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Nicolas Di Felice’s spotlight for Jean Paul Gaultier Couture: a palimpsest of constructive intricacy
A violin chord slices the air as a dark spectral figure glides onto Di Felice’s runway. The model is shrouded by a black trench coat. Her visage is veiled in black, lapels climbing up past her ears. Resembling a funeral procession, the models stalk the runway like enchanted black widows, necklines blending into balaclavas.The fabric visors gradually lower, thick leathers and opulent silks shifting to sheer lace. Cut-outs reveal slivers of the models’ backs and waists. A pocket is selectively sew...
MICKALENE THOMAS: ALL ABOUT LOVE AND RECLAIMING THE MALE GAZE
Los Angeles art museum The Broad is welcoming an intimate celebration of Brooklyn-based artist Mickalene Thomas this summer. Its message is clear: Despite oppressive Western beauty standards encouraging division and dominance, a rhinestone studded spotlight is shone on the healing properties of love.
Inspired by feminist author bell hooks, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love encourages viewing love as an ongoing process of healing as an alternative to dominance. The author’s theory argues that the
Inspired by feminist author bell hooks, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love encourages viewing love as an ongoing process of healing as an alternative to dominance. The author’s theory argues that the
Banana-based Leather: The Future of Fashion?
The use of leather on the runway is becoming more and more contentious. Despite deciding to shed the use of fur from her lines in 2019, fashion designer Victoria Beckham continues to use bovine leather. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) protestors stormed her catwalk at Paris Fashion Week sporting T-shirts stating, “animals aren’t fabric”, “turn your back on animal skins” and a sign saying, “Viva vegan leather!” They also appeared on the runways of Burberry in London, Fendi in M
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Dark Academia: The Impact Of Internet Aesthetics
By Anna Johnson, Second year English and French
The Croft Magazine // Anna explores the 'Dark Academia' aesthetic and what TikTok's subcultures tell us about new age fashion.
Alongside the emergence of hurtling fashion trend cycles, post-covid, came a kaleidoscope of internet aesthetics. An aesthetic outside of the internet is typically attached to a particular artist or artistic movement, but in the era of TikTok it’s a little harder to pin down. While there is an undeniable ‘look’ to clothes
The Croft Magazine // Anna explores the 'Dark Academia' aesthetic and what TikTok's subcultures tell us about new age fashion.
Alongside the emergence of hurtling fashion trend cycles, post-covid, came a kaleidoscope of internet aesthetics. An aesthetic outside of the internet is typically attached to a particular artist or artistic movement, but in the era of TikTok it’s a little harder to pin down. While there is an undeniable ‘look’ to clothes
Sustainable Christmas Gift Guide!
Need some inspiration for guilt free gifts this Christmas? Anna Johnson has you sorted, as she explains how to make your gifts more sentimental and the best Bristol small businesses to check out!
As somebody who has always enjoyed the Christmas gift giving process (and receiving!), it was disheartening to hear from a close friend of mine that she felt it was an overly commercialised holiday that often lacks real sentimentality. It got me thinking about the gifts I would buy for friends and fami
As somebody who has always enjoyed the Christmas gift giving process (and receiving!), it was disheartening to hear from a close friend of mine that she felt it was an overly commercialised holiday that often lacks real sentimentality. It got me thinking about the gifts I would buy for friends and fami
Freshers, meet FUZE UK
The UK's largest annual music, fashion and dance show is back and bigger than ever. Here's why many Bristol students are keen to get involved.
If you haven’t yet heard about FUZE... let me put you onto something.
FUZE is an inclusive, diverse group designed to help young people grow their careers and professional/ creative skills. They put on a fantastic annual show which combines music, fashion, dance and modelling and leaves its audience members blown away.
They have partnered with major in
If you haven’t yet heard about FUZE... let me put you onto something.
FUZE is an inclusive, diverse group designed to help young people grow their careers and professional/ creative skills. They put on a fantastic annual show which combines music, fashion, dance and modelling and leaves its audience members blown away.
They have partnered with major in
The man behind the piano: Epigram speaks to Bristol-based YouTuber, Joe Jenkins
Meet Joe Jenkins, the daring 20-year-old youtuber who has taken his acoustic piano all over Bristol, capturing the reactions of the public and harnessing an impressive 300 million views. His creative and innovative attitude to his videos has earned him a mountainous 3.6 million subscribers on Youtube alone.
A born and bred Bristolian, Joe spent his younger years learning to play piano in Mickleburgh Musical Instruments, an independent music shop in Stokes Croft. A ‘big inspiration’ - he reminis
A born and bred Bristolian, Joe spent his younger years learning to play piano in Mickleburgh Musical Instruments, an independent music shop in Stokes Croft. A ‘big inspiration’ - he reminis