V Magazine consistently puts out some of the best fashion spreads in the publishing game, of course never afraid to push the proverbial envelope (we particularly enjoyed their covers with Adriana Lima and Ana Beatriz Barros, Miranda Kerr and Natalia Vodianova). And when the envelope involves two of the most coveted women in pop culture, Rihanna and […]

While the original Esquire USA decided on Mila Kunis as the Sexiest Woman Alive 2012, their UK counterparts went in an entirely different direction with the ultimately more elegant Miranda Kirr.To celebrate their momentous decision, they decked out Kirr in lingerie and furs and had David Slijper photograph the ever rising supermodel. Enjoy the color […]

Yes it’s January. Yes, it’s cold out — colder than the icey stare of Rick Santorum’s soulless eyes. But you’re in luck — there’s some heat coming your way. And it’s coming in the form of Victoria’s Secret‘s 2012 Swimsuit Collection. Featuring the likes of models Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Edita Vilkevi?iut and […]

The second installment of our Best Of 2011 retrospective series focuses on the Top 10 Books of 2011, including photo-heavy coffee table books, research tomes and literature. From the history of menswear staples to Japanese art to modernist architecture to the appreciation of the well shaped derrière, there were a multitude of books published covering […]

UPDATE: Miranda July’s second film The Future opens nationwide tomorrow, July 29, so we’re re-posting The Elf’s review plus adding a deleted scene below. It has been about six years since Miranda July’s first feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know, and fans of that oddball love story have been twiddling their thumbs waiting […]

It’s a big week coming up for Miranda July. The Los Angeles-based artist/filmmaker has an exhibit of eleven sculptures opening at MOCA‘s satellite Pacific Design Center gallery this weekend, and her second feature film, The Future, hits theaters on Friday. She might be giving manic Renaissance man James Franco a run for his money. July’s […]

So apparently Richard Branson — you know, that Virgin billionaire that’s super cool because he jumps out of airplanes and circumnavigates the globe in a balloon — owns this ridiculous British Virgin Island where he has these crazy orgies and week-long bacchanalian parties. Called Necker Island, it’s basically the kind of paradise you’d think billionaires […]

There are plenty of reasons why I pray print magazines don’t die the languishing, agonizing death of the newspaper, and one of them is V magazine. They feature two great shoots in their just-released November V62 issue — the first a post-modern ode to the classic swimsuit-clad pin-up model shot by Willy Vanderperre. It stars […]