
Earl Cave and Stuart Murdoch compare the soundtracks of their youths
...which seems inconceivable in the era of Twitter. I’m curious how you handle the glare of being watched, scrutinized, second-guessed in the world of social...

‘The power of voice’: Amanda Gorman selects 7 poems of perseverance
...poetry with her dedication to activism, using her words to create empathy within communities. From moving Michelle Obama to tears in 2016 to representing Gen...

6 works of cinematic genius that critics initially hated
...1996 Razzies. Fast forward 25 years—the film has a cult following and several critical reevaluations. Now Show Girls is having another go at the spotlight...

Dijon is breaking down toxic masculinity by accident
...Barrágan. Bracelets by Chanel. Ring and boots talent’s own. Right: Tank top by Calvin Klein. Shirt by Prada. Coat by Junya Watanabe. Hat by Gucci....

Cafe Forgot’s guide to shopping vintage while staying home
...Lucy: I love Esther Archives for 90s and 2000s Prada Nylon, John Galliano gazette print, and Dior bustiers. Pechuga Vintage is great for rare and...

Document announces beauty director Lucia Pieroni
...has been responsible for some of Document’s most iconic covers as well as stunning looks for Prada, Versace, and Valentino, discusses her personal relationship with...

Prada salutes the radical spirit of Gustav Klimt’s Austria
Prada’s Fall 2020 menswear collection takes reference from the Vienna Secession, founded by artist Gustav Klimt and designer Koloman Moser, an era rife with artistic...

AI companies are extremely white and male—Kate Crawford wants us to push back
...of AI, during a discussion on ethics in the digital era with Politecnico di Milano School of Management professor Raffaella Caglianoat Prada’s Shaping a Future...

Amanda Gorman, the 21-year-old poet using her words as weapons for change
...explaining her connection to Prada through their Re-Nylon project, Prada’s upcycling initiative that involves repurposing discarded materials such as fishing line. Gorman traveled to Slovenia...

William Selden’s ‘oil paintings’ aren’t quite what they seem
...he first came into photography, shooting campaigns for a diversity of brands including Paul Smith, Prada, and Uniqlo. Selden’s work then developed into what is...

Cult up-and-coming brand Commission pay homage to their earliest style icons—their mothers
...trio at their studio in Chelsea. Surrounded by their archive of black leather boots and heels from Prada to Jimmy Choo, an international range of...

Cristina Mittermeier on the incredible power of images in the fight to save our planet
...those who pledge to fix this crisis. Prada is one company that is doing their part to mitigate their contribution to climate change. With their...

Watch: a strip club where Prada-clad dancers don’t need your dollars
“Put on this Dior.” “Let me help you with those Prada boots.” “Is that Gucci?” With an upwards twirl of a nude-pink lipstick tube, we...

The secret world of images not meant for human eyes
...information—and in a landscape of rapid technological advancement, this ability is an integral feature of human intelligence and machine learning alike. Today, Fondazione Prada will...

Prada’s latest upcycling initiative takes on ocean pollution
...the message of Prada’s recycling efforts. Complete with the Prada Re-Nylon logo, a flowing arrow in the shape of Prada’s iconic upside-down triangle, the collection...

5 artists capturing the fluidity of human experience with watercolor
...a degree in fashion design, she was commissioned by Miuccia Prada to draw several prints for Miu Miu’s Spring 2015 collection, which were shown at...

Road-tripping with model and photographer Julia Campbell-Gillies
...industry, no one goes to their important job naked. Emily—It’s like that scene in The Devil Wears Prada where Andy has the argyle blue sweater...

If innovation is the new luxury, fur is headed for the bargain bin
Last month, the Prada Group joined its high-end counterparts in swearing off fur, beginning in Spring 2020. Gucci, Burberry, Chanel, and other prominent design houses...

Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin’s B-horror version of America’s rural fantasy
...on a hill—and their neighbors weren’t too pleased with it. But that didn’t stop the duo from shooting a series of films for their current...

Finding inspiration with Mugler’s Casey Cadwallader
...for me, it’s also about really old courtyards and old staircases. But this time I’ve been really obsessed. I went to the Prada Foundation and...

What is ‘emotional labor’ and why can’t you invoice for it?
Artist and activist Liv Wynter is exasperated. In a world where movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp have the potential to spark radical change, Wynter can’t...

A day in Tompkins Square Park with artist Jack Greer
...The Still House Group, an art collective Jack and his friends from college ran from the early 2000s to the early 2010s. Above The Fold...

8 questions with Alice and Molly Goddard, fashion’s coolest sibling duo
Since childhood, Molly and Alice Goddard have enjoyed a close, at times adversarial, creative bond. From dressing up in tinfoil and emulating 90s pop stars,...

Science proves banning violent music is total BS
For the past couple of years, London’s Met police in have been waging a war against drill—a type of rap that originated in Chicago but...

The surreal domestic lives of humans and their hyper-real dolls
...and the loners who frequent them, while “doll therapy” is increasingly being used to bring joy to dementia patients. Fondazione Prada’s new exhibition, Surrogati. Un...

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom
As a freelance photographer and the US fashion editor for Document, Ryan James Caruthers and Shawn Lakin count both count editing—in Caruthers’s case, images, and...

Eric N. Mack challenges conventional painting at the Brooklyn Museum
...Mack hung a patchwork of fabric strewn together that he bought while in Milan for a residency. “The colorways, I see this is kind of...

Lara Baladi, the Egyptian-Lebanese artist changing our perception of protest
...Dissemination” at Prada Mode at the Freehand Miami Beach on December 6—about her experience of documenting dissent and how digital media has changed the face...

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer explores human identity in our hyper-connected world
...a very homophobic place,” Lozano-Hemmer tells me over the phone a week after Art Basel in Miami Beach, where he spoke on a panel hosted...

Into the woods: Acne Studios’ Jonny Johansson takes on the Swedish outdoor icon Fjällräven
...in the right moment. I love Miuccia Prada. I really like Jacquemus. I think he’s very promising, in a good way. Mark—There was a heyday...

Paul Soulellis turns the internet into tangible art
At this year’s Art Basel in Miami Beach, Paul Soulellis spoke for a panel hosted by Document Journal at Prada Mode regarding his genre-bending artistic...

Mina Cheon is sending art lessons into North Korea, and sharing Choco Pie with the world
...Korea on the black market. Document spoke to Cheon—a panelist on the talk “Public Access: Offline Media Dissemination” at Prada Mode at the Freehand Miami...

Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference
...about fashion’s creativity and the lack thereof. Witness the rise of @diet_prada, an Instagram account run by Tony Liu and Lindsey Schuyler dedicated to tracking...

Artists Nestor Siré and Julia Weist on Cuba’s underground internet market—and its promise of mobile WiFi
...work for “Virtual/Reality: Digital Media Goes Offline” at Prada Mode. Based in Havana, Cuba and New York respectively, Siré and Weist’s collaborative work deals with...

Document and Prada discuss the future of offline media and online identities
...curated a series of talks for Prada Mode, its three-day takeover of The Freehand Miami Beach, that included poolside lounging, drinks, a restaurant, and parties...

James Veloria’s perfect holiday season: midwestern cooking and Balenciaga earrings
...Prada, and Jean Paul Gautier to the masses. They most recently have taken claim of the storefront next to theirs in an expansion currently displaying...

Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf bring their wondrous world to the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
...Spitzhaus Mummy in a Coffin and Other Treasures and on view through April 28, 2019 before it travels to the Fondazione Prada the following Autumn,...

Designing a set fit for Dior
...designing a fashion exhibition. He conceived of the scenography for 2016’s Metropolitan Museum of Art show, Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology...

Liu Ye’s whimsical paintings take over Prada Rong Zhai in Shanghai
For the last few years, Prada has been carefully restoring Rong Zhai, a historical residence built in 1918 in Shanghai’s Jing’an District that fuses together...

In a system that demands simplicity, Miuccia Prada offers complexity without apology
...Books have been written about her work. Museum exhibitions have been devoted to it. What could there be left for Miuccia Prada to say? Plenty,...

Announcing Document Journal F/W 2018: A culture at a breaking point
...and trial for obscenity. We also speak with the indomitable Miuccia Prada, who continues to redefine notions of beauty, season after season, and Virgil Abloh,...

I lost a pearl earring at Paris Fashion Week
...assess the whereabouts of a pearl earring. Day Two: I wore Prada head-to-toe, except butt-to-crotch I wore Versace. Oh, the after-party was just wonderful. Simply...

“It is hard to do ‘new’ when it doesn’t sell”: Richard Buckley on fashion’s ‘new’ problem
...Diet Prada (run by Tony Liu and Lindsey Schuyler), the fashion industry and its observers have recently become hyper focused on tracking reference, copying, and...

The Milan Fashion Week report: polka dots, stripes and 50 shades of brown
...Prada placed tiny, delicate white Swiss dots on a sheer black dress. Meanwhile, at Dolce & Gabbana, Monica Bellucci opened the Dolce & Gabbana show...

Prada invites a trio of female architects to reimagine black nylon—its signature fabric
...accessories, having previously worked with Chanel and Louis Vuitton on numerous collections. When Prada’s famed nylon was first introduced in the form of Mrs. Prada’s...

The New York Fashion Week report: Model diversity on the rise, school is in session, and leopard love
...his usual rainbow of color for Spring 2019. At Area, electric jewel tones ruled on the catwalk. Prada Linea Rossa, Matthew Adams Dolan, and Prabal...

Frédéric Sanchez and Laurie Anderson discuss the relationship between image and sound
...Prada, and Givenchy have tapped the sound designer to conceptualize the music for their collections. The two artists, who are linked through the common medium...

Luca Guadagnino has conquered love, now he hopes to scare the world
...pink, and in sage-green. Those four suits are all exactly the same. Then I’m also going to have a tuxedo. The tie was Prada. All...

How Prada’s music producer Frédéric Sanchez landed on 90s classics for their 2019 Resort show
...gig for Maison Martin Margiela show in 1988. Ahead of the first Prada’s 2019 Cruise show in New York—its first in the city after a...
