Art & Culture

On the Sur­face is a solo exhi­bi­tion of works by fash­ion illus­tra­tor and artist Joan­na Lay­la, explor­ing the beau­ti­ful ten­sion of sur­face and depth in fash­ion imagery.

Tim Burton’s Edward Scis­sorhands may not strike the read­er as a cook­ie-cut­ter Christ­mas clas­sic. Yet, its nar­ra­tive, which loose­ly fol­lows the idea of small-town sub­ur­bia – set amidst, in part, the back­drop of the fes­tive hol­i­day peri­od – sit­u­ates its spot, as far as I’m con­cerned, on the year­ly Decem­ber watchlist.

By Eloise Hallo.

Words Eloise Hallo

Words Eloise Hallo

Though Lynch may have us think the finesse of 1986’s Blue Vel­vet sim­ply came togeth­er as if some neo-noir quark, its fash­ions – name­ly the devot­ed work of cos­tume design­er Patri­cia Nor­ris – prove evi­dence of the film’s mas­ter­ful and del­i­cate construction.

With the Tate Britain’s ‘The Rossetti’s’ exhi­bi­tion end­ing its term this month it seems no bet­ter a time than now to extend the Pre-Raphaelites’ time in the sun. 

BusuB­un­tu shares her inspir­ing jour­ney into her first mocku-series whilst break­ing down for­mi­da­ble doors in his­to­ry, prov­ing that African women can bring dreams to life. 

By Eve Fitzpatrick. 

Online retail rev­o­lu­tion this week with Peter and Nick, founders of Hibana, a new plat­form cham­pi­oning British and pur­pose-led brands, hurray!