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Blur’s New Documentary ‘The Magic Whip: Made In Hong Kong’
Blur have unveiled a 30-minute documentary about the making of their new album The Magic Whip. The visual features exclusive interviews and personal studio footage shot by the band. It also chronicles the band's recording sessions for the album in Hong Kong as well as the editing and restructuring by Graham Coxon and Stephen Street of the resulting jam sessions which became The Magic Whip. On top of that, Damon Albarn shares that he took a solo trip to Hong Kong to continue writing for the album after the recording sessions were completed.
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Iris van Herpen Fall 2015 PFW
In van Herpen's collections, science fiction often meets science fact, and perhaps here was the most literal expression of the combination. "The whole concept of terraforming started in science fiction, but it has become a reality," said the designer after her show. "It made me think about what is our space? Should we do it? The collection is mainly my fantasy of what we would do."
Christian Dior Fall 2015 PFW
Simons talked about "a new kind of camouflage," but what was it that was truly hidden here? Sex, of course. Sublimated under big, desirable tweed coats, in abbreviated coatdresses paired with thigh-high vinyl boots (go there!), in shifts collaged from fox with a tinge of unnatural nature. There was elegance and there was oddity in this collection—exactly what you'd expect from Raf Simons.
Rodarte Spring 2015 NYFW
As did the rest of this collection. The show marked a real return to form for Laura and Kate Mulleavy: Playing off aquatic themes, specifically the observation of tidal pools, they progressed more or less organically from terrifically commercial looks to ones that expressed just the kind of artful madness that people crave from their brand. By the time you arrived at the net mermaid dresses clotted with embroidery, you were back under the Rodarte spell. The tidal pool inspiration made a good channel for the Mulleavys' Miss Havisham-esque hoarder streak—mimicking the way flotsam and jetsam collect in eddies, they embellished their dresses not with restraint, exactly, but with a sense of formal specificity. There was a painterly aspect to their patchwork frocks, the heavy embroidery a kind of impasto, revealing the hand.