JOSEPHEN AKUEI IN CHANEL SPRING/SUMMER 2026 HAUTE COUTURE BY MATTHIEU BLAZY COVERS SIDE-NOTE VOLUME 5
Introducing Matthieu Blazy’s gravity-defying debut for Chanel Haute Couture
BENITO SKINNER BY ANTHONY URREA AND MARCUS ALLEN
BENITO SKINNER IS OUR APRIL DIGITAL COVER TALENT. Intelligent and authentic, he has the ability to distill a generation’s comedic sensibility into his entire body of multi-platform work. He talks to SIDE-NOTE exclusively about creating his hit TV show, Overcompensating, and navigating his new fame.
FRESH IS A FEELING BY KATHRYN MADDEN
Across fashion and pop culture, ‘fresh’ is used interchangeably with ‘new’, often misleadingly. Because while new is about time, fresh is about a feeling.
THE PROVOCATEUR BY ROB TENNENT AND EMMA KALFUS
Rising star Sofia Isella stares sharply down the barrel, forcing the confrontation through a literary-adjacent lens that presses hard on the bruises of society.
FEAST FOR THE SENSES BY ROB TENNENT AND KATHRYN MADDEN
An exclusive interview with Marco Panconesi for SIDE-NOTE Volume 5.
STACY CLAUSEN BY DEAN PODMORE AND ABBY BENNETT
You get the sense that Stacy Clausen can get away with a lot. He has the kind of easygoing charm that disarms you, then wins you over.
COME INTO MY WORLD BY ELLIE LOUISE COKER AND NICHHIA WIPPELL
Independent artistry takes on multiple lives in the world of Sam Quealy, each as meticulously constructed as it is scintillating to witness. The Australia-born, Paris-based performer has been shaped by perpetual motion, her career spanning hemispheres and disciplines.
THE MANUSCRIPT BY ROB TENNENT AND KARLA CLARKE
Gemma Janes runs the hottest club in London. As the founder of literary project Sendb00ks, she bridges the worlds of art and literature, fostering connection by posting physical copies of featured books to her network of enthusiastic subscribers around the world. Wearing the Chanel Denim makeup collection, and shot exclusively for SIDE-NOTE, Janes stars in...
THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU’RE TALKING BY FIONA TORRE AND KARLA CLARKE
The result of three years' labour, the new additions to Chanel's Coco Crush Fine Jewellery collection are a lesson in contrast and restraint. Inspired by the quilted motif and designed to sit flush with the wearer's skin, each piece conveys a suppleness not often enough found in the pieces we wear everyday.
CHANGE OF SCENERY BY NOELLE FAULKNER
In an age where travel is no longer discovered but served via an algorithm of recommendations, seeking the experiences less posted – and enjoying them in the moment – is becoming an increasingly radical act.
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? BY ELLA O'KEEFFE AND LAURA AGNEW
If you’ve stepped into a movie theatre, or scrolled Instagram, or lived anywhere but the ends of the earth, you’ll have encountered the work of graphic designer Teddy Blanks in the past few years.
ALL I EVER WANTED BY HOLLY WARD AND EMMA KALFUS
The Paspaley pearl has established itself as an ocean-carved marker of cultural currency.
PRACTICALLY MAGIC BY ERIN PEDERDSON AND CHLOE BRINKLOW
As the makeup artist on cult HBO series Euphoria, Donni Davy’s work is responsible for the return of the glitter-smudged party girl aesthetic, which endures seven years since the show’s debut. And given imitation is the highest form of flattery, the move to launch her own makeup line, Half Magic, in 2022 just makes sense. That it was backed by film studio A24 makes it a first-of-its-kind partnership. Photographed in Los Angeles, Davy reflects on her love of creative collaboration, an obsessive, anthropological approach to character development and how her Craigslist hustle era got her the gig on an Oscar-winning film.
BLUE JEAN BABY BY ROB TENNENT AND DIVYA VENKATARAMAN
An exclusive interview with Chanel Cometes Collective member, Valentina Li, about the Denim Makeup collection.