EDITORIAL | The Edge of the World

ph / Fashion Gone Rogue

I really enjoyed the clean, fresh look of new face Kat Cordts, styled in Greek labels but Max Mara, Maison Martin Margiela and Cheap Monday as well. The architectural edge in the outdoor setting gives the editorial that little bit extra. Small detail: it must be hard to shoot one editorial with three different 'Dimitris'...

Photography | Dimitris Skoulos
Model | Kat Cordts
Styling | Dimitra Spyropoulou
Hair and make-up | Dimitris Giannetos

MUSIC | Gary Clark Jr.

The reincarnated version of Jimi Hendrix. The love-baby from Lenny Kravitz and Mick Jagger, if they weren't straight. It is not an easy task to compete with the biggest guitar Gods of the planet. Let’s face it: Gary Clark jr. is not just some guitar player getting famous. With the large pressure of ancestors Hendrix and Morrison on his shoulders, he once was the great hidden local treasure of Austin. But not anymore.

He was born with his sunglasses on, rocking steady on an Epiphone (you heard that right), nodding his head up and down to the unheard rhythm of his solo. Gary Clark jr. is quite an appearance. The first time I heard his stunning guitar riffs was when I stumbled across a related video on YouTube. His easy-going rock songs, brilliant live performance and nonchalance form a firm base for success. For example the song ‘Bright Lights’, that has it all. Trapped yourself on whistling the melody from the chorus? You are not the only one.

De gereïncarneerde versie van Jimi Hendrix. De liefdesbaby van Lenny Kravitz en Mick Jagger, voor zover dat mogelijk is. De evenknie van Eric Clapton. Het is niet makkelijk om het op te moeten nemen tegen de gevestigde Guitar Gods van deze aarde. Gary Clark Jr. heeft echter alles in zich om in het rijtje Jimmy Reed, Kurt Cobain en BB King te worden geplaatst. Nog amper doorgebroken, alleen bekend onder een handjevol diehards, maar vol belofte. 

Meneer is geboren met een zonnebril op, rocking steady op een Epiphone (ja, Epiphone), knikkend op de stille maat van zijn gigantische solo. Zonder ijdel of hooghartig te zijn, oké, misschien met een vleugje nonchalance dat niet verward mag worden met arrogantie. Gary Clark jr. is de grote festivalbelofte van komende zomer. Zijn bescheiden hit ‘Bright Lights’ staat garant voor het urenlang onbewust neuriën van de riffs uit het pakkende refrein. Hoe hij zich op Crossroads festival in het zweet staat te werken, met dat rauwe randje en een flinke overdrive, dat is muziek van de toekomst.

DESIGN | City of Triangles

ph / Lisa Galesloot


You might know her name, her photography, her style. Lisa Galesloot has been the personal photographer for the blog AfterDRK quite some time now. I was curious to see what kind of artist there would be behind the photography. Bingo! Lisa has some amazing projects on her online portfolio, from backstage shots from the Iris van Herpen show till photocollages with fashion forecasts for 2015. I also spotted this triangular project. As you might know, the triangle appeals to me because of its simplicity. Lisa's first portfolio post is this one, called 'High relief' from 2008. These handmade paper landscapes form an abstract city,  a forrest, a crowd. They form whatever you want to see in them. I would love having these pieces of art in my livingroom, but I have no idea were to put such a massive installation. Maybe in my next castle..?

TREND | Givenchy's Septum

ph / Dazed and Confused Magazine, April 2012

Ever felt like a nose-breathing, angry bull? I must say that the septum piercing-trend, launched by Givenchy's A/W 2012 men's show, is one of my awkward favourites. AnOther Magazine supported this alienating perception and put the smallest of the noserings as 'Most Loved Product'. It is a Russian-inspired, Hermitage-like jewel on it's own, but tough and shiny like heaven in a total look. No fan of a pierced nose? The septum-bags from the old Nowhere-collection by Elin Kling have the same idea, but different effect.

MIX-AND-MATCH | Dries van Noten Coat

I've tried some cutting and pasting - not that much of a fan of the digital revolution, would rather cut with a real pair of scissors - to create a mix-and-match with Dries van Noten's best minimalistic trick: the coat from the S/S 2012 show. I like combining several different materials together, but that is not an easy task with prints. We saw loads of jungle-inspired flowers and sceneries, but I like the simple coats with black-and-white prints best. Unfortunately, I can only find it in several editorials all over magazines and the world wide web, but not for sale anymore.

Coat, Dries van Noten - Leather Biker Vest, MMM - Fur Gilet, MMM

Plastic Pump, Topshop - Coat, Dries van Noten - Clear Raincoat, Topshop

Two-toned Denim, Surface to Air - Black and White Bag, 3.1 Philip Lim - Coat, Dries van Noten

FILM | Yang Li

text / ELLE

"Li sees his collection, dubbed Zero Hour, as an exercise in subtle rebellion. Classic shirts have been sliced down the back and stapled together with a single stitch; jacket sleeves lopped off; hem lengths dropped. “It’s this idea of the inner punk: In this day and age, it’s no longer shocking or intelligent to react with something deemed ‘shocking,’ ” Li says. “Rather than wearing a Metallica shirt or a biker jacket, to me it’s more punk if a young person wears a double-face garment or a T-shirt that’s cut open in the back, you know?”

INTERIOR | Simplistic Palma

ph/Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen

Bumped into this wonderful series of architecture from Palma, Spain. Still charm and youthful pulse come together in the minimalistic graphics of shops, galleries and other simple styled places around the heart of Spanish Catholicism. The re-use of churches and cathedrals, without losing the original beauty and respect for old crafts, is very well done. One of the wishes on a long, long list is a church, old factory or any other specific building to restyle and live in. These pictures are a fine source of inspiration, thanks to Norm Architects.