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NICHOLAS CAIRNS @ KINGDOMS & WOLVES nicholas@sevensevenmagazine.com.au kingdomandwolves@gmail.com CONTRIBUTORS

ALEXANDRA LOKAN ALEX ROCKSTROM NIKITA ALLAN RUSS BENNING EMILIE RENOLDS NADIA DRAGA

Family Portraits

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EDITOR’S Hello, and welcome to issue six of Hi, and welcome toWe issue fivea of SEVEN/SEVEN! have lotSEVEN/SEVEN! in store for If you you’ve our including previous issues, youfirst will this read edition, our very know we are big supporters of the coverthat featuring musicians - the incredibly Australian featuring theThe best talented,creative Simon industry, and Melinda from upFalls. and Aside comingfrom talent we can every issue. So looking fantastic on the cover, they took some together time outthis from their when it came to putting one, we tour towhy speak us about their debut decided justto feature one creative fromEP the H o l l y wwhen o o d ,wet hcan e tdo o uar, full-issue a n d t focus? heir industry, unconventional writing Thus, the industry issue waspartnership. born! in we music month,feature we speak to InAlso music, have this the biggest selection Seconds—the five-piece inSplit SEVEN/SEVEN historyPerth - speaking with

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shores for the Falls Music & Arts (and new columnist) Russ Benning Temper Trap, Olympic Ayres, and Jackson photographer summer. Festival this December. speaks about amateur vs. prof essional Firebird. photography.

Finally, in culture, we introduce you to It’s been a big month for fashion, with Cat Marnell, self proclaimed ‘writer/ Melbourne Spring Fashion Week Until next time! featuring the talents of designer, Amelia editor/downtown disaster’ (and my creating a stir throughout the city again. Agosta and the beautiful model, Paige Royal. current literary obsession), and discuss We look over the season’s biggest trends In addition to the spread, we also have the benefits of satisfying your wanderlust. from the runway to get you in the mood interviews with theweather. two ladies, wellspeak as Sarah for the warmer Weasalso to Willcocks of StyleMelbourne, creative industry Until next time! Jessica Eisner, model/photographer/all all-rounder, Corrine around nice girl,Grbevski. about her work and experiences within the industry. Taking cues from music festival fashion, and In fashion, we have a fantastic editorial,

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Simon Rudston-Brown and Melinda Kirwin are The Falls. A folk duo with hauntingly beautiful melodies, they explain themselves best by succinctly explaining “they met. They fell in love. They wrote songs. They fought. They made up. They broke up. They wrote songs”. Having just released their debut EP, Hollywood (a respectful titular nod to the Hotel Hollywood in Surry Hills, NSW, not the one where the Lindsays, Paris’, and the Kardashians traipse around), we sat down with them on the eve of their Melbourne EP launch to talk about the record, touring, and taking the independent route.

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Traveling from Sydney after a show the night

even realised how personal the EP was until

before (and prior to their show that night), I

we started putting it together. We looked

was met with much more charm and warmth

back and saw that it really did document our

than I expected from two people fresh off a

entire relationship within the songs”.

very early morning flight and a slug in

Consisting of six tracks, the EP is a beautiful

Melbourne traffic. They excitedly explain later

marriage of harmonies, acoustic melodies,

that the record, a day after release, was now

and touching lyrics.

at number two on the iTunes Singer/ Songwriter charts—just behind Ed Sheeran.

The EP sprung from playing with an “old four-

“If it wasn’t for him!”, jokes Simon.

track recorder that we had lying around that we were meaning to use one day”, creating

The two met at the Sydney Conservatorium of

the tracks that eventually made it onto

Music, ”studying things that are a long way

Hollywood. Although it wasn’t without it’s

from what we’re doing now”, with Simon

troubles, “because it was kind of old, when

studying jazz guitar, and Melinda, classical

we tried to over-dub something, the tape

saxophone. As their bio states, they became

would play back at different speeds. It was a

a couple, and subsequently broke up, but

bit of a nightmare”, Simon laments, Melinda

luckily for us, what might have been the end,

adds “It was great though with those

was really only the beginning. “We didn’t

recordings because we felt like it really

start writing together for some time”,

captured us, because it was just the two of us

explains Melinda but have since worked

and with real instruments, so when it came to

together to craft some of the most beautiful

[professionally] recording the EP, we wanted

folk music released in quite some time.

to retain that essence”.

The record in question subconsciously serves

When it did come time to record the EP,

as a chronicle of their relationship, but

celebrated producer Tony Buchen (who also

Melinda

wove his magic on Old Man River, Andy

explains, that wasn’t the intention. “When

Bull, WIM, and Washington records) stepped

we’re writing a song, we’re not really thinking

behind the mixing boards.

about the subject matter. I don’t think we /page 12

“We were so lucky working with Tony because he just got it”, says Melinda of their experience working with him. “We’re so proud of the EP because it feels like us, and Tony added the right elements that were missing with the original recordings.” He came and saw us play at the Hollywood, and it was just Melinda and I performing, and afterwards he just said, “that’s what we need to record”.

Although originally planned as a three-track EP, Hollywood expanded to include all of the

The EP sprung from playing with an “old four-track recorder that we had lying around that we were meaning to use one day”, [but] “because it was kind of old, when we tried to over-dub something, the tape would play back at different speeds. It was a bit of a nightmare”.

tracks from the demo stage. “We actually

film clip for ‘Home’, the first single lifted from

chose the six tracks [we’d demoed]. Initially

the record, in which what begins as a literal

we thought we’d do six, to give us something

idea of home, quickly takes a quirky, if not

to play with, but we ended putting them all

slightly disturbing turn. “In the video we

on. We were limited by budget, so we would

really let the director, Johnny Welch really

have loved to do an album, but we decided

run with his imagination with that because we

to go with just the EP and it was a good

really wanted to do something different -

decision.” Continuing, Melinda explains

we’d been exploring different concepts of

“We’d never released anything before, so it’s

‘home’ and we gave him that brief, and let

a nice introduction to who we are and what

him come back to us with his thoughts and

kind of music we play, and gives people a

ideas, so it was really up to Johnny for that to

taste of what we do and hopefully if they like

come to fruition.”

that, we can show them what we’re really about later”.

“I think he read into the lyrics really beautifully, and interpreted them in a darker

Prior to the EP being released, audiences got

way then some people would have, and we

a taste for what The Falls were about (and

really liked that.”

maybe a few surprises) with the release of the /page 13

“It was really interesting because Johnny totally got the way that Simon sees that song. I think even between the two of us, we have a different vision for what it is, and it was spooky, like have you been stalking us? He had this insight into the song that I was totally surprised by.”

It’s not just the music and visual stories released that are intriguing, in order to gain the budget to record the EP, the duo turned to the crowd funding website, Pozible. “We got to the point where we really wanted to record, but just didn’t have the money for it—we had

“Although originally planned as a three-track EP, Hollywood expanded to include all of the tracks from the demo stage. “We actually chose the six tracks [we’d demoed]. Initially we thought we’d do six to give us something to play with, but we ended putting them all on.”

some put away but it wasn’t going to be enough to do what we wanted to do. No one had really crowd funded before, there was a

how much support we got, even from our

few people that had done projects here, but

community; local businesses we went to all the

initially we were really reluctant, and weren’t

time came on board and helped fundraise as

sure how it’d go. Because it’s all or nothing,

well, separately from Pozible, which helped us

you kind of get scared that no one will come

get across the line.

on board. It was kind of a big risk, but I guess the other side was that we were wrestling with

What was so exciting about it was it gave us a

was even asking people to contribute but the

renewed confidence in what you’re doing,

way Pozible [crowd funding website] works, is

because it’s hard sometimes, you don’t know

almost pre-selling what you haven’t made yet.

what’s going to happen and this is the first time

We pre-sold copies of the EP, and we played

we’ve released something, so it was really nice

live in people’s living rooms...We had a whole

to see so many people excited that we were

lot of packages people could purchase, and all

making a record, the people that’d been

that money went into the EP. It was amazing

coming to see us live for years.”

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It’s not just the fundraising the band took into

Continuing on, she adds “I think the industry

their own hands, they’ve also been very

has changed so much in the last couple of

instrumental in conducting the business side of

years, and I think that’s why artists are doing it

things as well with Melinda taking on their

for themselves, because they can more easily.

managerial duties. “It’s extremely hard

Things like Unearthed, this year unearthed has

[juggling business/creativeness] I think the

completely transformed, and it’s amazing to

hardest part is having a day job as well. I really

see the reach it has - especially with the radio

love every part of what we do as a band, and

station. I think, when it was launched,

would love to spend the majority of my time

everybody was waiting to see what would

doing the creative side, but it is actually really

happen - whether people would tune in, and

nice being involved in all aspects of it. I really

they did. It’s exciting there’s all this support for

enjoy that, particularly in the past couple of

unsigned artists. Social media is amazing,

weeks as we’ve started to do a lot more press,

because it gives you a really tangible look at

and see the fruits of all that work; that’s really

what your fan base consists of, and it’s really

exciting.

amazing where some of it is.”

It’s really satisfying to know that we’ve kind of

Launching the EP in Melbourne, audiences

got here on our own. I think we have a pretty

were introduced to the tracks at the Empress

strong aesthetic about how we want to present

Hotel. To see the tracks performed live is

ourselves, so it is very satisfying to know that

captivating - with sound a lot fuller than the

we have full control over that. Sometimes that’s

some of it’s parts. Influenced by Fleetwood

also scary, because you have to trust your gut,

Mac, Simon and Garfunkel, and The Beatles,

and go with what you think will be best for you.

you can certainly see flickers of their favourite

But I think that’s the biggest thing I’ve learnt is

artists within their tracks, but they are not a by-

to trust myself, because there were times when

product of them. It is really something special,

I was led by other people, and I would regret

and the audiences captivated response can

some of the decisions I’d made, but now I’m

surely vouch for that.

settled in this role, and feel very confident about it.”

Hollywood is on iTunes now. ‘Like’ The Falls on Facebook (facebook.com/musicfromthefalls) to check for live dates near you.

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SHARON VAN ETTEN

Singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten has an amazing, emotive voice. If you take anything away from this, remember that. From Brooklyn by way of New Jersey and Tennessee, Sharon and her brand of ethereal melodies will be heading to our shores later this year for The Falls Music & Arts Festival to celebrate the new year. Speaking to SEVEN/SEVEN, Sharon took the time to speak about her latest record, Falls, and how she keeps from revealing too much.

WORDS:PAIGE RICHARDS

How would you describe your music to somebody who has never heard it before?

Your latest release, Tramp, had a very transient recording process. Did your experiences during that time impact the recording, or was there a plan set out to keep you in check? Aaron

[Dessner, founding member of The National

Listening to your last two albums and comparing them, the instrumentation is really different. Was this a conscious decision, or what came in the moment?

each other to try new things. It was a learning process. As an accomplished songwriter, what, in your mind, makes for a good lyric? -

You have such deeply personal lyrics, do you ever worry about revealing too much? a form of therapy for myself. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not really good at communicating with minutes, then I hit stop and put the headphones on and listen to what

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You’ve worked with some amazing musicians so far in your career; is there anybody that you would love to collaborate with? It’s always been Nick Cave, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop, Liz Phair...People I grew up listening to. People that are really strong songwriters, that exude

arating myself and my experiences in a way where I with some day. You’ll be here for the Falls Music & Arts Festival over New Years; are there any of the other artists on the roster that you’d want to check out? Beach House, who are amazing, and First Aid Kit [out The Hives, The Vaccines, and Two Door Cinema Club, who see them and more. Finally, what can your fans expect when they come to your Falls set? record really well, but it’s a bit more raw, and straight forward. There’s still some mid-tempo ballads, but it’s pretty loud

Tramp is out on iTunes now. Sharon Van Etten is playing the Falls Music & Arts Festival from the 28 Dec-1 Jan (Lorne, VIC) and 29 Dec-1 Jan (Marion Bay, TAS). For tickets, and for more information, visit fallsfestival.com.au or sharonvanetten. com.

Image credit: Dusdin Condren

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SPLIT SE

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KITA ALLAN

Split Seconds, the five-piece out of North Perth, have a lot to celebrate lately. Having just released their debut record You’ll Turn Into Me and are about to set out on the road, Sean Pollard (Vocals/guitar) took some time out of his very full schedule to speak to SEVEN/SEVEN about the album, the tour, and AFL finals.

Can you tell us a little about how the

Have your influences changed since

band formed?

your formation? Where do you gather inspiration from?

We formed in North Perth a couple of years ago. We were all in a few different

Yeah totally—when we started it was

bands that ended up dissolving for a

more based around these songs I’d

bunch of different reasons, so we thought

written while I was living in London—so it

it would be a good idea to pool our

was very much an extended solo thing.

resources and kick around some songs I’d

Whereas over time, as we’ve all spend a

been working on whilst travelling

few years playing together, we’ve really

overseas.

collated our influences into something pretty different. Basically we went out

What genre do you class yourselves

and bought a bunch of guitar pedals.

as? Have you found it hard to make it with such a unique sound?

You have just released your debut record, You’ll Turn Into Me. What has

It’s pretty tough to specify a genre by

been the process in getting this album

itself, but the whole thing is just based

released?

around trying to write the best songs possible and deliver them in as honest a

Pretty long, but never particularly

way as we can. It’s been a pretty

stressful. We made the album in a few

interesting road to the album release so

different spurts last year so it was never a

far and, I suppose when you’re looking

grind. Then this year has mostly been

for your own sound it’s always going to

about looking for the love all over

be tough to get it across to everyone.

Australia and working with people that

You just have to take the good stuff with

feel the same way as us. If you go where

the dodgy stuff in equal measure and

the love is you’ll never go wrong.

you’ll be fine. Keep calm and carry on!

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What do you hope to achieve on the back

You’re about to head out on tour. What is

of the record’s release?

it shaping up to be like? Great hopefully! We haven’t been on the

We’d just really like people to get a real

road in a while and we’re doing the

idea of what we’re going for. We’re aware

Melbourne to Sydney drive for the first time

that we can be a pretty confusing

ever so we’re excited about that particular

proposition at times, mostly because our

rite of passage. We’ve got some great

singles tend to sound pretty removed from

supports and venues so yeah, we’re just

each other—so we’re hoping putting the

looking for a good time.

album together will encourage people to see the whole thing for what it is.

Apart from the tour, what else is coming up for you?

What has been the reception so far? Heaps more laps of the country, and a Good so far! Had a few people at the pub

bunch of nights in watching the AFL finals.

pull me up and say they like it. That’s the main measuring stick.

You’ll Turn Into Me is out now. Like Split Seconds on Facebook to find out when the boys are playing near you. /page 23

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THE PRESETS

PACIFICA

It’s been four years since The Presets’

here. After touring through Europe

breakthrough to the mainstream, the album

extensively, the record seems to be quite

Apocalypso, and in particular, the lead single

heavily influenced by the warehouse rave

‘My People’, so after gaining so much

scene of Berlin; a presence of European

success, how do you distance the next record

flavour that drastically sets it apart from their

from the last? From the opening minimal

previous releases.

trance beat of ‘Youth in Trouble’, it’s clear that the answer is to delve into completely new sonic territory. Pacifica offers a whole new onslaught of songs, without repeating what has already been said. Sorry, there’s no ‘My People Part 2’ /page 24

Album opener, and the first single from the record, ‘Youth in Trouble’ is deliciously ironic. Parodying the media’s hyperbolic attitude towards teenagers, the six-minute track proclaims “Man, I'm worried sick for youth in trouble"...all over a thick bass line that parents would dread to hear played loud.

/REVIEWS/ It’s a brilliant choice to open an album that

and a very ambitious one. It’s a pulsating

is a departure from the vocal hooks , and

acid-house at it’s best and should not be

stadium electro that have characterised

ignored.

the Presets' past hits, serving as a bridge between old and new. ‘Ghosts’ takes a classic sea-shanty, and adds a classic Presets groove. It may not be for the clubs, but it definitely is a

‘Surrender’ and the ambitious ‘Fail Epic’ serve as the perfect comedown to one of the year's most exciting, grandest musical statements.

grower. ‘Promises’, much like M83’s

What could have been a rehashing of what

‘Midnight City’, borrows from The Pet

was guaranteed to work is, thankfully,

Shop Boys synth collection and builds to a huge chorus; this song is a summer anthem in waiting. ‘Push’, ‘Fall’, and ‘Fast Seconds’ are classic Presets—’Push’, a twisted pop song, ‘Fall’ has the big synths and vocal hooks, and ‘Fast Seconds’ begins as piano-driven house, before a huge breakdown that makes it perfect for clubs this summer. ‘It’s Cool’ is one of the more mellow tracks. With sparingly brilliant use of a piano line, the instrumental is a perfect complement to Julian Hamilton’s unmissable vocals,

much more than that. This record owes more to electronica than the dance onslaught currently dominating the charts and is all the more better for it. For fans gained through Apocalypso, this may be a hard record to digest, but for long term fans, this is a great payoff for a four-year wait. At the very essence of the band, you have two musicians that both love and understand pop culture better than anyone else, and the result is a record that simultaneously sounds classic, sounds like now, and predicts the sound of summer. Take that, David Guetta...

even hitting a gorgeous falsetto at one point. ‘Adults Only’, heavily inspired by John Birmingham’s Leviathan, take the listener

Download: Youth in Trouble, Adults Only, Promises, Fail Epic

on a journey through Sydney’s underbelly —”Children, don’t you know that we’re living in a city that’s built on bones?”. The dark lyrics are further accentuated by Hamilton shifting his vocal range lower. The track is the album’s emotional peak,

Pacifica is out now. The Presets are touring as a part of Parklife 2012. For tickets, and for more information head to www.parklife.com.au. /page 25

/REVIEWS/

BLOC PARTY FOUR

Since their debut Silent Alarm in 2005, Bloc

Other standouts on the record include 'So He

Party cemented themselves as one of the

Begins to Lie’ (heavily influenced by The

British indie elite. But with the electronica-

Deftones’ jaggedly guitar work) and

tinged Intimacy, frontman Kele Okereke’s

'Kettling' (taking it’s subject matter from last

dance solo projects, and the band’s hiatus in

year’s London riots).

2009, purists were worried for the fate of the post-punk quartet. Luckily, their forth LP

If nothing else, Four is a fantastic statement by

released, simply titled Four, is a return to form.

a band that seemed to be on the brink of calling it a day. It shows rapid progression

Trademark high-frequency guitar riffs, Okereke’s

without completely abandoning what made

vocals, and the musical craftsmanship that the

audiences love them in the first place. Thank

London band built its name on punctuate the

god Intimacy wasn’t the end.

record, with lead single ‘Octopus’ feeling like ‘Banquet’s cooler big brother.

Download: ‘Octopus’, ‘So He Begins to Lie’, ‘Kettling’, ‘Team A’

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/REVIEWS/

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB

BEACON

Two Door Cinema Club made everyone

returns to the electronic hums that served as

stand to attention in 2010 with the trio’s

the pulse of Tourist History. It wouldn’t be

debut record, Tourist History and the insanely

surprising if this is lifted as the second single.

catchy hit, ‘Something Good Can Work’. Now they’re back with the sophomore release,

Although this record doesn’t have as many

Beacon, and are ready to show that they

radio-ready tracks as their previous effort, it is

weren’t a flash in the pan.

a solid record, with enough catchy hooks to keep you interested. The band has taken a

Lead single, ‘Sleep Alone’ utlilises the band’s

more indie-dance direction which definitely

trademark steady drumbeat as Alex Trimble

makes for repeated listing.

yearns to the listener to, “Hold [him] close”. Download: ‘Next Year’ is layers the vocals, electronics

‘Handshake’, ‘Sleep Alone’, ‘Next Year’.

and guitar very cleverly, and ‘Handshake’

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fashion

Jessica Eisner Meet Jessica Eisner, model/photographer extraordinaire. Achieving quite a lot in her young years - having her work in front of, and behind, the camera published several times, starring in her own calendar and another one underway - she shows no sign of resting on her laurels. She speaks to SEVEN/SEVEN about her modeling, her photography, and what she is inspired by. /page 30

What first interested you in entering the industry? Was it something you always wanted, or is it something you found yourself loving later? I think it would have been when I studied photography in high school. I never thought I'd be a photographer...it's not one of those childhood stories where "we just couldn't get that camera out of her hands”—definitely not. I remember I always wanted to be a hairdresser, always playing with Barbie’s hair...but I wouldn't say I found the camera; the camera simply found me. Aside from modeling, you are also an accomplished photographer; with that experience, do you find yourself approaching your modeling differently? Yes and no, I always try to approach both in the same way, because i love both the same—if i had to choose I don't think I could. Being a photographer, and always taking self portraits of myself, you know which angles and lighting can work for you so it does have its advantages, I guess! You have a keen interest in pin-up/retro styling —what prompted your interest in that style/ scene? I do! I get asked this a lot—I've grown up around two amazing parents who dragged me around to hot rod shows/events all my life, and ‘helping’ my dad fix up his cars with him when little. I lead basically a 1950's lifestyle, so why not! I never liked, or appreciated it when younger now i love it!

Who are your influences? Do you look up to anyone within the industry? I always say her, but its true—Shannon Brooke. Her work really speaks for itself and she's such a lovely woman—I met her the other week for the second time!

You have had your photography published in several niche/fashion magazines; is there anything more you'd like to accomplish with your photography? Or your own modeling? Yeah, I can't believe how many [shoots have been published] so far, it’s pretty amazing. More are coming…. I would like to release a book of my photographs, and I have already published a calendar for this year, and in the makings of another for 2013. With my modeling, I just want to get out there and known, make other women around the world feel comfortable and beautiful in the skin they're in. Finally, what's coming up for you? A few more editorials, finishing the 2013 calendar, and hopefully get a job with a magazine on a full time basis, that would be lovely! Find Jessica online at http://jessicaeisner. 4ormat.com/

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TREND REPORT: nineties nostalgia The nineties are often remembered for terrible lipliner, plaid shirts, and Aqua, but amongst the badness, were many hidden gems. As seen in in the runways, and the high street, designers have embraced the nineties in full force, with chain and baroque prints, over the top accessories, and grunge all reappearing into stores, and our wardobes.

TOP TO BOTTOM ASOS OPEN LINK CHAIN COLLAR NECKLACE (asos.com/au) LIPSY CUT AWAY PEPLUM DRESS (asos.com/au) ASOS CHUNKY LINK CHAIN BRACELET (asos.com/au)

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CLAE POWELL BROGUE SNEAKERS (theiconic.com.au)

BRAZEN WAISTED SKINNY JEANS (minkpink.com) WINDSOR SMITH NAUGHTY WOMEN’S RED (styletread.com.au)

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Cindy Crawford in Versace

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COTTON ON LEYLA BUSTIER (www.cottonon.com.au)

TONY BIANCO ALAMO HEELS (theiconic.com.au)

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MELBOURNE

SPRING FASHION WEEK

image courtesy of SDP Media

Christine

the new

images by Lucas Dawson photography (www.lucasdawson.com.au)

White Suede

Floral

A constant presence in spring fashion, floral prints are a given to be seen on the

spring runways. What separates this crop (pardon the pun), is that unlike the romantic prints of last season, this season sees a digital approach, with manipulated images forming patterns. Try the trend by incorporating one piece into an otherwise neutral outfit, or go all out and wear print on print for a bold statement!

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Michael Lo Sordo

Thurley

Neo Dia

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hot

white

Warmer weather means leaving behind the pale skin winter inposes, and what better why to display your summer skin than with a crisp, clean neutral palate. Not only does this trend embrace the warmer weather, but looks polished and puttogether without too much effort. Try a white slip dress with dewy, natural make-up, or a crisp white shirt with denim shorts for a classic spring look.

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Manning Cartel

Peplum

Unlike many trends, the peplum accent is a trend that flatters everyone. For those with a boyish build; a frilly, flouncy hem adds feminine curves to your frame. And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re curvy, a flirty, peplum hem is the simplest, most stylish way to accentuate your shape, while hiding away what you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want on display. A peplum hem creates excitement to otherwise bland pencil dresses/shirts, and a flounce on the hem of a top is the simplest way to dress up an outfit without heavy layering. /page 42

Scanlan and Theodore

Alice Euphemia

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brights

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spring without the return of colour? From warm colours creating a fresh look to classic silhouettes, to the neon hues dominating the high street currently, there is boundless shades to try throughout the season. Get the look by colour-blocking a neon blazer over crisp white basics, and to tie the look together, with neon jewellery. If you're not brave enough to go head to toe with the trend, add in a coloured clutch, or strappy heels to transition you into the bright!

Alice McCall

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Is this woman the next Hunter S. T h omp s o n? WORDS: Paige Richards

Image credit: MICHAEL AVEDON

Scattered throughout her xoJane pieces,

“I’m the one with $40 French beauté self-tan who’s dressed like a sort of slutty Commedia dell'Arte Zanni, in white rags, a Dior slap bracelet, a Winston—I know, inexplicably—tucked behind my ear, a nameplate necklace that says “methadone” in cursive, filthy white Topshop flats, three plastic rosaries in pastel colors that are all chewed up. I’m all PCP eyes and Adderall thighs, gagging down Gatorade at the encouragement of a bored friend, vibrating like a mild seizure” 1

Marnell chronicled her misadventures in drugseeking, her parental pill pushers, and (failed) rehab trips, all while recommending the best smudge-proof eyeliner. Her voice is an amalgam of Thompson, and tragic Warhol beauty, Edie Sedgwick - consider it Fear and Loathing in Condé Nast. Much how Thompson turned a report on the Mint 400 desert race into a hazy, drug induced rumination on the failures of the 1960s countercultural movement, Marnell doesn’t so much write about beauty, but more the ugliness that lies underneath the thin veil of the latest beauty creams. After the media circus surrounding her

Meet Cat Marnell, self-proclaimed ‘writer/ editor/downtown predator”. A US beauty writer that is more interested in the ugly, Marnell made waves earlier this year by quitting (or being fired from) her position

resignation (or dismissal, depending on where you got your information from) Marnell joined V i c e a s t h e i r “ p i l l s a n d n a rc i s s i s m ” correspondent, chronicling her now-much darker life, in a column - Amphetamine Logic.

under legendary editor, Jane Pratt and her site xoJane, choosing smoking angel dust on

Having previously worked at magazines such

roof tops rather than attending fashion week.

for, predominantly, their beauty sections, the critics/fans/voyeurs she attracted on her way

For obvious reasons, Marnell has been often compared to Hunter S. Thompson, and Jack Keruoac, but unlike those hailed as the next coming before her, she has the talent, not just the substance abuse.

as NYLON, Teen Vogue, Glamour, and Lucky

up were captivated to see if, not unlike Marnell’s beloved Britney Spears, would burn out prematurely. This fact is not lost on Marnell, writing in her

fashion bubble that New York writers/editors

column about her newly notorious status “I am not so dumb that I think these writers

exist in, Marnell stands out not only from her seemingly permanent black eyeliner and

secretly very confused about what people—

An anomaly in the over-styled, over-hyped

shock of white blonde hair, but in her content. She’s less about polishes and perfumes; more about prescription pills and illicit powders. Marnell rationalises, “a plucky young editor can’t decide if she wants to be her boss or be Lindsay Lohan, so she tries squishing two high-intensity personas into one life”. /page 54

want to write nice things about me, but I am their editors, their audience—want.” Given the popularity of her column, what they want it seems, is her self-destruction, and with her perchance to doctor-shop for prescription pills, she is more than happy to oblige.

With all the controversy stirred from her lifestyle,

she’s in free fall, but as much as her naysayers

her talent as a writer is lost in translation. She is

would relish a premature tragedy, she hasn’t

much more than her part-girl facade; her

crashed yet.

brilliance found in her brutal honesty. In one of the most poignant pieces written on Whitney Houston’s death, Marnell offered a rebuttal to her critics, writing “So many of you have expressed your disgust about how much I talk about drugs. I really tried to stop for a while, but you know what? No one else in women's magazines or websites is writing about this stuff, so there's nowhere for a female community to read it. I guess they can buy a zillion wack addiction memoirs, as I have, or go on message boards online, but that's it. Why can’t we acknowledge that lots and lots of women abuse drugs? That they are a huge part of so many women’s lives? Including mine? Why aren’t I allowed to talk about them? Like, a

For optimistic people, who want to see a bad girl gone good scenario take place, Marnell has offered that “I started liking myself when I started writing for xoJane. All of these people started telling me how much I made them feel better, and that made me better. And I’m getting better all of the time.” This should be taken with a grain of salt though, as she also says that she frequently lies about the progress of her recovery. Her drug use - the chronicling of it more-so - is what made her, but also what will be her destruction - either career-wise, or personally. “Maybe if there was something inspiring, I could get it together. I don’t plan to be like this all the time," she told a reporter, "You definitely crash

lot? On a "womens" site?”

and burn as much as you fly."

Amphetamine Logic (and for that matter,

Marnell’s own) is twisted. Although it reads as if

Cat Marnell, Amphetamine Logic: The Aftermath

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Wand WORDS

derlust RUSS BENNING

“Travel is the one thing you buy t —Anonymous Thank you, Facebook newsfeed for delivering me yet another golden morsel of wisdom. The truth in this statement cannot be fully understood without having travelled.

And the degree to which you

have travelled dictates the level of truth. An all-inclusive cruise versus backpacking on a shoestring are completely different and so too, is the reward reaped by the traveller. The beauty of course is there is no right or wrong; only personal desires and needs for satisfaction. This timely quote speaks to me wholeheartedly as I gain increasingly itchy feet. Reminiscing through pictures of my previous adventures self looking forward to my next possible window for adventure. New street (while trying not to look like a gullible tourist) are all irreplace‘google’ those things and expect to understand; they have to be lived. Chatting

other

like-minded

travellers—previous

travel

part-

ners, and complete strangers met through mutual friends (that become less strange upon learning of like-mindedness) makes destination choosing a lot easier.

“Well I’ve actually already been to

Problem solved, time to get our zen on with some Indonesian monks! ble.

New experiences, overcoming fears, spiritual enlightenment,

and increased independence are the tip of the iceberg.

And in

varying degrees I gained all of these things and so much more.

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hat actuaLly makes you richer“ When asked what was the most enriching element of my travels I will have no hesitations in replying, ‘The people’. Nothing is more interesting to me than meeting new people. Be it positive or negative, everyone has an impact on us, and are more often than not the catalyst for the greatest personal growth. It is said that some people are a blessing, while others are lessons and they all shape who we are today and for that I am very grateful to everyone I’ve met. I remember conversations much more vividly made in half Spanglish, half charades atop a mountain boasting an ancient lost city, than I do most conversations during ‘daily’ life.

Some will

partner, et cetera, but none will return from travel empty handed . The majesty of our planet impressed me so much that I transformed a hobby into a business. When I realised the incredibly powerful potential of relaying an experience, not just an instance in time and space, but a feeling and a mood through photography, I was sure it would play an increasing role in my life. On return from my last trip fate set up a meet myself and another photographer (through a mutual Facebook friend (current Facebook reference: 2)), with incredible technical knowledge and unlimited creativity.

Two pub

meetings and multiple gins later we formed a photography business . At the present moment we don’t have a choice as to which planet we are physically bound. Fine by me, the one we have is absolutely breathtaking. Look at it on a universal level; Earth is all of ours. It’s our Block, our ‘hood’, and our ‘local’ if you like. We all belong to it and it is our birth right to explore as much or as little as we like. So make Frank Sinatra proud and go do it your way..

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