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DESIGNER ANDREW VAN DER WESTHUYZEN

The team behind design and film collective Collider were experimenting with some visual techniques and created a shark to test out an idea. A friend of co-founder and designer Andrew Van Der...

PHOTOGRAPHER + FILM MAKER KIRSTEN UTZON POPOV

“It was only recently that I picked up the still camera again and fell back in love with its immediacy,” says Sydney-based photographer Kirsten Utzon Popov. She found the experience liberat...

writer & filmmaker kirsty de garis

Every now and then I meet someone who is living my dream life. And when I talk about dream life, I'm talking about living out the deep-seated desires I've had since I was a child. Kirsty de Garisis...

stylist & set dresser briar stanley

I've never written them down, but I do have a secret list of fantasy jobs I'd like to do "some day". One of them is to work as a set designer. Some of my favourites on film: Bright Young Things, Ma...

an education

Sorry for the lack of posts this past week. I've been sick with a cold and flu and unfortunately it coincided with a major styling shoot - four setups in one day (Friday). As it happened that was t...

Hayley Allen's inspired by...

The creative genius behind Tika, Hayley Allen, is inspired by the film The Ice Storm by Ang Lee:"I have to say my inspiration this week has been from watching my favourite movie The Ice Storm bt An...

Monique Germon's inspired by...

Monique Germon is creative in everything she does. This is what she's inspired by..."Two films: To Kill a Mockingbird & Fearful Symmetry - The Making of To Kill a Mockingbird."The opening scen...

hollywood production designer jon hutman

It's funny what can happen to you on the way to work. The other week I suddenly had to pull over because I had a phone call from Los Angeles to interview production designer Jon Hutman. He's the ta...

film director & vanity fair contributor matt tyrnauer

Politics and fashion seem a funny mix. But not really when you think about it. They're both about egos and image, and often great stories are embedded within the drama.  Matt Tyrnauer spent much of...

valentino: the last emperor

I actually studied documentary-making as part of my Master of Arts degree many moons ago and a love for that medium has stayed with me. When a documentary is done well it can be just, if not more, ...