smilegoth’s soundtrack for a cold ocean wave, a transient moment, a walk in the park
Following the release of her ‘Temporal Cove’ tape, untitled (halo)’s Ariana Mamnoon offers Document a playlist that indulges in the evanescent
Emily Allan makes art from the rabbit hole
Document premieres the “Perfect Brain” music video from upcoming album ‘Clanging,’ picking the lyricist’s brain on e-girls and jealousy in Tompkins Square Park
Objects of Desire: Chanel’s Star Minaudiere Bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
Behind the scenes at Carl Craig’s Movement Festival set
The DJ offers Document a look at his homecoming show in Detroit—the birthplace of techno and the site of his creative coming-of-age
‘Workflow’ interrogates repetitive and embodied violence
Ahead of the exhibition’s opening, Jenson Leonard joins Document to expound upon his film’s intent, and muse on the compassion of comedy
In step with the legacy of Spanish rave music, Héctor Oaks and SITA present “Loff Is All You Speed”
Document premieres the music video here, underpinned by the influence of La Ruta del Bakalao scene, and the cadence of Berlin techno
Dior delivers flora-and-fauna-filled fantasy for Fall 2023
Maria Grazia Chiuri’s latest couture collection was backdropped by the work of Marta Roberti, conjuring goddess-inspired glamor and a oneness with the natural world
Jordan Raoufpur is at war with the modern day
The artist joins Document to muse on the standards art should be held to, and elaborate on the ways he’s prevented himself from fulfilling them
A portrait of queerness in Egypt, through the lens of Jérémie Chegrane
For Document, the artist shares a series of images that act as both a love story and as testament to a suppressed gay reality
How should we feel about OceanGate?
As news of the missing sub unfolded, millions grappled with the choice between empathy, and reveling in the the poetic justice of a modern-day parable
In Izzy Du’s hands, everything is seamlessly constructed and rationally progressive
On the heels of the launch of her ready-to-wear collection, the designer joins Document to speak on wearable energy, Pierre Cardin, and the “business of...
‘Neon Noir’ bridges cinematic cynicism with technicolor tenebrism
Curated by Inge de Leeuw, Metrograph’s July film series trades the crime dramas of the genre’s past for the science-fiction of the near future
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in June
From our own Times Square soirée to a handsome second-hand AC unit, our team shares the very best of what we enjoyed this month
The Seamaster turns 75, bolstering Omega’s legacy of functional design
Document provides a closer look at the timepiece that set its industry’s standards, beloved by mariners and divers around the world
Daytripping: The dance floor is no utopia, but I’ll take it anyways
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about the cis-het imagination, and blowing off steam at Pride
Objects of Desire: JW Anderson’s Crystal Bumper Slides
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
Detroit’s Movement Festival, through the lens of UNIIQU3
The DJ shares photographs from her world (domination) tour, spreading the gospel of Jersey club in the birthplace of techno
A closer look at Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s Spring/Summer 2024 presentation
At Paris Fashion Week, the designer tells Document about his latest collection, where a seductive holiday fantasy finds form
Inside Document, Feeld, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, and Mia Khalifa’s Pride party
United in championing curiosity and self-expression, the hosts closed out the month’s festivities at the Times Square EDITION
Albert Hammond Jr is still trying to “make it”
The artist joins Document to tease at a few of the meanings behind the songs, and justify his resistance toward doing so
‘Chaos For The Fly’ is equal parts indulgent and uncertain
Ahead of the release his album, Grian Chatten joins Document to dissect its anatomy and offer an analysis of the mercurial emotions that made it
The sexless fallacy of queer young adult television
For Gen Z’s on-screen counterparts, moments of raw passion have been exchanged for obsession with the purity of youth—why can’t both exist at once?
Sam Penn’s ‘Some Girls’ is made of intimate odes to womanhood
In her first published work, the New York-based photographer renders magic from memories, finding permanence in passing moments of affection
Loewe rebuilds the body for Spring/Summer 2024
Taking cues from the fisheye lens, Jonathan Anderson employs illusion to warp the fantasies of the chronically online
On the heels of the solstice, Hermès offers a skin-first introduction to the season
For Spring/Summer 2024 Men’s, Véronique Nichanian infuses the house’s equestrian heritage with nautical overtones
Pippa Garner and Gray Wielebinski construct modern mythologies
Grounded by a shared affection for contemporary folklore, the two artists meet to discuss trompe l’oeil, gender-hacking, and queer visibility
Why Boxing: A literary, filmic, human argument for the ‘Noble Art’
Antonio Monda stands behind the cutthroat sport—the last stage for the modern epic
Livestream the Hermès Men’s Summer 2024 show here
Watch the stream live this Saturday, June 24 at 3:00 p.m. CEST / 9:00 a.m. EST
Under the umbrella of tradition, Issey Miyake innovates
The Japanese label’s Spring/Summer 2024 Homme Plissé show refined and paid homage to tried-and-true techniques
At the Hôtel des Invalides, Givenchy inverts and elevates the schoolboy uniform
Matthew Williams’s Spring/Summer 2024 collection held onto functionality, while ditching the rigidity of the attire of his youth
Inside the Jeffries and Jonah Almost’s Outer Heaven soirée
The party kicked off Pride Month, uniting a dynamic crew of creatives under one roof in the Bowery
The Broken Arm marks a 10-year legacy of radical and personal taste
At Paris Fashion Week, founders Guillaume Steinmetz, Anaïs Lafarge, and Romain Joste reminisce on the venture’s beginning
‘Paris Memories’ probes the act of recollection, through its ties to community and death
Alice Winocour’s latest film follows in the French tradition of psychological cinema, with trauma as the impetus for coming-together
May Rio’s booklist for reinventing the damsel in distress
Following the release of her sophomore album ‘French Bath,’ the musician compiles incisive texts by modern female authors
Objects of Desire: Ferragamo’s Minaudiere Bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
The enduring impulse of Adam Goldberg
Following his stint as a jury member at the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor joins Document to anatomize his storied career
For Tim Bernardes and Rodrigo Amarante, pleasure is the point
In the throes of touring, the musicians reflect upon recent collaborations, and affirm that any wishes for their continuation are likely to come true
Zegna marries the natural with the pragmatic
For Spring/Summer 2024, Alessandro Sartori leans into linen’s flexibility with tailored ensembles both unconstricted and functional
A brief history of tweed, from the Scottish countryside to Karl Lagerfeld
The fabric has utilitarian roots and elegant connotations—neither of which has been lost in its recent cultural resurgence
The coronation of Charles Jeffrey Loverboy
The label’s Spring/Summer 2024 collection subverts the hallmarks of British royalty, irreverently reinventing the status symbol for the future
JW Anderson distorts domesticity for Spring/Summer 2024
The designer’s latest menswear collection riffs on tradition and reimagines knitwear, drawing humor and beauty from the mundane
For Spring/Summer 2024, MSGM rests between the ethereal and the terrestrial
With organic textiles, subtle animal prints, and earthy tones, Massimo Giorgetti embeds personal experience into his label’s legacy of play
Livestream the Louis Vuitton Men’s Spring/Summer 2024 show here
Watch the stream live this Tuesday, June 20 at 9:30 p.m. CEST / 3:30 p.m. EST
The queer performers keeping the Chelsea’s subversive legacy alive
Decades after its heyday, the historic hotel serves as a safe haven for burlesque and sideshow artists to perform their most transgressive acts
In Daniel Arnold’s New York, everyone is God
Ahead of the publication of his zine for New York Life Gallery, the photographer joins Document to ruminate on the philosophies of his practice
‘Castro to Christopher’ documents bygone queer utopias
Nicholas Blair’s debut photography book offers a vision of Pride on the cusp of AIDS, from the streets of San Francisco and New York
Jessica Stoya and Samantha Cole on sex, tech, and censorship
The adult industry experts join Document to discuss the internet’s horny history and the shadowy forces that determine what kind of porn you see
Carlos Idun-Tawiah recasts his boyhood
The photographer’s ‘Sunday Special’ series blurs memory with fiction in staged recollections along the coast of Ghana
Charting manga and anime’s trans history, from the ’60s through today
Japan has a ways to go in terms of LGBTQ+ rights—but its media reflects a wide range of progressive stories, shedding subtlety over time
