Galatea Fernandez

女孩 / Girls

“My Yemeni great-grandmother had tattoos on her face, which always seemed extraordinary to me. It was very common for women her age to have tattoos, but no one ever spoke about it. They would just tell me that the tattoos were from the old times,” says London-based photographer Yumna Al-Arashi. But Yumna’s curiosity was not satisfied with this vague response. Her series, _Face,_ captures the last generation of tattooed Middle Eastern women and reflects on the gradual disappearance of this age-old tradition.

Isosceles - A close encounter with the male gaze during a film shoot is proof of the fine line women must walk between agency and objectification

Drama - Director Saam Farahmand orchestrates a raucous noise performance piece first exhibited during Frieze featuring clothes by Simone Rocha

For someone who makes photographs for a living, Hassan Hajjaj is remarkably shifty when the lens is turned on him. We’re gathered on the street outside his shop in Shoreditch trying to snatch seconds of sunlight from clouds overhead. “Look into the camera,” photographer Nina Manandhar says. Hassan obeys, eyes sliding hesitantly to meet the camera. He blinks, and his gaze shifts up to the flats which circle around us in red brick.

Where are the African Gods?

Midori Takada _KENZO - Le Renard Bleu by Partel Oliva

Lemaire

Maddie Wiliams <3

What Do You Really Hear When Asked ‘Where Are You Really From?’

Kali Uchis - Dead To Me (Acoustic)

(via Simran Randhawa is the sustainably minded voice fashion needs right now)

Fashion favourite Charlotte Wales is no stranger to the pages of British _Vogue_ but after a string of portraits, front of book and beauty stories, the September issue marks her first main fashion shoot – and she’s off with a bang. Collaborating with the publication’s senior fashion editor, Poppy Kain, the images have Charlotte’s signature high-gloss, high-octane touch. The model's porcelain skin and red hair hint at the renaissance but Poppy's styling, with elements of 20s flapper girl, 90s ruffles and noughties body-con, combined with statement make-up by Hiromi Ueda bring it firmly into the modern-day.