Document Journal

10 extraordinary creators imagine life on the Moon in Document’s ‘Lunar Portfolio’ — At Large
10 extraordinary creators imagine life on the Moon in Document’s ‘Lunar Portfolio’

Lexus, Nike, OMA, DJ Honey Dijon, and more share their visions for what our future among the stars might hold in this portfolio for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.
by Meg Thomann

RIP, Opening Ceremony: designers, DJs, and Club Kids remember the store that was more like a family — Above the Fold
RIP, Opening Ceremony: designers, DJs, and Club Kids remember the store that was more like a family

“In the new millennium, the city submerged into a cultural blackout period...Opening Ceremony offered an anchoring beam of light.” Walt Cassidy, Natasha Stagg, and more on how Carol Lim and Humberto Leon reignited New York's creative spirit.
by Clara Malley

Document announces beauty director Lucia Pieroni — Above the Fold
Document announces beauty director Lucia Pieroni

Pieroni shares her organic, intuitive philosophy for beauty and hints at what's in store for Document.
by Maraya Fisher

Virgil Abloh challenges workplace uniformity

Fashion

Virgil Abloh challenges workplace uniformity

‘Don't let your day job define you.’ Louis Vuitton Men channels the boundless, dreamy feeling of a childhood afternoon spent cloud-gazing.

Watch Live: Loewe Men’s Fall/Winter 2020 from Paris

Watch Live: Loewe Men’s Fall/Winter 2020 from Paris

Tune in to the livestream this Saturday, January 18 at 12p.m.Paris/6:00a.m. EST.

Issey Miyake enters the ‘Jazz Age’

Fashion

Issey Miyake enters the ‘Jazz Age’

Mr. Miyake showcased his Fall/Winter 2020 collection alongside acrobats, trumpeters, and drummers.

‘The future has begun’: Raf Simons’s otherworldly vision for tomorrow

Fashion

‘The future has begun’: Raf Simons’s otherworldly vision for tomorrow

From oversized safety pins to tight plastic corsets, the designer continues his tradition of experimenting with proportions.

Watch Live: Hermès Men’s Fall/Winter 2020 from Paris

Fashion

Watch Live: Hermès Men’s Fall/Winter 2020 from Paris

Tune in to the livestream this Saturday, January 18 at 8p.m.Paris/2p.m. EST.

OAMC writes new rules for balancing sartorial freedom with functionality in Milan

Fashion

OAMC writes new rules for balancing sartorial freedom with functionality in Milan

With help from David Foster Wallace, Luke Meier emphasizes the importance of dressing with awareness.

Surfers, bikers, and soldiers reimagined: Ferragamo celebrates the breadth of modern masculinity

Fashion

Surfers, bikers, and soldiers reimagined: Ferragamo celebrates the breadth of modern masculinity

Paul Andrew creates space for hybridized identities with his unconventional takes on the ‘work uniform.’

Watch Live: Givenchy’s Fall/Winter 2020 men’s show in Paris

Fashion

Watch Live: Givenchy’s Fall/Winter 2020 men’s show in Paris

Tune in to the livestream this Thursday, January 16 at 10:30a.m. Paris/4:30a.m. EST.

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Watch Live: Hermès Men’s Fall/Winter 2020 from Paris

Watch Live: Hermès Men’s Fall/Winter 2020 from Paris

Tune in to the livestream this Saturday, January 18 at 8p.m.Paris/2p.m. EST.

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‘Queen & Slim’ star Daniel Kaluuya and author Marlon James are the legendary heroes of the new mythologies they’re creating

Film

‘Queen & Slim’ star Daniel Kaluuya and author Marlon James are the legendary heroes of the new mythologies they’re creating

The Oscar Nominee and Booker Prizewinner on challenging the white gaze, resisting the need to self-justify, and ‘appreciating black art on black terms’ in conversation...

by Bridget Minamore

Colette’s Sarah Andelman and i-D founders Terry and Tricia Jones were influencers before it was a job

Colette’s Sarah Andelman and i-D founders Terry and Tricia Jones were influencers before it was a job

The effortlessly cool trio reflect on curation, team-building, and 40 years of 'i-D' in Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

by Maraya Fisher

Frida Escobedo and Pedro Reyes look to the future to save Mexico’s lost past

Frida Escobedo and Pedro Reyes look to the future to save Mexico’s lost past

The architect and artist discuss the decolonization of culture and honoring tradition through innovation in Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

by Alberto Ríos de la Rosa

Roxane Gay, Gloria Allred, and Siri Hustvedt envision the law rewritten by women

Roxane Gay, Gloria Allred, and Siri Hustvedt envision the law rewritten by women

The women discuss the 2020 candidates, reproductive freedom, sci-fi matriarchies, and the power of female anger for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

by Meg Thomann

King Princess and Mj Rodriguez on the self-actualizing power of inventing a new persona

King Princess and Mj Rodriguez on the self-actualizing power of inventing a new persona

‘Queer people are the reason we have fashion’—the singer and 'Pose' star get real about giving credit, being crowned 'queer icons', and serving a greater...

by Trish Bendix

Damson Idris and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje bring Britain’s dark racial history to light—and discover masculinity’s hopeful future

Damson Idris and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje bring Britain’s dark racial history to light—and discover masculinity’s hopeful future

In 'Farming,' Idris plays a teenage Akinnuoye-Agbaje as he seeks empowerment through joining his neighborhood skinhead gang

by Colin Crummy

‘We’re facing a societal collapse’: Extinction Rebellion’s Roger Hallam speaks to ACT UP’s Peter Staley about disrupting the world in order to save it

‘We’re facing a societal collapse’: Extinction Rebellion’s Roger Hallam speaks to ACT UP’s Peter Staley about disrupting the world in order to save it

As Extinction Rebellion's two-week ‘International Rebellion’ kicks off, Hallam and Staley tell us why civil disobedience is our most viable tool for survival.

by Elizabeth Rush

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Fashion Portfolios

Moncler Genius by Hugo Comte and Robbie Spencer — Fashion Portfolio
Moncler Genius by Hugo Comte and Robbie Spencer

Explore the toasty genius of Moncler's FW19 collaborations with Pierpaolo Piccioli, Craig Green, Richard Quinn, 1017 Alyx 9SM, Simone Rocha, and more
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Grace Joel and Max Cornwall’s steamy take on ’80s street style

Grace Joel and Max Cornwall’s steamy take on ’80s street style

Shot over the course of a day, this fashion portfolio recalls the glamorous car culture of the era.

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An exercise in people watching during an ordinary stroll through the park

Fashion Portfolio

An exercise in people watching during an ordinary stroll through the park

Photographer Olya Oleinic and stylist Cristina Firpo create a series

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Craig McDean and Sarah Richardson conjure fantastical worlds

Fashion Portfolio

Craig McDean and Sarah Richardson conjure fantastical worlds

The pair collaborate, alongside Document's new beauty director Lucia Pieroni,

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Burberry revives the spirit of ’80s youth

Fashion Portfolio

Burberry revives the spirit of ’80s youth

Photographer Richard Bush collaborates with Document creative director Sarah Richardson

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What will we drive on the moon? Lexus shows Document the future

What will we drive on the moon? Lexus shows Document the future

For Document Fall/Winter 2019, we called upon culture's brightest minds to envision lunar life. Here are Lexus's seven proposals for luxury space travel.

by Maraya Fisher

10 extraordinary creators imagine life on the Moon in Document’s ‘Lunar Portfolio’

Architecture

10 extraordinary creators imagine life on the Moon in Document’s ‘Lunar Portfolio’

Lexus, Nike, OMA, DJ Honey Dijon, and more share their visions for what our future among the stars might hold in this portfolio for Document's...

by Meg Thomann

Their lands, our future: photographing the resiliency and innovation in the Zambian floodplains

Photography

Their lands, our future: photographing the resiliency and innovation in the Zambian floodplains

Laurence Ellis documents the Barotseland region for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

by Clara Malley

The hysteria-inducing, swashbuckling adventurers behind Louis Vuitton’s most well-traveled trunks

Culture

The hysteria-inducing, swashbuckling adventurers behind Louis Vuitton’s most well-traveled trunks

From Douglas Fairbanks, the eccentric, old Hollywood celebrity to Casanova orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski, discover whirlwind lives of the original Louis Vuitton carriers.

by Aaron Hicklin

Dive into the waters of ‘Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing’

Culture

Dive into the waters of ‘Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing’

We revisit the oddball ’70s magazine, which counted Debbie Harry and Mick Jagger among its cover stars, for Document Fall/Winter 2019

by Anthony Haden-Guest

Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later

Culture

Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later

Peaches, Liz Johnson Artur, the infamous Berghain bouncer Sven Marquardt, and others share their memories of an international turning point in Document's F/W 2019 issue.

by Aaron Hicklin

What it’s like to earn a Master’s degree in the basement of an Amsterdam nightclub

Culture

What it’s like to earn a Master’s degree in the basement of an Amsterdam nightclub

Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun's University of the Underground offers a Master's in the Design of Experiences. After the program's first two chaotic years, Ben Hayoun...

by Bella Bathurst

Art, decadence, and religion: Francesco Vezzoli reinterprets a French literary legend at Musee D’Orsay — Documented
Art, decadence, and religion: Francesco Vezzoli reinterprets a French literary legend at Musee D’Orsay

An exhibition exploring the many artistic stages of Joris-Karl Huysmans, as seen by Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli for Document Fall/Winter 2019.
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The body as spectacle: Hayv Kahraman’s contorted female forms personify trauma and resistance

Art

The body as spectacle: Hayv Kahraman’s contorted female forms personify trauma and resistance

The artist examines the human ability to reemerge from oppressive states in this portfolio for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

by Aruna D'Souza

Haegue Yang counters sensory and linguistic isolation with a new artistic grammar

Haegue Yang counters sensory and linguistic isolation with a new artistic grammar

The artist tells a visual story of kinship between humans and hardware with multi-sensory collages for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue.

by Sofía Lemos

Pope.L layers performances and haunted places to question dominant historical narratives

Pope.L layers performances and haunted places to question dominant historical narratives

Coinciding with the artist's on-going show at the Whitney, Document revisits 'The Escape,' a profound meditation on space, convention, and liberation, in Document F/W 2019.

by Suzie Oppenheimer

Borderlands: Mitch Epstein’s portfolio of America’s changing physical and social landscape

Borderlands: Mitch Epstein’s portfolio of America’s changing physical and social landscape

From gun-toting ranchers to sweeping mountain vistas, the photographer unravels the implicit and explicit politics of the US-Mexico border.

by Drew Sawyer

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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