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10 May

An intimate study on body hair

An intimate study on body hair
Following on from The Joy of Slime, in our third episode of Pretty Ugly, British hair stylist and Dazed Beauty Contributing Editor Cyndia Harvey joins forces with filmmaker Greta Ilieva on an intimate study of hair. "It is a visceral commentary unpacking the emotions tied up in hair and the way we relate geo-personally," Cyndia explains.  Pretty Ugly is a movie series dedicated to the gorgeous and the gross, a celebration of what is classy within the odd. You possibly can watch more here. Director Greta Ilieva @ D+V ManagementCo-Director Cyndia Harvey @ StreetersDOP and Editor Piero M BressanWriting and voice over Moffy Gathorne HardySound Artist Tiffi RosSound Artist Davide CairoCasting Troy CastingTalents Nils, Santiago, Kurosh, Anya, Melanie, Nicole, Myles ...
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25 Jul

These photos capture the intimate bond of sisterhood

These photos capture the intimate bond of sisterhood
If you consider the word ‘collaboration’, what do you see? Two painters, working on the identical canvas? A cluster of ateliers, pinning fabric on a model? Perhaps even a bunch of musicians, improvising during a session within the studio? In most instances, you’ll imagine two or more people, together. But for photographer sisters Anna and Maria Ritsch, collaboration is something that happens 4 thousand miles apart. Although Anna and Maria have their very own separate practices, in early 2020 they decided to begin the ‘ritschsisters’ collaboration, with Anna living in Latest York City and Maria based in Vienna, Austria. In 2021 they released The Act of Sitting, a visible exploration of people sitting of their homes, itself a response to the...
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7 Apr

Goal and Sephora Add More Intimate Wellness Brands –

Goal and Sephora Add More Intimate Wellness Brands –
Intimate wellness is getting physical.  While beauty stores and mass retailers alike committed to constructing out intimate and sexual wellness categories, much of the expansion had been digital with brands like Maude and Dame happening Sephora’s website and Bloomi launching on Saks’ site. Ulta Beauty, which now operates The Wellness Shop, has an intimate wellness category in-store with more expansive offerings, including sex devices, online.  But now, with a bit more experience within the category, beauty retailers are bringing more of those offerings into physical stores, most notably Maude launching certain stock keeping units at Sephora. Mass retailers which have had sexual wellness on the aisles for years — think heritage brands — are actually seeking to shake things up and modernize...
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19 Feb

Intimate portraits of queer people in Colorado wearing their

Intimate portraits of queer people in Colorado wearing their
Intimate portraits of queer people MaryV Benoit talks about photographing the secure and sacred queer spaces of a community under attack In a hostile world, where it may possibly be dangerous to simply exist as yourself, queer spaces have long been havens of safety, freedom and self-expression without judgment; places where people may be who they're without limits. These sacred spaces may be present in many forms, from early Twentieth-century Mafia-protected Greenwich Village bars like Provincetown Landing and The Swing Rendezvous, to the ballrooms of Harlem and Harvey Milk’s camera store in San Francisco. Sometimes, probably the most private sanctuary is the bedroom. It’s on this space that MaryV Benoit photographed Colorado’s binder-wearing community for her recent collaboration with queer wellness brand For...
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