From Lee McQueen’s iconic Jack The Ripper Stalks His Victims touted by the infamous Louise Wilson as sending “a shiver up my spine – and that does not happen very often,” to Stella McCartney...
All the best things in life come in boxes. Shoes, chocolates, our 10+ magazine, and – of course – Swarovski’s Book of Dreams. The bi-annual publication is imagined as an inspirational tool...
When we asked the queen behind the rose-tinted lens Petra Collins to what her best advice would be to having a #HotGirlSummer, she simply replied: “just don’t hate yourself, that’s hot girl...
Off the schedule, but on the radar. Artist and designer Patrick Church is a New York figure who continuously skips on the traditional ways of presenting his collections in place of creatively...
Rick Owens and Michele Lamy, 2013 by Danielle Levitt from ‘Rick Owens Photographed by Danielle Levitt’ In many ways, releasing a book with Rizzoli can be a pinnacle of a fashion...
Notting Hill Carnival 1989 by Matthew Smith We all love spending hours trawling through Instagram, becoming all wide-eyed at the cracking images of the subcultures that have been and gone whilst...
Homeland, Johanna Mthombeni (2009); Courtesy of the artist and Goodman Gallery “I am inspired by looking at human experience whether lived or imagined. Images capture our history, who we are,...
To the Daughters Power stirs within a daughter authentic as the cold so much potential beneath her winter. Her name: buds in spring – all the fight and spark – power untamed, unfurling Amanda...
To be completely honest, if my boyfriend didn’t keep me up to date with new music, I would probably still be listening to Abba’s Gold compilation of greatest hits on loop. Sorry Phoebe....
‘Leopard Collar’ by Mark Cohen (1974) Born in 1943 in Pennsylvania, Mark Cohen has been called intrusive, invasive, audacious, even trespassing in the intimate proximity he seeks with a...
Dog Daze (A-A) by Frank Bowling (1971) As the distant school bell begins to ring, there are thankfully still a few weeks of summer left to indulge in. In case you’ve still not booked that...
‘Bride’ by Gengoroh Tagame A few years ago, I got a birthday present from my best friend that was out of the ordinary. Usually, our gifts to each other were part grannyish memorabilia,...
What does dark art look like? Something riddled with political uncertainty? Blood, guts and gore? American artist Jess Draxler is doing things a little differently. Mashing photography collages with...
Image courtesy of Michael Stewart; photography by Andrew Nuding (2017) The opera has always been a place where fashion and art come together for a moment of visual splendour. Those preparing for a...
Photograph of the Studio 54 couch by Bill Bernstein, taken from ‘Disco: The Bill Bernstein Photographs’ I really don’t want to be that person who discusses their dreams in public as if...
In the past few years, we’ve seen many an image-maker having their 15 minutes of fame. And then – nothing. But the trials and tribulations of falling in and out of “hype” is...
Bathing on a Summer Evening (Le Bain au soir d’été) (detail), 1892 -93. Paintings of women peacefully undressing for a dip in the bath on a sunbathed evening and lovers shown amidst the...
Powdered wigs, a dramatic pale mug, and bulbous evening gowns for days – Marie Antoinette is the campiest of the camp historical figures. The former Queen of France’s fashions are practically...
In some ways, being an emerging artist has never been easier. More so than ever before, there are ways of putting yourself out there without necessarily interacting with the status quo. You...
Juliana Huxtable ‘Untitled (Lil’ Marvel)’ (2015) As pride months comes to a close, the city becomes considerably less colourful. The flags are tucked away until next year, and the big...
Owning a good quilt is underrated. It’s not only the thing that keeps you warm almost half of your life, but it also decorates the most intimate space in your house. Instead of investing into...
‘Your Uncertain Shadow (colour)’ by Olafur Eliasson (2010); Courtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles; Photo: María del Pilar...
Latest in Ten Towers news, Phoebe’s baby Beau just celebrated his first birthday. In a fabulously decorated Leyton garden over this past weekend, an army of happy babies came together to party,...
Situated in the south of France, slap bang in the Provence region, Arles tops most of those “must visit” lists. Once the provincial capital of ancient Rome, the city remains a cultural...
‘Untitled #602’ by Cindy Sherman, 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York Before Facetune, Snapchat filters and Kim Kardashian, there was Cindy Sherman. The American...
Not many artists get the opportunity to have a good ol’ scribble over a bag as classic as the Fendi Peekaboo. Yet, the Italian giant has handed the reigns over to LA-based illustrator Joshua...
All photographs by Davide Sorrenti, with thanks to Francesca Sorrenti Entering matriarch Francesca Sorrenti’s Brooklyn apartment, through the kind of labyrinthine corridors that always seem to...
Armet Francis, ‘Fashion Shoot Brixton Market’, 1973. It’s not often you get to attend an exhibition which is so vast in cultural history and significance, yet curated in such a thorough,...
“Craft is the essence of Loewe. As a house we are about craft in the purest sense of the word. That is where our modernity lies, and it will always be relevant”, says Jonathan Anderson. Since the...
Tseng Kwong Chi, “Keith Haring in subway car (New York)” (circa 1983), © Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc. Art © Keith Haring Foundation Deemed an artist of the people for his hugely...
What does it mean to be a poet in 2019? It’s an art form tormented with the sense of feeling outdated in today’s entertainment climate, where people prefer blistering bass lines and...
Away from the polish, sparkle and glamour, Jonathan Anderson has been carving out a luxury niche of his own since September 2013 when he was appointed the creative director of Loewe. Not every upper...
Look outside – this is your cue to pull out the silk babydoll slips and hip slung jeans for the rooftop cocktails and park picnics practically lining themselves up. While the urge to simply be...
The Artist is Present at the Yuz Museum in Shanghai; Maurizio Catelan, Untitled, 2018, courtesy of the artist If you happen to be scrolling down Alessandro Michele’s Instagram, you would be...
Fjura It’s that time of year, the wisteria and blossom are out in force and the skies are getting (we hope) progressively bluer. The annual Chelsea Flower Show opens to the public, after the press...
What do Béatrice Dalle, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and witches have in common? Dalle might say it’s the mark on their earlobes. Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent’s creative director, says...
Dior’s gallery reign isn’t letting up anytime soon. On both sides of the Atlantic, masses have travelled from near and far to attend giant retrospectives on the esteemed Parisian house....
Verka Serduchka in 2007 You’ve got your Berghain sex demons hailing from Iceland, a Greek ethereal fantasy à la Alice in Wonderland, the Beyoncé-esque pop diva and her latex reveal from Cyprus,...
More often than not, on-screen depictions of queer Britain are barricaded within the four walls of a nightclub. Think back to Queer as Folk, the late night queer universe from the mind of Russell T....
All I Want to Be, a photobook by Thomas Kluyver Coachella, Glastonbury or Tomorrowland? Actually, we like to consider ourselves a bit more cultural over here at Ten Towers – or at least this week....
White for purity and blue for peace, red for luck and soft pink for love… Colour theory can get as spiritual as your daily horoscope, so it makes sense to ask the queen of zodiac to choose your...
Ever wondered what are the tunes blasting out of Alessandro Michele’s speakers at the Gucci atelier in Milan? Is it the latest Florence + The Machine album? Or perhaps a Monteverdi opera? Just...
Let’s not beat around the bush – Camp: Notes on Fashion is the undoubtable winner of the (made-up) award for exhibition of the month, perhaps even the whole year. With a stellar Met Ball pink...
top by James Davison Studio, jeans by Vetements, boots by Miu Miu Celia Hempton’s working day always starts with breakfast – “A really good one,” emphasises the 37-year-old British artist. It...
It all started with a temporary exhibition in a gutted Victorian two-story terraced house round the back of Peckham’s Copeland Park in 2016. Coinciding with Frieze week, in the dilapidated building...
Usually, the Central Saint Martins success stories begin when the brightest talents pierce into the fashion realm during graduation season. Though for Fashion Communication and Promotion students...
Armani Teatro 2001 – Courtesy of Giorgio Armani Getting out of bed without waking the other person up. Finding the perfect pair of jeans. Surviving a morning commute without getting a sweat...
‘The Mannequin’ is a new play written and directed by Sam Kindon and presented by Das Stück theatre company. It is currently being previewed at King’s College in London (April 26th and 27th)...
3.55 by Chanel No one can deny the power of an image: if a photo is worth a thousand words, then moving image is worth a million. But how many words is an hour of conversation worth? If the new-found...
Modigliani only showed his paintings once in London while he was alive. There was a show at the Mansard Gallery in 1919. There was a big wicker basket of his drawings for sale; they were sold for 1...
