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BREEZE; California Soul
It’s October 1962. The car radio is on during the drive home after a long day at work. It’s only…
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TRIM; Lipstick Queen: Rear View Mirror
CAMERA LONG SHOT A shiny convertible, the chrome details beaming in the sunlight, is moving towards the camera. The landscape…
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Trim; brow-down
Within recent years brow shaping has exploded in the UK, a lot like the nail industry in the late ’80s….
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TRIM; The Type
“Read creative words Find the deeper meaning there Oh how it can change” – Renee Umsted People rush to…
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TRIM; White Noise and Minimal Sound
Did you know that the human brain is specifically designed to be prone to distraction? As part of our most…
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TRIM;Gender Fluidity
Gender Fluidity: A person who does not identify themselves as having a fixed gender. Trimming the stereotypes of gender categorisation….
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NEWS: A Celebration Of Karl
When he was appointed artistic director of Chanel in 1983, the prolific designer revived the house. He introduced streetwear in…
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TRIM; Out with the old, in with the new by tattoo
Memories can often bring positive or negative feelings, having these permanently on your body can combine both. The art form…
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TRIM; Bauhaus ballet
The Bauhaus are famed for their innovation in design; through trimming away the excess to leave only the valuable product….
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TRIM; One Take Wonders
Films shot in a continuous take, work of artistic genius, or pretentious and unnecessary? One-take films and the use of…
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ROOTS; Going Back to Mine
‘Ain’t talkin’ ’bout no roots in the land talkin’ ’bout the roots in the man I feel my spirit’s gettin’…
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A Rose by Any Other Name…
The rose conjures up so many visual images, deep and intense smells. Its velvety petals along with its antagonistic thorns…
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TRIM; The Crown You Never Take Off
Chloe E. Williams Surviving winter means bundling up in jumpers, scarves and coats. Heads covered to stop the frost biting…
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TRIM; The Smell of Literature
Ida Arnold, one of the characters in Graham Greene’s novel The World of Brighton Rock is a maternal, but sensual,…
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TRIM; Artistic Nature
Have you ever heard about Topiary? This type of art is really famous but ironically, its name is not. So…
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TRIM; Morag Keil’s Cacophony
“Morag Keil: Moarg Kiel” is the first major solo exhibition in the UK at the ICA by Scottish, London-based artist,…
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TRIM; A New Appreciation for Brutalism’s Unadorned Concrete Monsters
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Brutalism acquired the name from its monolithic, imposing presence. When the BBC’s article on…
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TRIM; In Conversation with Roland Mouret
In a conversation with Cent Magazine, designer and perfumer Roland Mouret talks about everything under the sun. With Cent’s Jo…