Archive for April 2019
Hyères’s 34th Edition International Festival of Fashion
This spring IRK attended Hyeres’ 34th Festival in Fashion, Photography & Fashion Accessories to discover the newest talents selected by this years prestigious Juries. The festival is acknowledged as the oldest fashion competition aimed at young professionals. Several prizes are awarded to the competing designers thanks to grants provided by the festival’s partners including Chanel,…
Read MoreTina Albert Luxury is a State of Mind
Model, World traveller, blogger and business women are just a few of the things listed in the “work experience” column on Tina Alberts resume. In a time where the term girl Boss is used on a daily this one girl boss is running her own world in the luxury fashion sector, and we could all…
Read MoreChapellerie MiniMi a French Artisan Workshop!!
IRK Magazine has been admiring the crazy Parisian hats by Minimi since we first discovered them at the concept store, Front De Mode in the Maris three years ago. The hats are bright, playful and full of je ne sais quoi style and they are all handmade in Paris. They add a touch of “look…
Read MoreA Glimpse into the M.A.C. Powder Kiss Cabaret
Photograph by Andreas Hofweber MAC Powder Kiss Lipstick Shade Extension By the time showman Billy Rose’s club the Diamond Horseshoe closed in 1951, the glamorous yet bawdy venue had hosted it’s share of decadent late nights. Rose, a former Ziegfeld follies producer and famed Broadway lyricist, opened the Times Square cabaret in 1938 to showcase…
Read MoreIn Conversation with Designer, Cho Cho Cheng
Cho Cho Cheng studied fashion and costume design at the Parsons School of Design and took an apprenticeship in Savile Row, London to study traditional British tailoring. Cheng launched the womenswear designer label, CHOCHENG, which pays close attention to detail and uses only materials that are 100% natural and cruelty free. The brand is known…
Read MoreContemporary Photography from Australia
Pat Brassington, Duette, 2016, archival pigment print. © Pat Brassington, courtesy of the artist and ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne.
Read MoreShining a Light on Mental Health with Gabriel Isak
Scrolling down through any social media platform such as Instagram and Twitter, you will notice the popularity of “awokening” movements including the body positivity and toxic masculinity movement. Then why, most wonder, is mental disease so commonplace in today’s generation? It seems contradictory that a generation so focused on acceptance and inclusivity would suffer this…
Read MoreThe Real Value of Philanthropy: The Princess Grace Foundation
The Princess Grace Foundation funding is thanks to its many philanthropic donors. Including other foundations such as the FLARE and F.O.R.E. foundations that Generously endowed the funds for the LOUIS D. SRYBNIK FILM AWARD given to Anaiis Cisco. Without philanthropy would art even exist? It most certainly would but probably not to the extent that…
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