Band: Young Love

Young Love is a band formed in 2005 New York City. They are an all American dance- rock band. Artist Dan Keyes has been noted for being the lead singer and deals with the majority of the production and song writing. Before Young Love, Dan Keyes humble begins started with the band Recover, comprised Dan Keyes (guitar/vocals), Robert Mann (guitar/vocals), Ross Tweedy (bass), and Santiago "Jimmy" Vela (drums). The four first started playing together while in high school, produced by Rory Phillips which was in Austin, Texas. The band released three albums but Keyes felt that he needed to change the direction of his music and continued working with the producer. This May Be the Year I Disappear was released in October 2004 to lukewarm reviews. The album marked a significant change in sound, with the band moving away from their signature post-hardcore sound and toward a pop rock sound, polarizing many of the band's fans. He came to New York after a fellow friend offered him a place to live and he began his journey of travel to and fro Austin to New York with a single bag of clothes and his guitar. Sounds like a typical start for a musician, however for Dan Keyes in

 2005 was working in a restaurant in the city bussing tables 

whilst working on the music he started while touring with 

band Recover, which was later changed to Young Love.

The bands style tends to be laid back; the members of the band have a harmonizing look of mods/ rock/ punk, with lead vocalist Dan Keyes playing the bad playboy. Their up tempo- rock music is almost a washed down reminiscent but very modern American version of ‘The Sex Pistols.’ Dan Keyes wants you to dance your ass off. At least that’s what his new release as Young Love, “One Of Us,” will have you doing. At this point, I’m unwilling to relegate this album to any certain genre because when it comes down to it, Young Love just makes ‘Shake Your Booty’ music. No, it isn’t crunk – but Young Love manages to borrow from a little of everything. You’ll hear Prince-style guitar riffs, bass-lines

 straight out a Chic album, and Timbaland-esque 

drum breaks mixed with some angular, 

classic-rock radio friendly guitar riffs. 

Street Fashion Interview: Oyinkan Olatunji

Oyinkansola Olatunji is a 21 year old law student, aspiring model/ stylist living in the heart of Camden.  Living by the moto of “Breathe Style, Born Free, Live Life, Die Happy! It’s Fashion”. She spends her spare time blogging and trying to find the latest trends drawing inspiration from sources such as, the run way, high street and vintage shops all around London.  Oyinkan has admitted being slightly lost in nostalgia, looking back at photographs of her mother when she was younger and drawing inspiration from them.  Further she tells us that just by being vigilant to her surroundings and past subcultures have had somewhat of an impact on her style of clothing.

NS: What inspires you in your choice of style?

OO: I like to explore different styles. I find myself going to places such as Brick Lane and Camden, and look at the different ways people put their outfits together, because there is always a diversity of cultures and trends. However I especially like drawing inspiration from previous era’s and subcultures. But my biggest inspirations is my mother, I find myself rampaging through my mother’s old clothes trying to find something vintage and looking through her pictures when she was younger.

NS: When you wake up in the morning, how do you decide on what to wear?

OO: I like to treat my body as a blank canvas. I find myself judging my look on what mood I feel like in the morning.

NS: How would you describe your look in three words?

OO: I don’t think that’s possible because I’m not set in three looks but I would probably say, carefree, sophisticated and fresh.

NS: As an aspiring model/ stylist, what would you consider as being the 3 key items every female should have in their wardrobe?

OO: Great accessories, because accessories can give every outfit a massive face lift. A great pair of jeans, I think that finding that one pair of jeans that fit your figure amazingly is hard to come by and if you do find it buy as many of the same pair as possible. Finally I would say a diverse range of shoes. If you have an amazing shoe collection it makes your outfit that much more exciting and you step out feeling confident.

NS: If you could save one thing from your wardrobe what would it be and why?

OO: That is a tough question but I would say my black Chanel bag only because its vintage and my grandmother gave it to me. She actually used to own it.

NS: If you had an opportunity to have one free item from Harrods what would it be and why?

OO: It would have to be a Michael Kors multi strap red dress I just spotted it on the shop floor and thought it would look amazing on. 

NS: Who would you say your favourite designers are?

OO: I would say Balmain and Chanel. I love the fact that Balmain collection is a mixture of street edge and soft looks. It combines aspects every female should posses in their personality, soft, edgy, sexy and strong.  And I love the classical look of Chanel mixed within contemporary designs. 

Model: Lara Stone

The fashion world can’t get enough of Lara Stone, 

thanks to her Bardot-esque look. Indeed, the 

buzz around the model’s sexy curves suggests 

that there’s finally a backlash against the size 

zero silhouette.

It’s easy to be mesmerized by Lara Stone, the new

 face of Jaeger. Hailed by British and US Vogue and 

W magazine as the model du jour, Lara is a breath 

of fresh air. With her gappy teeth, bee-stung lips 

and frankly va-va voom figure, Dutch-born Lara

 is a world away from the boyish, prepubescent 

skinnies who have dominated our catwalks for 

the past few years.  What makes her so popular

 is the fact that she is a chameleon. Closing shows 

for Chanel and opening for Jean Paul Gautier. 

She can play Regal and she can play rock chic.

And, most importantly, she is a healthy

 UK 8; she has a 33inch bust and a 24 inch waist.

 Now that might sound super-skinny to us mere mortals,

 but in fashion terms, it’s near-revolutionary. Most models average between a sizes UK 4-6. Born to a Dutch mother and British father, she grew up in the small town of Mierlo in the southern Netherlands. She was signed to the Elite modeling agency aged 15. Since then she’s modeled for everyone from Chanel to Giles Deacon and Stella McCartney.

Although Lara Stone has had such an astounding welcoming into the fashion world she tells feels slightly insecure as every female does, ‘A lot of people say it’s nice to see someone who won’t break in half when you touch them. But I am still a woman and a person, and if you’re compared and confronted with your colleagues, and they’re all half your size, you think, “F***, I’m really fat!”’ The fact that she admits to her worries, makes her that much more likable and human. She is a woman most females can relate to. This enhances her likeability. Furthermore, designers clearly do not think so, ‘I want to celebrate Lara,’ raves Stella McCartney. ‘Put her in the tightest dress and get her down there! She’s about as sexy as it gets.’

Make up artist: Amy Barrington

Amy Barrington is a makeup artist and has worked on advertising campaigns such as bed head, which is a hair based company. She is from London, UK and graduated from London School of Beauty and Make-up, situated behind Oxford Circus. Her work is quite inspiring as she as a unique clean signature when it comes to her work. She tends to use very soft and natural colours as her makeup platte when working on models. However, she has proven not to be afraid to mix it up when needs be. She has worked with a wide spectrum of looks, ranging from the 1950’s-1980’s, soft and girlie trends with a bold coloured lipstick to the hard rock sexy female.  

Interview:

1. When and why did you choose to go in to this profession?
I became a makeup artist four/five years ago. It was purely by chance, I 

dated a fashion photographer!

2. What’s your professional background and training?
I did a basic makeup course at the London School of Beauty and Makeup and was then fortunate enough to assist a top makeup artist for a year and a half before branching out on my own.

3. Where, how and in what position do you work now? 
I'm freelance but have a few big clients that I work for on a regular basis mainly in London but I get to travel a bit too which is great.

4. What do you most like about your profession? 
I absolutely love my job, every day is different and I get to make people look beautiful every day! I also get inspired by working with imaginative, creative people.

5. What do you most dislike about your profession? 
I can’t think of anything I dislike about my profession!

6. What have been your biggest highs and lows on the job?
One of my biggest highs was working on a huge show in Las Vegas for a week; it was a little crazy but so much fun. The biggest low is January when there is very little work!

7. Any golden rules or tips that you swear by?
Always wear a sunscreen or moisturizer with an spf and always take off your makeup before bed!

Photographer: Terry Richardson.

Terry Richardson is a fashion photographer born in New York August 14, 1965. His father Bob Richardson was also a fashion photographer during the 60’s and 70’s, who battled with schizophrenia and drug abuse. With his work he wanted to capture the excitement and regrets of the free spirited generation. Bob Richardson was attracted to the tempestuous, messy, desolating quality of human relations. He was one of the first photographers to realize that those emotions where not just a part of the fashion industry during the 60’s but vital to it. With his work he wanted “to put reality in my photographs. Sex, drugs and rock "n" roll. That's what was 

happening. And I was going to help make it

 happen. Boy they did not want that in America. Some of those editors were still wearing white gloves to couture.” 

“In a 16-page spread in French Vogue in 1967, he evoked the sex idyll, the gloom and the sudden, all-obliterating passions of two lovers on a Greek island. In one shot, model Donna Mitchell is seen crying; in another she lies on a rocky shore, her face turned away, with her nude lover in the water before her.” Bob Richardson's pictures were radical because, more than showing youthful fashion in a liberated way, they sought to expose the life dramas that were then consuming young people."Which were not about being applauded as you made your entrance to the opera," said Joan Juliet Buck, the writer and fashion editor, "They were about crying in your room, feeling lonely, hoping for sex."

Actress Norma Kessler wife of Bob Richardson and mother of Terry Richardson, served as the assistant for the Greek island shoot two years later. "It was just my mom, Dad and me with a bag of clothes," Terry said. "They just went off together and did these pictures."

An early influence of an upbringing in Hollywood and going on expeditions with his father, Terry attended Nordhoff High school and was known for being lacking in social keys as he was a very shy teenager. He had a punk rock band The Invisible Government where he played bass guitar. Once his group split up actress mother Norma introduced him to the man who helped kick of his career as an assistant for Tony Kent. Finding some influence from his father Terry’s photographs are notorious for their controversial, graphic sexual subject matter.  Terry Richardson’s photographs tend to be very clean cut, fresh and brightly lit if in colour and very crisp in black and white.

Richardson has shot advertisements for fashion designers and editorial photographs,publishing photo books including Hysteric Glamour 1998; Son of Bob 1999; Feared by Men Desired by Women 2000; Too Much 2001; Terryworld 2004; Kibosh 2006; and Rio, Cidade Maravilhosa 2007. He has also directed music videos, including an alternate music video of the song “Find a new way” by Young Love featuring model Kemp Muhl. However, as talented he may be his attitude towards models has been criticised by Danish model and filmmaker Rie Rasmussen and others, who have accused Richardson of exploiting and sexually abusing the models he photographs. But model and actress Noot Seear has defended him, pointing out that he does not pressure those he works with into doing anything they are uncomfortable with, while designer Marc Jacobs although admitting problems within the industry, has said that as a person Richardson is "not ill-spirited." He has shot the likes of Amy Winehouse, Barrack Obama, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Lady GaGa, Rapper lil Wayne, Pharrell Williams, Courtney Love and many others. 

STYLIST: KABIR

I chose this stylist as a reference to Bjork's curration for Dazed and Confused Magazine, that had been made by Ruth Hogben. The colors and the mood of the story, reminded me a lot of the style that Kabir has been working in the past few years, drawing his inspiration from both new rave and club kids of the early 90's. As he started his career around 2004, with the appearance of the nu-rave scene, he has left a distintive fingerprint in the fashion world, with his fascinate and some times extravagant appearances and photoshoots. Kabir as a regular member of the BoomBox parties, has been collavorated with artists such as Roisin Murphy, and the well known Show studio, in order to produce some of the most iconoclastic looks of the second decade oh the zeros.

MUSE: BJORK FOR DAZED AND CONFUSED SUMMER 2011

Currated by Bjork

Photography and fashion story by Ruth Hogben.

Bjork has evolved into a Maverick of music throughout the last decade. From her eraly work , until her latest album Biophilia, Bjork has been always been on the edge of music and science, combining the pop with the alternative, the emotional with the irational, the dark with the light, the fashion with music. Her role as a musician, has always been from a scientific view, pushing the limits of creation even further. Beside her musical articulate, she has been collaborated with most of the avant-garde fashion mogulues such as Hussein Chalayan, Marjan Pejoski, Bernhard Willhelm, Yves Saint Laurent and many more. Her insight on fashion and arts, makes her propably one of the most interesting people to look at when there is either a video, a photoshoot or an article about her. For this magazine, Bjork was able to bring into the pages her own world, introducing Biophilia, While working with Ruth Hogben and Iris Van Herpen, gave a cutting edge sense to the stories.