Archive for June 2021
Louis D. Srybnik Foundation Supports National Capital Treatment to Help Young Adults with Addiction!
Drug and alcohol addiction does not discriminate based on age, gender, upbringing, or socioeconomic status. Most of us know someone whose life has been impacted by substance abuse. However the hardest demographic is our youth as addiction takes away their future. That is why the Louis D. Srybnik Foundation supports low income youths to get…
Read More5W’s with Gabe Stone Shayer
Science, innovation, and dance come together with dancer, choreographer, and producer Gabe Stone Shayer Born in Philadelphia in 1993, Shayer was 14 when he first traveled to Russia for ballet where he attended the historic Bolshoi Ballet Academy, where he became the 250-year-old school’s first Black male graduate. After this monumental and historic achievement, Shayer…
Read More‘CORN FACE’ Bad Taste in Perspective
Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022- Developing a fashion collection always requires research to forge through a number of factors leading to strong concept development and presentation. The range of narratives during another challenging hybrid digital season of collections for the ascending brands have been rich with popular, social and cultural content references. Many collections are…
Read MoreSugar Coated, Candy ‘OVERDOSE’
Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 digital presentations has once again bought to light new and ascending brands. The Swedish/German brand LAZOSCHMIDL founded by Josef Lazo and Andreas Schmidl is an anticipated Paris Fashion Week fascination. The design team delved into the concept of ‘copy’ within their own brand. The reuse of prints and silhouettes within…
Read MoreExclusive: 5W’s with Rocio Segura
Rocio Segura. Originally from Spain, the New York-based fashion photographer has a passion for the planet, specifically the oceans. Her recent work ‘Mediterranea’ created exclusively for IRK Magazine, celebrates World Oceans Day and is a dreamlike depiction of the future of the sea. Filled with beauty and devoid of toxic and harmful pollutants. Segura is…
Read MoreHighlighting a Sensual Greek Harvest
Celebrating the first week of Summer 2021 IRK re-visits some compelling and timeless images from the exhibition Harvest held at the Eleni Marneii Galerie in Athens, Greece. The work of a young ascending artist capturing the male image he has a unique mix of playful, sensual and fashionable imagry. Joey Leo …identifies as a new…
Read MoreMITO Studio celebrates heritage with a modern twist.
Mito Studio teams up with Peruvian artisans, designers, and artists collaborate to create contemporary designs inspired by the myths and legends of Peru. Stories of ancestral heritage told through mythological moments are part of the core ethos of the multidisciplinary design platform Mito Studio. Mito Studio creates collections that are inspired by a particular Peruvian…
Read MoreNat King Cole // Stardust
This June will mark the release of a very special, limited edition publication. On the legendary singer, jazz musician, style icon, and civil rights activist Nat King Cole. Author David Wills whose books have included various legendary subjects such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Ara Gallant, and supermodel Veruschka to name a few.…
Read MoreJORDANLUCA’s Hopeful Reckoning
The June presentation of London Fashion Week has just come to an end and the variations of filmed collections ranged from performance art, filmed concepts, choreographic sequences and oh yes! some clothing. There were also music videos, about clothes and concept and also thankfully this season more than last, a few simply solid presentations of…
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