THE LOOK /

EMBRACE MONOTONE LAYERING FOR A THOROUGHLY MODERN OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

WEAR YOUR PONCHO WITH PRIDE AND NOTHING ELSE /

REASON IS NOT AUTOMATIC. THOSE WHO DENY IT CANNOT BE CONQUERED BY IT

Photography by Horst Diekgerdes. Numero September 2008.

Model, Catherine McNeil.

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RETHINK THE WAY YOU TRAVEL IN THE HUNT FOR INSTANT ELEGANCE /

EMBARK ON A NEW JOURNEY AND ESCAPE THE EVERYDAY.

MIRAGE MAGAZINE NO3. BY HENRIK PURIENNE /

ORCHESTRATE A PAST SENSIBILITY FOR FUTURE CHANGE. QUESTION THE ACCEPTED. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF YOUTH. WEAR YOUR FRECKLES WITH PRIDE.

Photography by Henrik Purienne.

Styling by Chrisna de Bruyn.

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A preview of Mirage Magazine issue 3, to be released at an unspecified future date.

Mirage is a reto-inspired fashion scrapbook informed by the worlds of jetset hedonism, old school attitude and a certain adolescent nervousness. Issue 2 on sale now.

Mirage Magazine Website.

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CHANGE YOUR HAIR COLOUR. CHANGE YOUR LIFE /

ACCESSORISE WITH DENIM AND VINTAGE SWIMWEAR FOR THE DESIRED LOOK. ALWAYS SWIM NAKED.

Photography by Horst Diekgerdes.

From top: Another Magazine 2004. Numero 2005.

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THE GANG /

HOW TO DRESS TO A FILM PREMIERE / CANNES  FILM FESTIVAL 1973. CHARM NECKLACES AND AFGHAN FUR TO BE WORN AT ALL TIMES. SMILE!

Left to right: Donald Cammell, Dennis Hopper, Alejandro Jodorowsky & Kenneth Anger.

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LAS ROBERTAS /

ORCHESTRATE A NEW SUMMER FEELING / RIDE BIKES , WAKE UP LATE AND PLAY THE GUITAR BADLY, BUT ALWAYS WITH DEVOTION AND WITHOUT SMILING. GET A PUPPY.

Las Robertas is a 3-girl band from San Jose, Costa Rica.

Download their entire album for free right here.

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SAN FRANCISCO’S FINE, YOU SURE GET LOTS OF SUN /

I CAN CLAIM NO SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF HORTICULTURE… I EVEN CONFESS TO ENJOYING THAT IGNORANCE SINCE IT HAS LEFT ME FREE TO REACT WITH SIMPLE PLEASURE JUST TO FORM AND COLOUR, WITHOUT BEING DIVERTED BY CONSIDERATIONS OF RARITY OR TIED TO THE CONVENTION THAT A FLOWER MUST BE PHOTOGRAPHED AT ITS MOMENT OF UNBLEMISHED, NUBILE PERFECTION.

‘Flower Power’ unites two bodies of Penn’s work; flowers dating from 1967 to 2006 and ethnographic studies of San Francisco hippies and Hell’s Angels, 1964 to 1971. These two distinct series are strongly related in the context of the ‘Flower Power’ movement of the 1960’s. ‘Flower Power’ a slogan attributed to the American poet Allen Ginsberg, was used by hippies during the late 1960s and early 1970s as an symbol of peace, rooted in opposition to the Vietnam War.

All photos by Irving Penn.

From top: (Early) Hippie Group, San Francisco 1967, Rock Groups (Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Grateful Dead), San Francisco 1967, Hippie Family San Francisco.

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GUN IN THE SUN /

REMAIN BRIGHT, UPBEAT AND INEFFABLY POSITIVE IN ADVERSE SITUATIONS.

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Lipstick 1976.

Dir Lamont Johnson

Staring Margaux Hemingway

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MAGIC RISING /

I NEVER FOUND BEAUTY IN LONGING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE AND NEVER FOUND THE POSSIBLE TO BE BEYOND MY REACH.

Mirage Magazine Issue 2. Spring.Summer.2010

Photography by Laurence Ellis

Styling by Chrisna de Bruyn.

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