Iron Fist’s Fishnet Skirt

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It’s getting warmer out and you need a versatile skirt to get you through the season. The fishnet skirt by Iron Fist is comfy and relaxed so you can feel good about wearing a skirt more often because with this skirt it will be easy. This skirt can pair with many things in your wardrobe. One, it’s black so it will go with most anything, but its fishnet texture keeps it from being plain. Two, it can be casual paired with a t-shirt or tank top. Three, it can be dressy paired with a soft blouse or lacy camisole. Four, it can go to the beach as a great cover up for a swimsuit. The list goes on…

The Fishnet Skirt is available for $40 at www.shop.ironfistclothing.com.

- Jennifer

With the new album World of Faderhead just around the corner, the onslaught begins with this video for “Fistful of Fuck You”. Anyone who grew up through the 90s can instantly recognize the nod to Capcom side-scrolling fighting games and will be wishing that they could actually play. Watch the video and find if Faderhead can win and hope that there will be some sweet story ending if he can!?

- Mike

A giant full moon hung in the background of Viktor & Rolf’s fall 2012 collection shown at Paris Fashion Week. I was excited to see this collection as I intrigued by their pre-fall collection. But the runway collection seemed tacky in comparison, sheer lingerie like pieces and fur. Though I am rather uninterested in real fur, the coats did catch my attention as they reminded me of Blade Runner’s Rachael. Pre-fall on the other hand was dark, romantic but modest, mysterious, and an appealing mix of American Gothic and Victorian.

Viktor & Rolf Pre-fall 2012

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Rag & Bone’s fall 2012 collection shown at New York Fashion Week gave me mixed feelings. A lot of the prints seemed almost ugly, but others kinda ugly in a good way, such as the tapestry print. My real interest here were all the layers, the spat leggings, and all the structured asymmetrical detailing.

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Betsey Johnson’s fall 2012 collection shown at New York Fashion Week didn’t seem as cohesive or impressive as her fall 2011 collection. It seems this collection is drawing on many influences and ended up including many elements… mod, herringbone, 90s, florals, skulls and bones, and party dresses.

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featuring fashions by Mother of London, S&G Clothing, Bubbles & Frown, and more

photographer : Sequoia Emmanuelle
art director : Alicia Drake
fashion stylist : Ja’Niya Walker
makeup artist : Teal Druda
hair stylist : Jeanna Kier
models : Alexandra Mathews, Lacy Soto, Jill Evyn, and Daniel Ribiat

view the full editorial in the February/March 2012 Issue

Zac Posen’s fall 2012 collection shown at New York Fashion Week threw Japanese influences into the mix, obi belts, rich jewel tones, and jacquard prints. Nothing out of his mold, but gorgeous and glamorous non-the-less.

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Anna Sui’s fall 2012 collection shown at New York Fashion Week ventured into bohemian, folkish, bright patterns and prints perhaps a bit farther than my comfort zone. There were details I really enjoyed such as the round glasses, peter pan and yoke collars, and the hint of cosplay in the owl knit hats. I think the best approach to this collection is to edit, pick select pieces and draw inspiration from select aspects.

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Designer JL Schnabel’s long-lived relationship with the supernatural combined with a strong fascination and a personal touch create the foundation for what lies  behind the jewelry of Philadelphia based Blood Milk.

interview by : Vanity Kills
photographer : Christina Brown
fashion stylist : JL Schnabel and Paul Romano
model : Tina Nguyen

Do you dream of unique adornments from beyond this realm, capable of effortlessly lending a supernatural air to your flowy, black tunics? Time to open your third eye and join the legions of sea witches, mediums, and other devout followers of Philadelphia’s esoteric jewelry house Blood Milk. Tap into your unconscious self with the guidance of a hand carved rune bracelet, find your way home (on whatever plane of existence it may lay) with a sparrow skull ring, or reach out to loved ones who shed their mortal sheaths by the way of a spirit board-inspired planchette necklace. Alas, these surrealist charms really ought to come with a caveat; you never know when you might just find yourself whisked away to the other side of reality. Which makes these occult ornaments even more enticing.

Other than the release of Blood Milk’s lookbook The Conjurer, did any noteworthy or surreal events take place in your life on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year? Can you give Auxiliary Magazine readers further insight as to why you chose November 11th for the grand unveiling of The Conjurer?
JL Schnabel : I’m interested in Jung’s ideas on synchronicity. I read somewhere that people tend to look at the clock at 11:11 more than any other time and I like to think that there are cosmic forces at play, but who knows for sure? I like the mystery of not knowing.

Do you foresee a modern day large-scale resurgence of mourning jewelry spearheaded by either the forlorn economy, the ever growing quasi-mainstream popularity of the nu-goth movement, or perhaps something different altogether?
JLS : I started becoming attracted to the idea of mourning jewelry around the time I lost someone important to me. I think in that sense, anyone who has become acquainted with death seeks out the comfort of mourning talismans whether they realize it or not. These types of jewels become a kind of psychic armor.

read the full interview in the February/March 2012 Issue

interview by Mike Kieffer

Recently releasing mind.in.a.box’s fifth full length album, Revelations on Metropolis Records in the US, and starting their own brand new label Dreamweb Music in Europe, we take the seven deadly questions to the man who has entranced us for the past eight years, Stefan Poiss, the master behind the music and vocals of the Austrian electronic music band mind.in.a.box.

Envy – You have the ability to examine the past “Crossroads” of your life and see where they would have lead you, would you want to know?
Stefan Poiss : No. I like the way how it is going and I wouldn’t want to change something and I wouldn’t want to know how it could be. I think I’m a lucky guy to live in Vienna, one of the best cities in the world, with maybe the best water in the world that you can drink from the tap, only two minutes to the supermarket, the electricity is working, the internet is fast, our waste disposal has it’s own Facebook page, I have my own studio at home and can also work at Adam’s rehearsal space (Adam is my live guitar player). And with my motor scooter it’s fast to get everywhere. So it feels good like it is. Only too much dog mess on the sidewalks here.

Greed – Do you feel the ever evolving internet world and the hording of digital friends will leave individuals feeling “Lost Alone” in the end?
SP : Yes, maybe more than ever. It is something different to have a conversation on the internet than to talk in real life. We all have a body and we are built to use it. We can’t separate the brain, the mind from us. Our mind and the body is a whole and if you only use one part too long you will start to miss something in the world… and then you are starting to be lost alone.

read the full interview in the February/March 2012 Issue