California Couture
MAJOR
Fashion
John Waters and Mink Stole are reunited for Calvin Klein
weekend combo
A wartime biopic, Van Gogh in adidas and California in London
Pick up a camera, and roll
Music
“I threw the armadillo in to fuck with people’s heads” – Don Letts on turning punk into art with The Clash
In-conversation
Film+TV
Jack Lowden and Calam Lynch on their poignant Siegfried Sassoon biopic, Benediction
Ultimate Cheatsheet
Ahead of his Dior takeover, get to know fashion wunderkind Eli Russell Linnetz
Rippin' up the sidewalks
New tricks
Iconic skate brand Vision Street Wear has returned
Bump ‘n’ grind
Vans help Hackney Bumps revive a London skatepark for future generations
Skate the Strand
Vans are bringing a free pop-up skatepark to London’s West End
love letter to skating
Watch Vans’ latest film dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ skate community
Anti gravity
Electric energy at the Vans Park Series Huntington Beach finals
Get your skate on
Gallery: Vans Park Series preliminaries at Huntington Beach 2018
Totally R.a.D.
Read and Destroy: the seminal UK skate zine coming back to life
Concrete paradise
“Love and respect” – the photographer capturing cultural unity on the Queens skate scene
Mad fer it
The rising photographer documenting Manchester’s skate scene
Grotesque decks
Cindy Sherman puts flesh, blood and cocks on Supreme skateboards
The Saturday Auteur
Jacques Tati: the graceful comedian who bridged silent-era mime with new wave
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: the illustrious filmmaker who worked himself to death
François Truffaut: the uncompromising critic of French cinema and founder of the auteur theory
Claude Chabrol: the new wave filmmaker who exposed the French bourgeoisie
Abbas Kiarostami: the art of visualising life’s most complicated questions
Derek Jarman: the enfant terrible whose brilliance unnerved the establishment
Richard Linklater: the self-taught coming-of-age master
Jean-Paul Melville: an underworld populated by icy criminals in stylish surroundings
Věra Chytilová: the Czech New Wave director banned by her government
Dario Argento: the god of Giallo – nightmare tales in neon hues
New issue, out now
Read our HEROINE Amanda Seyfried cover conversation with James Norton
REINVENT
Amanda Seyfried stars on the cover of HEROINE 16
HERO 27
Supermodel Jordan Barrett steps out of the HERO 27 cover in his bauhaus-inspired story
Hedi Slimane’s portraits of motocross bikers: the HERO 27 cover story
“You can change every bit of you” Aaron Taylor-Johnson is pushing extremes
The HERO Winter Annual 2021
Nicholas Hoult in conversation with Kristen Stewart
HERO Summer Zine 5
Tanner Buchanan is the HERO Summer Zine 5 cover star!
HERO 25
KINETIC – out today with two covers: Ryan García and Craig Green
INSTINCT
HEROINE 14 – OUT NOW
Out Now
Matthew Bell fronts The HERO Winter Annual 2020
Bambi’s Back
Givench-ney?: Matthew M. Williams teams up with Disney for a cartoon capsule
Cheers to that!
Art
Daniel w. Fletcher is hosting design workshops at the new Atelier Courvoisier
Star power
Gucci’s Alessandro Michele throws a breathtaking party for the cosmos
Into the wild
Palace and adidas go fishing in the British countryside
ATT4CK, D3CAY, SUST4IN, REL3ASE
Cassius Hirst sprays and spikes Prada’s classic America’s Cup Sneaker
Redesigning Human Uniform
Rhuigi Villaseñor redefines sportswear for Zara
New Music Monday
HERO NEW SOUNDS PLAYLIST 048
Giving The World Away
“It took me a while to get there” – Hatchie maps out the neon-lit world of her sophomore record
Slam dunk
Sport
NBA unveils trophies honouring Larry Bird and Magic Johnson
RE/STRUCTURE
Graffiti artist Bisco Smith brings the streets of New York City to London gallery, OMNI
On rotation
Warpaint takeover: Stella Mozgawa’s culture binge
Photo London, a Nick Cave film and independent publishers take over the Tate
Doodles with meaning
Warpaint takeover: Emily Kokal shares pages from her personal journals
Beauty in Shitville
“I never want to make anything that looks decorative” – Kottie Paloma’s new exhibition is a figurative portrait of humanity
Get involved
Acid raves and exclusive drops: what’s happening at Dover Street Market for Photo London
Online gallery
Warpaint takeover: Jenny Lee Lindberg shares the abstract artwork that helped her through the pandemic
