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. Conceived as Belgium’s first fashion magazine and now with offices in Paris, A Magazine Curated By has gained international acclaim for its intimate perspective into the minds of the most inspiring fashion designers working today.
Left: N°D Olivier Theyskens, Right: N°B Bernhard Willhelm
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°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
As A Magazine Curated By’s guest editor changes each issue, so do the magazine’s contributors. From fashion’s most accomplished creatives to art world’s stars and to internationally acclaimed writers and researchers, A Magazine engages and has close relationships with an elite level of 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
The redesigned A Magazine Curated By website was art directed by Meiré und Meiré.
Our entire catalogue of past issues from N°1 is now available online in the ‘Collection’ section Each issue is introduced with its Editor’s Letter and a highlight of its editorial content. With each new issue of A Magazine Curated By, a video introduction to the magazine will also launch online teasing the contents and give readers a guide to the physical magazine.
‘Curated For’ is a new section featuring stories from the worlds of fashion, art and culture. Edited by our editorial team, ‘Curated For’ is an extension of the A Magazine Curated By world with exclusive content created by our contributors.
An A Magazine Curated By special print project in partnership with Acne Studios, conceived as a visual essay by acclaimed French photographer Philippe Chancel revealing the inner workings of Floragatan 13, the former Czech embassy in Stockholm, Sweden transformed into a fashion atelier and corporate office.
A closer look at A#21 Curated By Lucie and Luke Meier, from the Japanese washi paper cover to a bespoke font design.
With ‘SHOW OFF’, The MAK Vienna presents until August 30th a landmark exhibition spanning 40 years of Austrian fashion design.
A novel interpretation of the LOEWE ‘Show-in-a-box’ by Jonathan Anderson and M/M Paris for Spring Summer 2021, as seen by Francois Quillacq.
A photographer’s recount of ‘Metal Outlaw’ — a special Comme Des Garçons Homme Plus SS 2021 presentation in Tokyo, Japan.
Belgian designer duo Muller Van Severen pay hommage to Robert Mallet-Stevens Modernist genius at Villa Cavrois with ‘Design!’, an exhibition as part of Lille Metropole 2020, World Design Capital.