A/12
Stephen Jones
Inviting generations of British and continental talent to express his universe not only through their eyes but through their hands, the British milliner Stephen Jones has dedicated his issue of A Magazine Curated By to Anna Piaggi and the art of illustration. Stephen’s issue delves into the worlds of drawing and design in a kaleidoscopic oeuvre filled with archival and newly commissioned works from artists and designers, students, teachers, curators, performers, academics, a tattooist and a manicurist – all of whom are first and foremost his very good friends.
From a titillating centerfold with Dita Von Teese by David Downton to Nick Knight’s floral christmas cards and the industrial designs of Zaha Hadid, Raf Simons or Ron Arad, A#12 approaches illustration from many perspectives. You will find the process sketches of designers from Marc Jacobs to Thierry Mugler alongside student works and the musings of fashion curators Olivier Saillard and Valerie Steele, as well as works from the crème de la crème of fashion illustration from Gladys Perint Palmer to Howard Tangye, Barbara Hulanicki and Tony Viramontes.
A Magazine Curated By Stephen Jones invites you to look through the page and down the rabbit hole with the mad hatter – in an elegant whirl of colour, line, creativity and humour.
Dan Thawley, Editor in Chief
“I probably should have approached editing A Magazine with a refined sense of purpose and filled it with arty photographs taken at unusual angles. However, I am glad to say that my issue is merely an indulgent showcase for my illustrator friends’ astonishing creativity and sensitivity.”

Collage of Lady Diana by Gordon Flores
Table of Contents
An Intoxication of the Pencil

Garden in Hell

First, Draw The Backbone

Student Style

After Witches

Silk Screen Dream

Celebrity Clutch

Leigh Bowery

All are beautiful. None will last.

Fairy Tales by Camilla Morton

The Weird of Interiors

Objects on Paper

Fax Me

Curator’s Choice

Fashion Weeks

The Lavender Bowerbird

Cameo / Creation

GILES (2006-2013)

“I brought back the neglected art of pleasing”

Diamonds are for Never

Dita-licious

Under Where?

Finger Painting

Beauty Spot

Inkjet

Turbulence, Torpor & Turbans

The Veil Of Destiny

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