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Fashion

Grace Wales Bonner’s first major exhibition merges black mysticism and rituals

The designer brings together work from her biggest inspirations, such as photographers Liz Johnson Artur and Rotimi Fani-Kayode, as well as British artist Sampha.

Art

AES+F’s techno-feminist reimagining of ‘Turandot’

The Russian art collective and director Fabio Cherstich strip the Orientalism from Puccini's famous opera, setting it in the multi-ethnic matriarchy of 2070 Beijing.

Fashion

Watch Dior Men’s Winter 2019 show live from Paris

The livestream of Kim Jones' latest collection for Dior Men's begins Friday, January 18 at 6 PM Paris/12 PM EST.

Art

Ondine Viñao’s beautiful, disturbing clown videos exorcise childhood trauma

Pulling inspiration from Bruce Nauman’s iconic “Clown Torture” videos, Viñao’s “Holy Fools” experiments with torture as a form of exposure therapy.

Fashion

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Aries designer Sofia Prantera talks to Document about shooting a fashion campaign at the world's most famous Neolithic monument.

Art

Stendhal Syndrome: can art be so beautiful it almost kills you?

Psychiatrists delve into the elusive science behind the 'art attack.'

Fashion

Get a first look at Raf Simon’s soda-inspired SS19 campaign

The designer teamed up with frequent collaborators Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo to capture his Spring/Summer 2019 collection.

Art

Supreme super-collector Ryan Fuller reveals the stories behind your favorite decks

Supreme's entire 248-deck history is currently on view at Sotheby's for a staggering $2 million

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Essays and Exposés

Fashion

Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference

Is fashion suffering a crisis of originality? We can’t seem to stop talking about who’s stealing from whom but appropriation is a thoroughly old-fashioned practice—the...

by Katharine K. Zarrella

Fashion

Peter Saville’s fashion apocalypse now

The graphic artist discusses his relationships with Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas and why it’s time to ask the hard questions about the fashion industry.

by Hilary Moss

Fashion

Andre Walker’s uniquely candid approach to aesthetics basics

Hilton Als captures Andre Walker's ingenious, sensual world in a cross-cultural stream of consciousness.

by Hilton Als

Revisiting Suck magazine’s experiment in radical feminist pornography

Lynne Tillman and other contributors to Suck magazine look back and analyze the legacy that the transgressive magazine left behind.

by Alison M. Gingeras

At Alaska’s “ground zero” for climate change, a new generation of activists fights to preserve a vanishing way of life

Photographer Laurence Ellis and Peter H. Gleick chronicle Alaskans' efforts to fight climate change in Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.

by Peter Gleick

Politics

Has the internet broken the marketplace of ideas? Rethinking free speech in the Digital Age

Writer Cody Delistraty explores the limitations of free speech absolution in the era of social media for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.

by Cody Delistraty

Literature

Denham Fouts: The most expensive male sex worker in the world

So-called by novelist Christopher Isherwood, Denham Fouts was pursued by a Greek king, a German baron, a British viscount, and many, many more. Arthur Vanderbilt...

by Arthur Vanderbilt

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Fashion Portfolios

Future Retro: Y-3 by Alice Lefons and Takahito Sasaki

Photographer Takahito Sasaki and Document fashion editor Alice Lefons take inspiration from artificial and rarified setting of virtual reality.

by Document Journal

Fashion Portfolio

Gucci by Katy Grannan and Sarah Richardson

Photographer and filmmaker Katy Grannan teams up with Document's fashion

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Fashion Portfolio

Plasticene Excess

Photographer Nicolas Kern and stylist Coco Cassibba remind us of

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Fashion Portfolio

Saint Laurent by Jack Pierson and Anders Sølvsten Thomsen

Photographer Jack Pierson and stylist Anders Sølvsten Thomsen capture Anthony Vaccarello's Saint

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Conversations

Casual Encounters with Remarkable Minds

Literature

Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the old San Francisco, his new novel, and his first 100 years

The literary legend discusses the legacy of City Lights, anarchism, and the San Francisco that was with editor Ira Silverberg.

by Ira Silverberg

Into the woods: Acne Studios’ Jonny Johansson takes on the Swedish outdoor icon Fjällräven

For Document Fall/Winter 2018, writer Mark Smith sat down with the Swedish co-founder to discuss his past and taking it slow in the age of...

by Mark Smith

Stella Tennant speaks with Tim Blanks about 25 years of era-defining fashion collaborations

Tim Blanks sits down with Stella Tennant to discuss her foray into the fashion world and the importance of utility for clothes at Holland &...

by Tim Blanks

Artist Larry Bell tells architect Frank Gehry about his addiction to beginnings

Architect Frank Gehry and artist Larry Bell speak about their lifelong friendship and ruminate on the possibility of an unregulated art world for Document Fall/Winter...

by Elliott David

Virgil Abloh tells Brooklyn Museum’s Anne Pasternak about the work that can never be erased

Virgil Abloh and Anne Pasternak discuss a "new Renaissance" in Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.

by Anne Pasternack

Estonian Rapper Tommy Cash tells artist Slava Mogutin about the ideology of escapism

For Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue, artist and activist Slava Mogutin and Tommy Cash bond over mafia-esque Russian security and explore their differences in political outlook.

by Slava Mogutin

Actress Mia Goth and dancer David Hallberg uncover hidden symmetries in their artistic practices

In this joint fashion portfolio from Document Fall/Winter 2018 starring the Suspiria actress—photographed by Craig McDean with fashion by Grace Coddington—and conversation with dancer David...

by David Hallberg

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Visual Reportage and Artist Portfolios

Fashion

The timeless rebellion of Matchless, Britain’s oldest motorcycle brand

With expertise in creating leather garments to be worn for racing, the company’s signature design brings a finesse and poise to the quintessential motorcycle grunge.

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Alex and Jaime

Alex and Jaime met as strangers at a support group in a nondescript part of London. Here, Alex describes their first encounter, as photographer Markn...

by Alexandera

Loie Hollowell’s bodily landscapes

Loie Hollowell's portfolio for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue marks a daring departure from the practice of early female abstractionists, reveling in the eroticism and ethereality...

by Andrianna Campbell

Ebony G. Patterson flashes her discordant opulence

Above, below, beneath provides a window into the political stakes of Ebony G. Patterson's decadent, intricate tapestries from Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue.

by Ann Binlot

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Above the Fold

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

The designer’s Fall/Winter 2019 menswear collection for Celine arrived with rock star swagger, an electrifying soundtrack, and some seriously covetable outerwear.

by Hannah Ongley

Above the Fold

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Aries designer Sofia Prantera talks to Document about shooting a fashion campaign at the world's most famous Neolithic monument.

by Hannah Ongley

Above the Fold

The Asian designers of London transforming the meaning of culture

In the midst of globalization, appropriation, and rising nationalism, meet the designers redefining fashion's view of "the East."

by Lulu Yao Gioiello

Above the Fold

Eric N. Mack challenges conventional painting at the Brooklyn Museum

The painter dives in on his experience as a black man from DC metro area influenced by art and fashion in his new Brooklyn Museum...

by Ann Binlot

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VHFdigital takes Fendi back to the 80s

Using 3D mapping and animations, along with an aesthetic that throws back to the genesis of the internet, the art duo reimagines Fendi in the...

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At Large

Empress Of carves out a kingdom

Empress Of singer Lorely Rodriguez talks about her insistence on living through empathy and her DIY origins in Los Angeles.

by Fiona Duncan

At Large

The complexities of getting off in the age of technological pleasure

Access to sexual pleasure has never been greater than in the present—but has that increased satisfaction?

by Cody Delistraty