Brioni’s La Donna explores new ground The Italian heritage house mixes embellishment and craftsmanship in its Spring / Summer collection
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Fashion Portfolio A carnival of dreams Johnson Lui and stylist Diana Choi present a judgement-free wonderland in this fashion portfolio for Document online... by Document Journal Above the Fold Sex, power, Brandy Melville: the gospel according to Rachel Sennott ...of her pieces on documentjournal.com, but her chaotic brand of social media-propelled comedy creates such a feeling of relatability and intimacy that I am certain... by Maraya Fisher Above the Fold DJ Minx Selects: Delano Smith, DJ and producer at the heart of Detroit techno’s origin story ...stuff that was out of New York, you know what I mean? Because that’s where all the music was coming from, like Prelude, Emergency. and... by DeForrest Brown, Jr. Above the Fold Felukah’s “Anthems for Princess” playlist celebrates female creatives ...our emotions, manage our expectations. Ultimately, we’re all Ms. Smooth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwdTy-l4vQY Morgan: You got started with poetry. Are you still writing, besides composing music? Felukah:... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Nico Walker and Rachel Rabbit White answer your questions on sex, love, and romance ...observance of the superficial. It’s a form of decadence where anti-capitalist ideology and the desire to experience its fruits might intertwine, where erotic labor is... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Birkenstock’s Central Saint Martins collaboration highlights four emerging designers ...well as gender stereotypes. Through his love of sculpture, his Bukarest shoe is a commemoration of clean and geometric design, making the shoe an art... by Mathilde Favel Above the Fold DJ Minx Selects: DJ Holographic, the DJ and producer heralding a new age of Detroit techno ...many threads of genre and thought in her rhythmic compositions: “She’s a child of choice. 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She cites Moodymann as an early supporter: “Moodymann, Kenny Dixon would... by DeForrest Brown, Jr. Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from NFT’s to the lunar sperm bank that may save humanity ...proposed a global insurance, a modernized version of Noah’s Ark. At the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Aerospace Conference they proposed a doomsday vault... by Document Editors Above the Fold Louis Vuitton’s Fornasetti-inspired collection blends modernity and antiquity Set at the Louvre, Nicolas Ghesquière’s latest presentation experiments with motion, timelessness, and gender ambiguity... by Avery Norman Above the Fold Fraser T. Smith provides the Midas touch to London’s grime scene heavyweights In 1996, Brian Eno coined the term scenius to describe how great art is typically created by a community or “communal genius.” Challenging the Great... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Chanel’s latest collection is made for intimate nights out Chanel’s latest collection is an audacious rethinking of a night out—merging cool Parisian chic with the ambiance of ski holidays. For Fall/Winter 2021, creative director... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Miu Miu hits the slopes for Fall/Winter 2021 Taking over Cortina d’Ampezzo’s seductive ski resort, Miu Miu pays homage to teenage rebellion in its latest collection... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Juergen Teller’s off-center celebrity portraits have the internet divided ...editorial landscape in which images are inseparable from fashion and fashion inseparable from commerce. In 2008, Freedman commented on Teller’s work retrospectively, telling New York... by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold Lanvin looks to the 2000’s to imagine the future of luxury ...a sense of humor. The collection is best communicated through its accompanying video. Paris’s Shangri-La Hotel sets the stage for a manifestation of carefree, wealthy... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Hermès’s latest offering is an ode to the rule of three ...other) in a complex choreographic performance in front of a live audience. Nadége Vanhee-Cybulski, the French house’s creative director, wanted the performance to feel both... by Document Journal Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from fashion week fantasies to Dolly Parton’s vaccine dose ...Woody Allen films?” What emerges from the latest episode in the docuseries is a new riposte to Allen’s defenders. Richard Morgan, the freelance journalist who... by Document Editors Above the Fold Issey Miyake strikes a sophisticated balance between organic beauty and futuristic utility ...foreign amidst the pandemic. With its latest collection, aptly titled “As the Way it Comes to Be,” Issey Miyake’s Fall/Winter 2021 reimagines colors and shapes... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Loewe’s Fall/Winter 2021 collection is hot off the press ...into. Last year’s “Show in a Box” sent DIY exhibitions in lieu of a traditional show. He favors the physicality of objects to the digital... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Mykki Blanco hosts a surrealist tea party in Marni’s new short film ...new line full of vibrant colors, complex patterns, and chunky knits. We experience fashion at its ineffable best; this collection is “a romantic ode to... by Document Journal Above the Fold Ottolinger’s edgy rebellion thrusts forward into the future ...family and friends in various states, a work of fantastical realism that questions that status quo. To complete the creative collaboration, Shotti NYC photographed Julien... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Pacifico Silano’s ‘I wish I never Saw the Sunshine’ collages queer identity from the tattered folds of gay erotica ...specks of things.” These traces, found in the tattered folds of gay erotica from the late 1970s through the 1990s, constitute photographer Pacifico Silano’s latest... by Allie Monck Above the Fold Ports 1961 delivers pastoral luxury for Fall/Winter 2021 Weaving together feminine classics and elaborate knitwear, Karl Templer’s latest offering is an experiment in texture and form... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold MSGM’s ‘Manifesto’ is full of post-pandemic promise ...as if someone pressed the rewind button on the entire scene. The time travel disorientation urges: where are we going? Where have we come from?... by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold Chris Korda’s booklist for black-pilled environmentalists ...their gated communities, complete with exclusive shopping malls, recreation facilities, and private police. How much longer will it be before cities become walled cities, luxurious... by Chris Korda Above the Fold Princess Lockerooo and Richard James are history in motion ...Moncler JW Anderson, Moncler’s latest Spring/Summer Genius collaboration with Jonathan Anderson’s label, providing a refreshing reminder that sometimes the best dance parties need only two... by Document Journal Above the Fold One small step for Paul Andrew, one giant leap for Salvatore Ferragamo ...exploding), The Martian, and Interstellar, to name a few—and those that cogitate on humanity’s historical space achievements—Apollo 11, Hidden Figures, Lucy in the Sky, and... by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from the Buttigieg doc no one asked for to Instagram’s potential death knell ...best app for getting radicalized. At least that’s what I’ve been telling my friends for the past 7 months or so since I’ve downloaded it.... by Document Editors Above the Fold Prada excites with an electric Fall/Winter 2021 collection At Prada, parity and continuity is the name of the game. Building on last year’s exuberant men’s collection, the latest womenswear offering follows a similar... by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold Betty Images’s books for burgeoning leftists ...nobody needs McCarthyism if the infighting comes from within! And then we come to Haider’s book—a work that helps navigate the need to reconcile realities... by Maraya Fisher Above the Fold Mavi is the latest rising star in New York’s lo-fi hip hop renaissance Mavi is the greatest rapper you’ve never heard of. Unless, of course, you’ve heard of him, in which case, he’s just the greatest rapper. His... by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from not-so-liberal snowflakes to AI art ...the freezing temperatures. He then attempted to diffuse the widespread public criticism by throwing his teenage daughters under the bus, claiming he acquiesced to their... by Document Editors Above the Fold Mobley’s soulful pop challenges the political status quo—and celebrates human connection The musician's latest EP ‘Young and Dying in the Occident Supreme’ explores his complicated relationship with the United States... by Noah Berlatsky Above the Fold A short history of the corset, from patriarchal symbol to postmodern grail piece ...silk gown removed in the process, but she returns to consciousness only after her stays, the 18th-century version of a corset, are ripped off. The... by Biz Sherbert Documented Torkwase Dyson dives into the history of Black liberation with ‘Bird and Lava’ ...out something I think I could really say is my true self. Ann: What is this theory of Black Compositional Thought? Torkwase: Black Compositional Thought... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold DUNCAN reignites its love affair with New York City for Fall/Winter 2021 Michelle Duncan’s latest collection is a witchy celebration of the City’s reawakening... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Photographer Jack Davison finds hope in the quiet of extinction ...in central Kenya. Photographer Jack Davison visited the conservancy at the end of 2019 on commission for a New York Times story following the in-vitro... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Elizabeth Kolbert looks beyond inconvenient truths to explore ingenious solutions ...with unmatched clarity and unrivaled alacrity. Kolbert’s latest book, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, is an investigation into man’s efforts to... by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from Pablo Escobar’s escaped hippos to Anna Delvey’s return to Instagram ...Senate’s website, “to enhance [the Capitol’s art] collection with portraits of women and minorities who served with distinction.” Fake heiress Anna Delvey is released from... by Document Editors Above the Fold 5 things that are better than sex, according to Lili Michelle ...Day,” if you will, so let’s talk about how to have the best day possible. Trying to make you feel bad for being single on... by Lili Michelle Above the Fold Where are they now? Dana Donnelly checks in with your favorite rom-com couples ...the ’90s thank god, and the internet porn boom hadn’t even started yet, so luckily the step-sibling thing wasn’t a well-known taboo. They were able... by Dana Donnelly Documented To Marta Pawłowska and Paolo Musa, the body is a canvas ...Valigi, and model Pavlina Eneva. Each participant painted themselves in an act of self-exploration and spoke on their discoveries. “Each experience is different,” Pawłowska commented.... by Document Journal Above the Fold Inside the US Capitol insurrection with photographer Mark Peterson ...Guardian Angels and crack and that kind of stuff. It was quite a change coming from Minneapolis. “I think my best pictures are mistakes.” Alex:... by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold In a warming world, an engineered climate edges towards reality ...An Unnatural History. For two decades Kolbert has traversed our blue planet investigating and communicating nature’s chief environmental stressor: humans. Her latest book, Under A... by Alex Hodor-Lee Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from robot companions to the raffle that might send you to space ...allows users to showcase their everyday lives—something users of TikTok, its biggest competitor, have described as one of the platform’s strengths compared to other social... by Document Editors Above the Fold Bladee and Mechatok push the boundaries of pop with “Good Luck” ...and making music. So yes, we made some hits! Federico: Did you have the lyrics written down before? Or you just went freestyle? Bladee: A... by Federico Sargentone Above the Fold Sounds of solidarity: 5 albums blending language, technologies, and traditions ...when they aren’t standing right there. Compilation albums are a natural way to get everyone together in a virtual space, singing back and forth across... by Noah Berlatsky
Fashion Portfolio A carnival of dreams Johnson Lui and stylist Diana Choi present a judgement-free wonderland in this fashion portfolio for Document online... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Sex, power, Brandy Melville: the gospel according to Rachel Sennott ...of her pieces on documentjournal.com, but her chaotic brand of social media-propelled comedy creates such a feeling of relatability and intimacy that I am certain... by Maraya Fisher
Above the Fold DJ Minx Selects: Delano Smith, DJ and producer at the heart of Detroit techno’s origin story ...stuff that was out of New York, you know what I mean? Because that’s where all the music was coming from, like Prelude, Emergency. and... by DeForrest Brown, Jr.
Above the Fold Felukah’s “Anthems for Princess” playlist celebrates female creatives ...our emotions, manage our expectations. Ultimately, we’re all Ms. Smooth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwdTy-l4vQY Morgan: You got started with poetry. Are you still writing, besides composing music? Felukah:... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Nico Walker and Rachel Rabbit White answer your questions on sex, love, and romance ...observance of the superficial. It’s a form of decadence where anti-capitalist ideology and the desire to experience its fruits might intertwine, where erotic labor is... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Birkenstock’s Central Saint Martins collaboration highlights four emerging designers ...well as gender stereotypes. Through his love of sculpture, his Bukarest shoe is a commemoration of clean and geometric design, making the shoe an art... by Mathilde Favel
Above the Fold DJ Minx Selects: DJ Holographic, the DJ and producer heralding a new age of Detroit techno ...many threads of genre and thought in her rhythmic compositions: “She’s a child of choice. She loves the city and it shows in every beat... by DeForrest Brown, Jr.
Above the Fold Alice Neel revealed New Yorkers at their most vulnerable ...the multimedia artist, and writer, who had refused to sit nude. Ringgold once commented, “I knew Alice had a way of painting people so that... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Depop could never: Inside the fabulous world of London’s Found and Vision In the latest installment of Story of an Archive, founders Karen Clarkson, Oxana Korsun, and Rosie Meres break down how their personal style shapes the... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Julia Cumming on finding herself by becoming someone else ...years, and encompassing many phases that are always inherently Nina. Completely punk and completely unique. She is a constant on moodboards, her white face paint... by Julia Cumming
Above the Fold DJ Minx Selects: Techno Icons of Motor City’s Underground Sound ...community effort was instrumental in DJ Minx’s getting started as a record label owner. She cites Moodymann as an early supporter: “Moodymann, Kenny Dixon would... by DeForrest Brown, Jr.
Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from NFT’s to the lunar sperm bank that may save humanity ...proposed a global insurance, a modernized version of Noah’s Ark. At the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Aerospace Conference they proposed a doomsday vault... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Louis Vuitton’s Fornasetti-inspired collection blends modernity and antiquity Set at the Louvre, Nicolas Ghesquière’s latest presentation experiments with motion, timelessness, and gender ambiguity... by Avery Norman
Above the Fold Fraser T. Smith provides the Midas touch to London’s grime scene heavyweights In 1996, Brian Eno coined the term scenius to describe how great art is typically created by a community or “communal genius.” Challenging the Great... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Chanel’s latest collection is made for intimate nights out Chanel’s latest collection is an audacious rethinking of a night out—merging cool Parisian chic with the ambiance of ski holidays. For Fall/Winter 2021, creative director... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Miu Miu hits the slopes for Fall/Winter 2021 Taking over Cortina d’Ampezzo’s seductive ski resort, Miu Miu pays homage to teenage rebellion in its latest collection... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Juergen Teller’s off-center celebrity portraits have the internet divided ...editorial landscape in which images are inseparable from fashion and fashion inseparable from commerce. In 2008, Freedman commented on Teller’s work retrospectively, telling New York... by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold Lanvin looks to the 2000’s to imagine the future of luxury ...a sense of humor. The collection is best communicated through its accompanying video. Paris’s Shangri-La Hotel sets the stage for a manifestation of carefree, wealthy... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Hermès’s latest offering is an ode to the rule of three ...other) in a complex choreographic performance in front of a live audience. Nadége Vanhee-Cybulski, the French house’s creative director, wanted the performance to feel both... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from fashion week fantasies to Dolly Parton’s vaccine dose ...Woody Allen films?” What emerges from the latest episode in the docuseries is a new riposte to Allen’s defenders. Richard Morgan, the freelance journalist who... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Issey Miyake strikes a sophisticated balance between organic beauty and futuristic utility ...foreign amidst the pandemic. With its latest collection, aptly titled “As the Way it Comes to Be,” Issey Miyake’s Fall/Winter 2021 reimagines colors and shapes... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Loewe’s Fall/Winter 2021 collection is hot off the press ...into. Last year’s “Show in a Box” sent DIY exhibitions in lieu of a traditional show. He favors the physicality of objects to the digital... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Mykki Blanco hosts a surrealist tea party in Marni’s new short film ...new line full of vibrant colors, complex patterns, and chunky knits. We experience fashion at its ineffable best; this collection is “a romantic ode to... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Ottolinger’s edgy rebellion thrusts forward into the future ...family and friends in various states, a work of fantastical realism that questions that status quo. To complete the creative collaboration, Shotti NYC photographed Julien... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Pacifico Silano’s ‘I wish I never Saw the Sunshine’ collages queer identity from the tattered folds of gay erotica ...specks of things.” These traces, found in the tattered folds of gay erotica from the late 1970s through the 1990s, constitute photographer Pacifico Silano’s latest... by Allie Monck
Above the Fold Ports 1961 delivers pastoral luxury for Fall/Winter 2021 Weaving together feminine classics and elaborate knitwear, Karl Templer’s latest offering is an experiment in texture and form... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold MSGM’s ‘Manifesto’ is full of post-pandemic promise ...as if someone pressed the rewind button on the entire scene. The time travel disorientation urges: where are we going? Where have we come from?... by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold Chris Korda’s booklist for black-pilled environmentalists ...their gated communities, complete with exclusive shopping malls, recreation facilities, and private police. How much longer will it be before cities become walled cities, luxurious... by Chris Korda
Above the Fold Princess Lockerooo and Richard James are history in motion ...Moncler JW Anderson, Moncler’s latest Spring/Summer Genius collaboration with Jonathan Anderson’s label, providing a refreshing reminder that sometimes the best dance parties need only two... by Document Journal
Above the Fold One small step for Paul Andrew, one giant leap for Salvatore Ferragamo ...exploding), The Martian, and Interstellar, to name a few—and those that cogitate on humanity’s historical space achievements—Apollo 11, Hidden Figures, Lucy in the Sky, and... by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from the Buttigieg doc no one asked for to Instagram’s potential death knell ...best app for getting radicalized. At least that’s what I’ve been telling my friends for the past 7 months or so since I’ve downloaded it.... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Prada excites with an electric Fall/Winter 2021 collection At Prada, parity and continuity is the name of the game. Building on last year’s exuberant men’s collection, the latest womenswear offering follows a similar... by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold Betty Images’s books for burgeoning leftists ...nobody needs McCarthyism if the infighting comes from within! And then we come to Haider’s book—a work that helps navigate the need to reconcile realities... by Maraya Fisher
Above the Fold Mavi is the latest rising star in New York’s lo-fi hip hop renaissance Mavi is the greatest rapper you’ve never heard of. Unless, of course, you’ve heard of him, in which case, he’s just the greatest rapper. His... by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from not-so-liberal snowflakes to AI art ...the freezing temperatures. He then attempted to diffuse the widespread public criticism by throwing his teenage daughters under the bus, claiming he acquiesced to their... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Mobley’s soulful pop challenges the political status quo—and celebrates human connection The musician's latest EP ‘Young and Dying in the Occident Supreme’ explores his complicated relationship with the United States... by Noah Berlatsky
Above the Fold A short history of the corset, from patriarchal symbol to postmodern grail piece ...silk gown removed in the process, but she returns to consciousness only after her stays, the 18th-century version of a corset, are ripped off. The... by Biz Sherbert
Documented Torkwase Dyson dives into the history of Black liberation with ‘Bird and Lava’ ...out something I think I could really say is my true self. Ann: What is this theory of Black Compositional Thought? Torkwase: Black Compositional Thought... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold DUNCAN reignites its love affair with New York City for Fall/Winter 2021 Michelle Duncan’s latest collection is a witchy celebration of the City’s reawakening... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Photographer Jack Davison finds hope in the quiet of extinction ...in central Kenya. Photographer Jack Davison visited the conservancy at the end of 2019 on commission for a New York Times story following the in-vitro... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Elizabeth Kolbert looks beyond inconvenient truths to explore ingenious solutions ...with unmatched clarity and unrivaled alacrity. Kolbert’s latest book, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, is an investigation into man’s efforts to... by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from Pablo Escobar’s escaped hippos to Anna Delvey’s return to Instagram ...Senate’s website, “to enhance [the Capitol’s art] collection with portraits of women and minorities who served with distinction.” Fake heiress Anna Delvey is released from... by Document Editors
Above the Fold 5 things that are better than sex, according to Lili Michelle ...Day,” if you will, so let’s talk about how to have the best day possible. Trying to make you feel bad for being single on... by Lili Michelle
Above the Fold Where are they now? Dana Donnelly checks in with your favorite rom-com couples ...the ’90s thank god, and the internet porn boom hadn’t even started yet, so luckily the step-sibling thing wasn’t a well-known taboo. They were able... by Dana Donnelly
Documented To Marta Pawłowska and Paolo Musa, the body is a canvas ...Valigi, and model Pavlina Eneva. Each participant painted themselves in an act of self-exploration and spoke on their discoveries. “Each experience is different,” Pawłowska commented.... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Inside the US Capitol insurrection with photographer Mark Peterson ...Guardian Angels and crack and that kind of stuff. It was quite a change coming from Minneapolis. “I think my best pictures are mistakes.” Alex:... by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold In a warming world, an engineered climate edges towards reality ...An Unnatural History. For two decades Kolbert has traversed our blue planet investigating and communicating nature’s chief environmental stressor: humans. Her latest book, Under A... by Alex Hodor-Lee
Above the Fold Everything you need to know this week, from robot companions to the raffle that might send you to space ...allows users to showcase their everyday lives—something users of TikTok, its biggest competitor, have described as one of the platform’s strengths compared to other social... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Bladee and Mechatok push the boundaries of pop with “Good Luck” ...and making music. So yes, we made some hits! Federico: Did you have the lyrics written down before? Or you just went freestyle? Bladee: A... by Federico Sargentone
Above the Fold Sounds of solidarity: 5 albums blending language, technologies, and traditions ...when they aren’t standing right there. Compilation albums are a natural way to get everyone together in a virtual space, singing back and forth across... by Noah Berlatsky