay as honest with myself as I can.” Jetta explains. “My song ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’ is all about growing up. I used to live with my dad who’s very reclusive and I felt trapped with him, so when you hear that beat knocking it’s like something knocking on the walls telling me to get out, that I could go and be whoever I wanted to be. I’ve been doing that ever since.”

Jetta’s only plan B was to be an astronaut. “I’ve got my sights set on what I want. I’d still really love to perform on Mars. Maybe we can do some sort of deal where I can sing on the Mars One flight?” Anyone?

Grey cotton oversized tee customised with tape and worn as dress by Marques almeida (menswear), black cotton socks by American Apparel and black leather shoes by Cheap Monday

 

Black cotton bra by American apparel, black cotton vest stylists’ own, black wool trousers by Kenzo, black leather shoes by Dr martens and all jewellery worn throughout Model’s own

 

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Pink siIk organza jacket by CHANEL.

There are a few things to note about Made In Chelsea star Lucy Watson. One, she’s a control-freak who’s super self-critical when watching herself back on TV; two, she prefers it when a guy speaks to her on a night out as opposed to tweeting her afterwards saying he was too scared to approach her; and three, she says she’s not actually that much of a bitch.

After watching a few episodes of Channel 4’s hit series back-to-back, it’s clear that Watson, with her catty one-liners and looks that kill, is Reality TV’s quintessential mean girl. With a string of on-screen spats to choose from, I’m desperate to know who would go in Watson’s burn book. “Oh my god, so many people,” she laughs. “I’m joking. I’m not really a burn book girl, I’m more of a say-it-to-your-face type.” No backstabbing with Watson – what you see is what you get. “I don’t want to name names. I don’t even want to give them the privilege of being in my burn book,” she adds when probed.

Recently, Watson started her own jewellery line, toting garish fang and claw-shaped bracelets and necklaces. “It’s called The Creature,” she tells Wonderland. “I’m quite a creative person, so I’ve always wanted to do something along these lines.” She’s sticking to acting for now, though – despite quitting drama school on day one, upon receiving homework. “I would love to play some fucked-up druggie in a play or a film one day – something really challenging,” she says. “It’s so far from what I am, or an introverted person.” If that isn’t possible though, she’ll settle for a Bond girl gig. “That would be my ideal role!”

To celebrate the release of her new self-help dating book The Dating Game, Watson plays the role of Wonderland’s agony aunt.  troublesome teen herself (“I was a nightmare”), our readers are asking the right person…

Pink lace shift dress by DKNY and pink and black rubber heels by CHRISTIAN DIOR.

Reader: “Me and my guy have been dating for around six months now. We keep it casual (there’s no official title yet) but everywhere we go, he expects me to pay! Dinner, cinema, drinks…the lot! Should I dump him?”

Lucy Watson: Yes. That’s not okay, unless you literally earn ten times as much as him, but even then he should still pay for the occasional thing. I’m all for equal rights for women, but that’s taking it too far!

R: “I’ve been with my current boyfriend for around a year, we’re officially a couple and all his friends know me. But he still won’t change his relationship status! Does this mean he’s not that into me?”

L: Do you mean on Facebook? I hate that thing. He may just not be that fussed about Facebook, but if you’ve actually asked him outright and he’s said no, then that’s slightly strange. Do you trust him? Is everything else in the relationship perfect? Because if you have a gut feeling that something else is wrong, then you could be onto something.

R: “Is everyone just looking for sex on Tinder? How can I meet guys IRL?!”

L: I don’t use Tinder, so I’m not the best person to advise. However from what I hear, I think it is used to go on dates. But I don’t think you should be using it to find “The One”. If you do, great! What a bonus! But there are other ways of dating. Get a friend of a friend to set you up on a date. Word of advice – never go out looking, you’ll just be disappointed. It’s always when you least expect to meet someone great that you actually do.

R: “Every time I find someone I like, it goes well for two months and then I start hearing from them less and less and eventually I get kicked to the kerb. It’s so unfair! Why does this keep happening?”

L: You need to work out what you’re doing wrong. Or it may just be bad luck. Some guys are douchebags! Some are afraid of commitment. I wouldn’t give up. Also, tell your friends what you do when you date someone. They may advise you that you are being too clingy or needy, or something along those lines. If you don’t have any friends, read my book.

Words: Brooke McCord.

Fashion Editor: Gary Armstrong.

Photographer: Jessie Lily Adams.

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Boundary-crushing silver screen sensation Stacy Martin on life as Miuccia’s new muse. We take a look behind the scenes on her shoot.

The first time Stacy Martin watched her debut feature-length performance in Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac – 2013’s graphic insight into self-hatred, torture and sensation – it was with her parents. “I made them watch it with me,” she says, in a daisy-speckled garden in Peckham. “The only way to break through that level of awkwardness is to actually approach it.” The two-part epic sees Martin, armed with a prosthetic vagina, appear to fellate a middle-aged man on a packed train and then proceed to grope, tongue and molest her way through its remaining carriages.

In person, Martin is nothing like Trier’s mania-inflicted protagonist, portrayed in the film’s second instalment by Von Trier-regular Charlotte Gainsbourg. A mixture of amazing grace and a beckoning, freckled face landed her a modelling contract with Premier, a recent Gaspar Noe-shot editorial for VMan and a boyfriend in Daniel Blumberg, Yuck’s equally lithe guitar hero.

This winter sees her team up with photographer Steven Meisel as the face of Miu Miu’s AW14 campaign. In her biggest fashion project to date, Martin doubles as a sixties screen icon: all sharply symmetrical fringes, folded arms, shadows creeping across a focussed, lensward stare. The project marries two of Martin’s great loves: vintage glamour (Martin wore Prada at Nymphomaniac’s premier) and classic cinema; Godard, Fellini and all.

It was Des Hamilton – Nymph’s casting director,  known previously for scouting the chicly gaunt This Is England ensemble – who plucked her from obscurity, stunned by her resemblence to 70s film enigma Jane Birkin, Gainsbourg’s mother. Before they met, she was flitting between Tokyo, where her cosmetics consultant father worked, and Paris, where she was born. Now, Martin is primed for roles in High Rise (a thriller based on JG Ballard’s Trellick Tower inspired day-mare) and The Tale of Tales where she stars alongside Vincent Cassel.

So how has this Hackney humbleton become film’s new good taste barometer? For someone so breezy and affable – while writing this piece, I bump into her in a fish and chips shop, and we swap a few friendly glances – she’s loath to give too much away. It’s an inspiring rather than infuriating look for Martin and plus, who needs silly old words when you have the eyes of a Lloyd Alexander princess, Bardot skin and a project roster to rival precisely no one? The silence is deafening.

Wonderland: You were cast in the new Miu Miu campaign. Was Steven Meisel a dream to work with?

Stacy Martin: I had an amazing time shooting with him, because he’s so gentle. The pictures are like something out of a Godard film. Rather than a straight-up fashion shoot, it became something different, I really enjoyed that side of it. When you have a team like Miu Miu… they’re so lovely and caring. We just ended up talking about film the whole day.

W: What films were you talking about?

S: A lot of Italian films.

W: La Dolce Vita, et al?

S: Yeah. At the time I’d just been cast in an Italian film [The Tale of Tales], so it was perfect.  But they’ve always supported creativity. For the last campaign, they cast Lupita [Nyong’o], Elizabeth Olson… actresses not yet at the peak of their careers. They just really believe in that.

W: You grew up in Tokyo. Was this an intense and vexing experience for a seven-year-old born in Europe?

S: Well, when you’re young you’re more able to adapt to a culture. Plus, I went to a French school and everyone around me spoke French, so it never felt like something we shouldn’t be doing. I picked up Japanese quite well, too.

W: Is this how you feel about new challenges? That you’re great at being a fish out of water?

S: I guess challenges don’t scare me very much. I’m used to being in new situations or being somewhere where you don’t understand a word and get away with what you can. It       becomes fun!

W: Which actors did you look up to? If you’re getting into acting from a young age, I guess it’s a case of, “I could do that!”

S: I never thought I’d become an actress. I went to university [London College of Communication] and I never really believed I could I do acting as a job. But I went to acting class because I loved it in quite a casual way. I never really looked for it and in a weird way it fell into my hands. Half the time I’m like, “What’s going on? I’ve got an agent. Why me?”

W: Have you ever had a day job?

S: I moved to London when I was 18 and I’d been to a few modelling agencies before that. I was very lucky because at 18 I was completely independent from my parents financially. I didn’t have to work in a pub, and I could fund all my acting classes [because of the modelling jobs]. It’s something I did alongside my studies, because it’s not an everyday job. It gave me a lot of freedom when I moved.

W: Tell me about meeting Des Hamilton for the first time.

S: It was really weird, because at the time I was training and I really wanted to have a shift in my life. I knew I didn’t want to model. One day, my modelling agency said, “Look, we have a casting for this campaign, you can do more acting training.” I told them I’d go, but secretly never did. The only one I turned up to was cast by Des. He’s this incredible Scottish guy – this freak staring at me all afternoon. Then he said, “I’m casting this film called Nymphomaniac for Lars Von Trier.” It turned out he wasn’t a freak at all, and he became my fairy godmother  – without    the dress.

W: He explained the concept to you there and then, right?

S: I don’t think there’s anyway around it, you just have to say it like it is. “So it’s called Nymphomaniac, quite self-explanatory really, and you’ll have a porn double…”

W: I just watched it.

S: Oh, how are you feeling?

W: A little bit harrowed, a touch haunted. I feel like I need some kind of mild therapy, and I’ve seen all of Lars Von Trier’s films. Maybe I’ll check in after this.

W: Did your parents react in a similar way?

S: They were supportive. We’ve always been very honest with each other. My mum would call me during the shoot and ask me what scenes I’d done that day. I’d be like, “I need to get this cast done [of my vagina], and we need to talk about this blowjob scene, then the porn doubles have to come in…” Mum was like, “Remember to take your vitamins!”

W: It’s a weird dichotomy, showing a film about sexual fetishes to an audience who has probably seen most of them play out on the Internet already. For instance, everyone knows what fisting is now, but they might not have known about it before the Internet kicked in. Was that something you considered when you accepted the role?

S: No, not really. The thing I really liked about the film is that anyone expecting to see a titillating porn film will be disappointed – it’s the near opposite of that. Obviously it’s sexually charged, but it’s not about the pleasure of watching someone have sex.

W: Tell me about about your part in High Rise. Is it another gruelling one? JG Ballard doesn’t really pen sensitive narratives…

S: I play a clerk and she’s so different from anything I’ve read before, so it’s really fun. She starts out very calm, and loses it. The building sort of revolts on itself.

W: Are you much of a Ballard fan?

S: I’ve only read Cocaine Nights. He writes in such a particular way, you hate it and you love it at once. The feeling that it’s all so, so bad – what’s going on makes you feel so uncomfortable. You completely indulge in it. It’s strange.

W: When you started getting into acting, did you envisage

yourself doing roles that pushed certain boundaries?

S: I never thought I’d work with Lars Von Trier so early in my career, that’s for sure. I’m a huge fan. It’s more the part I’d expect an actress to do after being rejected for twenty years, doing plays or short films. It’s something that’s always fascinated me, doing the parts that people run away from. Not because of the sexual content or anything, but because it’s a meaty role. I love that idea. I’m not just going to go on screen and play my usual, relatively contented self. I’d rather learn something and challenge myself. I might just end up asking, “What have I done? I’m crazy.” But at least I tried to find out and communicate something.

W: You also starred in a film called Winter this year. Was working with Heidi Greensmith on her first film a challenge, or amazing fun?

S: I never go, “I want to work with this person.” I never thought I’d work with Ben Wheatley [director, High Rise] or Heidi. She’s the first female director I’ve worked with and was really gentle. Lars loves women too, so it wasn’t that different. The directors I’ve worked with so far are obsessed with women: they kind of admire them so much that you don’t really feel like you’re working with a female or male director. You’re just working with an artist.

W: What’s the character like? The story?

S: It’s a story of two brothers who try and help their father out of depression and alcoholism. I play the girlfriend of the big brother. He tries to help but miserably fails. Some people have the best intentions at heart, but it never really works out. The faith my character has in people is quite endearing.

Fashion Editor: Danielle Emerson.

Photographer: Clare Shilland.

Hair:  Selena Middleton at SOHO Management using Kiehl’s Stylist Series.

Make Up: Thom Walker using Chanel Le Lift Serum & AW14.

Photography assistance:  Liam Hart.

Hair Assistance: Chloe Campbell.

Make up assistance:  Lois Moorcroft.

Fashion assistance: Georgina Thomas.

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Let’s face it, Mean Girls is one of the most important fashion/teen/youth culture movie ever made. Trying to count how many times you’ve seen it is like reciting the alphabet backwards after once too many Bacardi Breezers. This year marks ten at the top for Tina Fey and her snarly, wise-cracking high school clique, and to celebrate, we present Wonderland’s Mean Girls issue.

First in the line up of attitudinal femmes is Cady herself, Lindsay Lohan, who raids her fashion cupboard, laces up in Gucci, and wades into her new West End show, David Mamet drama Speed-the-Plow. Then there’s Barbara Palvin, who grabbed five from her globe-galavanting, runway-dominating schedule to skulk around the darkest corners of Shoreditch, tiara in tow. Nymphomaniac star and Miu Miu’s newest muse Stacy Martin chats taboo-busting in the name of art, and child star turned bigscreen beauty Saiorse Ronan chats staying DIY in spite of it all. The Champagne Supernova, the Regulation Hottie, the bookish risk-taker, the child genius: our cover girls line all corners of school canteen.  Just don’t try and sit with them.

To toast the launch of a new NYC-set Made In Chelsea series, likable ice queen Lucy Watson – the Regina George of SW3 – solves our relationship woes as Wonderland’s new agony aunt. Plus, Charli XCX – the bubblegum rave queen taking America by storm – chats with muse and PC Music’s ethereal export, Hannah Diamond and LA’s grunge experimentalists The Garden talk about being plucked from underground obscurity by Hedi Slimane himself.

Showcasing the season’s best fashion, we hit the halllugin-lit canteens of McDonald’s with Jeremy Scott and his newest obsession Lily McMenamy, and ask Petra Collins to round up her fave New York Dolls and dress them in Adam Selmen’s thrilling new line for fall. All this, and the best new photography around. Just like Tina’s Mean Girls, it’s all rather Fetch.

P.S. in case you haven’t guessed yet, every story is embedded with one of the film’s catchy-as-hell soundbites. Regulation!

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Words: Jack Mills

Video: Sharna Osborne

Lindsay wears: Gucci

Photography: Alex Sainsbury

Styling: Danielle Emerson

Barbara wears: Meadham Kirchhoff

Photography: James White

Styling: Matthew Josephs

Stacy wears: Miu Miu

Photography: Clare Shilland

Styling: Danielle Emerson

Saoirse wears: Tom Ford

Photography: Stefan Khoo

Styling: Matthew Josephs

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Holly wears black wool double breasted jacket and white cotton shirt both by Jaeger, black viscose bow tie by Asos. 

Holly wears mustard wool jacket and skirt both by Caroline Charles Grey and white patterned wool knit jumper by Jigsaw.

Holly wears navy wool shetland fairisle jumper and navy and black wool tweed skirt both by Brora, white cotton shirt by Jaeger and mustard wool tights by Caroline Charles.
Elliot wears navy wool knit jumper by Jaeger and grey wool check trouser by Austin Reed.

Holly wears black wool garland jumper by Teatum Jones.

Holly wears cobalt wool shetland fair isle cardigan by Brora and white cotton shirt as before.

Holly wears cobalt wool shetland fair isle cardigan by Brora and beige wool knitted jumper and trousers both by Christian Wijnants from Harvey Nichols and white cotton shirt as before. 

Photographer: Liam Warwick

Fashion Editor: Danielle Emerson

Video: Sharna Osborne

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