The designer JONATHAN ANDERSON and his brave new fashions.
Photographed by David Sims, issue no. 21
TOBIAS MEYER —
“I can’t judge. I’m an auctioneer. I can only accept. I have to suspend judgement.”
Photographed by Terry Richardson, issue no. 7
WOLFGANG TILLMANS —
“You know, I see myself as gentle.”
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, issue no. 11
— DIEDERIK VERMEER photographed by Viviane Sassen in Cape Town, issue no. 3
ANDRÉ BALAZS —
“In my childhood I wanted to be a sculptor. Part of the attraction was the ability to create something out of nothing, but one of the things I found frustrating was working in a vocabularly that very, very few people understood.”
Photographed by Terry Richardson, issue no. 5
— GIBRIL GEORGE wearing a summer suit, photographed by Viviane Sassen in issue no. 9
— STEPHEN GALLOWAY photographed in Berlin by Paul Wetherell, issue no. 13
SPARKS —
“We are inspired by the mediocrity of everything else in pop music.”
Photographed by Andreas Larsson, issue no. 2
ALEXIS TAYLOR —
“They thought it was a girl singing.”
Photographed by Paul Wetherell, issue no. 11
LORD SNOWDON —
“I very much believe in privacy.”
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, issue no. 19
EWAN McGREGOR —
“I don’t understand the idea of just delivering lines. I find it boring.”
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, issue no. 10
GILES DEACON —
“I’ve been wearing glasses since I was about five.”
Photographed by Viviane Sassen, issue no. 2
— ROBERTO BOLLE: “I always liked the idea of having superpowers”, photographed by Andreas Larsson, issue no. 17
STEVE McQUEEN —
“When you’re filiming something, it’s like feeling your way through a house in the dark.”
Photographed by Viviane Sassen, issue no. 6
JEFF WALL —
“It’s a balancing act.”
Photographed by Blommers & Schumm, issue no. 19
— NATE SUN photographed in Beijing by Daiel Riera, issue no. 14
— ADAM KIMMEL: “We’ll see how it goes.”
Photographed by Alexei Hay, issue no. 6
— ADRIAN BOSCH doing some spring cleaning, photographed by Andrea Spotorno, issue no. 17
— DANIEL and DOMINIC KING walking on Benidorm beach, photographed by Andreas Larsson, issue no. 15
CHRISTOPH WALTZ —
“I can’t run about every day thinking that I have two Oscars.”
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, issue no. 20
LUCAS OSSENDRIJVER —
“The style is quietly quirky, softly washed, casually elegant.”
Photographed by Daniel Riera, issue no. 5
JEREMY DELLER —
“I’ve been interested in prehistory since I was a kid.”
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, issue no. 17
HELMUT LANG —
“I’m perfectly happy.”
Photographed by Bruce Weber, issue no. 4
TOM BACHTELL —
“I often feel like I’m learning to draw again from scratch every day.”
Self-portrait, issue no. 18
— JAMES WELLS in The 11th Look, photographed by Andreas Larsson, issue no. 14
OKWUI ENWEZOR —
“When I look at a picture of myself at 17 it seems that I’ve worn the same type of clothes ever since.”
Photographed by Terry Richardson, issue no. 8
— HAIDER ACKERMANN photographed in Paris by Willy Vanderperre, issue no. 13
TIM BLANKS —
“Some people wanted a Mercedes or a Rolex when they were growing up and I was, and am, perfectly happy with a loud shirt.”
Photographed by Roger Deckker, issue no. 15
DAVID WALLIAMS —
“She didn’t know I was on TV.”
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, issue no. 12
LESBIAN LOOKS —
Photographed by Andreas Larsson, issue no. 8
XAVIER DOLAN —
“I start on a subject and start yakking and never finish.”
Photographed by Benjamin Alexander Huseby, issue no. 20
FRANCESCO VEZZOLI —
“To think about what’s going to happen after you’re dead is nonsense.”
Photographed by Matthias Vriens, issue no. 8
— MATTHEW MONEYPENNY wearing city suits, photographed by Daniel Riera in New York City, issue no. 10
STEFANO PILATI —
“You can work out your obsessions in your work. That’s what I’m doing.”
Photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, issue no. 3
THOM BROWNE —
“I think it’s so chic to get smashed and end up on the floor in your three-piece suit.”
Photographed by Marcelo Krasilcic, issue no. 1
REM KOOLHAAS —
“It’s essential to have mystical experiences. I have them all the time.”
Photographed by Wolfgang Tillmans, issue no. 6
THE DANCER —
Ander Zabala, Photographed by Heinz Peter Knes, issue no. 1
— CHRIS BEEK and MORGAN WATKINS playing chess
Photographed by Robi Rodriguez, issue no. 16
— FENN SEAN opening The Super Show, photographed by Jonathan de Villiers, issue no. 12
AMANDA LEAR —
“My ambition is to pay the rent and to paint and sing and act.
And to sometimes be able to walk into the PRADA store and buy myself a nice new handbag.”
Photographed by Todd Cole, issue no. 2
AIDEN SHAW —
is perfectly boring
Photographed by Daniel Riera, issue no. 9
PETER SAVILLE —
Photographed by Blommers & Schumm, issue no. 3
BRYAN FERRY —
“Yes, it’s about being fabulous.”
Photographed by Juergen Teller, issue no. 12
PIERRE CARDIN —
“I’m not much of a womaniser, as you’d probably gathered, even though I do own Giacomo Casanova’s Venetian palazzo.”
Photographed by Paul Wetherell, issue no. 9
HAMISH BOWLES —
“The fashion writer Caroline Kellett and I were wearing the same Chanel jacket.”
Photographed by Juergen Teller, issue no. 10
PETER YORK —
“I can’t bear those fake elbow pads that seem to be on everything these days. You should only mend things when they need it.”
Photographed by Andreas Larsson, issue no. 18
ROMAN COPPOLA —
“You hit the end and a ball of smoke would fly out.”
Photographed by Todd Cole, issue no. 16
BRET EASTON ELLIS —
“My mother sends me all these links. So that’s really how I keep up.”
Photographed by Jeff Burton, issue no. 9
— ALBERT REED, LOGAN MACRAE and JORDAN STENMARK in Palm Springs, photographed by Daniel Riera, issue no. 15
WIM CROUWEL —
“Design was so interesting and full of spirit in 1928, the year of my birth.”
Photographed by Viviane Sassen in the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, issue no. 3
— KARL KOLBITZ photographed by Liz Collins, issue no. 20
TOM FORD —
“Paris is not a priority for us. Parisian men don’t know how to dress. ”
Photographed by Jeff Burton, issue no. 7
Dr. BRANDT —
“I don’t like to look like everyone else. You can see that right?”
Photographed by Andreas Larsson, issue no. 9
DAVID BECKHAM —
“I’m just lucky”
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, issue no. 13
MATTHEW SLOTOVER —
“The NME was my bible. I still have every issue from 1982 to 1989.”
Photographed by Alasdair McLellan, issue no. 15
AI WEIWEI —
“Yeah, I’m anti-China. What’s the big deal?”
Photographed by Ai Weiwei, issue no. 12
— JAMES WELLS photographed by Benjamin Alexander Huseby in Maspalomas, issue no. 11
OLIVER SIM —
“Not lonely, just a bit confused.”
Photographed by Willy Vanderperre, issue no. 16
RAF SIMONS —
“I want new, new, new, new, new.”
Photographed by Willy Vanderperre, issue no. 14
DAVID COPPERFIELD —
“I had some bad clothing choices... what can I say.”
Photographed by Roger Deckker, issue no. 14
JONATHAN SAUNDERS —
“What I love about menswear is the subtlety and detail.”
Photographed by Benjamin Alexander Huseby, issue no. 16