The early 2000s and 2010s were an era of spectacle, where fashion collided with reality TV
to create a world of heightened ambition and manufactured drama.
Inspired by Andersen’s tale the story reminds how important it is to maintain purity and
love in the eyes and heart, not allowing evil and callousness to penetrate our souls. Like
ice hiding cracks, evil penetrates unnoticed, distorting everything around.
Yulia photographed by Katerina Kirtoka and styled byGiorgia Di Salvatore
When we think of a jazz band, and particularly the saxophonist, the image that often comes to mind is that of a man with a classic, elegant, and sophisticated style.
This Valentine’s Day, Amy Spalding carves a new inscription with a collection of rings that don’t just symbolise devotion but honor the sapphic legacies that shaped today’s queer landscape.
At the beginning of the year, Pinterest projected “castlecore” as one of fashion’s in-trends for 2025, a mezze plate of Internet-inflected medieval gestures including coquettish white lace, chainmail accoutrements, and ornate antique jewellery.
The bed, which represents rest and intimacy in everyday life, has undergone a drastic alteration in the artistic sphere over the years, redefining the boundaries of the private and the public.
In a dimly lit performance space, tucked away in Old Street, HAIRFUCK by artist Vittoria Penalosa unfolded as a visceral confrontation with the pressures imposed on women.
David Lynch gave us fever dreams on film that feel more real than reality itself, breaking the rules to create his own bizarre language of backward-talking dwarves, industrial soundscapes, and cherry pie that somehow means more than just dessert.
Viennese Actionism was one of the most shocking art movements of the 20th century, emerging in post-war Austria to turn the body into a site of provocation, violence and ritual.
Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is a visually stunning, surreal exploration of love, desire, and the boundaries between fantasy and reality.
The bed, which represents rest and intimacy in everyday life, has undergone a drastic alteration in the artistic sphere over the years, redefining the boundaries of the private and the public.
At the beginning of the year, Pinterest projected “castlecore” as one of fashion’s in-trends for 2025, a mezze plate of Internet-inflected medieval gestures including coquettish white lace, chainmail accoutrements, and ornate antique jewellery.
In 1951, in a Mexico City apartment, William S. Burroughs raised a handgun toward his wife Joan Vollmer during what was supposedly a drunken game of ‘William Tell.’ The shot that followed would haunt him – and American literature – forever.
David Lynch gave us fever dreams on film that feel more real than reality itself, breaking the rules to create his own bizarre language of backward-talking dwarves, industrial soundscapes, and cherry pie that somehow means more than just dessert.
In a dimly lit performance space, tucked away in Old Street, HAIRFUCK by artist Vittoria Penalosa unfolded as a visceral confrontation with the pressures imposed on women.
Originally a film, the work was reimagined as a performance art piece for the MENG x The COLD Magazine launch, where five figures—bound by a single braid of hair—embodied the tensions and enforced competition born from unattainable beauty standards.
Yulia photographed by Katerina Kirtoka and styled by Giorgia Di Salvatore
The early 2000s and 2010s were an era of spectacle, where fashion collided with reality TV to create a world of heightened ambition and manufactured drama.