Afternoon Song
Photographer Parker Woods and Document’s Senior Fashion Editor-at-Large Shawn Lakin collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Summer/Pre-Fall 2021 issue...
Issey Miyake explores the natural world for Spring/Summer 2022
...its resort patterns; SWIMMING HUE has rich, solid tones, and lighthearted anemone hats. The LINK RINGS series is perhaps the most quintessentially Issey—totally hand-pleated dresses...
Michelle Zauner and Jiayang Fan on becoming their mothers’ artworks
...a link to a culture they had limited access to growing up in majority-white contexts, but also a Proustian connection to a rich emotional world...
Fraser T. Smith provides the Midas touch to London’s grime scene heavyweights
...garage—that’s where [Kano and I] really clicked. I used to DJ garage in my Craig David days, so that was our common link. And I...
Betty Images’s books for burgeoning leftists
...still have the URL but Rowling’s antics have definitely soured the mood. Real life is much more compelling right now. @bettyimagesIndustrialization =/= civilization #Marxist #leftist...
Bladee and Mechatok push the boundaries of pop with “Good Luck”
...the livestream a few hours before the launch of Good Luck, as I wanted to make sure I got the registration right. What I see...
Dior brings the tarot deck to life in an atmospheric film by Matteo Garrone
...qualities of a bygone era: devoré velvet, gold laminated gauze, exquisite embroidery, and indulgent textures that speak to couture’s enduring link to tradition and old...
Kim Jones taps Peter Doig for his latest art-inspired collection for Dior Men
...and tradition. “Christian Dior himself described the ceremonial entry of his models for each new look,” states the house in a press release. “[Ceremonial garb...
Lauren Wasser, the girl with the golden legs, is waging war on Big Tampon
...link between Rely and the surge in toxic shock syndrome cases (between 1978 and 1980 the CDC reported 1,600 cases). “Pat Kehm died because Procter...
American Artist and Legacy Russell are hacking the cultural mainframe for a nonbinary future
...time until we just had to link beyond our screens. American: Right! I had been following your work for a while, and I was really...
Freddie Gibbs and Moxie Marlinspike decrypt the modern American Dream
...Earrings, ring, and watch (worn throughout) Freddie’s own. Photographed in Los Angeles. Fashion Editor: Shawn Lakin. Photo Assistant Walker Lewis. Alex Hodor-Lee: You’re both described...
Nia DaCosta and Karyn Kusama tell horror stories that can set us free
...wears top by Fear of God Exclusively for Ermenegildo Zegna. Necklace by BVLGARI. Photographed by Pat Martin in Los Angeles. Fashion Editor: Shawn Lakin. Hair...
Monika Silva’s Gauge81 is reviving early aughts sexuality with Francophone flair
...or corporate—and never both. Her designs are for “a modern woman,” Silva tells Document’s Senior Fashion Editor, Shawn Lakin, adding that she feels her brand...
Chloë Sevigny, Haifaa al-Mansour, Hailey Gates, and So Yong Kim on why film’s future belongs to outsiders
...that I want to focus on changing in the next ten years. Haifaa wears dress by Miu Miu. Photographed by Lindsay Ellary in Los Angeles....
Ziwe Fumudoh and Patti Harrison talk Christian guilt, shitty exes, and Spice Girls
...1952. Tights stylist’s own. Right: Shirt by Y-3. Tie stylist’s own. Photographed by Parker Woods in Los Angeles. Fashion Editor: Shawn Lakin. Photo Assistant Mikayla...
Thurston Moore on his new album, the old New York, and always resisting the mainstream
...book editor Eva Prinz. Moore joins Document to discuss the link between space and creativity, how COVID is changing the music industry, and the process...
Grand River plays with limitations and freedom in her expansive ambient sound
Music can color a season, and vice versa. Aimée Portioli’s new album as Grand River, ‘Blink A Few Times To Clear Your Eyes’, was meant...
Designer Alexandra Groover manifests our universal need for mysticism—and hoodies
...Sir Paul Smith after wandering into his curiosity shop. Shawn Lakin: How did you get started designing? Alexandra Groover: One day while digging in the...
Can’t find your favorite song on Spotify? Check the podcast section
...third-party “aggregator partners” to do so. Adding a podcast to the service is as simple as linking an RSS feed, via the podcast’s host platform,...
Kim Jones and Orville Peck talk art with a capital A
...John Galliano, while injecting it with his enormous enthusiasm for contemporary culture. It’s not only his collaborations with Kaws, Raymond Pettibon, Daniel Arsham, and Shawn...
Gucci’s 12-hour live stream forgoes fantasy for radical transparency
Gucci’s much-anticipated, 12-hour live stream commenced this morning with a ’90s art net-look in the Palazzo Sacchetti and its idyllic garden. The 76 looks flashed...
Is lab-grown the new grass-fed? A glimpse into the ethical future of meat
...Australia burn, it gets really hard not to draw a link between my food choices and larger climate processes. They’re literally burning the Amazon to...
Fashion from Isolation: 5 designers create looks using only household items
...the only window for communication with others. Our minds link with the world through these visible or invisible nets, while in reality, the wires build...
Dennis Rodman was Black boy joy before it was acceptable
...He wore a Cuban link chain and two pendants around his neck, two large silver earrings on the left and another one on the right,...
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched: Fashion idioms with Marni
Duane Michals and Shawn Lakin bring our favorite phrases to life for Document's Spring/Summer 2020 issue...
At 80-years-old, Harlem photographer Shawn Walker finally gets his due
Now in his 80th year, African American photographer Shawn W. Walker’s extraordinary life is a testament to the power of self-determination in the face of...
4 Moncler Simone Rocha takes flight
...lacing on skates and the otherworldly ceremony of the performance itself. Starring Chiquita Limer and Jordan Bailey. Makeup Dan Duran. Hair Erol Karadag. Casting Shawn...
Focus beats, dance theater, very good films: Polina Zakh’s online culture guide
...annoyed when people say that they are bored during Q—seriously? I think it means that they are boring, not that they are bored, lol. Here...
Rare Birds: 4 Moncler Simone Rocha comes to life on ice
...Kincaid. Senior Producer Brigitte Bishop. Production Coordinator Steven Almonte. Director Margot Roussel. Director of Photography Alberto Mojica. Editor Yago Hunt-Laudi. Casting Shawn Lakin and Diana...
Art From Isolation: 11 Illustrators visualize our new dystopian reality
...from other people, but also from history and the material artifacts that link us to a continuum of human civilization that we will probably lose...
Onyx Collective’s love letter to New York’s ever-changing landscape
...band together. “I’m thankful for today,” Williamson says. “But this is heartbreaking, really, because we can’t go places, we can’t link up with each other.”...
Senior Dog Gathering Room is a 24/7 lesson in lounging like it’s an extreme sport
...talked about his quarantine time with the New York Times. Cop a cult Greek wine Not a digital event, but here’s a digital link to...
Yannis Davy Guibinga exposes the imperialist roots of photography in Africa
...use of color to underscore the significance of its meaning in events and rituals. By combining color with hair, make-up, costume, models, and locales, Guibinga...
‘How we react in these times is everything’: designers are halting collections to make medical supplies
...her efforts, but she shared her experience over email. “Bunny sent me a link for @masks4medicine, and I called Hillary right away,” she told me....
Art from isolation: 9 photographers share a microcosm of their immediate world
...evoke the way in which Club Quarantine exists online but is, for each individual who logs on, also an in-person experience, irl and url. Document:...
5 things to do on the internet this week, from DJ streams to voguing lessons
...Museums, musicians, and presidential candidates have adapted to this weird new world just as rapidly; pivoting from IRL to URL to keep us connected, informed,...
The Blossom’s latest music video explores how precious and haunted our bedrooms actually are
...career as a singer, songwriter, and producer. When we did link up, we laughed through it, and she uttered what might be a credo for...
How LEYA’s avant-garde harp music provided Pornhub’s best film score
...to work on the project. I Love You (extremely NSFW link here) is three pornographic scenes, one featuring two cis women (Abella Danger and Kira...
Kean Etro invites us to his family hearth with this cozy, intimate collection
The ambition to go further than those who came before has always been a driving force for innovation of all kinds. While many try to...
Welcome to Café Forgot, the shop serving curated fashion with a healthy dose of irreverence
...of almost entirely bespoke and handmade treasures that they attest to as a design as art practice rather than as fashion with a capital ‘F.’...
Why the inevitable end of cash won’t fulfill its egalitarian promise
...a cashless form of payment like a credit or debit card or to link her smartphone—essentially, she can’t use or pay for these things at...
Experience the Golden Age of hip hop through the lens of Janette Beckman and David Corio
...Shawn, what’s important about putting this show on right now? Shawn: This all started when Phife from A Tribe Called Quest died. Tribe was my...
‘Miami Vice’ meets streetwear royalty for Dior Men Pre-Fall 2020
...Miami’s Art Basel was a celebration of collaboration, hailing Stüssy and Nike as contributors for Dior’s first menswear collection to show in the States. The...
In ‘Gateways,’ Shawn Kuruneru merges the intimate, ancient traditions of ink and fragrance
One dominant substance has flowed through the life of Canadian artist Shawn Kuruneru: ink. As a student, he was a compulsive doodler. Then, when he...
Mitch Epstein confronts America’s psychological darkness in ‘Sunshine Hotel’
...link in, be they American Indians at Standing Rock, humanitarian workers in the Borderlands, or native Hawaiians taking a stand against the construction of the...
Daniel Arnold, New York’s best-loved street photographer, takes us on a beautiful journey into his ‘crazy brain’
...one was expecting you to be taking a photo. Even still, it’s pretty hidden. But it was that missing link moment where I could get...
The masks we wear: haunting the streets and offices of New York City
Document celebrates spooky season with a masquerade-centric editorial by photographer Jackie Kursel and Document senior fashion editor Shawn Lakin.
Early Halloween, the iconic costume source where you can find Elvis jumpsuits and showgirl headdresses
...the conservators of this two-story Chelsea legend as they prepare to close their doors this year. Early Halloween is currently selling their stock. Created by...
High fashion coloring and Mad Libs with CDLM’s Chris Peters
...fashion editor Shawn Lakin. Models Cameron Aoyama at Unite Unite, Megan Renée at Unite Unite, and Vera Bulder at No Agency. Hair Kazuhide Katahira. Casting...
