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To talk of Leigh Bowery without mentioning his lore would be sacrilege. Setting off for London in 1980 at the impression...
06/03/2025

To talk of Leigh Bowery without mentioning his lore would be sacrilege.

Setting off for London in 1980 at the impressionable age of 19, Leigh left behind his family of Salvation Army Christians in Melbourne, inspired by the worlds of punk and new wave he’d come across in the pages of THE FACE and NME.

When Leigh arrived, he left a deep impression on everyone he came across, not least because of his six-foot-three frame and ostentatious way of dressing. From his art to his legendary, short-lived basement club Taboo, Leigh left no doubt that he was one-of-a-kind.

Now, a new exhibition at the Tate Modern celebrates his life and long-lasting legacy as London’s most incendiary club kid. At the link in bio, speaks with those who knew Leigh best and others who were forever changed by his style.

’s Grammy-nominated third album, Charm, has been on regular rotation in THE FACE office since it dropped last year. Writ...
05/03/2025

’s Grammy-nominated third album, Charm, has been on regular rotation in THE FACE office since it dropped last year. Written and recorded with renowned soul revivalist , the album rewards repeated listens. Lean in and marvel at the sparkling details: the fluttering woodwind, the plinking pianos, the glassy slide guitars, the tender intimacy of the lyrics.⁠
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There are concerns that today’s internet culture doesn’t create demand for such intricately crafted bodies of work. Streaming services have made music easier to access than central heating and social media platforms thrive off restless scrolling. Are young listeners today taking time to appreciate the crisp texture of that crash cymbal or the surprising key change in that middle eight?⁠
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Clairo, aka Clairo Cottrill, is quick to back her young fanbase. “The most well-versed person in music you know – there is a 19-year-old out there who knows a little bit more,” she argues, also pointing out that absolutely no one in the music industry is above social media. “Kids are actually very curious. A lot of them really do love albums and time spent on records. If anything, they care more about quality than ever.”⁠
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This week, has brought her acclaimed live show to Europe and the UK. Capturing the slinky, soulful vibe of her Grammy-n...
05/03/2025

This week, has brought her acclaimed live show to Europe and the UK. Capturing the slinky, soulful vibe of her Grammy-nominated album Charm, the 26-year-old songwriter, born Claire Cottrill, has taken fashion inspo from elegant icons such as Jane Birkin and the Spanish pop singer Jeanette.⁠
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“When I was going in for styling [for the tour], I was thinking about sweet, ’60s TV performances and dresses, and things that felt cute, feminine and sexy at the same time,” Cottrill says. “But it’s this grey area in which you can’t decide if it’s sweet or cute or sexy which I really liked. That’s how I describe Charm as well.”⁠
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For her cover story THE FACE met Cottrill in New York’s legendary to talk about finding confidence with a classic sound.⁠
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Claire Cottrill, aka , is an era-defining songwriter – an old soul who, paradoxically, can articulate the desires and an...
05/03/2025

Claire Cottrill, aka , is an era-defining songwriter – an old soul who, paradoxically, can articulate the desires and anxieties of her chronically-online generation.⁠
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Cottrill emerged from her bedroom aged 18, when her 2017 lo-fi pop track Pretty Girl exploded on YouTube. Her teenage dreams quickly became reality: there were sold-out tours, late night TV performances and glossy magazine spreads. But success, and the relentless demands of the music industry, strained her physical and mental health. “Becoming something, people coming to see you and being interested in you… It can be overwhelming,” she tells THE FACE.⁠
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Taking inspiration from the golden glow of classic West Coast singer-songwriter records, Cottrill has found renewed confidence with the elegant, velvety sounds she crafted for Charm, her Grammy-nominated third album. ⁠
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Now, she’s taking the Charm show on a much-hyped international tour. “It’s been really cool to slowly find myself,” Cottrill says.⁠
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Besides a small legal imbroglio with French newspaper Le Monde over defamation (“they’ll be a little more careful in the...
03/03/2025

Besides a small legal imbroglio with French newspaper Le Monde over defamation (“they’ll be a little more careful in the future, I think”) John Malkovich pays little to no attention to what’s written about him. ⁠
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As you might expect from an actor who allowed his persona to become the subject of its own movie, he has developed a remove toward public portrayals of himself. ⁠
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Gazing off screen, he explains to : “Critics have their audience... [But] I’m not part of the audience. There may be a critic I particularly like on some particular subject, but really I have to make my own way in my chosen field. I don’t need a critic for that. I’m my own critic.”⁠
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If you hadn’t gathered, John Malkovich covers the new spring issue of THE FACE – out now.⁠
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There’s an intensity that roils beneath each character John Malkovich plays. ⁠⁠Before he starts working on anything he a...
03/03/2025

There’s an intensity that roils beneath each character John Malkovich plays. ⁠
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Before he starts working on anything he asks himself the following: “Do I like it? Am I moved by it? Do I think it’s funny? Why isn’t it funny? Why doesn’t it compel me? Why doesn’t it touch me? These are the questions that have remained excellent my entire life.” ⁠
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Now, in his eighth decade, John Malkovich is ramping up. With candour rather than braggadocio, Malkovich informs that he’s working much more than he did when he was younger: “My theory is we’re constantly being born. You just gotta say: ‘OK, where am I? This looks nice, or this maybe is not so nice.’ That happens until you’re not born anymore.” ⁠
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As he puts it with sombre sincerity: “I am no less curious about the world than when I was a tiny baby. For me, that’s the big gift of my life.”⁠
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Read all about it in the new spring issue of THE FACE out now, and at the link in bio. ⁠
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This is John Malkovich’s second time gracing the pages of THE FACE. ⁠⁠The actor was previously in the magazine 25 years ...
03/03/2025

This is John Malkovich’s second time gracing the pages of THE FACE. ⁠
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The actor was previously in the magazine 25 years ago, in the first issue of the new millennium. While the cover star was Spike Jonze, the subject was the skate-kid-turned-director’s new film: Being John Malkovich. ⁠
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Now, Malkovich is the oldest cover star in the history of the magazine. And the legacy of Being John Malkovich, beyond introducing the wider world to Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman, is that it’s become a gold standard in alternative cinema – commercial success achieved via creatively uncompromising work. ⁠
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John Malkovich on the cover of THE FACE❗⁠⁠He let Spike Jonze use the inside of his head as the plot of a film. He’s desi...
03/03/2025

John Malkovich on the cover of THE FACE❗⁠
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He let Spike Jonze use the inside of his head as the plot of a film. He’s designed 24 menswear collections, one of them named after himself. ⁠
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Now a new film, Opus, sees this 71-year-old double Oscar nominee and stage legend play musician Moretti, a mysterious cultural titan who leads a young reporter () on a merry dance into the corners of his psyche. ⁠
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He is John Malkovich, playful brainiac, and there’s meta in his madness. ⁠
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From Chelsea’s Marc Guiu to Arsenal and England midfielder Declan Rice, top notch footballers far are travelling barber...
28/02/2025

From Chelsea’s Marc Guiu to Arsenal and England midfielder Declan Rice, top notch footballers far are travelling barbers in Epsom for a trim that costs the same as a few pints at the pub.

The barbershop itself is relatively unremarkable: brightly lit, greyscale floor, five barbers’ chairs and FIFA on a gleaming TV screen.

Then, you look at the walls. There’s framed football shirts bearing familiar names from leagues across the UK and Europe: Jamal Musiala (Bayern), Cole Palmer, Tino Livramento (Newcastle) and Billy Gilmour (Napoli) plus Fulham captain Tom Cairney and Rice. This impressive collection are souvenirs gifted by Kings Cuts’ starry clients, and are often covered in scrawled messages of thanks.

For Huw West, who co-owns the salon with his friend Joe Gledhill, these football connections came early – he got to know many of these players from cutting their hair when they were in youth teams. ​“As they’ve got older, they have broken into first teams,” he tells . “Once you do one, it’s like a chain reaction.”

The relative normality of Kings Cuts – spelled out in the prices, emphasised by the craic – that keeps players coming back. Hit the link in bio for the full story.

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No one captures British absurdity quite as well as . The Surrey-born photographer has spent the best part of 50 years ph...
28/02/2025

No one captures British absurdity quite as well as . The Surrey-born photographer has spent the best part of 50 years photographing Britain through a singular lens of warmth and honesty. Among Martin’s most loved projects is The Last Resort, a 1986 exhibition and book featuring photographs of holiday makers at the New Brighton beach resort in Merseyside.

For new documentary I am Martin Parr, the photographer joined British filmmaker .shulman on a road trip covering hallowed ground, beginning in New Brighton. Photography lovers - you’ll want to see this.

Curious? Hit the link in bio to find out more.

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Since he returned home from jail last year, has been on a nonstop welcome-back tour, which – if you’re watching via soc...
27/02/2025

Since he returned home from jail last year, has been on a nonstop welcome-back tour, which – if you’re watching via social media – appears to be an all-smiles victory lap.

We’ve seen him reunite with his family and musical peers, and he’s often accompanied by his fiancée, Sidem Öztürk, a 32-year-old former social worker from London. Having met via Instagram while Kartel was still incarcerated, their much-discussed relationship is a source of fascination for the gossip-hungry internet.

On New Year’s Eve, Kartel headlined his massive Freedom Concert in Kingston stadium, emphasising his deep musical influence with guest appearances by one-time protégé and new-gen deejay .don. , the reigning Queen of Dancehall, jokingly urged Öztürk, who stood cheerfully smoking a spliff side stage, to look away so she could give Kartel a wine as they performed their sensual classic Romping Shop.

With Kartel struggling with Graves’ disease – an autoimmune condition which he says was worsened by his jail conditions – there were doubts about how well he could perform. “Me being me, I felt like I had something to prove,” he tells THE FACE. This July, he’ll play a historic show at London’s Drake-curated Wireless festival, which sold out in record time.

Hit the link in the bio to read THE FACE’s Vybz Kartel cover story, in which he opens up about modern music, life behind bars and Jamaica’s shifting social attitudes.

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During his legendary hot streak from the early ’00s to the early 2010s, – aka The World Boss – sustained international...
27/02/2025

During his legendary hot streak from the early ’00s to the early 2010s, – aka The World Boss – sustained international notoriety with a heady mix of controversy and undeniable dancehall classics.

Even after being locked up for a murder charge in 2011, Kartel continued to score hits from behind bars, maintaining his innocence at all times. Since being released from jail in 2024, he’s returned to a radically shifted landscape: new diasporic genres have blown up, dancehall sounds different and a scandal-hungry social media industry is more fascinated with his love life than his new material.

In this FACE cover story, Kartel opens up about modern music, his health struggles and how he got the nickname The Gaza Don.

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Vybz Kartel, aka The World Boss, on the cover of THE FACE.We meet the dancehall king in Jamaica as he plots his epic com...
27/02/2025

Vybz Kartel, aka The World Boss, on the cover of THE FACE.

We meet the dancehall king in Jamaica as he plots his epic comeback.

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Issue 22 out now.

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When it comes to provocative subject matters, is an expert.She’s shot celebrities and fashion campaigns, but when the f...
26/02/2025

When it comes to provocative subject matters, is an expert.

She’s shot celebrities and fashion campaigns, but when the fashion world goes to sleep, Rosie turns her camera onto communities who dabble in the extreme. From Tokyo’s B**M community to groups of women who experiment with cosmetic enhancements, Rosie describes her work as “observational and voyeuristic”, often driven by a desire to “show things as they are”.

She’s got a reputation for being refreshingly, consistently up for it. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the pages of her new photobook, Raw Talent, which took Rosie behind the scenes of p**n site Brazzers. Over the course of a year, she and writer/collaborator followed adult stars and crew members in their quest to create “p**n magic” while capturing “the grit, emotion and creative spirit behind the glossy facade of the pleasure business.”

Curious yet? We were too. Swipe for more and hit the link in bio for the full story. 👙

loves loves Yesterday marked the end of London Fashion Week, and the Burberry show made for a fab finaleWe had a feeli...
25/02/2025

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Yesterday marked the end of London Fashion Week, and the Burberry show made for a fab finale

We had a feeling that former FACE cover star Nia Archives would be in attendance. Here are Nia’s favourite moments from a very chic night

Help! We are suffering from a case of serious hair envy, thanks to . Also known as on TikTok, the New York-based model/...
25/02/2025

Help! We are suffering from a case of serious hair envy, thanks to .

Also known as on TikTok, the New York-based model/artist is a master of the messy bun, the half-up-half-down-do, ’80s-style curls, the milkmaid braid…You name it, she’s styled it.

If Allegra’s video tutorials have left you wanting more, fear not: she’s very kindly put together a practical guide to some of her favourite hair products. This way for a step-by-step shopping list to dream hair 👱‍♀️➡️

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The Face Magazine

Launched by Nick Logan in London in 1980, The Face is the original, definitive style magazine.

From the beginning it was a cultural trailblazer, covering music, fashion, film, TV, society, politics and global current affairs. And it covered them with invention, innovation, wit and class – and not to mention with groundbreaking graphic design.

The gallery of cover stars is as eclectic as it is iconic: from Kate Moss to Alexander McQueen, New Order to The Stone Roses, Grace Jones to David Beckham, Beyoncé to Björk. The talent behind the stories was legendary, too, as the magazine worked with the best writers, photographers, stylists and designers in the world. The Face didn't only report on the culture. It became the culture. For over 25 years, The Face was at the heart of British and international creativity.

Now, in 2019, The Face is reborn. A new team with a new vision for a new age, but proudly retaining the magazine’s founding vision and core principals. A forward-thinking, multi-platform title staying true to Logan’s pioneering spirit.