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Styling by Martin Metcalf
Casting by Mitch Macken
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Craig Green unveils the spring summer 2022 collection in a stunning editorial for
Titled “Forms of Nature,” the shapeshifting collection meditates on “Moncler’s adventurous spirit” and the “lighter side of functionality.”
Green’s lexicon is on full display here referencing many of his own collections and previous collaborations for Moncler.
Green approaches fashion from a perspective of completeness and utilitarianism. This collection may one day be seen as one of the pinnacles of that journey.
See the film and editorial on rain-mag.com. Link in bio.
Blackpink’s Jenny stars in Gentle Monster’s new eyewear campaign ‘Gentle Garden.’
Explore the collection here
update from paris fashion week 2022
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Non-binary Los Angeles based musician, Madge .tv has carved out their spot making some of the most catchy and daring tracks in the glitchcore/hyperpop genres.
Described as “breaking hearts and noses in the land of left-of-center,” the genre-bending artist is breaking more than just noses.
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“Torn Apart,” a new editorial on rain-mag, link in bio.
Photography by Lorenzo Paino
Styling by Abi Foster
Hair by Sayaka Otama
Makeup by Elsa Olson
Model: Tony Collet with New Madison Models
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Alessandro Michele, creative director of Gucci, presents the Gucci FW22 show as part of Milan Fashion Week.
Shown in a hallway of mirrors, Michele titled the show “Exquisite Gucci.”
Continuing on his vision of grafting for Gucci (see Aria), Michele explained in the show notes, “I use the metaphor of the magical mirror to approach the phantasmagorical power of fashion, a scared power that radiates from the surface of the fabric. And there I work, on this tactile surface, through cross references, alliterations, loopholes and grafts.”
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Marni presents the Fall Winter 2022 Volume 2 collection as part of Milan Fashion Week.
Described as a collection about “courage, time and feelings, condensed in objects of affection that are kept, cherished, mended,” the collection takes the talisman as protagonist.
A talisman is essentially an object such as a stone or a ring that provides one good luck and good fortune.
Imagined as a collection of such objects mangled together as if they were “stolen from a museum, jumbled together.”
Explore the full collection on rain-mag.com. Link in bio.
Donatella Versace presents the Versace Fall Winter 2022 collection as part of Milan Fashion Week. In one of her strongest showings in recent memory, the FW22 collection is the first collection to truly capture a new generational attitude. Walking with their hands on their hip, this collection screams, “what of it?”
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JORDANLUCA fall winter 2022 photography by .munoz
Christopher Kane presents the fall winter 2022 collection as part of London Fashion Week. This collection is inspired by the sexual selection (sedation) of the natural world where animals “change their postures, colors and behaviors to compete and attract females.” Kane achieves this by playing with “subversive undertones with provocations in texture and color.”
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A new energy full of novel silhouettes form the Raf Simons Fall Winter 2022 show. Shown during London Fashion Week, Simons’ namesake brand took a departure from previous collections, extrapolating the brand codes to break new ground. Read the full review and see the show on rain-mag.com
Peter Do .peterdo Fall Winter 2022. See the full show and backstage on rain-mag.com
The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers announces the list of 20 designers in the running this year. From over 1,900 candidates, just 20 designers made the cut for the semi-finals. See them all on rain-mag.com
The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers announces the list of 20 designers in the running this year. From over 1,900 candidates, just 20 designers made the cut for the semi-finals. See them all on rain-mag.com
The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers announces the list of 20 designers in the running this year. From over 1,900 candidates, just 20 designers made the cut for the semi-finals. See them all on rain-mag.com
Lensed by Mario Sorrenti the Loro Piana Spring Summer 2022 campaign features models Anok Yai and Leon Dame. The summery images compliment the lightness and breezy feel of the collection.
Crafted with the finest fabrics, the season for the brand communicates its point of view on summer: “joy of spirit, lightness of dress, life on the move, a lighthearted flow that drives multiple experiences.”
Explore the campaign below, courtesy of Loro Piana.
Craig Green presents the fall winter 2022 collection. One of fashion’s greatest modern talents, Green’s traveler protagonist continues the journey under themes of transmigration, uniform, cross-cultural dialogues in a proto-identity that Green has long been defining since the label’s founding.
“Treading forwards, Craig Green’s travelers have re-appeared and begin to reconnect, forming a muddied rainbow procession that lights the way to new horizons.”
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AREA SS21 couture + 02 💖
A preview of Versace Men’s Fall Winter 2022 by See the full show and film on rain-mag.com
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Highlights from LOEWE FW22 collection by Jonathan Anderson .anderson
“The relaxed silhouettes and breezy color palette is a departure from previous seasons. Said to be inspired although sardonically by the hype around the meta verse, Anderson intended to troll the concept as something more science fiction than reality.
This is a fun and dazzling collection full of whimsy and contemporary cultural commentary. A few noteworthy moments include: futuristic body suits, warped deconstructions, sideways stripes, and translucent PVC coats that seem to question transparency in the digital age. Our favorite moment? A t-shirt of a screaming Munchian print pulled over a model’s face. After the past few years of pandemic, can’t we all relate?”
See the full collection, link in bio.
Rick Owens ‘Strobe’ FW21.
Rick Owens presents the Fall Winter 2022 ‘Strobe’ collection as part of Paris Fashion Week. In one of Owens’ strongest recent showings, the ‘strobe’ collection is an introspective dive into the power structures that be. While at first glance it may seem ridiculous to walk models with fluorescent light fixtures attached to headpieces inspired by the Middle Kingdom, but as is often the case with Owens, there is a method to the madness.
Owens has long been drawn to darker subcultural motifs all the while constructing something of an abstract mausoleum to himself oft inspired by heavy hitting moments of glory in human history. Where this collection departs is the duality between light and dark – introspection and optimism.
There’s something of a balance in this collection: chokers, chain bits, and B**M moments contrast against delicate shredded cashmere sweaters and mauve pony hair. Owens once said in a New York Times interview from 2016 that his collection was, “very cheerful, nihilistic — not nihilistic — cheerfully doomed!” Owens seems interested in cancelling out positive and negative associations and exploring what remains when these extremes collide.
See the full show and our review on rain-mag.com. Link in bio.
Dior Men’s FW22 by Kim Jones
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Dries Van Noten presents the Autumn Winter 2022 collection as part of Paris Fashion Week. Watch the fashion film on rain-mag.com. Link in bio.
INSPIRATION
Raucous beauty. Tender gender. Blurring lines.
A tribute to a life that we lost, a dreamy atmosphere with no boundaries.
It is all about having fun again, touching, kissing people, exploring the forbidden, living carefree.
An intimate scene of a young French couple kissing after partying with an air of unbridled sensuality. A play of rebel glam, smoky eyes, glitter, decadence: Bowie, Kurt Cobain, Basquiat, Marc Bolan.
No convention, androgyny amplified: What’s men? What’s women?
Photography and film by Casper Sejersen Shot in an historical mansion in Paris, rue de l’Université. Youth confronts tradition and reveals itself again in quite a surreal atmosphere.
Music: Su***de – “Dream baby Dream forever”
“Dream baby dream
Oh baby you gotta keep those dreams burnin’
Keep them dream burnin forever
Dream baby dream”
— Dries Van Noten
Details of LV Men’s FW22 by Virgil Abloh See more at rain-mag.com
Follow JUUN.J through an airport for the Fall Winter 2022 collection.
An expression of wishful thinking of free-traveling over the pandemic. Inspired by 60s-70s jet setters at the airport, the protagonist is filled with confident attitude with pop-star styles that represent newness and youth.
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Versace has tapped music phenomenon Maluma to be the face of its Men’s Spring Summer 2022 campaign photographed by Mert & Marcus See the full campaign on rain-mag.com
“When I met Maluma for the first time, immediately I felt his energy and his engaging personality. He is a forward thinker and never scared to challenge himself. He’s the kind of man that makes a difference and makes the world a better place, this makes him the perfect Versace man! I’m so excited to have Maluma in my new Spring Summer campaign.”
— Donatella Versace
Alexander McQueen unveils it’s Spring Summer 2022 advertising campaign photographed by Steven Meisel
See the full campaign and cast on rain-mag.com. Link in bio.
“Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition” opens at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas before making its way to the MoMA in October. The first retrospective in the U.S. in over twenty-five years, the exhibition includes work over the impressive output of Oppenheim’s five decade career (1913-1985).
The Menil explains her “thematic interests as equally diverse, ranging from the natural world and mythology to gender and self hood. Her practice defies neat categorizations of style, medium, and historical movement. “Nobody will give you freedom,” she stated in 1975, “you have to take it.”
1. Meret Oppenheim, New Stars (Neue Sterne), 1977–82. Oil on canvas, 6 ft. 8 11/16 x 8 ft. 1 13/16 in. (205 x 248.5 cm). Kunstmuseum Bern. Meret Oppenheim Bequest.
2. Meret Oppenheim, Fur Gloves with Wooden Fingers (Pelzhandschuhe), 1936. Fur, wood, and nail polish, 2 x 8 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (5 x 21 x 10 cm). Ursula Hauser Collection, Switzerland.
3. Meret Oppenheim, Quick, Quick, the Most Beautiful Vowel is Voiding (Husch-husch, der schönste Vokal entleert sich), on recto M.E. par M.O./M.E. by M.O., 1934. Oil on canvas, 17 15/16 x 25 5/8 in. (45.5 x 65 cm). Bürgi Collection, Bern.
4. Meret Oppenheim, Six Clouds on a Bridge (Sechs Wolken auf einer Brücke), 1975. Bronze,18 7/16 x 24 x 6 1/8 in. (46.8 x 61 x 15.5 cm). Kunstmuseum Bern. Meret Oppenheim Bequest.
5. Meret Oppenheim, Sitting Figure with Folded Hands (Sitzende Figur mit verschränkten Fingern), 1933. Oil on cardboard in artist’s frame, 23 7/8 x 17 1/8 in. (60.6 x 43.5 cm). Kunstmuseum Bern. Meret Oppenheim Bequest.
6. Meret Oppenheim, Primeval Venus (Urzeit- Venus), 1962. Painted terracotta with glazed straw, 20 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (53 x 26 x 19 cm). Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland. Purchase with funds from the Jubilee Foundation of the Swiss Bank Corporation.
7. Meret Oppenheim, Ma gouvernante – My Nurse – Mein Kindermädchen, 1936/1967. Metal plate, shoes, string, and paper, 5 1/2 x 13 x 8 1/4 in. (14 x 33 x 21 cm). Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
1-7. Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich
Stephen Ellcock has been diligently selecting iconography and references from history through to the present day. His efforts have culminated in a new book, The Book of Change, published by the Princeton Architectural Press.
Already a popular and influential force on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, Ellcock selects images that he finds relevant to larger cultural forces we experience.
As he explains in the foreword to his book, his intention with the book “is not only to confront the past and present but also to provide a signpost for the future, a book that serves as a visual manifesto for a better world.” Read the full interview, link in bio.
1. Fears by Louise Bourgeois (French American, 1911–2010), wood and metal, 1992
2. The Jari Family by Hao Zeng (Chinese American, b. 1963); stylist: Karina Sharif, models: Jari Jones, Dominique Castelano, Sam P**n, Dwany Guzman, New York, 2020
3. Der Schützengraben (The Trench) by Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969), gouache and opaque white on paper, c. 1917
4. Two men in elaborate drag, photoprint, 1920s
5. The Mothers by Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945), woodcut on Japanese paper, 1921–22
6. Nyx series #60002 by Albarrán Cabrera (Anna Cabrera and Ángel Albarrán, both Spanish, b. 1969), pigments, gampi paper, and gold leaf, 2018
7. Book of Changes by Stephen Ellcock
Linux for RAIN Magazine. “I Love You New York!”
Photography by Boe Marion with 2DM
Styling by Kieley Kimmel
Set design by Tim Ferro
Hair by Takuya Yamaguchi with The Wall Group
Makeup by Paco Blancas with L’Atelier NYC using NARS
Nails by Lolly Koon with The Wall Group
Photo Assistants: Kenyon Parks and Manuel Riedl
Sub-editor: Sam Thackray
“I love you, New York! My favorite place in the world. Anyone who lives in New York, you’re in a relationship with New York, and that is your number one relationship. You can date boys. You can have great jobs. You can do whatever you think you’re doing, but at the end of the day you are dating New York City. And that is the vibe.” — Linux
A chameleon by nature, Linux, as she explains in the exclusive interview for RAIN, embodies personalities of the past such as Marilyn Monroe and Aughties celebrities like Paris Hilton and Lady Gaga, but her rise to fame also resembles the tale of one of Warhol’s superstars.
Now a full-time party promoter and NYC icon, Linux has become well known for her brutally honest column for Interview (though it recently moved to Paper), “What You Missed Last Month in New York City (According to Linux),” which spills the tea on the best parties and celebrity gossip from New York’s nightlife.
See the full interview and fashion editorial on rain-mag.com, link in bio.
Photography by Boe Marion with 2DM
Styling by Kieley Kimmel
Set design by Tim Ferro
Hair by Takuya Yamaguchi with The Wall Group
Makeup by Paco Blancas with L’Atelier NYC using NARS
Nails by Lolly Koon with The Wall Group
Photo Assistants: Kenyon Parks and Manuel Riedl
Sub-editor: Sam Thackray
Cover credits: Sweater by Salvatore Ferragamo earrings by Ursa Major
Kian Cleator in Louis Vuitton FW21 for RAIN
Photography by Emilia Staugaard at FERN
Fashion by Steven Huang
Grooming by Josh Knight at Caren Agency using Weleda and Bed Head by TIGI
Fashion Assistant: Sam Thapa
Model: Kian Cleator at Chapter Management
Kian Cleator in Louis Vuitton FW21 for RAIN
Photography by Emilia Staugaard at FERN
Fashion by Steven Huang
Grooming by Josh Knight at Caren Agency using Weleda and Bed Head by TIGI
Fashion Assistant: Sam Thapa
Model: Kian Cleator at Chapter Management
Archive, RAIN issue No.7. “Wake up the Demon”
Photography by Michelle Du Xuan
Styling by Charlotte Faucon and Florentin Glémarec
Hair by Miha Oshima
Makeup by Opheile Crommer
Casting by Wolfgang Myers
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