Interview

In Honor of Interview’s 40th Anniversary, we present four decades of glamour, decadence, beauty, bombast, andstar-tripping, scene-making,world-changing bacchanalia.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/26/09

If you can take fashion photography in museums, why can't you jive to music photography in the same hallowed space? Gail Buckland will show you how.  BLOG POSTED: 10/20/09

Last Friday night, Fritz Helder & the Phantoms threw an outrageous, sweaty, over-the-top dance party for the release of their cheekily titled debut album, Greatest Hits. Now they're out of town, but they left us a summer playlist.  BLOG POSTED: 07/13/09

In a territorial art world that demands the constant assertion of one's domain—in medium, in subject matter, or even geographically—Shaw commits the perfect crime.  BLOG POSTED: 07/07/09

Ron Arad thought he could save the world with his chairs. His furniture may not have actually rescued the planet, but he has surely saved the design world from boredom and predictability:
Tables standing on walls, armchairs made of car seats, and crystal chandeliers that display text messages . . .

He’s titled a new show “No Discipline”—which could mean that he’s transforming all of them.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 04/28/09

All fashion is about what’s new. or at least about what we haven’t seen in a while. It’s about novelty. New clothes are how we show on our bodies what’s happening now in the culture. It’s how we belong to history and signify change. Novelty makes us feel new, even if we’re getting on a bit. At least our ideas look fresh. Now, these six designers aren’t the new kids on the block. They’ve been around it already. But they’re all doing things that are truly new. No recession here. This gang is still exploding  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/26/09

The genius of the drape, the grandmaster of material, the poet of the silhouette. Only God knows a woman’s body better. But above all, he is the freest of spirits, a creator who answers only to his genius. Azzedine Alaïa is the last true couturier. Stephanie Seymour Brant talked to her mentor and adopted father about his African origins, his days with Dior, dressing Garbo, conquering New York, and paying supermodels with one-of-a-kind dresses  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/20/09

In Beijing’s big Olympic pool, world records fell like leaves. even bronze winners broke them. was it the athletes or was it a new breed of high-tech swimsuits? then the resort collections featured another generation of fast-forward waterwear. these suits might not lower your lap times, but their fierce Grace Jones vs. Bruce Lee attitude will beat any look on the beach or by the pool.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/16/09