CONTRA x Berkshire Axis Media presents Ill Manors VIP Screening in Toronto
CONTRA is proud to team up with Berkshire Axis Media for a VIP screening of ILL MANORS in Toronto on Wednesday June 19th. Having already played to critical acclaim in the United Kingdom and at the last Toronto International Film Festival, ILL MANORS is the directorial debut of Ben Drew, also known as pioneering musical [...]
Claudio Parentela’s Painted Collage Illustrations
Claudio Parentela is an ‘artist’ to describe him loosely. He really does dabble in it all. From painting to collages to illustrations, what sounds like a messy mesh actually makes a bunch of colorful sense, like reflecting on a lucid dream when you wake up from it. His work has a robust repertoire that embody vivacious [...]
Ear Candy – Sophie, “Bipp”
Watching 8 bit heroes Anamanaguchi on NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon yesterday, it hit us just how far bleepity-bloop sounds have come in mainstream culture. Everyone from Ke$ha to Crystal Castles make popular songs that boast sounds that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Nintendo game. So what does underground dance do? Throws [...]
Katy Perry is Pretty as a Posey in VOGUE July 2013
I love it when stars become something and then they transform into something else. Like the whiney Katy Perry — who is actually pretty good live — who was the one-time voice of girls in their bedrooms figuring out life and love on their acoustic guitars. She’s reached Hollywood fame to the level of Lady [...]
Mix of the Day: DJ Koze for FACT
“Hello, you motherfucker,” a pleasant British child greets you on DJ Koze’s new FACT mix, as Dutch producer Child of Lov’s “Call Me Up” swells up from underneath, luscious R&B from another dimension. So begins the Kompakt legend’s hour long excursion into his favorite deep cuts of the year, sharing both a fine personal soundtrack [...]
Ear Candy – Sophie, “Bipp”
Watching 8 bit heroes Anamanaguchi on NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon yesterday, ... >>
Mix of the Day: DJ Koze for FACT
“Hello, you motherfucker,” a pleasant British child greets you on DJ Koze̵... >>
M.I.A. Brings the Noize With Her New Single
Going back to her Arular sounding roots, M.I.A., the goddess of sonic freedom brings it al... >>
Kanye West’s Short Satirical Tribute To ‘American Psycho’
There’s been tons of disruptive video projections — broadcast in real-time acr... >>
Drake by Mario Sorrenti for GQ July 2013
How does Drake really feel about starting from the bottom, and now being here? “You cons... >>
Jay Z to Release Magna Carta Holy Grail with Samsung July 4th
We wish he was our uncle IRL. Jay Z is the coolest around, and in conjunction he’s r... >>
M.I.A. Brings the Noize With Her New Single
Going back to her Arular sounding roots, M.I.A., the goddess of sonic freedom brings it all full circle and “darkens up a bit,” in her new release “Bring The Noize”. “If I didn’t get it out right now, I would’ve definitely exploded,” she said in an interview with BBC Radio 1 earlier today. “Bring the [...]
Kanye West’s Short Satirical Tribute To ‘American Psycho’
There’s been tons of disruptive video projections — broadcast in real-time across the globe — but no official first video for Kanye West’s new album, Yeezus. But severing conventions is what keeps West compelling, and he’s made it obvious he isn’t going to be marketing this ambitious, angst-fueled album through typical promotional means. Now that [...]
Miranda Kerr for VOGUE Korea by Eric Guillemain
There are a few things that will happen to your general appearance when you are married to Orlando Bloom, but mostly you will glow. Take Miranda Kerr, looking a little more Asian than usual, for VOGUE Korea, shot by Eric Guillemain. Wearing a perfectly nude bathing bottom and a bad ass biker bomber, we can’t [...]
Drake by Mario Sorrenti for GQ July 2013
How does Drake really feel about starting from the bottom, and now being here? “You constantly ask yourself: Will I ever be able to excite people the way I did when the Internet was going crazy, back when you first felt like you had a piece of Drake that no one else had, and you [...]
Les Simpson’s New York City Circa 1985
Ever wonder what it might have been like to live in New York City during the ’80′s? From the looks of Lee Simpson’s POV, it was one big party. Les Simpson, AKA Linda Simpson, arrived in New York from Minnesota in the early ’80s. Rather than pursuing a career, he spent much of the decade [...]
Richard Nicoll’s Mens S/S 14 Feels Like Being in a German Gay Club in the 90′s in the Best Way Possible
Maybe it was that he realized his man was a younger, ballsier man (no pun intended) that caused Richard Nicoll, the British designer that presented a paint-splattered monochromatic series of blazers and casual suiting last spring, to deconstruct his aesthetic for this fall. Swapping out his kitsch ’80′s aluminum for a hard patent leather black, [...]
Staying Soft in a Hard City: ‘Occupy Love’
In 2010, in the wake of his last film Fierce Light, Canadian award-winning documentary filmmaker Velcrow Ripper had a burning question. In what he saw as a world engulfed in environmental and social crisis, he wanted to know: “how could the crisis on the planet become a love story?” The question, while seemingly light – [...]
Christopher Kane Mens Collection S/S 2014
No stranger to prints (who could forget his Monster Mash-inspired pop goth-wear from last Spring), this season Christopher Kane returned to London Fashion Week with an electrifying men’s collection that showed more printed texture than ever before. Using layered 3-D renderings printed onto an array of very sportswear-pieced looks (jumpers, shorts, sweatpants, etc) and bold, [...]
Stranger on the Third Floor
Photographer: Mackenzie Duncan Stylist: Kelly Brown Retoucher: Jeffrey Scott Fogarty Model: Neelia w/ Fusion Models NYC Makeup: Ingeborg at Opus Beauty using Bite Beauty Hair: Lacy Redway at See Management Assistants: Janelle Olsen & Nicole Steacy Equipment provided by ROOT Studios
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Suave Like Sauvé – Sebastian Sauvé
We picked a model’s brain to see if there was anything in there and it turns out that Sebastian Sauvé (Premier London) is more than just a pretty boy. Even if he is the ultimate model-photographer cliche. I mean when you look like this, you have to ride the wave, any which way it goes. [...] >>
The BLVCK SCVLE Theory
A tinge of Soho, a pinch of Fifth Ave, a linger of Rodeo Drive. This physically describes Black Scale NYC, a just-down-the-road yet out of the way menswear destination. On a slate grey cobblestone street in the city that never sleeps, a sliding door entrance opens to a polished all-black-everything ‘man cave’ if you will. [...] >>
Ink Philosophy: Jun Cha
23-year-old L.A. tattoo artist Jun Cha is an amalgam of all things creative. He’s an illustrator, a painter, a photographer, a fashion designer having memorable collaborations with brands like Black Scale and The Hundreds under his belt, and more. It takes skill, time and patience to dip your toes in everything, but most importantly, discipline. [...] >>
Jay Strut
It’s not about who you know. It’s about knowing who you are. And strutting your stuff. That’s kind of what I’ve gathered from Jay Strut, a Toronto-based fashion blogger. We’re still getting used to this term and it’s definition, much to the annoyance of established fashion journalists and editors, who work to keep fashions’ gates [...] >>
Honest to Goodness Mr. Dougie
Honest Ed’s is synonymous with ‘landmark’ for most Toronto residents. They know it’s the spot for the best deals on cheap products, for nearly every facet of your life. Located on Bloor and Bathurst Sts, in the safe, culturally vibrant Annex neighbourhood, the one-of-a-kind retail space lights up like a 1940′s Hollywood movie trailer. Oozing [...] >>
Jason Ierace – Gun For Hire
Finding cool stuff online is like making rapid fire but unrelated connections in your brain – one second you’re thinking about puppies and the next you’re contemplating life on Mars. How does it happen? Random. But interesting. Stream of conscious. Starting out with lord only knows what at this point, I skipped across photographer Jason [...] >>
