Photography by Cole Fawcett
Featuring Theo Hirschfield at STORM LA
All clothes Loewe
FREEDOM TRAILS
Photography by Cole Fawcett
Featuring Jeffery C at Mode Models
THE WAY OF NATURE
Photography by Santiago Sierra Soler
Featuring by Ty Smithers
BOY FROM THE NORTH
Full looks Maison Margiela
Left Full look Stefan Cooke
Right Full look N21
Left Full look Salvatore Ferragamo
Right Full look Maison Margiela
Full look Stefan Cooke
Photography by Jack Snell
Fashion by Olivia Harding
Featuring Oskar Harber at Wilhelmina
Grooming by Brady Lea
CROSSROADS
Photography by Cole Fawcett
Featuring Jaron Baker at Wilhelmina Models
All clothes Celine Homme
SUMMERY FEEL
Left All Valentino
Right Full look Givenchy
Full look JW Anderson
Louis Full look Ann Demeulemeester
Caesar Full look Celine Homme
Left Full look Dries Van Noten
Right Louis Full look Ann Demeulemeester & Caesar Full look Celine Homme
Left Shirt Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello & briefs CDLP
Right Shirt Dries Van Noten
Louis Full look Ann Demeulemeester
Caesar Full look Celine Homme
Tanktop Acne Studios
Left Full look Dries Van Noten
Right JW Anderson
Left Caesar Earring Givenchy & Louis Necklace Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Right Shirt Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello ,briefs CDLP ,shoes Celine Homme
Left Necklace Celine Homme
Right Shirt Dries Van Noten
Left Caesar Earring Givenchy & Louis Necklace Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Right Full look Ann Demeulemeester
Photography by David van Dartel
Fashion by Koen T. Hendriks at House of Orange
Featuring Caesar van den Idsert and Louis Elbertse at Riches Mgmt
Grooming by Daphne Weijers at House of Orange
Stylist’s assistant Phoebe Vos
FIND WHERE LOVE HIDES
Photography by Cole Fawcett
Fashion by Kyle Sakunruchira
Featuring Mingus Reedus at The Society Management
IN MY DREAMS
Photography by Hadar Pitchon
Featuring Colton Glenn at Modern Muse Models
FIRE AND ICE
Photography by Cole Fawcett
Featuring Gabriel Jayne at Wilhelmina
All clothes by Celine Homme & underwear by Calvin Klein
HORSES
“I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn’t.
And that’s a tough place to be because you’re never satisfied.”
ForEverLove X R. Mapplethorpe
Necklace Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Left Vintage coat
Right Full look Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Left Full Celine Homme
Right Vintage top
Left Vintage leather jacket
Right Full look Celine Homme
Full looks Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Full looks Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Full look Celine Homme
Right Full look Celine Homme
Left Full look Celine Homme
Right All vintage
Photography by Jerome Lobato
Featuring Hugo Sogny at M Management Models
Grooming by Eloise Gaarcia
WALLFLOWER
Photography by Emilia Staugaard
Featuring Hugo at MIKAs Stockholm
Hair by Sabina Simmelhag
Photographer’s assistant Johanna Hvidtved
Emilia Staugaard at FERN
UTOPIA
Photography by Isaac Calpe
Make-Up & hair by Juan Urena
Photo assistant Angie Couple
Featuring Misha at UNO Models and
Robert at TWO Management Barcelona
Studio @therandom.place
INTELLECTUAL CHEMISTRY
Having made her cinematic debut in the Judd Apatow-helmed movie, The King of Staten Island, alongside Pete Davidson, 29-year-old Pauline Chalamet’s star is on the rise as part of a new breed of politically engaged and socially aware actors, grabbing our attention.
New York-born, Chalamet, is currently tackling the depiction of nascent female sexuality in her lead role as Kimberly on Mindy Kaling's HBO Max series, The Sex Lives of College Girls, following four roommates navigating their freshman year of college.
We caught up with her to discuss Paris, pirouettes and passionate causes, and we didn’t mention her famous younger sibling, Timothée Chalamet once, (until now that is).
Left and right coat PRADA, shoes NICOLE SALDANA
Hi Pauline! You’re a native New Yorker now living in Paris, what do you love most about the city?
Probably the walking distance I am to many of my closest people as well as the daily routines (groceries, stopping for a café or a drink), that seem to be less of a hassle than when I’m in New York.
So you grew up in Hell’s Kitchen, (near to Times Square), in a subsidised arts building - that must have fired up your ambition for theatrical life?
One of the gifts of having grown up in Manhattan Plaza was innately knowing that I was allowed to march to the beat of my own drum. Many of the building’s inhabitants are artists but others are locals of Hell’s Kitchen who have been living in the building since it was built. It feels like a village in itself, where working in the arts is encouraged.
Left suit FENDI, shoes MIU MIU
Right dress VINCE
And later you joined the New York City Ballet with aspirations to be a dancer, why are we not seeing you pirouetting on stage now then?
I danced at the School of American Ballet until the age of 15, and by the end of my time there, I was simultaneously in the drama department at LaGuardia High School. I fell in love with being on stage through the ballets I danced in as a child, but ultimately, I loved expressing myself with words and wanted to challenge myself in a new way.
Left coat PRADA
Right dress LOEWE
So before the acting opportunities arose, what were you doing work-wise, and did any part help shape and inspire you in any way?
I had multiple jobs in different fields, but one that was rather consistent was working in restaurants and cafés. I wanted to be a writer, and I enjoyed serving people and chatting with regulars. In retrospect, I think it helped me understand the pressure that waiters, bussers, and kitchen staff are under on any given day, and how important communication is between all the moving parts of an establishment. Not dissimilar from a film set in that way.
And then later came your big break, appearing in The King of Staten Island, and now your new HBO show (The Sex Lives of College Girls), which marks your first lead role, how does that feel?
I’m grateful for the opportunity to help bring Kimberly to life, and I think on big and small projects alike, it’s validating to feel like you’re being trusted to share a character’s story. And I was so lucky to play with a character for over six months while shooting the first season.
Left coat PRADA
Right shirt ACO, denim AGOLDE
Was it fun to go back and explore what it was like to be a freshman in college all over again - any comparisons with your own experience?
The first days of shooting were like going in a time machine back to the first days of college where you are surrounded by new people, in a new place, seeing lots of new buildings you’ve never seen before. So it was similar in that way. But other than that, I’d say that Kimberly and my freshman experiences started off quite differently.
She’s quite bookish and innocent?
When I first read the pilot, I was attracted to her earnestness.
Left suit FENDI, shoes MIU MIU
Right shirt ACO, denim AGOLDE
I like how the show portrays the bigger story around female sex - it’s more observant about the actual emotional encounters, and more importantly about how four bright young women share those experiences with one another…
The show is trying to share the individual sexual experiences of young women as they embark on the college chapter in their lives, but simultaneously it explores the interactions women have around these experiences through the friendship between the four roommates.
Social media has been very kind about the show so far, and you use the platform very well yourself, being quite vocal about issues you’re passionate about, from championing sustainable companies to the importance of voting. It can often be a complex and toxic place for women though too. What’s your advice on how to balance the bad with the good?
I try to share what I am currently curious about exploring myself. In terms of toxicity, if I feel that I’m getting sucked in a black hole of despair, I will turn my phone off for a few hours, call a friend, or go on a walk.
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Interview by Kate Lawson
Photography by Brittany Brooks
Fashion by Carolina Orrico
Make-Up by Loren Canby
Hair by Kiley Fitzgerald
FRIKVARTER
Full look ACNE STUDIOS
Full look PRADA
Left coat BOTTEGA VENETA, top and t-shirt ACNE STUDIOS
Right full look PRADA
Top and trousers DRIES VAN NOTEN, shoes JACQUEMUS, necklace NICKLAS SKOVGAARD
Left Full look ACNE STUDIOS
Right coat BOTTEGA VENETA, top and t-shirt ACNE STUDIOS
Turtleneck Y/PROJECT
Full look BALENCIAGA
Left knit JW ANDERSON, jeans SARAH SØLVER, shoes JACQUEMUS, earrings ACNE STUDIOS
Right full look JACQUEMUS
Full look ACNE STUDIOS
Photography by Emilia Staugaard
Fashion by Søren Kolborg Sørensen
Production by FERN
Grooming by Mads Stig
Photographer’s assistant Amelia Lourie
Featuring Jeppe at Tomorrow Is Another Day
ON THE FLY
For Levan Gelbakhiani, movement is a way to experience the feeling of liberty in a reality that can often seem far from free. ‘When you are brought up in an environment that’s very close-minded, there’s only a couple of places where you can feel freedom,’ says the Georgian dancer and actor. ‘And I think that dancing was the only place like that for me when I was growing up. I enjoy it very much and I think it will be my way of expressing myself until the day I die.’ Since starring in a lead role in ‘And Then We Danced’ – a 2019 film by Levan Akin that caused major controversy in Georgia due to its open depiction of queer love – Gelbakhiani became a symbol of unabashed bravery within the LGBTQ+ community in the country. Today, he continues to create the space for queer visibility through his collaborations with Russian photographer Roman Valynkin, who in his work explores the multifaceted notions of gender. For Behind The Blinds, Gelbakhiani and Valynkin worked together on ‘On The Fly’ – a series of dynamic images that are a love letter to Georgian nature and people.
Your big break as an actor was a lead role in the 2019 queer drama ‘And Then We Danced’. How do you look back on this project and what makes you feel the most proud about it?
Although my optimistic feelings about the changes that the film would bring aren’t as strong as before due to the recent homophobic attacks on the queer community in Georgia earlier this year, I still think that ‘And Then We Danced’ was a great thing for the queer community. It represented the community as it is and stood against the rhetoric of the right-wingers that portray us using the Sodom and Gomorrah comparisons and so on. I think the film became this thing for young people to hold on to – in a society where everything is really taboo, it became something that shined a light on queerness and our sexual identities. And I still have hope that it continues to do so because a lot of people approach me about it. Once, this granny said to me: ‘I watched your movie and it’s [the queer identity] nothing like what these bigots are saying, and I loved it!’
When did you first realize that dance was something that you wanted to pursue?
It came into my life without me really realizing it. It started first with me doing traditional Georgian dancing when I was four, but you know, every kid used to do that, it’s mandatory here. [laughs] When I was fourteen or so, I started to train ballet dancing – it was a bit late for me to do it professionally, so then after a while, I switched to contemporary dance. I never imagined myself as a professional dancer – my goal was to be an actor. But when I applied to the drama university and did not get a place, I thought, ‘Okay, I have this other way of surviving.’ That’s when I started to practice seven or eight hours per day and became super close with my body and how it speaks through movement.
What are the emotions that dancing allows you to tap into?
Dancing is not something that I’m doing for someone – I’m doing it for myself. When you are brought up in an environment that’s very close-minded, there’s only a couple of places where you can feel freedom. And I think that dancing was the only place like that for me when I was growing up. I enjoy it very much and I think it will be my way of expressing myself until the day I die.
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Interview by Martin Onufrowicz
Photography by Roman Valynkin
Fashion by Nora Tsiteladze
Production by Roman Valynkin
Photography Assistant Iuliia LatyganInstagram
Clothes provided by multi-brand Concept Store IERI
Georgian Labels are KEBURIA, SITUATIONIST, Aleksandre Akhalkatsishvili, PITOSETURI, Ingorokva,David Koma, Lado Bokuchava, Tatuna
WANDERING ELEGANCE
Left full look SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Right blazer and trousers PAUL SMITH, T-shirt STYLISTS ARCHIVE, boots SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Left top STYLISTS ARCHIVE, trousers PAUL SMITH, boots SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Right full look SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Left full look SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Right coat DUNHILL & sunglasses KOMONO
Left full look LOEWE
Right full look GIVENCHY
Left vest, trousers and bag GIVENCHY, boots SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Right full look LOEWE
Photography and film by Mattias Pettersson
Styling by Adam Pruchniewicz
Featuring Samer at Kate Moss agency
Casting by Mitch at MM Casting
Hair by Katsuya Kachi using L’Oréal Pro
Make up by Fujimoto Chi using Mac
Styling assistant Diego Lago
GLEAMING BODIES
Indya escarpins in leather SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Cascade earring in metal SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Le Maillon Chain round bag in lambskin SAINT LAUREN by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Indya escarpins in leather SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Indya escarpins in leather SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Indya escarpins in leather SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Cascade earring in metal SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
G chain two tone necklace GIVENCHY
Sandals in leather with G cube heel GIVENCHY
Mini bag in padded leather with chain GIVENCHY
Detail of the mini bag chain GIVENCHY
Small 4G padlock in metal GIVENCHY
Miniature perfume holder charm in calfskin CELINE by HEDI SLIMANE
Matches boxes CELINE by HEDI SLIMANE
Compact wallet with coin in shiny calfskin CELINE by HEDI SLIMANE
Les Étuis Parfums faced vial necklace in brass with gold finish, steel and silicone gold CELINE by HEDI SLIMANE
Miniature perfume holder charm in calfskin CELINE by HEDI SLIMANE
Photography by Hanna Pallot
DREAMERS' WALK
Right scarf and pants ACNE STUDIOS, earcuff MARIA NILSDOTTER, bracelet STYLIST’S OWN
Left full look BALENCIAGA
Right full look MM6
Left full look CELINE by HEDI SLIMANE
Right turtleneck, shirt and jacket VALENTINO & earrings MARIA NILSDOTTER
Left full look ACNE STUDIO
Right full look BALENCIAGA
Left full look BALENCIAGA
Right full look ACNE STUDIOS
Full looks CELINE HOMME
Left full look VALENTINO
Right shirt and trousers EYTYS, earring and belt VENCZEL, shoes MM6
Left full look VALENTINO
Right full look SAINT LAURENT by ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Left full look BALENCIAGE
Right vest ACNE STUDIOS & pants VALENTINO
Left blazer, t-shirt and trousers LOEWE, boots EYTYS
Right top by A. ROEGE HOVE, belt VENCZEL, pants EYTYS, earring BLUE BILLIE
Left and right full looks MM6
Photography by Marco Van Rijt at Linkdetails
Styling by Hilda Sandström at A Management
Hair by Erika Svedjevik at Lundlund
Make up by Fredrik Stambro at Lundlund
Makeup assistant Camilla Günther Nielsen, Novoti
Photo assistant Kenneth Meng
Styling assistant Philip Sandau
Featuring Villads and Ibrahim at Unique models, Fiona, Tonia and Ina at Scoop models, Samuel and Elvis at Nisch Management
HAUTE REPLICA
Left Hommage to Balenciaga , made in black waterproof florists crepe
Right Hommage to Charles de Vilmorin , made in crepe paper
Hommage to Alaia, made in painter crepe, cotton balls
Left Hommage to Maison Margiela , made in beer lid
Right Hommage to Pyer Moss , made in cardboard box
Left Hommage to Fendi , made in paper tablecloth, paper, painter crepe
Right Hommage to Balenciaga , made in black waterproof florists crepe
Hommage to Viktor &Rolf , made in cardboard, photo cardboard, wrapping paper, aluminium foil
Left Hommage to Dior , made in book linen paper, fibersilk, pleatetd cardboard
Right Hommage to Iris van Herpen, made in round cake toping paper fibersilk
Hommage to Tomo Koizumi , made in wrapping paper, silk paper
Hommage to Giambattista Valli , made in aluminium foil, shredded silk paper
Left Hommage to Chanel , made in cardboard, spray painted fleece
Right Hommage to Schiaparelli , made in wrapping paper, cardboard, aluminium foil, gold foil, cotton pads
Hommage to Valentino , made in wrapping paper
Hommage to Jean Paul Gaultier x Sacai , made in wrapping paper
Photography by Jonas Huckstorf
Costume Design by Dirk Zilken
Styling by Ingo Nahrwold
Make-Up by Marco Alecci
Hair by Dennis Brandt
Featuring Jada At A Management, Aketch At M4, Rabina At Success Paris, Cao At Spin, Wang At Mirrrs, Joanna At Seeds,
Kristin At Pars
SPACE MATTERS
Left Sweater COMME DES GARÇONS HOMME PLUS
Right Gilet ARTHUR ARBESSER
Total Look GIVENCHY
Total look SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Left Total Look ANN DEMEULEMEESTER
Right Gilet & top ANN DEMEULEMEESTER and pants BERLUTI
Total look DRIES VAN NOTEN
Left Gilet ARTHUR ARBESSER & pants AMI
Right Total Look GIVENCHY
Left Total Look ANN DEMEULEMEESTER
Right Gilet & top ANN DEMEULEMEESTER and pants BERLUTI
Left Total Look GIVENCHY
Right Pants ANN DEMEULEMEESTER
Photography by Cole Fawcett
Fashion by Alessandro Ferrari
Featuring Niks Gerbasevskis and Etienne Fleurquin at the Bro Models
Hair & Make-Up by Thomas Kergot
Stylist assistant Marine Gorinas
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