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Above the Fold Jess Cole’s 7 short books for each day of the week Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. Writer and... by Jess Cole Above the Fold 5 young photographers pushing the bounds of ‘feminine beauty’ ...towards new and unseen points of view—Dior Makeup’s Photography Award for Young Talent. Dior’s committee—this year made up of photographers Dominique Issermann and Sonia Sieff;... by Ashley Simpson Above the Fold VHS tapes, vegetables, and sustainable glitter: Central Saint Martins’ green wave ...take sustainability into account. The UN reports that the fashion industry is more polluting than aviation and shipping combined, stating that 85% of textiles end... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Daichiro Shinjo, a calligraphy artist seeking Zen amidst our existing chaos ...an intuitive media that is easier to understand through feeling. In Japanese education, calligraphy is compulsory. There is also a belief that written letters are... by Hiroshi Hashiguchi Above the Fold Valentino x Birkenstock: the fascinating origin story of summer’s best collaboration ...add cachet to commercial brands, benefitting both labels involved, Birkenstock has been ramping up its designer partnerships in recent years, even creating a line—named 1774... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Spectacles of society: exploring 600 years of British eyewear ...NHS gave out free eyewear to people who needed their vision corrected– regardless of their income. Affectionately known as “milk-bottles,” they featured glass as thick... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Dior blends functionality, fire, and feminism with the help of Penny Slinger and Agnès Varda ...of ephemeral architecture, designed to highlight proportions of the female body,” Dior once said. In her latest collection, Chiuri sought out to do just that,... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Ira Silverberg’s guide to poets as prose-writers, from Sylvia Plath to Ocean Vuong Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. This week,... by Ira Silverberg Above the Fold Artists Alex Israel and Tschabalala Self reimagine Louis Vuitton’s Capucines handbag ...by Louis Vuitton X’s matching color scheme, selected as if to complement this very sunset. The colors, a more beautiful version of Instagram’s logo palette,... by Joey Dalla Betta Above the Fold Robert Giard photographed over 600 LGBTQ writers—5 of them share their stories ...are a remarkable record of both his community and his own capacious heart and soul.” As Brian Freeman of Pomo Afro Homos says, “No afrosheen,... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Capturing the new faces of Jil Sander men’s ...we feel fit the identity and voice of the brand—the discussions about who best represents the aesthetics constantly developing, finding faces to aid in the... by Clara Malley Above the Fold DeSe Escobar defines the future of going-out glam ...eccentric than New York. Those are sort of my three favorite cities for being openly trans and comfortable. I have a residency in Berlin coming... by Paige Silveria Above the Fold Bethany Williams, patron saint of socially conscious fashion ...come back to that. Bethany—Yeah! Sorry! If that’s okay… Shawn—Yeah! I’ve read about you a lot and your commitment to sustainability and social causes doesn’t... by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold Kim Jones reimagines Dior’s archive for our dystopian future ...in the collection bore the same signs of decay as the Arsham sculptures, with enough chunks missing that it resembled a visor more than a... by Clara Malley Above the Fold ‘Plantasia’ reissued: how music for plants became the cult album of a century ...and black vinyl—for the first time thanks to Sacred Bones. As per the label’s website copy, “All vinyl copies come with seed paper download card—plant... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold OAMC blends elegance and practicality for Spring 2020 Document goes behind the scenes of designer Luke Meier's latest workwear-inspired collection.... by Sophia Rose Segarra Above the Fold 5 books that shaped Simone Rocha’s version of womanhood Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. Storytelling is... by Simone Rocha Above the Fold Celebrating Walt Whitman’s vulnerable, inclusive patriotism on his 200th birthday ...but within his writing Whitman was able to corral and reconstruct key ideals of American democracy, actively attempting to reach the common people through his... by David Aaron Brake Above the Fold Sterling Ruby reveals an acid washed dream with his debut fashion line When Pitti Immagine Uomo announced Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Ruby as the special guest for the 96th edition last March, several questions arose: Sterling Ruby... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold If innovation is the new luxury, fur is headed for the bargain bin ...P.J. had a fleshed-out an answer. What do companies like Saga Furs do when the fur market deflates completely assuming, reasonably, that filing for bankruptcy... by Genevieve Shuster Above the Fold MSGM celebrates its 10th anniversary with lobsters and leopards at a digital pool party ...way, and new romanticism in MSGM.” Giorgetti recalled the energy and looks of his youth in the ꞌ90s through what MSGM does best: exuberant prints.... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Givenchy’s Clare Waight Keller fuses Beaudelaire with the Internet age at Pitti ...descended down an opulent staircase and into the carefully manicured garden labyrinth below. Titled “Nouveau Glitch,” the collection, shown during Pitti Uomo, also marked Waight... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Edmund White’s 7 books to take to Provincetown Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. For pride... by Edmund White Above the Fold Theresa Chromati’s technicolor portraits of women being as loud as they want ...seeing them as freedom and allowing yourself to have permission to be free.” Chromati’s canvases brim with vortexes of brilliant color, braiding together the distorted... by Tia Glista Above the Fold Watch Charles Jeffrey’s club kids take over The British Library ...the English capital, picking up where ‘80s London club kids like Leigh Bowery left off, creating a lively subcultural pantomime of patterns and fits. This... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Ferragamo rings in a new era at Pitti ...which eschewed the hoodies and graphic t-shirts popular in menswear, leaning towards a more refined look with relaxed Italian tailoring and buttery leather pieces. Meilland... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Carmen Winant’s radical art of reappropriation ...seek to challenge limited perceptions of womanhood, granting legitimacy and power to the endless scope of their experiences—women in protest, women in testimony, and women... by Kaylee Warren Above the Fold Stefan Cooke reimagines period costume as college attire ...centre of their latest collection. Scouring costume archives for inspiration, the duo created preppy headbands, loose-knit argyle sweater vests, and intricate—at times painstaking—laced up details... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold On the brink of environmental catastrophe, 6 designers hope to create change ...dividing things in to right or wrong. But we can do our very best to meet one another with the best intentions, listen and learn... by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold Bianca Saunders, the London designer inspired by Frank Ocean and her father ...from a gender-fluid, non-binary world. Shawn—Bedrooms are the setting of your latest lookbook and of your film. What does yours look like? Bianca—It’s quite packed... by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold Occupation, appropriation, and the Palestinian scarf at the center of it all ...bestsellers. We’re redesigning the website to highlight the keffiyeh, because it is a functioning part of the culture.” Musa grew up away from his homeland... by Madeleine Janz Above the Fold Linder’s Spring 2020 show plays on oppressive privilege ...to show the relationship between the two forces in the animal’s life—a wild and free spirit that is tamed by the strict decorum that is... by Sophia Rose Segarra Above the Fold Karoline Vitto reasserts women’s bodily autonomy by accentuating their flesh ...as the “test wearer” because I wanted to feel how people would feel in the garments. Being that I work with elastics and they press... by Sam Weir Above the Fold Amber Pinkerton captures inimitable everyday style in Jamaica I truly believe that travel is one of life’s greatest gifts. Change is inevitable when you immerse yourself into a completely new environmental context or... by Amber Pinkerton Above the Fold The ghosts of China’s Tiananmen Square ...free speech. Tiananmen Square—which translates to Gate of Heavenly Peace—still features the original imposing portrait of communist leader Mao Zedong, which was defaced in 1989,... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Is the self-care generation killing fashion’s ‘hype model’? ...latest Apple product or knowledge of the buzziest events; it has spread into the very DNA of the fashion market. Near-hour long fashion shows and... by Kaylee Warren Conversations Tiff Massey and Laura Raicovich on why the art world needs a new model ...(EMU), everything had to be high-polished. It was almost like I had to compete with commercial jewelry. Even though, nine times out of 10, commercial... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Léon is the finest Swedish pop export since Robyn ...masculine,” she says), she’s now consistently releasing live acoustic versions—complete with single-take videos—for select tracks from the album. You can hear every unfettered note, every... by R. Kurt Osenlund Above the Fold Shelby Lorman’s 5 science fiction books for navigating our existing mess ...gets complicated on the way there, let’s say, and sprawls into an epic that spans space, with Binti at the center. Binti is one of... by Shelby Lorman Above the Fold The revolution will be televised? Kim Kardashian, Elizabeth Gilbert, and criminal injustice as entertainment ...as well, disproportionately impacting undocumented folks as prison companies co-mingle with—and invest in—deportation centers. (It is estimated that every day, the private corrections corporations GEO... by Tia Glista Above the Fold Ava DuVernay explains why When They See Us is ‘a triumph of black people against injustice’ ...Outta Compton in Compton, because there’s no movie theater. So power with the freedom to connect is what’s new here. I made a film called... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Nadia Tehran turns inherited trauma into scorching, genreless sounds ...10 years to complete Dozakh—disagreements with her former label, artistic differences with various producers, and her own creative process all contributed to the situation. The... by Nick Fulton Above the Fold Lord Birthday’s 7 ‘religious’ texts for the post-religious age Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. Illustrator Lord... by Lord Birthday Above the Fold 4 female directors challenging the Cannes status quo ...community, with Sciamma identifying as a queer woman herself. Portrait of a Lady on Fire has received praise from fellow Palme d’Or competitor Xavier Dolan... by Sophia Rose Segarra At Large The new Space Race, and the desperately outdated laws that govern it ...devastating missile strikes from orbit. These imminent dangers were so obvious that the United States and the Soviet Union felt compelled to come to the... by Becky Ferreira Above the Fold Finding beauty in the in-between at the Venice Biennale ...the fundamental components of everything to reconfigure the world as a complex whole without order.” We live in a moment of unprecedented identity politics, for... by Justin Polera Above the Fold Fatimah Asghar talks poetry, prose and the diverse nature of being a Muslim American ...Muslim/ Bad Muslim,” abridging the pair’s resolve to include multiple interpretations of Islam. “We can have a version of Islam and Muslim that kind of... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The stories behind the most copied album covers in punk history ...punk’s explosive impact on design and examines its complex relationship with art, history, and culture,” said Chris Scoates, the director of MAD. “Punk questioned everything,... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Robyn Kanner revives the lost art of telephone conversations ...Wisconsin, it sparked severe backlash online. Stirring something in Kanner, the creative felt compelled to pen an op-ed about our culture of shame. Discussing her... by Sara Radin Above the Fold Vik Muniz, the Brooklyn artist giving Brazil’s destroyed relics new life ...Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. He also co-curated Glasstress, a group exhibition on view in Murano through the run of the Venice Biennale.... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Jess Cole’s 7 short books for each day of the week Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. Writer and... by Jess Cole
Above the Fold 5 young photographers pushing the bounds of ‘feminine beauty’ ...towards new and unseen points of view—Dior Makeup’s Photography Award for Young Talent. Dior’s committee—this year made up of photographers Dominique Issermann and Sonia Sieff;... by Ashley Simpson
Above the Fold VHS tapes, vegetables, and sustainable glitter: Central Saint Martins’ green wave ...take sustainability into account. The UN reports that the fashion industry is more polluting than aviation and shipping combined, stating that 85% of textiles end... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Daichiro Shinjo, a calligraphy artist seeking Zen amidst our existing chaos ...an intuitive media that is easier to understand through feeling. In Japanese education, calligraphy is compulsory. There is also a belief that written letters are... by Hiroshi Hashiguchi
Above the Fold Valentino x Birkenstock: the fascinating origin story of summer’s best collaboration ...add cachet to commercial brands, benefitting both labels involved, Birkenstock has been ramping up its designer partnerships in recent years, even creating a line—named 1774... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Spectacles of society: exploring 600 years of British eyewear ...NHS gave out free eyewear to people who needed their vision corrected– regardless of their income. Affectionately known as “milk-bottles,” they featured glass as thick... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Dior blends functionality, fire, and feminism with the help of Penny Slinger and Agnès Varda ...of ephemeral architecture, designed to highlight proportions of the female body,” Dior once said. In her latest collection, Chiuri sought out to do just that,... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Ira Silverberg’s guide to poets as prose-writers, from Sylvia Plath to Ocean Vuong Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. This week,... by Ira Silverberg
Above the Fold Artists Alex Israel and Tschabalala Self reimagine Louis Vuitton’s Capucines handbag ...by Louis Vuitton X’s matching color scheme, selected as if to complement this very sunset. The colors, a more beautiful version of Instagram’s logo palette,... by Joey Dalla Betta
Above the Fold Robert Giard photographed over 600 LGBTQ writers—5 of them share their stories ...are a remarkable record of both his community and his own capacious heart and soul.” As Brian Freeman of Pomo Afro Homos says, “No afrosheen,... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Capturing the new faces of Jil Sander men’s ...we feel fit the identity and voice of the brand—the discussions about who best represents the aesthetics constantly developing, finding faces to aid in the... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold DeSe Escobar defines the future of going-out glam ...eccentric than New York. Those are sort of my three favorite cities for being openly trans and comfortable. I have a residency in Berlin coming... by Paige Silveria
Above the Fold Bethany Williams, patron saint of socially conscious fashion ...come back to that. Bethany—Yeah! Sorry! If that’s okay… Shawn—Yeah! I’ve read about you a lot and your commitment to sustainability and social causes doesn’t... by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold Kim Jones reimagines Dior’s archive for our dystopian future ...in the collection bore the same signs of decay as the Arsham sculptures, with enough chunks missing that it resembled a visor more than a... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold ‘Plantasia’ reissued: how music for plants became the cult album of a century ...and black vinyl—for the first time thanks to Sacred Bones. As per the label’s website copy, “All vinyl copies come with seed paper download card—plant... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold OAMC blends elegance and practicality for Spring 2020 Document goes behind the scenes of designer Luke Meier's latest workwear-inspired collection.... by Sophia Rose Segarra
Above the Fold 5 books that shaped Simone Rocha’s version of womanhood Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. Storytelling is... by Simone Rocha
Above the Fold Celebrating Walt Whitman’s vulnerable, inclusive patriotism on his 200th birthday ...but within his writing Whitman was able to corral and reconstruct key ideals of American democracy, actively attempting to reach the common people through his... by David Aaron Brake
Above the Fold Sterling Ruby reveals an acid washed dream with his debut fashion line When Pitti Immagine Uomo announced Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Ruby as the special guest for the 96th edition last March, several questions arose: Sterling Ruby... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold If innovation is the new luxury, fur is headed for the bargain bin ...P.J. had a fleshed-out an answer. What do companies like Saga Furs do when the fur market deflates completely assuming, reasonably, that filing for bankruptcy... by Genevieve Shuster
Above the Fold MSGM celebrates its 10th anniversary with lobsters and leopards at a digital pool party ...way, and new romanticism in MSGM.” Giorgetti recalled the energy and looks of his youth in the ꞌ90s through what MSGM does best: exuberant prints.... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Givenchy’s Clare Waight Keller fuses Beaudelaire with the Internet age at Pitti ...descended down an opulent staircase and into the carefully manicured garden labyrinth below. Titled “Nouveau Glitch,” the collection, shown during Pitti Uomo, also marked Waight... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Edmund White’s 7 books to take to Provincetown Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. For pride... by Edmund White
Above the Fold Theresa Chromati’s technicolor portraits of women being as loud as they want ...seeing them as freedom and allowing yourself to have permission to be free.” Chromati’s canvases brim with vortexes of brilliant color, braiding together the distorted... by Tia Glista
Above the Fold Watch Charles Jeffrey’s club kids take over The British Library ...the English capital, picking up where ‘80s London club kids like Leigh Bowery left off, creating a lively subcultural pantomime of patterns and fits. This... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Ferragamo rings in a new era at Pitti ...which eschewed the hoodies and graphic t-shirts popular in menswear, leaning towards a more refined look with relaxed Italian tailoring and buttery leather pieces. Meilland... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Carmen Winant’s radical art of reappropriation ...seek to challenge limited perceptions of womanhood, granting legitimacy and power to the endless scope of their experiences—women in protest, women in testimony, and women... by Kaylee Warren
Above the Fold Stefan Cooke reimagines period costume as college attire ...centre of their latest collection. Scouring costume archives for inspiration, the duo created preppy headbands, loose-knit argyle sweater vests, and intricate—at times painstaking—laced up details... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold On the brink of environmental catastrophe, 6 designers hope to create change ...dividing things in to right or wrong. But we can do our very best to meet one another with the best intentions, listen and learn... by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold Bianca Saunders, the London designer inspired by Frank Ocean and her father ...from a gender-fluid, non-binary world. Shawn—Bedrooms are the setting of your latest lookbook and of your film. What does yours look like? Bianca—It’s quite packed... by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold Occupation, appropriation, and the Palestinian scarf at the center of it all ...bestsellers. We’re redesigning the website to highlight the keffiyeh, because it is a functioning part of the culture.” Musa grew up away from his homeland... by Madeleine Janz
Above the Fold Linder’s Spring 2020 show plays on oppressive privilege ...to show the relationship between the two forces in the animal’s life—a wild and free spirit that is tamed by the strict decorum that is... by Sophia Rose Segarra
Above the Fold Karoline Vitto reasserts women’s bodily autonomy by accentuating their flesh ...as the “test wearer” because I wanted to feel how people would feel in the garments. Being that I work with elastics and they press... by Sam Weir
Above the Fold Amber Pinkerton captures inimitable everyday style in Jamaica I truly believe that travel is one of life’s greatest gifts. Change is inevitable when you immerse yourself into a completely new environmental context or... by Amber Pinkerton
Above the Fold The ghosts of China’s Tiananmen Square ...free speech. Tiananmen Square—which translates to Gate of Heavenly Peace—still features the original imposing portrait of communist leader Mao Zedong, which was defaced in 1989,... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Is the self-care generation killing fashion’s ‘hype model’? ...latest Apple product or knowledge of the buzziest events; it has spread into the very DNA of the fashion market. Near-hour long fashion shows and... by Kaylee Warren
Conversations Tiff Massey and Laura Raicovich on why the art world needs a new model ...(EMU), everything had to be high-polished. It was almost like I had to compete with commercial jewelry. Even though, nine times out of 10, commercial... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Léon is the finest Swedish pop export since Robyn ...masculine,” she says), she’s now consistently releasing live acoustic versions—complete with single-take videos—for select tracks from the album. You can hear every unfettered note, every... by R. Kurt Osenlund
Above the Fold Shelby Lorman’s 5 science fiction books for navigating our existing mess ...gets complicated on the way there, let’s say, and sprawls into an epic that spans space, with Binti at the center. Binti is one of... by Shelby Lorman
Above the Fold The revolution will be televised? Kim Kardashian, Elizabeth Gilbert, and criminal injustice as entertainment ...as well, disproportionately impacting undocumented folks as prison companies co-mingle with—and invest in—deportation centers. (It is estimated that every day, the private corrections corporations GEO... by Tia Glista
Above the Fold Ava DuVernay explains why When They See Us is ‘a triumph of black people against injustice’ ...Outta Compton in Compton, because there’s no movie theater. So power with the freedom to connect is what’s new here. I made a film called... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Nadia Tehran turns inherited trauma into scorching, genreless sounds ...10 years to complete Dozakh—disagreements with her former label, artistic differences with various producers, and her own creative process all contributed to the situation. The... by Nick Fulton
Above the Fold Lord Birthday’s 7 ‘religious’ texts for the post-religious age Document’s contributors are compiling summer reading lists with a twist. We’re asking writers, authors, artists, scholars for their old favorites and anticipated releases. Illustrator Lord... by Lord Birthday
Above the Fold 4 female directors challenging the Cannes status quo ...community, with Sciamma identifying as a queer woman herself. Portrait of a Lady on Fire has received praise from fellow Palme d’Or competitor Xavier Dolan... by Sophia Rose Segarra
At Large The new Space Race, and the desperately outdated laws that govern it ...devastating missile strikes from orbit. These imminent dangers were so obvious that the United States and the Soviet Union felt compelled to come to the... by Becky Ferreira
Above the Fold Finding beauty in the in-between at the Venice Biennale ...the fundamental components of everything to reconfigure the world as a complex whole without order.” We live in a moment of unprecedented identity politics, for... by Justin Polera
Above the Fold Fatimah Asghar talks poetry, prose and the diverse nature of being a Muslim American ...Muslim/ Bad Muslim,” abridging the pair’s resolve to include multiple interpretations of Islam. “We can have a version of Islam and Muslim that kind of... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The stories behind the most copied album covers in punk history ...punk’s explosive impact on design and examines its complex relationship with art, history, and culture,” said Chris Scoates, the director of MAD. “Punk questioned everything,... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Robyn Kanner revives the lost art of telephone conversations ...Wisconsin, it sparked severe backlash online. Stirring something in Kanner, the creative felt compelled to pen an op-ed about our culture of shame. Discussing her... by Sara Radin
Above the Fold Vik Muniz, the Brooklyn artist giving Brazil’s destroyed relics new life ...Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. He also co-curated Glasstress, a group exhibition on view in Murano through the run of the Venice Biennale.... by Ann Binlot