by Hannah Kane | Aug 24, 2014 | Culture
Mary-Jane Wiltsher, Assistant Editor Calling all Carnival virgins: ignore that grey-faced gaggle of people you’ve heard grumbling about how much hanging around you have to do. They’re usually the novices who attempt accessing Carnival from the Notting Hill side of...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 23, 2014 | Beauty
The Carnival is rolling into town, and to be honest any excuse for a face full of glitter has us excited. Our friend Sophie Starlight (yes, that’s her real name) swung by the editor’s pad this afternoon to give us a little sparkle-related inspiration. To...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 22, 2014 | Culture
A raucous cavalcade of calypso, reggae and samba beats across London, the amazing music and gritty party atmosphere of Carnival is by no means confined to the west, or to the weekend for that matter. If you’re on the hunt for pre-festival events and are...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 21, 2014 | Beauty
Blondes (apparently) have more fun. But this assumption doesn’t take into account the plight of our barnets: split ends, colour damage, root regrowth, brassiness, and dulling shades. Even for the all-natural Swedish-mega-babe blondes amongst us, it always seems tough...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 20, 2014 | Culture
If one of the greatest regrets of your life is not having seen Björk live, here’s some thrilling news to lift your spirits. It may not be a live show, but seeing the costumes, hearing the soundscapes and witnessing the far-out antics that the revered Icelandic...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 18, 2014 | Fashion
With September issues groaning under the weight of advertising and new season collections beckoning from the rails, it can be refreshing to remind ourselves that fashion isn’t just about flashing the cash. That’s why we love this short film from...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 18, 2014 | Culture
Still trying to get that award-winning story on the page? Debut author Daniel Mokades offers aspiring authors a word of advice. Fifteen years ago I decided to write a novel. It was a fantasy novel and it was going to be amazing. I sat down and eked out twenty pages of...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 18, 2014 | Beauty
You wait all winter for summer to come along, and then by mid-August, you’re wishing it away so you can wear your Ghost World-inspired kilt, plummy lip stain and shiny patent Mary Janes. Fear not, PHOENIX is here to put you bang back in the moment (how very...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 15, 2014 | Beauty
There aren’t many occasions where I have travelled to the Kings Road, stripped off to my knickers and been wafted all over with fragrant smoke; in fact I can count the number of times I’ve done this on one finger. Thankfully for members of the public and...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 15, 2014 | Culture
Visual tastemakers have one thing in common: they know how to get our attention. By placing the everyday in the brighter context of the art world, fashion designers, artists and filmmakers highlight the sublime character of the things we so frequently perceive to be...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 15, 2014 | Lifestyle
In our new series, ICEBAR’S Tom Hunter offers three drinks perfect for this sunshine-and-showers month Summer may have proved to be something of a mixed affair this year, with dark and stormy days galore punctuating our brief encounters with the sun, but one...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 12, 2014 | Beauty
Androgyny gets a painterly edge in a Holi Colours burst of neon pink, emergency yellow and fiery tomato… Eyes: MAC Paint Pot in Ground Work, YSL Mascara Contour: MAC Paint Pot in Quite Natural, Laura Mercier Mineral Bronzer 02 Lips: MAC Snob and LipMix Beige...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 11, 2014 | Culture
Panoptic, interactive experiences and cross-disciplinary events in unlikely places are all the rage. Whether the event in question entails attending a 3D film premiere in a jacuzzi or enjoying gourmet street food in a power station, it’s exciting to see cultural...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 9, 2014 | Culture
Artists, especially photographers are an insightful bunch. They spend the best part of their time carefully moulding visual interventions and peddling our most colourful fantasies and banal realities back to us with edifying flair. If photography has taught us...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 6, 2014 | Culture
The Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision exhibition promises to explore the writer as a “novelist, intellectual, campaigner and public figure” with the help of over 140 items, including family photographs, private letters and paintings by her literary...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 6, 2014 | Fashion
Debutante balls conjure grainy monochrome images of aristos in frothy meringues, ostrich feathers and pearls, ready for their eligible bachelors. Think Stephen Polikoff’s films A Real Summer and Capturing Mary, both brilliant studies of the social and cultural changes...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 4, 2014 | Culture
There’s no denying it, London is great for inventive eateries. With everything from bike cafes to cat cafes (yes, that’s right – just check out Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium) – it’s clear that The Big Smoke is the place to mix food...
by Hannah Kane | Aug 1, 2014 | Fashion
Mid-range menswear just got that bit sexier There has always been something of a mid-range gap in the menswear market, a bland no-man’s-wasteland between top-end designer tailoring and cheap-as-chips Topman basics. The young founders of Hashtag Collective, a...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 29, 2014 | Culture
PHOENIX met Missy and Daniel, AKA Ginger and the Ghost – the visual artist duo-turned-music-makers from Sydney – for coffee on a glorious afternoon in sunny Shoreditch. We chatted about everything from recording in water tanks in the Australian bush...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 29, 2014 | Beauty
Now it’s not like we’ve ever weighed it, but we’re willing to bet that the contents of our entire everyday beauty arsenal weighs a considerable amount- certainly more than a 22kg baggage allowance can accommodate. Yes, a fully-stocked cosmetics cabinet is certainly...
