Dazed & Confused

September 2007

Features:

• Cartoon King: Jean-Charles de Castelbajac The French designer talks about dressing the Pope, getting inspiration from Daft Punk, and why, after years of being stranded in the fashion wilderness, his cartoon character designs have turned him into a modern youth style icon.
• Filthy and Gorgeous: Selma Blair A gorgeous anomally in the Hollywood aesthetic, Ms Blair has a no-frills demeanour that makes her a favourite with the big guns. Here she is, before her latest movie Waz is released, talking extremism, poise, and toilet bowl licking.
• Animal Magic: Animal Collective The leftfield quartet invite Dazed into their Portuguese rehearsal lair to talk about growing up, image misconceptions, and, err, musical strawberry jam.
• Facing Off: Miles Marshall Lewis The author of “The Wu-Tang Candidate” writes about the state of hip hop, inspired by one rapper’s controversial endorsement of blackface.
• Photography MARIANO VIVANCO Styling NICOLA FORMICHETTI
• Photography MIGUEL REVERIEGO Styling SARAH COBB
• Photography AMY ARBUS Styling ANDRE WALKER
• Photography MARIANO VIVANCO Styling KATIE SHILLINGFORD
• Fashion Forward: YSL / Givenchy Photography LUIS VENEGAS Styling KAREN LANGLEY
• Collections
• Opening shot: Albert Watson
• 52 Repetitive Assembly: Saints
• Thecocknbullkid
• Justine Smith
• Trade
• Modeselektor
• The Bizarros
• Effi Briest
• Marc Newson / Jack Kerouac
• Price James
• Haunted House Party / Kwes
• Your History: Seasick Steve
• Head2Head: Francesca Lowe and Alasdair Gray
• East of Havana
• Blood Red Shoes
• Eyespy
• SISSY SISTAS: The Sissy Bounce scene Talking dirty over up-tempo bounce beats, Dazed finds out how transvestite MCs like Katey Red are winning over the New Orleans party scene by shaking their booty in the face of macho rap stereotypes.
• CULT VIP: Jean-Claude Vannier The reclusive avant-garde composer grants a rare interview to talk about his infamous car-horn orchestra, working wonders with Serge Gainsbourg, and his love for the “wrong side of music”.
• Q&A: John Squire Swapping his six-string for canvas and paint, the former Stone Roses guitarist reveals his talent as an abstract artist, building on the visual identity he created for the band in their 90s heyday.
• ART: Hung & Drawn Illustrator Neal Fox invades Soho’s watering holes; Graham Hudson talks capitalism and wobbly sculptures; “The Splashers” deface famous NYC street art; plus four awesome exhibition previews.
• BOOKS: Bound & Flogged Actor turned novelist David Thewlis writes about Brit art and the working classes; William Gibson gets media mad; Free Association publish Werner Herzog’s diaries; plus this month’s essential reads.
• FILM: Cut & Wrapped Warhol muse Joe Dallesandro puts some sticky rumours to bed before the re-release of Je t’aime moi non plus; David Mamet indulges in jiu-jitsu; Pablo Trapero discusses Argentine cinema; London short Him Over There gets grimey; Helvetica celebrates the font’s 50th birthday; plus four new film reviews.
• MUSIC: Agony & Ecstasy Underage rockers Tiny Masters of Today get worshipped by Bowie; Patrick Watson takes his Canadian cabaret on the road; Chrome Hoof hatch some doom rock eggs; Jneiro Jarel introduces the Shape of Broad Minds; DFA new boy Shocking Pinks feels happier on his own; Hatcham Social get love from The Charlatans; The International Male strut back into fashion; Caribou compiles a trampolining mix; killer Brooklyn indie, The Social Registry, gets a heads up; X-Posure; plus 15 hot music reviews.