Author: FABUK Magazine

On Saturday, October 7th, downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) will proudly unveil an all-new series of works from Japanese artist Kazuki Takamatsu, titled Parallelization Era, in the Main Gallery. Takamatsu’s haunting black and white imagery explores narratives of death and society, through a unique depth-mapping technique that he developed, in which classic mediums such as drawing, airbrush and gouache painting are combined with computer graphics. Takamatsu shares: “This exhibition is a group of works that expresses the parallel processing of human beings, who use multiple brains to derive a single answer at high speed. In recent years, I feel that we…

The British Fashion Council (BFC) is delighted to announce that Mr. Valentino Garavani, founder and former creative director of the Maison Valentino, will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at The Fashion Awards 2023. His incredible body of work will be celebrated on Monday 4th December at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Fashion Awards, organised by the BFC, are the primary fundraiser for the BFC Foundation and celebrate the role of fashion at the intersection of culture and entertainment, spotlighting creative talent and telling the stories of the year in fashion through the lens of purpose, excellence and creativity.  Mr. Valentino…

By Leo Andronov Director, screenwriter, producer, playwright, musician, copywriter, magazine publisher, production designer, art director, set-dresser, sound guy, actor, assistant director, storyboard artist, editor, cameraman – this is an incomplete list of skills and professions Leo (Leonid) Andronov has covered. He is a writer-director living in Los Angeles and he has some thoughts to share about being a filmmaker. In the few years after film school, most of us give up on our dream to make movies. Some don’t know what to do with their final film. Others achieved a beautiful festival round experience, but they then find out they…

Star photographer and movie director Anton Corbijn returns to Zurich to preside over the feature film jury. The Dutchman is the art director of bands like U2 and Depeche Mode and has forged a name for himself as a director with films like CONTROL, THE AMERICAN and LIFE. Academy Award-winner Malte Grunert (IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES) is jury president for the Focus competition. The documentary competition jury is headed by the Academy Award and Emmy-winning Feras Fayyad. The juries each award a Golden Eye endowed with a CHF 25’000 cash prize during the Award Night, which takes place on October…

LONDON, Septemper 18th 2023 – DAPHNE.LAB, a new avant-garde sub-brand under the Chinese fashion giant DAPHNE, collaborated with the independent Chinese designer brand MARRKNULL to launch crossovers “DAPHNE.LAB × MARRKNULL SugarCube Thigh-High Boots” and “DAPHNE.LAB × MARRKNULL SugarFree Mules”, which debuted and created a buzz at 2024 Spring/Summer London Fashion Week. Based on the spirit of “Dare To Be” that is highly valued by DAPHNE.LAB, this collaboration fully depicts the strong characters of “the very daring DAPHNE girls” and in the meantime, sets the stage for the visionary Chinese fashion designers to shine in a broader international context, all of…

Graduate Fashion Foundation, the charity behind Graduate Fashion Week, are proud to announce that the second edition of Graduate Fashion Week International (GFWi) will be hosted in Dubai this October 2023 with a runway show on schedule at Dubai Fashion Week and a pack schedule of events supported by host institution FAD Dubai. GFWi supports the elevation of international talent to a global audience, but also facilitates important conversations around fashion education and the future of the global fashion industry with the aim of creating positive change, while respecting cultural perspectives within all areas of the fashion industry. Since 2011 Graduate Fashion Week…

Trends in fashion come and go, but one that seems to be here to stay is the rise of secondhand fashion. As more and more of us look to move away from fast fashion and the disposable clothing culture of the past, we’re turning towards secondhand clothing. Often referred to as vintage styles or pre-loved clothes, secondhand garments have come into their own in recent years. It’s evident that the trend is here to stay as even major fashion retailers like H&M start selling secondhand garments in their stores. By choosing secondhand clothing, you’re contributing to a more sustainable fashion…

Being a Knight of the Vale in HBO’s Game of Thrones means a life-long oath to battle evil, but it turns out that once the show ends you’re free to do what you want, and for Galvo that means releasing his incredibly personal debut album – The HeARTist. The 14-track indie-folk project is releasing September 26th, on the singer-songwriter’s birthday, but has already been receiving buzz following the releases of its two singles Getting Better and Maybe. To date, the singles have received airplay the world over and have been favourably covered by the likes of The Irish World, RAMZine,…

London Fashion Film Festival 2023: A Decade of Glamour, Creativity, and Global Talent The curtains rose on a dazzling milestone as the London Fashion Film Festival (LFFF) celebrated its grand 10th annual extravaganza from the 19th to the 21st of September. Fashion and film enthusiasts converged from the far reaches of the globe to converge at the heart of London, where the enchanting VUE-WEST END venue awaited. A staggering 996 cinematic masterpieces found their way to the festival’s doorstep, hailing from a remarkable 37 countries across six continents. This year’s LFFF played host to 118 sensational short fashion films, enthralling…

LONDON, UK – As part of its Season of Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery announces an upcoming co-headline Winter exhibition, showcasing the largest retrospective of the renowned artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude ever in the UK. Titled Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Boundless the exhibition traces their artistic journey, from experimental beginnings in Paris across six decades of collaboration. The exhibition showcases rarely-seen works and offers a glimpse into future projects to be undertaken by the estate of the artists. Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Boundless introduces visitors to the couple’s seminal projects, ranging from their early collaborations to monumental masterpieces, among them Wrapped Coast in Australia…