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DAN ROOKWOOD ASKS HAVE YOU GOT GRIT?
Action time • OFF THE BACK OF BIG-BUDGET SUCCESS STORIES LIKE CAPTAIN MARVEL, COULD HOLLYWOOD FINALLY BE READY TO SEE FEMALE ACTION HEROES GO MAINSTREAM? WE INVESTIGATE.
The lady killers
CRACKING KAWS • THE BUZZIEST NAME IN ART AND HIS MEGA-TOY ‘COMPANIONS’ ARE PREPARING TO ALIGHT ON MELBOURNE FOR THE LARGEST SURVEY OF HIS WORK TO DATE.
MAN OF MANY • THERE'S BARELY A MEDIUM KAWS (ABOVE) DOESN'T DOMINATE, FROM SCULPTURE TO PAINTING AND DESIGN.
12 VIBES • EUROPE MIGHT BE THE EPICENTRE OF MENSWEAR, BUT THERE’S PLENTY HAPPENING LOCALLY, TOO. HERE, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FASHIONABLE GOING-ONS DOWN UNDER THIS SPRING.
QUEEN OF HEARTS • FOLLOWING THE BREAKOUT SUCCESS OF FIRST SINGLE ‘1950’, KING PRINCESS RETURNS WITH A DEBUT ALBUM THAT’S PRIMED TO CARVE OUT A NEW AGENDA FOR QUEER REPRESENTATION IN POP.
THE RADICAL COMPOSURE OF LUDWIG GÖRANSSON • AS A CO-CONSPIRATOR OF DONALD GLOVER AND RYAN COOGLER’S, THERE’S HARDLY A PIECE OF MODERN POPULAR CULTURE THIS SWEDE HASN’T TOUCHED.
THROUGH LENNY’S LENS • LENNY KRAVITZ IS FAMOUS FOR MANY THINGS – MUSIC, ACTING, BEING ZOË KRAVITZ’S FATHER – BUT PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT REALLY ONE OF THEM. A NEW PARTNERSHIP COULD BE ABOUT TO CHANGE THAT.
Fully booked • THREE NEW RELEASES WORTH REARRANGING YOUR COFFEE TABLE (AND KITCHEN) AROUND.
TRASH TALK • THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS MAYBELLINE-EMBELLISHED MOUSTACHE (AND ITS OWNER, JOHN WATERS) WILL RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FOR HIS ONE-MAN SHOW, ‘MAKE TROUBLE’.
Dirty Waters • WITH FILMS THIS UNBELIEVABLY INDECENT, WE RECOMMEND WADING IN.
Jimmy Barnes • AFTER A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, 17 STUDIO ALBUMS, TWO AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND A HARD-WON SENSE OF PEACE, WE SIT DOWN WITH THE 63-YEAR-OLD AUSSIE MUSIC ICON TO TALK RESILIENCE, RECORDS – AND THE PROSPECT OF RETIREMENT.
CHANGE HOW YOU TRADIE
SPRING UPDATE • THIS SEASON IS ALL ABOUT THE ‘IT’ PIECES. BUT IN A WORLD SWIMMING WITH STATUS SYMBOLS, IT’S HARD TO KNOW WHAT’S WORTH BUILDING A LOOK AROUND. ALLOW US TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH A FEW.
10 RUNWAY TRENDS (and how to wear them) • SPRING/SUMMER 2020 SERVED PLENTY OF STYLING TIPS AND TRICKS. BUT HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK? GLAD YOU ASKED.
High stakes • THIS YEAR’S SPRING RACING SEASON INSPIRATION COURTESY OF HARROLDS IS A REMINDER THAT SOMETIMES IT PAYS TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE.
Stroke of genius • IN JUST 18 MONTHS, MONCLER GENIUS HAS SET A NEW STANDARD FOR FASHION COLLABS. AND THE LATEST IS NO EXCEPTION.
SILVER LININGS • WATCH BRACELETS ARE COOL AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COLOUR-MATCH THE DIAL. BE IT STEEL OR TITANIUM, POLISHED OR BRUSHED, THESE ARE OUR FAVOURITES.
DARE TO DREAM • WITH THE 2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP UPON US, WE CAUGHT UP WITH ALL BLACKS MAIN MAN, BEAUDEN BARRETT, AS THEY BID TO WIN AN UNPRECEDENTED THIRD TIME IN A ROW.
Offshore beast • THE ‘ROYAL OAK’S SPORTIER OFFSHOOT CONTINUES AUDEMARS PIGUET’S RUN OF UNCONVENTIONAL DESIGN.
Spring fragrance guide • As Pitti Uomo is to fashion and Baselword to watches, so September is to fragrances. It’s debut time. Perfect opportunity, then, to talk...