As pianos collect dust and electronic music threatens world domination, musician Taylor McFerrin perches somewhere in the middle ground, balancing one keyboard in each hand. On one side is live instrumentals, vocal recordings, impassioned collaborations - traditional forms of music with soul. Then there’s the electronic production, the laptop keyboard that allows for mixing and experimenting, slicing and dicing.
Read MorePerfume is a luxury. Perfume is a journey. Perfume is a veil that reveals the soul. Perfume is … the list is endless. Christopher Brosious, a Brooklyn-based award-winning perfumer and founder of CB I Hate Perfume, could talk about it for hours. With every creative step being as important as the result, Brosious formulates some of the most unusual scents.
Read MoreIn her debut collection, Abigail O’Neill Oswald of OAO New York presented a slew of functional pieces in silk, leather and neoprene. Pants and blouses in cerulean blue and soft coral, formfitting little black dresses, plus plenty of options in white compose a collection that is incredibly well-rounded and concise. Subtle details of pin tucks and piping, geometric bugle bead embroidery, intricate laser cuts and watercolor prints, inspired by the designer’s recent trip to Maldives, add to the simplistic charm and would not escape a discerning eye.
Read MoreIn 2009, designer Lauren Giambalvo started the brand Jack Henry New York. The name of the line originated from Giambalvo’s name preference of her first son. If that alone does not give any indication of how personal Jack Henry is to Giambalvo, the entire line is made in America. Manufactured in New York, Jack Henry stays true to its American roots; designs are made on the Lower East Side.
Read MoreThere are many facets to New York…. New York has a rhythm. You will start recognizing it the minute you step your foot on its busy streets. New York is not just Manhattan. It equally extends to all five borrows and brings its unmistakable charm to each.
Read MoreHailing from Vermont’s Champlain Islands, 22-year-old photographer Sarah Kjelleren is now based out of Brooklyn, not far from where we met to shoot this issue’s cover with Ally Love. Inspired by the work of famed photographers such as Cass Bird, Annie Leibovitz, and Hedi Slimane, Kjelleren shoots mostly portraits and editorials.
Read MoreTwo young women walked side by side on a street in Tel Aviv, pushing strollers and making plans. They had both become new mothers in the past year, and as any mom will tell you, parenthood is a full time job.
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