It’s All About The Denim

MARNI x Carhartt Floral

Denim Jacket

Marni and Carhartt joined forces to create pieces that dip workwear in fully bloomed flowers. See this come to life through this denim jacket, featuring an all-over print that’s part-retro, partpsychedelic – and wholly covetable.

DANIEL W. FLETCHER

Denim Contrast-Stitch Jacket

This denim jacket plays with construction through contrast binding and topstitching to create a distinctive silhouette, while its organic cotton fabrication merges with the designer’s forward-looking ethos.

JACOB COHËN Slim-Fit Denim Shorts

Perfect for those with an affection for all things bright, sporting these shorts in the summer months will not only give any look a contemporary lift but will showcase to all that conformity isn’t something you abide by.

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Varsijunior Denim Sneakers

The epitome of preppy, this pair is punctuated with Maison’s initials in an apt varsity-inspired font and rendered in classic blue denim with supple leather trims – a detail that offers the perfect balance of smart and casual.

Musing on the enduring relevance of ancient Egypt’s aesthetic, Rick Owens, in collaboration with Paradoxe, unravelled reconstructed denim left in shaggy shreds that take this overshirt from striking to avant-garde

ALLSAINTS

Denim Osa Midi Dress

Providing the undisputed timelessness of classic denim yet cut to a midi-length profile, this 1980s-inspired piece is sure to make a statement as you go about your daily routine

MUGLER

Medium Denim Spiral Curve 01 Shoulder Bag

Partially recycled silver-tone hardware and a versatile silhouette complete the aesthetic, appealing to those who favour both form and function in their accessories

SANDRO

Two-Tone Denim Jacket

We are sure you are tired of the same old denim jackets, expressing the same nonchalance year in and year out, but it will take a long time for you to express boredom with this Sandro iteration

CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN

Madmonica Denim

Wedge Sandals 130

Christian Louboutin’s Madmonica wedge sandals update the classic design of an espadrille with contemporary embellishments

Lord Of The Dance

24 May – Tašmajdan – 20.30

The universally popular Irish music and dance spectacle Lord of the Dance will arrive in Belgrade, on Tašmajdan, on May 24 2023, organised by the production company Long Play. The grandiose stage show founded in 1995 by Irish-American dancer Mike Flatley has visited more than 1,000 venues worldwide. It has been seen by more than 60 million people in 60 countries on every continent, making it one of the most successful dance productions. In Belgrade, Lord of the Dance has always met with great reception several times in the last ten years, so there is no doubt that another memorable spectacle will follow at Tašmajdan.

Denis Matsuev

8 May – mts Hall – 20.00

On 8 May 2023, the world-famous pianist Denis Matsujev will hold a solo concert on the stage of the MTS Hall. The famous artist will present a unique program called “Encore”, which contains masterpieces of classical music from Mozart and Beethoven to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. One of the most outstanding pianists of our time will perform the most remarkable musical works of different eras and again show his unique talent because in Matsui’s performance, even the most popular and frequently performed piano works gain fresh energy, and their meaning takes on new nuances.

Divanhana

12 May – mts Hall – 20.00

After performing at various locations from 2012 to 2018, Divanhana chose a place she had not been to for her new concert in Belgrade - MTS Hall. At the end of 2021, Divanhana delighted her fans with a new hit, “Cilim”, which introduced “Zavrzlam”. This fifth studio album of the group brings eleven pearls and a big novelty in Divanhana’s career: their original tracks, which attracted equal attention with their quality, as well as recognisable, colourful arrangements of traditional songs, i.e. compositions by other authors (Šaban Bajramović, Ljubiša Stojanović – Louis and others). The album “Zavrzlama” went very well with the wider audience. In the list of the best albums of 2022, as chosen by the “World Music Charts Europe” panel members, the album took the third position.

Gild

Raven Kennedy 1336 rsd

„It’s the arrogance of men to think so little of women. And it’ll be their downfall too“ Locked away in a castle on the snowy mountains in the Sixth Kingdom of Orea, I have never known freedom. No one can get in or out. Apart from him. King Midas, who rescued me from the streets. Who gave me food, shelter, and his heart. Who I promised to love forever. But when political upheaval sees me sent across kingdoms to a future I no longer understand, everything I thought I knew about King Midas is shattered. The world has only ever heard his story. Now it’s time to hear mine.

Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960

Serena Williams, Kevin L. Jones, Christina M. Johnson 6641 rsd

This book offers a stunning visual record of the evolution of women’s sporting attire in Western fashion over nearly two centuries. With selections from Keds, Pendleton, and Spalding and garments by Coco Chanel, Claire McCardell, and Jean Patou, among many others, it features familiar names in the development of sport, industry, and dress, as well as significant rediscoveries. Standing at the intersection of the history of fashion and feminism, Sporting Fashion highlights the extraordinary impact of new technologies and evolving social mores on women’s clothing for sport. It explores how the basic forms of women’s sportswear we know today-from swimsuits to sneakers- were developed and codified during a time when women were achieving more freedom.

Women Street Photographers

Gulnara Samoilova

3685 rsd

Traditionally a male-dominated field, street photography is increasingly becoming the domain of women. This fantastic collection of images reflects that shift, showcasing 100 contemporary women street photographers working around the world today, accompanied by personal statements about their work. Variously joyful, unsettling and unexpected, the photographs capture a wide range of extraordinary moments. The volume is curated by Gulnara Samoilova, founder of the Women Street Photographers project: a website, social media platform and annual exhibition. Photographer Melissa Breyer’s introductory essay explores how the genre has intersected with gender throughout history, looking at how cultural changes in gender roles have overlapped with technological developments in the camera to allow key historical figures to emerge.

More Fool Me

Stephen Fry 1457 rsd

Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable More Fool Me. In his early thirties, Stephen Fry - writer, comedian, star of stage and screen - had, as they say, ‘made it’. Much loved in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, The Liar, with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him. What could possibly go wrong?

Keith Haring: The Story of His Life

Paolo Parisi 2794 rsd

From his boyhood days spent drawing compulsively through his tragic death, the trajectory of Keith Haring’s life is a story of incredible achievement, luck, opportunity, and extraordinary commitment. This graphic novel looks at every stage of that life, exploring his early influences, the roots of his activism, and his close friendships with other artists contemporaries. It shows readers what it was like to be part of New York City’s vibrant downtown art scene in the 1980s-the nightclubs, art openings, the rise of hip-hopand how world events, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the escalation of the nuclear arms race; apartheid; and the dawn of the climate crisis played into his work.

Blonde 20th Anniversary Edition

Joyce Carol Oates

2065 rsd

The 20th-anniversary edition of the National Book Award finalist and national bestseller exploring the life and legend of Marilyn Monroe In one of her most ambitious works, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic, and spiritual life of Norma Jeane Baker--the child, the woman, the fated celebrity, and idolised blonde the world came to know as Marilyn Monroe. In a voice startlingly intimate and rich, Norma Jeane tells her own story of an emblematic American artist--intensely conflicted and driven--who had lost her way—a powerful portrait of Hollywood’s myth and an extraordinary woman’s heartbreaking reality.