Auxiliary Magazine and After Dark Events presents…

VNV Nation & [:SITD:] in concert
March 26, 2010 @ 8:00 PM
Town Ballroom : 681 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202

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Andy & Debb describe their design concepts as, romantic minimalism, and the Fall/Winter 2010 collection for New York’s Fashion Week embodied that label. The designer duo gives us elegant day-to-evening wear with highlights including; a copper tailored suit, a white collar Victorian-esque babydoll dress, a sequined shift dress with strong silhouetted shoulders, and a sleek tuxedo styled jacket. Attention was brought to the necklines; blouses with ruffled detailing, fitted turtlenecks, and boat neck dresses, leaving a very demure and modest feel to the collection as a whole.

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Skingraft’s Leather Garter Belt

image source store.corsetmaking.com

Well, with all the talk around the Auxiliary Magazine office about Kinetik this year, I have begun to lust after lush novelties that my closet does not need.  With that being said, I do fully recommend you treating yourself now and again (and again, and again) to accessories that are extravagant, well made and jaw droppingly sexy!  Try on Skingraft’s Leather Garter Belt with attached bag, this way you can strut your stuff without wondering where your girlie necessities are, in other words, no purse needed!  If you’re daring enough to wear these beauties over a pair of hot pants, or take the more demure under-the-skirt route, true love with Skingraft designs will take a hold of you!  Hot damn, I love this garter belt!

The Leather Garter Belt is available online at store.corsetmaking.com.
More Skingraft at www.store.skingraftdesigns.com.

- Meagan

In 1982 Essex boys Bon Harris and Douglas McCarthy formed Nitzer Ebb with a focus on vocals, bass, and beats.  Through simple teenage rage and the influence of punk rock they formed their own sound in the developing EBM scene.  After several acclaimed singles, the band signed with Mute Records in 1986. With Mute they released the major body of their work and became friends with label mates, Depeche Mode, with whom they’ve toured and occasionally collaborated.  1995 saw the release of the bands fifth studio album, Big Hit, followed by them splitting up to walk different paths.  After time involved in their own projects, they came together for a reunion tour in 2006 which lead to new Nitzer Ebb material.  The result is a new album, Industrial Complex, which the band is now on the road promoting with shows both as headliners and as the supporting act for Depeche Mode’s “Tour of the Universe”.

interview by Aaron Andrews

You both went off to do your own things with various projects after 1995’s Big Hit. Why the decision to get back to making music as Nitzer Ebb?

Douglas McCarthy : It came about after we re-united for what was initially just a few festival shows in Europe. That actually turned into a world tour of not just Europe, but North and South America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand! During that time we had a few breaks in LA and we thought it would be interesting to see where we were at creatively with the band. As it turned out we were in great shape and we went on to write over thirty songs!

Bon Harris : There was a demand for it. Doug had been doing shows with FM, and the were a lot of fans asking for a return. So we came back.

What do you think you’ve each brought back to the band that’s new and/or exciting?

DM : I think we actually brought back a lot of what was there in the very start of the band, mixed with our own personal and creative development as individuals.

BH : Years of individual experience. We all went off and learned new things. We grew and developed as individuals. It makes for a much richer experience working in NE now.

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In January 2010,  Dennis Hopper was diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer, which was in an advanced state and had spread to his bones. At roughly the same time, I was lucky enough to view the documentary Not Quite Hollywood, a retrospective concerning Ozlpoitation fiilms, an intriguing and insightful doc concerning the Australian film industry and its bid for international recognition during the 70s and 80s. This film brought to my attention a rather curious Dennis Hopper vehicle called Mad Dog Morgan. Said film was produced by Australian investors, with a B-movie director (Philippe Mora, who preceded to craft such cinematic abortions as Howling II: Stirba – Werewolf Bitch and Howling III), I wasn’t expecting much. To my surprise, Mad Dog Morgan delivered on all fronts. It functions as a comedy, a tragedy, an exploitation film, a period drama, a western, and finally (and most importantly) a work of art. It is truly a credit to Hopper’s skills as an actor that he rises above the source material he is given and creates a character both brutally violent and beautifully flawed and imperfect. Sadly, Mr. Hopper’s time grows short, and we begin to brace ourselves for the loss of a man who helped to define a generation.

Mad Dog Morgan is based on the true story of John Fuller (aka Dan Morgan), an Australian bushranger (the outback equivalent of the outlaw gunslingers that roamed the western United  States at the close of the 19th century), a fairly irredeemable individual who shot game and man with equal disregard, yet lived by a code whose particulars were known only to himself. He eventually met his end at the hands of police while trying to escape from the house of a family he had recently held hostage in 1864. The film paints a much more sympathetic picture of Morgan than his real world exploits do, yet one must remember while viewing the film that this is less a historical retelling than it is a dramatic character study, seeking to delve into the mind of a character that would rather reject civilization than continue to exist in the maelstrom of its hypocrisy.

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Folter Clothing’s Sado Workshirt

image source folterclothing.com

There are a lot of cheesy workshirts out there for guys with patches that have on them “666”, “Evil”, or some random guy’s name.  Check out this Sado Workshirt by Folter Clothing and get a thumbs up in the non-cheese department!  I am really in love with the dominatrix’s faces, giving the graphic a whimsical feel to an otherwise normal sexual depiction.  I think few people know about Folter Clothing, yet you may have possibly spotted this brand at Hot Topic.  If you weed through the terrible stripper-esque fashions there are a hand-full of super sweet duds on Folter’s website!  Check it out!

The Sado Workshirt is available online at www.folterclothing.com.

- Meagan

featuring fashions by Stop Staring!, Unique Vintage, T.U.K. Inc., and more

photographer : Jennifer Link
fashion stylist : Meagan Hendrickson
makeup artist : Leane Christine
hair stylist : Erin Moser
models : Katie Buitendyk and Guy William Gane III
assistant : Zach Rose

view the full editorial in the February 10 Issue

Anna Sui Fall/Winter 2010

Layers upon layers of different laces, furs, knits, patterns, and textures was the theme of Anna Sui’s Fall/Winter collection at New York Fashion Week.  The collection read as if a 1960s mod met a sherpa and they both were influenced by the layering trend of the 1990s Seattle grunge scene.

The Fall/Winter collection featured the drop waist dress silhouette as the foundation for most of this season’s looks.  Sui seemed take us on a journey into different eras of the drop waist by showing looks from knitted day-wear to ruffled floral evening dresses into 1920s flapper-inspired bridal wear.  This chaotic array of plaids, florals, patterns, sequins, and even some macramé would make ones head spin, but Sui made me a believer that less can be more!  The highlights of the collection were the details in the patterned tights, fur vests, and pops of jewel-tones like; emerald green, plum purple, and royal blue.  Anna Sui always makes a statement by being on the cusp of alternative fashion, always daring and always giving us all something to drool over!

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Tony Cohen Fall/Winter 2010

Just like the New York chill in February, the set design echoed this theme with a carpeted  runway of black fallen leaves for Tony Cohen’s Fall/Winter 2010 collection. Born and bred in Netherlands, Amsterdam, Tony Cohen first designed clothes in Italy after going to school in the United States. Cohen attributes his father’s 40 years of woman’s fashion experience that helped him to become a fashion designer.

Cohen takes inspiration in designing from curtain draping, art, and fabric, which is prevalent in his sleek Fall/Winter 2010 collection. The mostly monochromatic collection had a neutral palette of gray, black, and burgundy, featuring draping fabrics and asymmetrical cuts combined to make each piece dramatic. The simplicity of color was overshadowed by the incorporation of rich textiles of fur, leather, and wool. The garments were complimented by seasonal accessories of; gloves, black leather belts, fish net gloves, and silver waist chains. The overall feel of Tony Cohen’s Fall/Winter 2010 collection is easy-to-wear, edgy and sexy, nothing too innovative, but definitely functional and memorable.

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music reviews featured in the February 10 Issue

Cervello Elettronico – Process Of Elimination

Die Perlen – Zehn

Electronic Saviors : Industrial Music to Cure Cancer

ESA – The Immaculate Manipulation

Flint Glass – Nyarlathotep & From Beyond EP

Four Tet – There Is Love In You

Helalyn Flowers – Stitches of Eden

Liars – Sisterworld

Nitzer Ebb – Industrial Complex

Owen Pallett – Heartfelt

read the reviews in the February 10 Issue