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9 Oct

These photos explore the healing power of color therapy

These photos explore the healing power of color therapy
In a latest shoot and film, director Erika Astrid and photographer John Michael Fulton tell a story of transformation through color “This project isn’t nearly beauty; it’s a therapeutic exploration,” says creative director, photographer and director Erika Astrid about her atmospheric shoot that harnesses the healing power of color. “It’s a visible journey, using colors to evoke emotions and capture the essence of moods.” Inspired by auras and color therapy, the vivid images tell the story of an individual in constant flux between chaos and calm.  The surrealist shoot was also inspired by Mark Rothko’s expressionist paintings, produced within the latter half of the 20th century, which held a deep understanding of the best...
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8 Oct

These photos explore the ‘cultural power’ of the naked

These photos explore the ‘cultural power’ of the naked
LGBTQ+ collectives in Taiwan and Berlin have teamed as much as present ‘Temple of the Body’, an interdisciplinary group exhibition that appears at nudity as a type of cultural and political expression Earlier this yr, Taiwanese artist Yun-Pei Hsiung conducted an experiment at Pawnshop, Taipei’s underground nightclub. Inspired by the novel nude art of Yayoi Kusama and Yves Klein, he initiated an immersive painting workshop, inviting clubbers to enter a protected space adjoining to the dancefloor, undress, cover themselves in paint, and use their bodies as their artistic tools. Once complete, the artworks were displayed on the partitions and the doors to the dancefloor were opened, transforming the space right into a gallery. “We...
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22 Sep

Inside Beauty Inc’s Power Brands Cocktail Party – WWD

Inside Beauty Inc’s Power Brands Cocktail Party – WWD
What does a strong brand make? A cocktail of digital savvy, sales volume, relevance and resonance with a shape-shifting consumer base. To have a good time its annual list of the 45 strongest brands in beauty, Beauty Inc hosted a cocktail party at Nine Orchard with retailers, investors and the visionary founders that made the list — and a couple of friends. Attendees included Shiseido’s Ron Gee, True Beauty Ventures’ Wealthy Gersten and Cristina Nuñez, Bluemercury’s Tracy Kline and brand founders from BeautyStat’s Ron Robinson to ColorWow’s Gail Federici, amongst many others. Beauty Barrage and Skeepers sponsored the fete. “To be named an influence brand for the fourth 12 months in a row is an incredible privilege and one we owe to our consumers...
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19 Sep

The identity-affirming power of LGBTQ+ hairdressers

The identity-affirming power of LGBTQ+ hairdressers
Not only for haircuts, a rising variety of queer salons are offering protected spaces for people to work out their identity and what it'd seem like As any queer one that’s lived through the reign of the undercut – mainly the handkerchief code distilled right into a single half-shaved hairdo, as beloved by 2010s lesbians – knows, hair is so far more than simply dead bits of keratin. It’s a source of pride, a type of self-fashioning and a method to signify your identity to others.  Because of this, it may feel like traditional hair care spaces may be lower than welcoming to those under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. Divided strictly into male barber spaces...
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