What intimate and secret bonds can develop between an artist and a patron-collector? Two disparate projects presented in Greece this summer by the DESTE Foundation touch upon this complex question from alternate angles.
A Magazine Curated By is a fashion magazine that explores the universe of a chosen fashion designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator – an international fashion designer, group or house – to develop innovative, personalised content to express their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer’s ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity.
N°A featuring Dirk Van Saene was the first A Magazine, initiated by Walter Van Beirendonck and art directed by Paul Boudens for the 2001 Landed Geland fashion festival in Antwerp. It was followed by N°B, N°C, N°D and N°E Magazines before A Magazine Curated By Maison Martin Margiela was released in 2004. Originally conceived as Belgium’s first fashion magazine, A Magazine Curated By quickly gained international acclaim for its intimate perspective into the minds of the world’s inspiring fashion designers working today.
Left: N°D Olivier Theyskens, Right: N°B Bernhard Willhelm
Issues
2001 – 2004
N°A Dirk Van Saene, N°B Bernhard Willhelm, N°C Hussein Chalayan, N°D Olivier Theyskens, N°E Viktor & Rolf
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2004 – present
A Magazine Curated By
N°1 Maison Martin Margiela N°2 Yohji Yamamoto N°3 Haider Ackermann
N°4 Jun Takahashi N°5 Martine Sitbon N°6 Veronique Branquinho N°7 Kris Van Assche
N°8 Riccardo Tisci N°9 Proenza Schouler N°10 Giambattista Valli N°11 Rodarte
N°12 Stephen Jones N°13 Iris Van Herpen N°14 Delfina Delettrez N°15 Thom Browne
N°16 Alessandro Michele N°17 Eckhaus Latta N°18 Simone Rocha N°19 Kim Jones
N°20 Pierpaolo Piccioli N°21 Lucie and Luke Meier N°22 Grace Wales Bonner
N°1 Maison Martin Margiela
N°2 Yohji Yamamoto
N°3 Haider Ackermann
N°4 Jun Takahashi
N°5 Martine Sitbon
N°6 Veronique Branquinho
N°7 Kris Van Assche
N°8 Riccardo Tisci
N°9 Proenza Schouler
N°10 Giambattista Valli
N°11 Rodarte
N°12 Stephen Jones
N°13 Iris Van Herpen
N°14 Delfina Delettrez
N°15 Thom Browne
N°16 Alessandro Michele
N°17 Eckhaus Latta
N°18 Simone Rocha
N°19 Kim Jones
N°20 Pierpaolo Piccioli
N°21 Lucie and Luke Meier
Contributors
As A Magazine Curated By’s guest editor changes each issue, as do the magazine’s contributors. From fashion’s most accomplished creatives to art world stars and internationally acclaimed writers and researchers, A Magazine perpetuates the intimate narratives of an elite level of diverse global collaborators.
Lutz Huelle in A Magazine N°1 Curated By Maison Martin Magiela
Guinevere van Seenus photographed by Paolo Roversi in A Magazine N°2 Curated By Yohji Yamamoto
Steven Klein in A Magazine N°3 Curated By Haider Ackermann
Jun Takahashi & Yasutomo Ebisu in A Magazine N°4 Curated By Jun Takahashi
M/M Paris in A Magazine N°5 Curated By Martine Sitbon
Kim Peers photographed by Serge Leblon in A Magazine N°6 Curated By Veronique Branquinho
Asia Bugajka photographed by Sybille Walter and styled by Mauricio Nardi in A Magazine N°7 Curated By Kris Van Assche
Beatrice Dalle photographed by Karim Sadli in A Magazine N°8 Curated By Riccardo Tisci
Roe Ethridge in A Magazine N°9 Curated By Proenza Schouler
Sasha Pivovarova in A Magazine N°10 Curated By Giambattista Valli
Kirsten Dunst photographed by David Armstrong in A Magazine N°11 Curated By Rodarte
Nick Knight in A Magazine N°12 Curated By Stephen Jones
Hanne Gaby Odiele photographed by Pierre Debusschere in A Magazine N°13 Curated By Iris Van Herpen
Nadja Auermann photographed by Matthew Stone and styled by Robbie Spencer in A Magazine N°14 Curated By Delfina Delettrez
Pamela Berkovic in A Magazine N°15 Curated By Thom Browne
Giovanni Attili in A Magazine N°16 Curated By Alessandro Michele
‘Denim & Friends’ photographed by Zoe Ghertner and styled by Avena Gallagher in A Magazine N°17 Curated By Eckhaus Latta
Sara Grace Wallerstedt photographed by Leslie Zhang in A Magazine N°18 Curated By Simone Rocha
‘Bloomsbury’ photographed by Brett Lloyd and styled by Dan Thawley in A Magazine N°19 Curated By Kim Jones
Lesley Houenou photographed by Charles H. Traub in A Magazine Curated N°20 By Pierpaolo Piccioli
Brice Marden’s studio photographed by Adrianna Glaviano in A Magazine N°21 Curated By Lucie & Luke Meier
Digital
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Curated For
DESTE 2022 Vol I: A posthumous tribute to Kaari Upson in Athens
What intimate and secret bonds can develop between an artist and a patron-collector? Two disparate projects presented in Greece this summer by the DESTE Foundation touch upon this complex question from alternate angles.
The Sky Within Each of Us
Designed as a timeless calendar, FUTURA PROXIMA CURATED FOR GUCCI begins with a poignant essay by the Italian philosopher and author Emanuele Coccia.
Object Mythology
An excerpt from the catalogue of a most important sale by auction of the Splendid Rare Private Collection of Oddities and Treasures of Mr Francesco Risso, in two sessions on Saturday morning at seven o’clock sharp and on the following Tuesday evening after sunset.
Saint Laurent in Morocco: Anthony Vaccarello’s ode to The Sheltering Sky
At sunset in the Agafay desert, a subversive ode to Yves Saint Laurent evolved into a spectacular symbiosis of fashion, technology, and mother nature’s wild beauty.
Tanagras: from Picasso to Alaïa
In a passage of artistic references from Ancient Greece to contemporary fashion via Pablo Picasso, Pieter Mulier’s jacquard dresses for the maison Alaïa inspired by the terracotta tanagras figurines create new dialogues with Classical Antiquity and the Spanish master.