Michel Berandi is a designer who does not adhere to the conventional. His works appear to be products of a fantastic lucid dream. This may be the singular reason his line sold out in a shop when Cirque du Soleil had encountered his work. His emotionally charged and refined designs are tempered by an... »

It takes a specific kind of a reader to appreciate Cormac McCarthy. His unflinching examination of evil that lurks within men is not for the faint of heart. On the surface it may come off as sadistic. But, then again, no good work of literature cares for the superficial reader. The Road, a Pulitzer... »

Number (N)ine is closing. Yes, it’s true. After twelve years of elevating his Americana inspired vision from the streets of Tokyo to the lofty heights of Parisian runways, Takahiro Miyashita is taking a well-earned sabbatical from the fashion world. His final collection just showed in Paris and is fittingly titled “A Closed Feeling”, a... »

  Born in Helsingborg in the south of Sweden, Richard Söderberg spent his childhood moving around frequently. Raised in a rather controlled environment, he developed an anti-statement mentality towards everything, a feeling which he kept inside while showing a normal face on the outside. Instead of sulking and withdrawing to his dark feelings though, Richard... »

On an evening during men’s fashion week in February, we received a mysterious invitation to a store party in Le Marais. The designer was no other than Damir Doma, who had showed his f/w collection earlier that day. News of an upcoming flagship boutique caught many by surprise, though the virtually non-existent stockists of... »