volume 2 – iSsue 80 – december 2009

The front

24 Threads: PLAYFUL We profile five contemporary artists that really want you to get involved

30 Rise: JAIDEN RVA JAMES Hardcore rubber action from the inimitable London-based designers

32 Rise: DAVID WILSON / LERNERT & SANDER Taking the music video to another dimension

34 Rise: DEBORAH FRANCOIS Between the sheets with the rising star

36 Fashion Archive: BODYMAP Inside the label that changed fashion forever

38 Line-Up: MEGAFORCE Introducing an unstoppable video crew

40 Your History: mike leser A life dedicated to anarchic activism

42 Fashion Forward: K KARL LAGERFELD Photographed by Mari Sarai Styled by ROBBIE SPENCER

44 Incoming: FASHION NEWS

60 Head 2 Head: Starsmith & Elie Goulding The new pop duo go dancing in the rain

62 Fashion Forward: TSUMORI CHISATO Photographed by Douglas Irvine Styled by Katie Shilingford

64 Fashion Forward: burbery Photographed by BEN TOMS Styled by ROBBIE SPENCER

66 Last Shot: JEFF WALL The iconic photographer siphons his own unique version of reality

the main stories

The fashion

92 Photographed by DANIEL JACKSON Styled by KAREN LANGLEY

100 Photographed by MARK PILLAI Styled by KATIE SHILLINGFORD

The cover

ABBEY LEE wears Playsuit by WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE X OPENING CEREMONY; crown by KEKO HAINSWHEELER Photographed by DANIEL JACKSON Styled by KAREN LANGLEY

86 National Health Service HEALTH The LA art rockers bring the noise to Northern England

68 Really Wild WHERE THE Wild Things Are Children’s author and artist Maurice Sendak and director Spike Jonze exclusively discuss their decadelong collaboration

80 Unbreakable HOLLY MIRANDA We go on the run from Christianity with the indie songbird

76 I Hate Your Guts ANDY KAUFMAN What happens when you challenge the women of the world to a wrestling match?

108 Photographed by BEN TOMS Styled by ROBBIE SPENCER

114 Photographed by Kacper KASPrZYK Styled by Matias Karlson

the bacK

124 Cult VIP: GWAR The heavy metal demons from outer space prepare to shock the world one more time

128 Q&A: SNOOP DOGG The Doggfather raps about a lifetime of controversial hip hop capers

130 Art: HUNG & DRAWN Wes Lang; Julie Verhoeven; Harun Farocki; plus this month’s best exhibitions

132 Literature: BOUND & FLOGGED Party time in Paris with Five Dials and Paris Review Vol. 4; plus all this month’s best reads

134 Film: CUT & WRAPPED Sasha Grey talks The Girlfriend Experience; there’s schoolgirl rivalry in Cracks; squat lovers get it on in Unmade Beds; Hamza Perez talks hip hop; FLicKeR gets high on light; teenage rebellion in I’m Going To Explode; plus all this month’s reviews

138 Music: AGONY & ECSTASY Washed Out creates the sound of 2010; Private get funked up; Music Go Music teach the art of disco evangelism; Gyratory System present an Alien Marching Band mixtape; X-posure; Is Tropical refuse to wash; Dr Dre goes Gaga; Soundway Records preserve Ghanian funk; plus all this month’s Dazed & Approved releases

144 Social: SEEN & SHOT Dazed party like it’s 2099!

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