Spicy conversation and thrilling encounters are the order of the day across the pages of Issue nº 27. We meet the French facialist Sophie Carbonari, the anarchic artist Caroline Coon, the restaurant dynamo Erchen Chang and the totally marvellous Melanie Chisholm. In a bonanza of in-depth profiles, we’re in the studio with the cosmic hitmakers Nova Wav, at home with the photographer and indefatigable activist Nan Goldin, cracking code with the computer scientist Anne-Marie Imafidon, and talking dolls and deadlifting with our cover star, Greta Gerwig. Modern Manners heralds a new era for the bra, while the fashionable frontierswoman Emma Balfour leads us to her forest hideaway in New South Wales.

In the showcase of seasonal fashions, sartorial staples get twisted, Olivia Singer takes us to the dark side, Depop darling Darcey Fleming works modern utility, Rebecca Leigh Longendyke explores the surf and shingle of England’s south coast and Tina Diedhiou tries out the chicest cover-ups. All in all, it’s straight up fashion fun.

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