Posts Tagged ‘The People Issue’
Claire Barrow
Claire Barrow

Claire Barrow’s fashion is eccentric, provocative, and erotic. Her designs depict the interests and struggles of youth, and her collections take on the air of London’s ideological exploration on gender and sexuality. A student of the Fashion at the University of Westminster, her work brings British culture to life through her fashion. Ms. Barrow is […]

Titania Inglis
Titania Inglis

Since her breakout collection in 2010 that featured vegetable and rust dye techniques, the evolution of fashion designer Titania Inglis has been in stride with that of industry disruptors like Vivienne Westwood and Zandra Rhodes. Growing up in Ithaca, New York among woodlands and waterfalls, Titania was an environmentalist long before she became what she […]

Biking On Water
Biking On Water

 Unabating Inventor Finds Believers Schiller Bikes founder, Judah Schiller, guides me through narrow channels between rows of polychromatic Sausalito houseboats on Richardson Bay as he shares his story of trial, error, and success. “When I first launched Schiller Bikes, I had a lot of skeptics,” he says. “Nobody believed in the vision…nobody really ever saw […]

Obsessions of a Creative
Obsessions of a Creative

 Jeff Bentley For Blue C’s Chief Creative Officer Jeff Bentley, a morning commute is a bit of a meditation. It’s only a couple of miles from his home to Blue C’s Costa Mesa offices, but it’s enough for him to get into a groove behind the wheel of one of his vintage cars and get […]

Isabel Marant
Isabel Marant

Synonymous with luxury fashion, Isabel Marant built her enigmatic brand brick-by-brick in order to achieve her vision with freedom and integrity. Marant’s relationship with garment-production began at fifteen, sewing and reworking vintage army jackets. She established her brand in 1994 and the influence of hand-altered army jackets remains ever-present in her modern collections. Offering a […]

Getting into Character with Sophie Dalah
Getting into Character with Sophie Dalah

It was just another night of doing her homework when eighteen-year-old, Sophie Dalah got the phone call that would change her life. After beating out hundreds of girls in Australia, Dalah received the news that she landed a supporting role in Angelina Jolie’s UNBROKEN. After her stunning debut in the critically acclaimed film, Dalah, now […]

Sheila Vand’s Taste for the Dark & Bizarre
Sheila Vand’s Taste for the Dark & Bizarre

Sheila Vand’s dark and rebellious magnetism travels with her on and offscreen. Vand made her big film debut in Ben Affleck’s ARGO, and 2 years later she starred in the award-winning Iranian Vampire Western, A GIRL WALKS ALONE AT NIGHT. It was a starring role that was written specifically for her. Since then, she’s been […]

Julian Morris
Julian Morris

 How Politics Tie Into His Craft As a child, Julian Morris was shy and introverted, but found himself excelling in one of the most unlikely places: onstage. Training under Anne Scher’s Theatre Program in London, Morris’ shyness melted away and it was clear he had a gift for acting. After his training, he went on […]

Dora Madison
Dora Madison

 & What She’s Supposed To Do Growing up in Hutto,Texas as the youngest of seven children, Dora Madison was always an outlier. Acting since she was a tween, Madison landed her first big role at 18 years old on the popular and critically acclaimed NBC Series, “Friday Night Lights,” where she starred as “Becky.” Her […]

The People Issue
The People Issue

The new issue is online and on the stands, check it out.

Kyle Ford
Kyle Ford

Text by Eileen Chiang Dapper as Dan and thickly mustached in a gentleman’s three-button waistcoat, Kyle Ford is a callback to days where integrity stood behind the bar and delivered your libations with true craft and an authentic smile. Co-founder of Ford Mixology Lab with his wife and former high school sweetheart, Rachel Ford, Kyle […]

Rachel Ford
Rachel Ford

Text by Eileen Chiang It is rumored that Graydon Carter used to spend his late afternoons in the offices of Vanity Fair carefully curating the private-line only reservations and seating arrangements of his A-list guests at his Midtown power lounge, Monkey Bar. The storied bar and restaurant has since allowed its exclusivity to ebb, though […]

Enya Meets Kraftwerk in Outer Space
Enya Meets Kraftwerk in Outer Space

Text by J. Poet Photography by Aaron Sterns Grimes is the queen of the mash-up, an artist with an omnivorous musical appetite and an ability to make coherent, futuristic pop out of the most unlikely elements. On Visions, her latest album, she blends a kitchen sink of musical styles, everything from Korean pop to old […]

The Man Behind the Music
The Man Behind the Music

Text by Ellen Georgiou Photography by Farah Sosa Encouraged by a friend to list all the skills and talents that would help guide him in life, 16-year-old Eddie Cota had only two things on his list, a short list that proved to be more than prophetic: 1. I listen to music 2. I tell people […]

Master of Film Noir
Master of Film Noir

Text by Ellen Georgiou Constantinos Isaias could never be cast in one of his movies. Film noir is shot in gloomy grays and sinister shadows, revealing the dark side of human nature. The protagonists are cynical and doomed, and there is a foreboding atmosphere of menace and suspicion where anything can go wrong. Isaias is […]

Love to Pose: Tokyo
Love to Pose: Tokyo

I-Pose is the latest addition to SOMA’s ongoing tradition of introducing unique, cutting-edge features to our magazine. This section portrays the winners of our online competition, where SOMA readers posed as their favorite icons. In this issue, we featured young creative minds from Tokyo and ask them to explain the reasoning behind their choices. I […]

Traces of Nature
Traces of Nature

Text by Emilie Trice   German artist Sonja Hinrichsen’s epic environmental installations manifest more than the natural beauty of her chosen canvas. They are exercises in meditation, philosophically tied to the native tribes of America’s vast landscape, their symbols, rituals and mythologies. Best known for her series of “Snow Drawings,” Hinrichsen creates ephemeral compositions that […]

Building a Beautiful Business
Building a Beautiful Business

Text by Karena Akhavein Photography by Peter Cervieri In her former life as an actress, one of Jennifer Yen’s roles was that of a scaly villainess named Vypra. Today, as founder of pūr~lisse cosmetics, she is a decidedly smooth-skinned businesswoman committed to doing good. When we caught up with the peripatetic Yen, she was vacationing […]

Glory Days
Glory Days

Text by Ashley Brewster In the cyclical world of fashion, everything that is old eventually becomes new again. Over the past few seasons, ’90s minimalism has made a strong comeback. Labels like Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang, and Olivier Theyskens’ Theory have championed this chic back-to-basics movement — after all, there is only so much neon […]

Emilia Wickstead
Emilia Wickstead

Text by Katia Ganfield New Zealand designer Emilia Wickstead’s innovative take on traditional garments is to gracefully manipulate them with a modern, British twist. “I’ve been [in London] for 15 years so I’ve been inspired by having English friends, by entertaining in the English countryside… it’s all triggered a lot of ideas. And obviously, I’m […]

STREET PULSE: AMSTERDAM
STREET PULSE: AMSTERDAM

1. What is your current obsession? 2. To which decade do you feel you most belong? 3. Bad habit? 4. On which activity do you find yourself spending the most time? 5. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Dileila 1. Fashion 2. 2000 3. Not being […]

Not Cycling, But Cruising
Not Cycling, But Cruising

Text by Jay Riedl Photography by Che Thomas Carr The Dutch do it, the French do it, and now New Yorkers can do it, too—zip around the city with style and ease on a bicycle made for commuting, errand-running, meeting for coffee, and handling mean city streets. The cruiser—a style also known as the urban, […]

YESTERYEAR DRESSES
YESTERYEAR DRESSES

Text by Jay Riedl     Janice Huminska claims that her dress designs appear fully realized in her dreams. She never sits down to design a season of clothing, instead making dresses as they appear to her mid-slumber. Providing she has been sleeping well, you will always find something new when you visit the Huminska […]

PATTERN PLAY
PATTERN PLAY

Photography by MIKE KOBAL Styling by ANDREW MUKAMAL Amanda wears: Neff hat, Prada shirt, Ohne Titel skirt, Givenchy necklace Ranjana Khan earrings , American Apparel backpack, Superdry blue watch Neff green watch, Freestyle orange watch, Rumbatime yellow watch Diane wears:Neff hat, Prada shirt, Blumarine skirt, Givenchy necklace Ranjana Khan earrings, American Apparel backpack, Toywatch blue […]


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