by Hannah Kane | Aug 25, 2015 | Culture
It’s the last month of assured warmth before your coats and scarves begin to appear again, so make the most of it with these September festivals. Bestival This award-winning member of the Isle of Wight festival family is bursting at the seams with talents new and...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 21, 2015 | Beauty
When I initially pondered the prospect of a seaweed body wrap, it evoked childhood memories of slipping on slimy tendrils on the beach, running screaming from the sea as they slid over my feet. But now, being an (ever so slightly) more mature adult, I have learnt to...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 21, 2015 | Culture
In The Gift, Joel Edgerton’s surprising and disturbing new thriller, a middle-aged couple move from the urban maelstrom of Chicago to the leafy, peaceful Californian suburbs in pursuit of the new American dream – a cushy corporate job and 2.4 children (what on earth...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 14, 2015 | Culture
Four years ago Sebastian Furrer and Alex Björklund formed Cazzette after a chance meeting via old school social media platform MySpace. Now rising stars of the EDM scene, and following in the footsteps of other masked DJs such as Daft Punk and Deadmaus (check out...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 12, 2015 | Fashion
Colombian luxury brand, Flor Amazona has a summer pop up on Carnaby Street to showcase its Spring Summer 2015 collection as well as jewellery inspired by Colombia’s Pacific Coast. The vibrant pieces blend traditional pre-Colombian gold work with cutting-edge fashion...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 11, 2015 | Lifestyle
It’s competition time and boy, have we got some goodies for you! All you have to do is click > here < to complete our short reader survey (we’d love to know more about you lovely lot!), and make sure to leave your email address at the bottom. There...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 9, 2015 | Culture, Lifestyle
Douglas Dunn rounds up the best things to do in the capital this week… MONDAY 10 AUGUST | Gallery Carsten Höller: Decision Beat the Monday slump with Carsten Höller: Decision at the Hayward Gallery, an immersive exhibition exploring the idea of decision making....
by Hannah Kane | Aug 6, 2015 | Fashion
Luxury tailoring brand Joshua Kane has tapped Diana Vickers and beau George Craig (lead singer of One Night Only) for its Autumn Winter 2015 advertising campaign. Shot by Bart Pajak, monochrome moodiness and mirrored sunglasses create a futuristic look from an...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 29, 2015 | Culture
As new film Inside Out shows San Francisco as a very scary place, Greg Taylor explores Hollywood’s deeply ambiguous relationship with the tech industry… The Golden Gate Bridge gets totalled in Rise of the Planet of the Apes In 1985’s Back to the Future II...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 28, 2015 | Lifestyle
In a city crowded with pop-ups, this Shoreditch gem has got it just right 1.N.1 You’d think we’d have reached peak pop-up. In the late 90s, pop-ups were genuinely word of mouth affairs, in which underground artists and creative collectives staged temporary...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 28, 2015 | Beauty
PHOENIX discovers how NIOD became the most intelligent beauty brand on the planet… Whichever beauty product seriously changed the game for you this year, chances are that Deciem is the secret superbrand behind it. They gave us Grow Gorgeous, hailed as a miracle...
by Mary-Jane Wiltsher | Jul 27, 2015 | Culture
Party people, you spent all of spring fetishising summer, don’t let it slip away. Maximise your August with our bass-charged hit list EASTERN ELECTRICS 1 August Before its glittery metamorphosis from rave scene staple to knock-out day festival, Eastern Electrics...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 23, 2015 | Magazine
Future Classics Hey everyone, welcome to the Future Classics issue. This is also our fifth anniversary issue — it’s scary how the time has flown! So, what have we learnt over the last five years? That friends and lovers will come and go, the good ones will stick...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 22, 2015 | Culture
British actor Tom Hughes stars in a mod-inspired shoot for PHOENIX and tells Mary-Jane Wiltsher about his role in character-driven film The Incident Last month, Edinburgh’s sombre skyline once again crowned its International Film Festival, ushering in screen stars...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 22, 2015 | Fashion
Live the bohemian life and embrace beatnik glamour for the festival frontline… Kaftan, MIGUELINA, £420 Bikini, VIX SWIMWEAR @ BEACH CAFE, £235 Mixed 18ct Gold Friendship Bracelets, from £115, Gold Infinite Bracelet, £195, and Feather Necklace, £270, all PAMELA...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 21, 2015 | Lifestyle
Time, Head Space, and Human Being… “I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats.” – Eckhart Tolle, author of global self-help phenomenon The Power of Now If, like me, your brain is more dog then you’ll be familiar with the constant...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 20, 2015 | Culture
This week, London-based musician and rising star Tom Rabin releases his latest single, the lushly hypnotic Flesh and Bone – for which he produced his first music video. Watch the result below and read on for Rabin’s top tips to aspiring artists wanting to...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 17, 2015 | Beauty
PHOENIX tries lash and brow boosting with Alexa’s favourite beauty brand… We all know and love Eyeko for their squeezable tubes of mascara and incredibly precise liquid liners, and this month the label adds to its concisely edited roster with two very exciting...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 17, 2015 | Fashion
Kit and Ace is one of those brands that can do it all. They fulfil the consumer’s need for comfort without compromising on the design. The brainchild of Shannon and JJ Wilson, the company was created to fill the gaping hole in the luxury apparel industry for clothes...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 15, 2015 | Fashion
The quintessentially British bowler hat gets a much needed revival in the hands of Serge DeNimes founder Oliver Proudlock and contemporary bowler hat designer Sju Smatanova in their capsule collaboration Oliver Proudlock x BySju. The gender-neutral collection,...
