Photo by Alex Page From making a PowerPoint to convince her parents to buy a drum kit to earning Grammy nominations and being named Writer-Producer of the Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards, Steph Marziano has carved out a path defined as much by instinct and connection as it is by technical skill. Originally from Philadelphia and now semi-based in East London, Marziano’s journey has taken her from studio intern to one of the most in-demand session-directing producers w

Ee Old Train 2002 by Marla Aufmuth Few bands from the late 90s indie underground have found a second life quite like Korea Girl. Formed in San Jose in 1996, the band carved out a sound shaped as much by instinct as influence, drawing from records like Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted  while standing apart from the heavier guitar music dominating their local scene. Though short-lived, their self-titled release went on to be named Album of the Year by Santa Clara University’s K

Illustration by Maddy Maguire Every woman with a Letterboxd account and an attraction to the opposite sex can tell you precisely where they were when Timothée Chalamet first bewitched them. Personally, I was in my living room, pretending to revise for my A-level mocks. Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird  (2019) was on the television, muted, and I looked up for two seconds only to forget what it meant to breathe. It’s a terrible truth, but it is my own. There Timothée was, in all his Fr

In the face of chaos and politics, fashion seems unimportant. When looking at the beauty of colour, the art of design, and the reverence of fashion, politics often seems too dull and depressing a subject to give attention to.

“Actually, I think it’s the moment when the worm comes out from the cocoon,” says Kuo Wei, when asked where his AW26 collection begins. “That moment is the eclosion. It’s becoming into a new form.” It’s a strange, specific word for a strange, specific idea, and it turns out to explain the whole collection in one image.