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Welcome to Shygirl’s fantasy world — Above the Fold
Welcome to Shygirl’s fantasy world

On ‘NYMPH,’ the artist melds love, lust, and folklore to create a mythology for the modern day
by Madeleine Beck

Rick Owens reasserts the codes that earned him a cult following — Above the Fold
Rick Owens reasserts the codes that earned him a cult following

Document captures the designer’s best-dressed fans outside the label’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation
by Ann Binlot

Inside FORMAT, the festival bringing cyborgs and sex therapy to the Ozarks — Above the Fold
Inside FORMAT, the festival bringing cyborgs and sex therapy to the Ozarks

Held in the town that Walmart built, its inaugural edition offered attendees a choose-your-own-adventure-style journey designed to blend art, music, and technology
by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Vaquera through the eyes of their muse — Above the Fold
Vaquera through the eyes of their muse

Born shares an inside look at the brand that’s making Fashion Week fun again
by Madison Bulnes

Who tf is Alex G? — Above the Fold
Who tf is Alex G?

The musical genius joins Document to speak on his latest album, ‘God Save the Animals,’ and set the record straight about that infamous meme
by Madison Bulnes

Shea Couleé and Sudan Archives are their own storytellers — Above the Fold
Shea Couleé and Sudan Archives are their own storytellers

The two Midwestern artists meet to discuss haters, lovers, and the makings of their career-altering albums
by Megan Hullander

The tempo of cinema, according to ‘TÁR’ composer Hildur Guðnadóttir

Film

The tempo of cinema, according to ‘TÁR’ composer Hildur Guðnadóttir

In Todd Field's psychological drama, the artificiality of traditional musical scores is confronted with the reality of everyday life

Louis Vuitton’s latest collection is a spectacle of proportion

Fashion

Louis Vuitton’s latest collection is a spectacle of proportion

With a supersized flower set, Nicolas Ghesquière played with dimension to uncover the toughness of beauty

A rundown of mesmerizing runway moments, from McQueen’s Kate Moss hologram to Coperni’s spray-on dress

Fashion

A rundown of mesmerizing runway moments, from McQueen’s Kate Moss hologram to Coperni’s spray-on dress

Document looks back in time to some of the most visionary presentations in fashion history

Remembering Issey Miyake, the designer who walked between worlds

Fashion

Remembering Issey Miyake, the designer who walked between worlds

Satoshi Kondo melded Miyake’s philosophy with his own to create a collection centered in a freedom of movement

Jonathan Anderson subverts expectations with an open, anthurium-shaped heart

Fashion

Jonathan Anderson subverts expectations with an open, anthurium-shaped heart

With balloon heels and a surrealist 8-bit twist, Loewe’s Spring/Summer 2023 show deflected Narcissus’s gaze back to nature

Givenchy’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation is a transatlantic love affair

Fashion

Givenchy’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation is a transatlantic love affair

At Jardin des Plantes, Matthew Williams merged polished, urban silhouettes with Los Angeles street style

Durability and desire intertwine in the latest collection from Hermès

Fashion

Durability and desire intertwine in the latest collection from Hermès

For Spring 2023, Creative Director Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski utilizes an earthly color palette for utilitarian designs

Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show was provocative—does that make it art?

Fashion

Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show was provocative—does that make it art?

Kanye West opened Demna’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation, inciting conversations around identity, money, and dirt in the luxury world

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Sigourney Weaver and James Cameron evaluate the changing landscape of science fiction

Film

Sigourney Weaver and James Cameron evaluate the changing landscape of science fiction

For Document’s Summer/Pre-Fall 2022 issue, the master storytellers talk ‘Aliens,’ ‘Avatar,’ and surviving the chaos of filmmaking

by Hannah Ongley

She Loved to Look at Flowers

She Loved to Look at Flowers

Photographer Janneke van der Hagen and stylist Alexandra Bickerdike collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s tenth anniversary

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From El Paso to Harlem: Troy Montes-Michie explores the subversive history of the zoot suit

From El Paso to Harlem: Troy Montes-Michie explores the subversive history of the zoot suit

For Document’s tenth anniversary, the artist joins independent curator Monique Long to expand on the lasting allure of the iconic ensemble

by Monique Long

The Poet’s Eye

The Poet’s Eye

Photographer James Brodribb and stylist Diana Choi collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s tenth anniversary

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Matthew Williams wants his clothing to have a life of its own

Matthew Williams wants his clothing to have a life of its own

For Document’s tenth anniversary, the Givenchy Creative Director shares the ways in which he navigates the science of fashion and how the cities he’s lived...

by Hannah Ongley

New York was killing me: Seeking community in the city of cultural saturation

New York was killing me: Seeking community in the city of cultural saturation

For Document’s tenth anniversary, Rahel Aima reflects on what New York gave to her, and why she left it

by Rahel Aima

The World is a Beautiful Place to be Born Into

The World is a Beautiful Place to be Born Into

Photographer Patrick Bienert and Document's fashion editor Alice Lefons collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s tenth anniversary

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Iggy Pop and Ottessa Moshfegh examine the pathologies of contemporary culture

Iggy Pop and Ottessa Moshfegh examine the pathologies of contemporary culture

For Document’s Tenth Anniversary issue, Iggy Pop joins Ottessa Moshfegh to discuss raging against the machine, weaponizing established paradigms, and leaving New York for greener...

by Hannah Ongley

Gabriela Hearst and Amber Valletta look back to the land to imagine an energized future

Gabriela Hearst and Amber Valletta look back to the land to imagine an energized future

For Document’s tenth anniversary issue, Chloé’s Creative Director is joined by the actor and model to discuss the intersection of environmentalism and artistry

by Morgan Becker

Perfume Genius expresses the indefinable on ‘Ugly Season’

Perfume Genius expresses the indefinable on ‘Ugly Season’

For Document’s tenth anniversary issue, musician Mike Hadreas reflects on the physicality of emotions and using anxiety as artistic fuel

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

The new coming of age, according to Ever Anderson and Diana Silvers

The new coming of age, according to Ever Anderson and Diana Silvers

The actors meet to investigate the next generation of teenage cinema

by Megan Hullander

For Suzanne Lindon and Lukas Dhont, youth is an eternal muse

For Suzanne Lindon and Lukas Dhont, youth is an eternal muse

For Document’s tenth anniversary, the filmmakers meet to discuss the enigma of adolescence and the search for the authentic self

by Divya Bala

Little Simz subverts the exposure of stardom while standing in her own truth

Little Simz subverts the exposure of stardom while standing in her own truth

For Document’s Tenth Anniversary issue, the London-based rapper joins Document to discuss leveling up and using her talent for the greater good

by Imani Elizabeth Jackson

Ocean Vuong and Edmund White explore the experiential modes of queer writing

Ocean Vuong and Edmund White explore the experiential modes of queer writing

The authors muse on Wallace Stevens, American boyhood, and abandoning the present for the sake of fiction

by Aaron Hicklin

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Fashion Portfolios

Truth Is Not The Secret Of A Few — Fashion Portfolio
Truth Is Not The Secret Of A Few

Photographer Mario Sorrenti and Document’s fashion and creative director Sarah Richardson collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s tenth anniversary
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In Woods Where Many Rivers Run

In Woods Where Many Rivers Run

Photographer Glen Luchford and Document’s fashion and creative director Sarah Richardson collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s tenth anniversary

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Photographer Mark Abegg and stylist Ferdi Sibbel imagine a neo-noir day at the races

Fashion Portfolio

Photographer Mark Abegg and stylist Ferdi Sibbel imagine a neo-noir day at the races

Featuring colored light and natural staging, this fashion portfolio for

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Photographer Max Cornwall and stylist Alexandra Bickerdike capture London youth through the lens of heightened reality

Fashion Portfolio

Photographer Max Cornwall and stylist Alexandra Bickerdike capture London youth through the lens of heightened reality

Shape is the essence of style in this portfolio for

by Document Journal

She Loved to Look at Flowers

Fashion Portfolio

She Loved to Look at Flowers

Photographer Janneke van der Hagen and stylist Alexandra Bickerdike collaborate

by Document Journal

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Mapping a modern trans bohemia in the borough of the flesh

Mapping a modern trans bohemia in the borough of the flesh

From Greenpoint to Flatbush, McKenzie Wark outlines community on the margins of straight life

by McKenzie Wark

From El Paso to Harlem: Troy Montes-Michie explores the subversive history of the zoot suit

Art

From El Paso to Harlem: Troy Montes-Michie explores the subversive history of the zoot suit

For Document’s tenth anniversary, the artist joins independent curator Monique Long to expand on the lasting allure of the iconic ensemble

by Monique Long

Matthew Williams wants his clothing to have a life of its own

Matthew Williams wants his clothing to have a life of its own

For Document’s tenth anniversary, the Givenchy Creative Director shares the ways in which he navigates the science of fashion and how the cities he’s lived...

by Hannah Ongley

New York was killing me: Seeking community in the city of cultural saturation

Culture

New York was killing me: Seeking community in the city of cultural saturation

For Document’s tenth anniversary, Rahel Aima reflects on what New York gave to her, and why she left it

by Rahel Aima

Jimmy DeSana, an iconoclast even within the ’70s avant-garde, is finally entering mainstream consciousness

Art

Jimmy DeSana, an iconoclast even within the ’70s avant-garde, is finally entering mainstream consciousness

Laurie Simmons and Drew Sawyer discuss the late artist’s AIDS-era collages in a portfolio for Document’s tenth anniversary

by Megan Hullander

Eileen Myles chronicles a people’s history of East River Park

Culture

Eileen Myles chronicles a people’s history of East River Park

For Document’s tenth anniversary, the writer merges personal, political, and geological histories to document a city in flux

by Eileen Myles

Frédéric Lagrange finds faith in faces

Culture

Frédéric Lagrange finds faith in faces

For Document’s tenth anniversary, the photographer presents the most memorable moments of his career in a series of portraits

by Megan Hullander

THING, the revolutionary magazine that chronicled the birth of Chicago’s queer, Black club culture — Documented
THING, the revolutionary magazine that chronicled the birth of Chicago’s queer, Black club culture

DeForrest Brown, Jr. takes us inside the countercultural publication that served as a relic of desire and community-building before the internet
by DeForrest Brown, Jr.

Lukasz Pukowiec captures moments of sun-soaked calm in Zanzibar

Lukasz Pukowiec captures moments of sun-soaked calm in Zanzibar

The photographer provides warm glimpses of life in the Tanzanian archipelago

by Harshvardhan Shah

Dawoud Bey’s ‘Street Portraits’ are a radical recentering of the Black community

Dawoud Bey’s ‘Street Portraits’ are a radical recentering of the Black community

The legendary photographer speaks with curator Natasha Egan about his relationship to his subjects and the institutional response to Black Lives Matter

by Ann Binlot

Torkwase Dyson dives into the history of Black liberation with ‘Bird and Lava’

Torkwase Dyson dives into the history of Black liberation with ‘Bird and Lava’

The painter on Black Compositional Thought, the climate crisis, and how scuba diving informs her work

by Ann Binlot

To Marta Pawłowska and Paolo Musa, the body is a canvas

To Marta Pawłowska and Paolo Musa, the body is a canvas

The model and photographer's new project is a journey of self-exploration and creative confidence

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Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Conversations

Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Noname's new track, ‘Song 32,’ is just for her fans. In Document's Spring/Summer 2019 issue, she and Lakeith Stanfield talk dodging and chasing the spotlight.

by Maraya Fisher

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

Conversations

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

The self-described technoprincess talks to Caroline Hervé (Miss Kittin) about proving yourself in an image-obsessed world.

by Hannah Ongley

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

Above the Fold

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

With his new photo journal ‘Boxing in Havana,’ Dominick Sheldon celebrates Cuba's rich sporting history.

by Hannah Ongley

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

Above the Fold

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

The bi-coastal magazine explores the myriad meanings of "family" through fashion, art, photography, and design.

by Ann Binlot

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

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

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

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

The Asian designers of London transforming the meaning of culture

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