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DECEMBER 2015 ISSUE 1
2-3 Meet Roy Nachum Artist Roy Nachum collaboates with Rihanna on her new album ANTI. Photography: via Roy Nachum 4-5 Pat McGrath - Gold 001 Celebtrity make-up artist Pat McGrath’s highly anticipated Gold 001 eyeshadow. Photography: Bethany Atkins Fashion: Charlotte Day 6-9 Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows Young activist Asia Patel talks about how the fashion industry should face up to change to avoid future offensive to marginalised cultures. Photography: Laurent Zabulon 10-15 Liam Walpole: Small Town Boy Get to know Liam Walpole, the 21 year old who propelled from rural unemployment to fame as the lead actor in The Goob. Photography: Next Model Management, Heidi Simone 16-19 Coming of Age Fashion photography. Photography: Bethany Atkins Fashion: Lucie Downs
Liam Walpole Photography: Heidi Simone
ADDICT’S PERSON OF THE MONTH: Ar tist-curator and NY native Grace Miceli is the ar t wor ld’s guardian angel and founder of Art Baby Gallery, an online space providing representation and exposure for young ar tists.
EDITOR’S LETTER Icia cuptatem resci ata dera volum everspe restius dandandi ipsapiciatem rerib In 2015, five young people came up with the idea of Addict magazine. This month, our readers finally get to see what we’ve been working on. We are a youth based magazine focusing on courageous forms of film, art, culture, music and fashion. Our topics’ unflinching relevance to our society of today conforms a uniqueness that leaves readers addicted to Addict. We pride ourselves on making a difference; we want to bring to you topical, alternative opinions on fashion, art and youth culture. We strive to provide our readers with the pleasure of knowing that everything in the magazine can offer them a new perspective, a new hot topic, a new way to look at the world of fashion and our culture. We love those who challenge conventions and spilling the dirt on controversial topics which would never be published elsewhere. We, better than anyone, know that our generation of youth are passionate about the industry and the future of fashion and it is why we will always be one step ahead - to keep our readers ahead of the game. In this issue, our cover boy, 21 year old actor Liam Walpole talks about his rise from rural unemployment to film star and model. Young activist Asia Patel educates us about the effects of cultural appropriation in the fashion industry and the infamous Valentino SS15 show. Pat McGrath releases the first product in her new make-up line and emerging artist Roy Nachum collaborates with Rihanna on her new album ANTI. December means a lot to us. It’s the month we get to give our lovely readers the gift of Addict. We hope you love it! Have a great Christmas! Love, all of the team at Addict x
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Meet Roy Nachum
PHOTOGRAPHY Roy Nachum Via Instagram
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Sometimes in order to see, you need to close your eyes” says Roy Nachum, who has experimented with his
own sight by wearing a blind fold for a week. The Israeli-born is a painter, sculptor and installation artist and is fast becoming known in the industry for his radical experimentation with human perception. “When I paint I don’t think about what I see, I think about life. I start a painting and I leave the viewer to complete it. I believe that the power of art is communication, my art is an extension of my being.” You will have seen his most recent work on Rihanna’s new album ANTI, which features his signature braille poetry. Rihanna is not the first to collaborate with Nachum, he has previously worked for the likes of Jay Z, Beyonce and Swizz Beats. The hype that has grown from Rihanna’s artwork will not be the last for Nachum, and we look forward to seeing a lot more of him in 2016. Rihanna’s ANTI is available now. Roy Nachum exhibits his work internationally and is presently living and working in New York City.
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PHOTOGRAPHY Bethany Atkins ART DIRECTOR Lucie Downs MAKE-UP Charlotte Day
The legendary Pat McGrath has just released the limited edition ‘Gold 001’ (£40). Following in the steps of fellow celebrity makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury, the “highly malleable formula” gold pigment is her first McGrath-branded make-up item, created from the newly formed Pat McGrath Labs. We’ve already seen many photos on McGrath’s insta of Kim K and supermodel Karlie Kloss wearing the fabulously gold colour, which she describes as a “mysterious, high-impact, rich, metallic pigment.” Didn’t get the limited release? Don’t panic – general release and more exciting products from her line will be released in early 2016. 5
Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows Young activist Asia Patel talks about how the fashion industry should face up to change to avoid future offensive to marginalised cultures. PHOTOGRAPHY LAURENT ZABULON TEXT LUCIE DOWNS
Hopefully we’ve all heard by now the term cultural appropriation and understand why it is an important issue to be educated in. If not, where have you been for the past 12 months?! Cultural appropriation has been a heated topic this year within the fashion industry. In brief, cultrual appropriation is the act by where someone from a dominant culture takes features from a marginalised culture that is not their own. Taking a particular style leads to racist generalisations and stereotypes for the culture it originated, but is deemed as high fashion or a trend when the priviledged take it for themselves. Last month, we sat down with Asia Patel, a 22 year old gal passionate about raising awareness on the topic of cultural appropriation. She spoke to us about how the fashion industry should face up to change to avoid future offence to marginalised cultures.
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Cultural appropriation has been a heated topic in the media recently, especially since that Valentino SS16 show inspired by ‘wild, tribal Africa.’ It was creative designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s choice to cast predominantly white models (eight out of 87 looks were black models), wearing tribal prints, Kikuyu textiles, raffia tassels, cornrows and dreadlocks, all to the soundtrack of bongo drums, that caused controversy. Unfortunately, the lack of black representation is not an unusual sight to see on the runway. For years high fashion designers such as Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent have taken influences from native cultures without anyone blinking and eye. So why is it an issue that has been highlighted now? “People of colour, their voices are getting louder… we’ve been taking this for so long but it’s got to the point where we can stand up and say, actually, we’re not really okay with you doing this.” Asia explained that celebrities from minority cultures are using their limelight to raise awareness on cultural appropriation and encourage more people to stand up to it as well. Earlier this year, Hunger Games actress Amandla Stenberg released the school project video ‘Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows’ which quickly went viral. Amandla explained: “By 2013 the fashion world had adopted cornrows… and magazines had editorial campaigns featuring cornrows as a ‘new urban hairstyle.” This new trend in the fashion world disregards the origin of the hairstyle and meaning behind it. In the case of the Valentino show, cornrows were included to fit the ‘African’ style, building a racial stereotype which generalised the whole of Africa and black culture. However, it is doubtful that the intention of the fashion world is to offend. Designers undoubtedly see the beauty in the designs created by marginalised cultures and continue to base their collections around them. “I can’t obviously speak for everyone of colour but I know for me that in most cases it is just ignorance, people most of the time aren’t doing this out of maliciousness they just don’t realise”, Asia told us. Even we cannot deny that the collection was gorgeous - but where is the line between cultural appreciation and appropriation? “It’s difficult, you can see there’s been a lot thought
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LIAM WALPOLE Get to know Liam Walpole, the 21 year old who propelled from rural unemployment to fame as the lead actor in The Goob.
PHOTOGRAPHY HEIDI SIMONE TEXT CHARLOTTE DAY
From a small town boy living Norfolk to modelling in Saint Laurent’s Fall 2015 collection, upcoming actor and model Liam Walpole is certainly one to keep your eyes on. On the dole in Norfolk before he was cast as the lead in Guy Myhill’s debut feature The Goob, Liam’s unique and striking look has been a key stimulus to his success.
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The Goob, a coming of age tale set in the rural land of Norfolk, is where Liam’s ride to stardom flourished. Liam had no aspirations to act and it was by complete luck that he got to appear in the film. “It was just completely by chance, really. I was out in my town of Dereham, just going to the shop one day, and I was playing with my phone while I was walking along, and I bumped into the casting lady. She spoke to me and explained to me what Guy [Myhill, the director] was doing and about the film, and asked me if I was interested” says Liam. The film follows a long hot summer where the Goob is trying to discover himself after finishing school. He is quickly made to mature before our eyes as he encounters violence when fighting for the attention of his mother over her new womanising, stock car racer boyfriend. After a tough upbringing in Norfolk with its own ups and downs, Liam can see clear comparisons between the character of the Goob and his own self - as if the role had been made specifically for him. “My life’s kind of been kind of like Goob’s in a way. Kind of up and down throughout my life, to be honest. I haven’t really had anything that’s really stayed a constant. The only thing that’s really stayed a constant is my perspective” says Liam. There’s an appealingly enigmatic quality to both the character Goob and the film itself. This can certainly be said for Liam, too. Since filming ended, his has continued to work on his local chicken farm alongside modelling. Myhill explains that when casting the Goob he wanted to find someone with the sense that they didn’t really belong there, but who you could tell was from there. Liam’s authenticity and rural roots certainly fit his vision. Myhill says, “On set, he’s got that still, calm presence that very few have in front of a camera. He’s natural. What I always liked about Liam was his physicality. When he walks - it’s like he’s not walked for long.”
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“Ever since I was very little, I was never really one to have any pictures taken of me, so to have loads of people to want to take pictures of me now is quite strange.” Was it Liam’s “David Bowie mixed with Spock”like appearance that Guy Myhill forever talks of that made his vision a reality? An early reference point Myhill made was in fact his David Bowie - Man Who Fell To Earth kind of physicality. It is his unique and unearthly appearance that landed Liam a modelling contract with one of the UK’s leading modelling agencies - NEXT Model Management. Liam was initially shocked when he was told that he had the face for modelling:
I am and everything like that. The camera didn’t really faze me, to be honest. It was as if it wasn’t there. It really was.”
“That shocked me completely. Ever since I was very little, I was never really one to have any pictures taken of me, so to have loads of people to want to take pictures of me now is quite strange.”
“I don’t know. My heart’s in my throat sometimes when I think about it. I got to go to Texas for SXSW and that was great. I feel quite lost since I’ve stopped filming. Every time I do something I’m constantly thinking about what I’m doing - like my actions and stuff like that. I also always need to be doing something with my hands. Since doing the film I’ve been overly focused on everything I’m doing.”
The unique Spock-Bowie hybrid that Liam possesses is captured by the lens of photographer Hedi Slimane as he stars in his first campaign for Saint Laurent’s Fall/Winter 2015 collection. The striking and refreshing look from Liam sees him posing in Slimane’s signature black and white pictures wearing sharp coats and jackets, paired with tops embellished in polka dots and stripes. Was Liam fazed by the sudden attention and the spot light? “I’m not really self-conscious about myself at all in any way. I’m quite comfortable in who
He still suspects they’ve muddled him up with someone else. So he continues to search for more conventional work and enjoys occasionally working as his local chicken factory inbetween modelling jobs. So humble! But now moving on from The Goob, how has his life changed?
We’re sure this isn’t the last we’ll see of Liam keep your eyes peeled for this ethereal and extraordinary new face! Following a world premiere at Venice Film Festival, a screening at SXSW and countless nominations and awards, The Goob is available to own on DVD now.
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COMING OF AGE PHOTOGRAPHY Bethany Atkins FASHION Lucie Downs, Charlotte Day
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Fashion - Shoes: Doc Martens, Denim Jacket: Levi’s, Shirt: Urban Outfitters, Skirt: Models own Make-up - Urban Decay Naked Palette, Chanel Lipstick in Pirate.
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