/SKAUT/ Magazine Issue Zero by /SKAUT/ Magazine

Issue Zero May 2015

EDITORS LETTER

/SK AUT/ scout verb UK US /skaʊt/ [transitive, intransitive] “To search an area or various areas in order to find or discover something” In January 2015, we came together through our shared passion for the creative industries to create a brand new magazine:/SK AUT/. We decided to create this online publication dedicated to showcasing the freshest faces in fashion, music and photography. Based in London, we are scouting the world for inspiring contributors and creating a platform for some of the best unseen, unsigned and uncensored talents. With this preview issue (Issue 0), we feature some amazing people we hope you will enjoy discovering as much as we did meeting them. Issue 1 is coming out in September, so keep your eyes peeled for submissions details. Shout out to you amazing picture taking, music making, clothes designing, story telling people. We want to hear your thoughts so find all our social media pages & contact details here. Peace? Fierce and Love? We don’t know what?

The /SK AUT/ team .

CONTENTS

4 / SUPREMACY 12 / MODELS TO WATCH 24 / SIMPLIFIED 30 / MUSIC 38 / KICK BACK 40 / THE COLLECTION

SUPREMACY

Photographer - J Garnett Stylist - Hayley Durrant Make up Artist - Hollie Berry

Models Maira and Andrea at Established Models. 4

Ralph Lauren polo set Calvin Klein underwear set

Dress - Joseph silk Trench - Zara

SUPREMACY The state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status.

Skirt - Zara T-shirt - Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;zell

Skirt - Topshop Knitwear and vest - Zara

Joggers, dress and jumper - UCL A Sports bra - Nike Cape - Zara

MODELS TO WATCH

Photographer - J Garnett Stylist - Hayley Durrant Make up Artist - Hollie Berry

Nathan Jeans - Humor

Aly Tartan shirt - Hunk y Dorey Fringed jacket - Primark

MODELS TO WATCH

NATHAN Tell us a bit more about yourself, where do you come from? I am an Essex boy, born and raised. I trained as a dancer first off. I think my most interesting experience was to dance for one of Katy Perry’s videos “unconditionally”. It took 3 days, it was quite something. How did you get into modelling? A friend of mine was a photographer who was shooting and knew a booker and that’s how I got signed. I’ve been modelling for three years but I also do a bit as a booker for my agency on the side, I think it’s great to see shoots and friends who are models doing well. What would your dream job be? Well, if I could be anything, I would love to be in an action movie as a villain. I think they’re the most interesting, especially James Bond villains. They are the best! Any bad casting experience? I can’t think of anything really bad. I think the only time I felt a bit lonely was when I had to do a whole day shoot with a Portuguese team and no one was speaking English, so that was different. You just have to adapt though, that’s part of the job, I’m pretty easy going, you have to be. Any guilty pleasures? I have a huge sweet tooth. I love cakes, and I could eat a whole tiramisu in one go! Cats or dogs? Dogs definitely! I have 3 at home, they are mans best friend. Cats are shady ! They probably have like 3 owners anyway and just turn up when they want to get fed and then they disappear for two days haha.

MODELS TO WATCH

TAMIRYS Tell us a bit more about yourself. Where do you come from and what brought you to London? I am from Brazil, in Rio. I am in London only for a few weeks to shoot with my agency, then it’s off to NY for more shoots. It’s an exciting life but I really miss home. What do you think of London? Hmm… it’s different?! The city is really pretty and historical but the weather is terrible, especially compared to home. I’m always cold here! What would your dream job be in this industry? I think my dream is to get a job so that I can send money back to my family. They are really important to me and I miss them a lot. Between catwalk and photography, I do prefer the photography jobs though because it’s more exciting. You get to be whoever you want to be, become a character. I would love to work in New York because for me it embodies the heart of the fashion world and making a living in Brazil can be difficult. What’s your worst casting experience? I personally have been very lucky, I haven’t had one. I did hear of them, I mean I live with 10 models in Brazil so you can imagine the stories when you come home in the evening! Do you have any guilty pleasures? McDonalds! And after watching the Simpsons I really want to try donuts. I’ve never seen them in Brazil and they look so good, I will definitely have to try them before I leave London! Cats or dogs? I love both. We have 1 dog and 2 cats back home. When I’m older I want to have a rescue centre for stray animals.

Jeans - Humor Vest - ASOS

Schott London Toronto Vest - Topshop High waisted shorts - Topshop

MODELS TO WATCH

ALY Tell us a bit more about yourself, where do you come from? I come from Poland, at the border between Germany and the Czech republic. I’ve lived in London for two years, I was doing the equivalent of international A levels that I finished back in July. Since then, I kinda went back to Poland to see my agency and travel for a bit, and now I’m back in London. What got you into modelling? I’ve always wanted to be a runway model. My mum was a photo model and I used to look at beautiful pictures of her and it kind of inspired me. When I was growing up people kept saying that I should try it, I had the physique for it and I want to travel and see the world so I thought, why not ? What would be your dream job? Well making a campaign or walking for ACNE would be the absolute dream! I love everything they do, as well as Alexander Wang. Does it influence your personal style? I love anything NIKE and street-style. When you go to castings, you have to make sure you feel confident but also comfortable. I think I’m kind of lazy when it comes to shopping, I like department stores because you can buy everything in one go.. I just hate the crowds! Do you have any bad castings experience? No not really, I’ve been really lucky so far. Any guilty pleasures? I eat very healthily most of time, I mean it’s part of my job to take care of what I feed my body and I have to make sure I am always on top of my form but if I was to have one evening when I just want to treat myself It would have to be ben & jerrys peanut butter cup ice cream. It’s insane! Cats or dogs? I like both but I see myself more as a cat person because of the way I move and behave, I can relate to them.

Schott London

MODELS TO WATCH

ALEX Tell us a bit more about yourself, where do you come from? I was born in Scotland, which I am quite proud of. My mum actually had to have me in the house because we didn’t have time to get to the hospital! I come from near one of the biggest fish ports in the UK. I love fishing & I’m a pescatarian so I think it definitely influenced me. I am a strong believer in karma, as in I always try to be as nice as I can. It’s best to put a good attitude out in this world. My dad is a hunter but when I went along with him I couldn’t kill the animals myself. Since then I try to only eat what you caught yourself, life is precious. What got you into modelling? I grew up seeing pretty pictures with pretty people in them. I love the art of modelling in itself, the idea that a picture is always there to immortalize the person, even when they are gone. I also have a business degree that I got from Aberdeen university, I guess I was always interested in the idea of marketing yourself and modelling has always had a part of that. What would be your dream job? I think my dream job would be to work for brands such as Burberry, All saints and I love saint Laurent. Do you have any bad casting experiences? Well you do hear a few stories when you meet other models. I personally had to stand in a line and when your name was called up, you’d have to catwalk in front of all the other models castings, and straight away they would say ‘good’ or ‘go home’. During fashion week one of my friends had to queue up in a line and stay still and the designer would just point at you saying yes or no and that would be it. It’s just the way it is, you have to have tough skin in this industry. Do you have any guilty pleasures? Croissants with butter. Slice it up, put more butter and grill it! Cats or dogs? Dogs all the way, I’m always there to walk my friends’ dogs I Iove it.

Girls tunic - UCLA Denim jacket - Hunky Dorey

Coat - Monki

SIMPLIFIED

Photographer - William Dube Stylist - Marine Pabot Make up Artist - Sinead McGowen

Model Charlotte at Oxygen Models

Left Shirt - BDG Skirt - Light Before Dark Necklace – Stylist’s own

Right Blazer - Love Dress - Twist + Turn

Left Top and culottes - Silencee + Noise

Right Top and Skirt - Jovonna London

MOONBABIES

In this day and age, happy endings should be something to cherish. And at /SKAUT/, we’re a sucker for a good story. So when we found out that Swedish dreampop duo the Moonbabies were releasing an album after 7 years since their last work, we were over the moon (pun intended). Husband & wife duo Ola Frick & Carina Johansson Frick started their musical journey back in 1997 but it was with their album ‘The Orange Billboard’ followed by mini album ‘War on Sound’ that Europe opened its arms, even leading them to get a track featured on TV show Grey’s Anatomy. But with success comes new challenges and sometimes it’s hard to remember who you are and why you do what you love. We do not want to spoil anything, but we’re very glad it took a bit longer for the

Moonbabies to bring new music to this world because the result is a phantasmagoric & magical electro pop journey. ‘Wizards on the Beach’ catches you from the first note till the very end of the album, leaving you with a sense of accomplishment and hope for this world. Focusing on every emotion that inspired them, and embracing the freedom to create art that speaks to your heart and gives you shivers, Moonbabies really manages to produce an album that packs a punch. While ‘Raindrops’ or ‘24’ will make you long for something you didn’t even know you were missing, ‘Chorus’ or ‘The Ocean Kill’ will make you want to let go and dance to their Technicolor sound. All in all it’s a bold album, full of colors and dynamics that is sure to put a smile on your face.

Tell us a bit a more about yourselves and Moonbabies. It’s a beautiful name, where did it come from? Thank you, we think so too. The name was chosen since we’re recording and working with music at night. Putting lots of nuances and love into the moon is inspirational for us. There’s something special happening when you’re working at night. It’s completely quiet and you get isolated from the rest of the world, catching that “dream world” that you can hear in our music. It’s like we need to put ourselves into that solitude to get connected to the deeper sense and playfulness of our sub consciousness to be able to write. Your first album June & Novas is very different to your new release Wizards on the beach. How would you describe that evolution, is that just part of growing up or something more sentimental? Well there’s definitive a huge gap between those albums, 15 years. That person you were in your early twenties compared to the person you are 15 years later has a wider musical taste and not least thousands and thousands more experiences of life, song writing and studio recording. We have over the years become more and more selective and ambitious when doing music. The naive wide-eyed happiness is gone, and replace by more maturity. However, I’m still proud of the records we’ve made. ‘June and Novas’ is a great album, flawed but fun and inspired. And even if there’s a big difference, I still hear and feel the Moonbabies signature printed all over every album. It’s something about the chords, our voices and melodies that is just us. You told us it took you 7 years to create this album, what challenges did you face during this time as an independent band? Ambition broke us down basically. Making a great album just wasn’t enough. For every week that went working on ‘Wizards on the Beach’ we sunk deeper and deeper into a hellish place. After many years, with tons of self-criticism and doubts, we had started the ’album’ process at least 30 times over. Nothing was good enough and our whole perspective was gone, the stress killing the rest of creativity. We were basically down to quitting. Until one day we just found back our original core: getting back to that place of making music that is free, personal, and fun to do without betraying any artistic sensibilities. Just to cut away all bad memories and focus on the songs that made the hairs on our arms stand up. You were in Berlin when you started recording and are now in Sweden, how did that move influence you? Berlin influenced us hugely. We discovered dance music by going out with our German friends several days a week. The local acts at the time like Modeselektor, Apparat, Moderat, Ellen Allien the more song-oriented dance acts - just turned both of us on to the whole scene. Now let’s talk about ‘Wizards on the beach’, what’s the story behind this album, what were your influences? It’s definitely our most defining work. We opened ourselves up and did exactly what our hearts desired. We used the dance music influences but threw away all the rules of electronic music. Taking our favourite bits from our childhood 80s hits and our teenage favourites like My Bloody Valentine, Kate Bush, we finished with 10 songs that sound retro and modern, unique and familiar at the same time. The songs all have different shades but make a big picture together, like stepping into a new world. It takes you on a journey… if you let it.

‘There’s something special happening when you’re working at night. It’s completely quiet and you get isolated from the rest of the world, catching that “dream world” that you can hear in our music.’ I think one of my personal favourite is ‘The Ocean Kill’ as it is so dynamic but really pure at the same time. It’s really hard to pick one, especially considering they all have different identities, but what’s the song that you both are most proud of and why? I can’t pick one favourite without feeling strange about doing so. There’s a lot of emotion and so many years of work behind these track that I really can’t pick. With ‘Raindrops’, I felt for such a long time that we possibly did write the ultimate ‘Moonbabies’ song that will hold up to the test of time. But ’The Ocean Kill’ or ‘Pink Heart Mother’ are also huge steps for me, and honestly I love them all equally. You’re a duo in real life and in the music world, how do you balance working together with your personal life and does it influence your creativity? Oh yeah it sure must have influenced us creatively. It’s tough to balance from time to time and to separate from our family life. Having different roles inside the band is one way that makes things less confused and more focused. We’d love to know what’s next for Moonbabies. In the run up to the launch of the album and after, what’s going on for the duo? Right now we’re working on the album release, it’s out on the 28th April on our own imprint label: Culture Hero. So far it feels great to be running your own business, it’s a lot of work keeping it rolling, but a fantastic feeling to be able to do it yourself. After the album is out we do have lots of exciting plans but we want to keep it secret for now. The thing for now is to be back from an emotional roller-coaster ride, and finally be able to present the new music. Which naturally feels AWESOME! Any tours planned? And finally any plans on playing in the UK? Moonbabies would love to play in the UK sometime soon. There are new development happening every week regarding the band and its plans …But I’m sorry, it’s too early to say.

KICK BACK

Photographer - William Dube Stylist - Leah Rustomjee Make up Artist - Sinead McGowen

Model Will at First Model Management 34

T-shirt - Uniqlo Tracksuit - Pasquale Daniel Trainers - Adidas Originals

R-shirt - Topman Shorts - Pasquale Daniel

Hat - Urban outfitters Jacket -Zara T-shirt - Uniqlo Shorts - H&M

Left Jacket - Pasquale Daniel T-shirt - Uniqlo Bottoms - H&M tracksuit Trainers - Adidas originals

Middle Jacket - H&M T-shirt - Uniqlo Shorts - Fila Trainers - Fila

Left Jumper - Ragged priest Tracksuit - Zara

THE COLLECTION Designer - Nga Wun (Kitty) Mok

What sparked you interest in fashion? After my secondary school in Macau, I decided to study abroad as I wanted to expand my life experience and widen my vision. I love Art & Design, so I chose to do an Art & Design foundation course in a college in Cambridge. During the course, I experienced different areas within the Art & Design industry such as fine art, graphics, photography and fashion. I enjoyed doing every part of the course, but I was interested in the fashion design class the most. I am not just interested in the trendy and fashionable style, what I love is the process and the story behind every garment, the inspiration behind a collection and how a designer turns a simple idea into a full collection. Did you always want to be a designer, if not, what was your childhood dream? Like most of the teenage girls, I liked reading fashion magazines; following trends and imitating fashion icons, however I didn’t think I would be a fashion designer in the future at that time. When I was a little child, I dreamt of being a teacher because I loved to play with chalk on the blackboard and I always played the imitation game with my sister and act as a teacher. Can you tell me a little bit about the collection? ‘Game Over! Press Start!’ is a womenswear collection. It was inspired by arcade games that were so popular from the 1970s to the mid 90s. The space invader street art in Paris gave me the idea to investigate the arcade game culture. I was interested in the colour and pixelated format of arcade games. I also looked into the TV test card and vintage computer error, which led me to generate the interesting print ideas. The TV Test image is quite prevalent in this collection Who do you design for, who’s your customer? The TV test card was the major print inspiration of my collection. I was fascinated by its colour and it evoked memories of my childhood. I aim to create clothing for young individuals who are creative, fun and energetic. I believe my market level will be looking for garments that are dynamic and have a cheerful flavour which always brightens their eyes.

Talk to me about your process (who/what inspires you etc)? Art & Design inspires me a lot. I love to travel, I always spend time to walk around the city and search for interesting places. I enjoy going to galleries and exhibitions during my leisure time, looking at other artists’ and designers’ work. I can always think of lots of ideas during my travel, I love to put them down in my sketchbook either by sketching or writing. Then I will do lots of research, it ‘s the most enjoyable part of the whole design process because I always learn lots about things that I might not have been familiar with before, not just about fashion but also about other subjects. I gather all the relevant information and use them to generate interesting ideas for my designs. I usually think of an initial look before designing every single garment. what are you fascinated by at the moment and how does it feed into your work? I have a new hobby of hiking in the morning; it’s really relaxing and refreshing walking along the road with trees and plants aside. Thus, I have brought the botanical theme to my new project. The project that I am currently working on is about botanical studies, such as using the inflorescence diagrams and petal order to design a series of pattern for the garments. I am also fascinated by Gray Malin’s high perspective photography at the moment and thinking to use this idea in my new print design. Having recently graduated, what’s the best lesson you learned from your studies? Aside from the design knowledge and skills, I think the best lesson I learned from my study is teamwork and time management. I am working as a freelance designer for a company at the moment. As I am new in the industry, there are many things that I might still not know or understand. Sometimes I need to rely on other colleagues to help. We help each other and learn from each other in order to do our best and produce the best product to our clients. Time management is also very important, as now I need manage my time wisely in order to meet the tight deadlines and it’s only now I started to understand the ‘Time is Money!’ phrase.

Who is your favourite designer and why? Peter Pilotto and Mary Katrantzou are always my favourite designers. I love their textile innovation and craftsmanship. Their collections are always desirable and recognizable. I personally love printed fashion, clothing that is rich in colour with innovative textile design and special in detail. If you could choose the face of your brand, would you have a model or celebrity? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind either model or celebrity if his or her face and character suit my brand identity. How about your graduate collection, who would it be and why? I considered my graduate collection as show pieces more. It has a quite extravagant silhouette than commercial streetwear. My collection revealed my own character and who I am as a fashion designer. I would like to design for young and creative individuals like Susie Bubble, who have a bright, cheerful and fun character, people who love colour, and people who like something unusual and interesting. What the ultimate dream? My ultimate dream is to become a successful womenswear fashion designer, establish my own designer label and have my collection being shown in fashion week. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next for you? I recently started working as a freelance fashion designer and I am seeking full time design opportunities. In this period of time, I would like to gain more work experience and resources; I wish to set up my own design label in the near future. As I am interested in fashion textile, I am thinking to do a fashion textile Master course as well.

CONTRIBUTORS

Photographers William Dube J Garnett

Make up Artists Hollie Berry Sinead McGowan

Stylists Hayley Durrant Leah Rustomjee

Writer Marine Pabot

Band Moonbabies

Graphic Designer Josh Evans

Model Agencies Established models Profile model management AMCK First model management Oxygen Models

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Issue Zero May 2015