Jolin Tung’s latest project ‘Call Me By My Name’ is all about dismantling labels
Director and stylist Jolin Tung’s latest project, ‘Call Me By Your Name’, was created to support non-binary and drag communities. “All of the models are non-binary/transgender for this photoshoot. It’s about showing that beneath the labels we are all just humans.”
Photographer Julia Howe captures our new favourite poster boy, Jake Aliwell
Photographer Julia Howe captures newly signed model, Jake Aliwell, at Contact Agency, using vintage Versace to bring back “the simplicity of poster boy visual language from the '90s”.
Photographer and avid collage artist Ellie Hosier pays homage to young bubblegum pop!
Ellie Hosier's latest editorial is all about “experimenting with colour and shapes (circles) and props” with the young photographer and avid collage artist paying homage to our favourite bubblegum pops!
Roshan Whittaker explores social pressures and conditioned performance in ‘the devil made me do it’
Roshan Whittaker’s autobiographical series “showcases a conditioned performance to ensure gratification, purpose and popularity. We pose for this artificial world, enslaving ourselves to these social pressures that dictate and enforce creativity, abundance and happiness when in fact we feel the opposing.”
This LCF designer thinks there will be plastic in our fruit...
“The world [will] be so polluted at some point that we’ll find plastic even in our fruits,” admits London College of Fashion womenswear student, Alesia.
A collection inspired by forgotten roots: How this CSM student modernised folk garments
With “a collection inspired by forgotten roots and research focusing on traditional Irish textiles,” CSM Knitwear student, Patrick Garvey, transforms folk garments into modern day shapes bursting with colour and energy.
Liv Burden’s new self-portrait series explores our Covid-induced struggle between confinement and freedom
Liv Burden’s latest self-portrait series tells a tale of escape and self-discovery, mirroring the story of Rapunzel and the confinement felt in her tower. The soon-to-be-published book was made during the Covid pandemic which inspires many of the series’ themes from false senses of reality to struggles between confinement and freedom.
Denim, neons and DKNY: Antonia louisa imagines Check-Out’s y2k fashion fantasy
Inspired by the resurgence of all things y2k, Antonia Louisa pulls together a shoot with enough denim, neons and DKNY for any millennial baby to go green with envy.
How moth fairies and flies inspired this first-year CSM student’s insect-like creation
Inspired by moth fairies and flies, CSM first-year student, Tasnim, “became fascinated by how vivid this dream [of insects] was and wanted to explore this world and the characters in more depth. This allowed me to visualise the silhouette and shapes in a clearer way. The garment is a representation of this world and what it beholds.”
London-based, Nigerian-born musician Chi Virgo takes a stroll around Hackney Downs
Final-year fashion communication students at Central Saint Martins, George Hutton and Simone Beyene, capture London-based, Nigerian-born musician Chi Virgo around the East End of London.
‘We the women are tired,’ declares multi-hyphenate Anesu Noelle Mande
“We the women are tired” shares creative director, stylist, model and writer Anesu Noelle Mande. ‘No Consent’ is a personal essay documenting the oppression towards females by the result of a voyeuristic male gaze.
Photographer Zoey Jacqueline is serving a major y2k renaissance
Photographer Zoey Jacqueline teams up with Grace Miller, creative director and founder of UK-based fashion label, Girls Girls Girls, in this y2k-esque editorial featuring Agency 7 models, Anya Pasternack, Alice Warre and Akemi Foxx.
Arnaud Lin captures Alix Bortoli’s dreamlike world of fashion and art
Creative duo Alix Bortoli and Arnaud Lin collaborated with London-based emerging jewellers Rebekah Bide and Matilda Little to challenge the physicality of drawing by creating a visual universe embracing the spirit of their work. The organic quality of these pieces entering Alix Bortoli’s hand-crafted worlds composes a dreamlike lost island for the subjects to explore.
Lily West’s dizzying display of colourful crochets and knitted balaclavas
“This editorial was conceptualised from hiding my sad emotions and my false reassurances. It’s how I cope with unsure emotions; using excessive colour and collaging when feeling dull,” explains photographer-turned-model, Lily West.
Imagine if Barbarella went back in time to save Joan of Arc...
First-year Central Saint Martins student, Mia Coco Chambers, was inspired to create a universe of influential women that go back and forward in time to save other women in need. “Women who had power or an opinion, and were seen as mad or a threat to society. We have to stick together in order to help our own kind.”
Is it a bird? is it a plane? Alma Rosaz’s latest editorial gives a new meaning to ‘stomping ground’
Stomping into Monday like… Photographer Alma Rosaz teams up with model, activist and writer, Kae, and stylist, Sheilam, in this larger-than-life narrative submitted to Check-Out Magazine.
Magicking the possibility of ‘hot girl summer’ back into lockdown
Photographer Rosie Foster teams up with Oma Benjamin to reminisce the halcyon days of getting glammed up. With a dazzling array of pieces by designer Frances O, the pair magicked the possibility of ‘hot girl summer’ back into lockdown. Let’s face it, nothing says ‘fuck you’ better than a mug full of make-up.
Check-Out on aisle four: Conor Clinch brings some colour to another Monday in lockdown
From a shining and majestic gold to an ocean green-cum-deep-space purple, Conor Clinch’s images capture a beauty of colour and body. Our only thought: we’re glad we didn’t have to clean up the washed-off body paint in the bathroom afterwards.
Photographer Julia Howe flips ‘femme’ sexuality on its head with her candy girls
While emerging photographer Julia Howe might not have taken direct inspiration from Xtina’s unforgettable ‘Candyman’ music video, ‘Candy Girls’ aims to turn the representation of the ‘femme’ female on its head.