Nassia Matsa

With the rise of AI-generated modelling agencies and no copyright protections, many models – like Nassia Matsa – are discovering that they don’t have the rights to their own bodies
I am sitting on the tube on my way to a casting when opposite me I see an ad for an insurance company. The model looks just like me, but something is unsettling about the picture. I’ve never done a shoot for this insurance company, but I recognise my features, and the pose, hair and make-up are similar to a shoot t...

Dishevelled hair, hypnotic eyes and shimmering skin – this isn’t Disney mermaid make-up. We take a deep dive into the latest beauty trend luring us into the dark depths
THE LOOK: Channel the allure of a mermaid with seductive siren eyes, iridescent shimmer, ocean-inspired colours with a dash of dark glam, and long, wet, dishevelled hair.
WHO’S DOING IT? Julia Fox front row at Diesel, Blumarine and Dilara Findikoglu girls on the SS23 runway, TikTok influencers like Danielle Marcan and the sire...

Insights into D&AD Award-winning work from the people who made it.
Broader context and perspectives on major ideas in this year's winning work.
Rayne Fisher-Quann on how online culture distorts young women’s sense of self
The Evolution of Fashion Film by Tim Noakes
The White Pube takes a subversive trip to the British Museum with The Unfiltered History Tour
What does privacy mean now in a world of sharing and surveillance?
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Professo...

A contemporary take on the myth of Medusa by Bryan Huyn with an accompanying essay by Nassia Matsa

What act sparked creativity to you pre-COVID? We tend to think of creatives only when it comes to people working in the arts or entertainment, but creativity lies also in the way we think. It may be an impromptu conversation with a coworker that you share your workspace with, a word from a friend or something that you saw. In essence, it’s a piece of information that you didn’t know before and it might create a domino effect in your actions.
For instance, a couple of years ago a friend sugges...

The artist behind cult 00s book and cartoon series Animorphs transforms Jazzelle into a dolphin and Jeremy O. Harris into a dinosaur, as part of the NY label’s trippy AW21 ‘show’
When it comes to fashion presentations, no one is doing it like Collina Strada. Debuting a brilliantly berserk acid trip of a collection video for SS21, the label was later selected to show as part of GucciFest, where designer Hillary Taymour dropped a fully playable 3D video game. In a similarly trippy turn of event...

«Είναι 8 η ώρα το πρωί και πάω στη δουλειά μου. Ακριβώς έξω από την πόρτα μου, από την ασφάλεια του αυτοκινήτου του, μόλις με βλέπει μου λέει: “Είσαι τόσο σέξυ”. Του λέω με απορημένο ύφος: “Είναι 8 το πρωί”. Η απάντησή του: “Είσαι π**τάνα”. Και όχι, δεν φορούσα κάτι προκλητικό και ούτε έχει σημασία. Σημασία έχει ότι η καθεμία από εμάς έχει να πει μια ανάλογη ιστορία. Λάθος, καθεμία έχει να πει ανάλογες ιστορίες. Είναι πολλές. Και κάπως έτσι έχουμε μάθει να τις ξεχνάμε, να μη μιλάμε γιατί θα φ...

Now, more than ever, our smartphones have become an essential tool for maintaining real-world relationships. But with a constant flow of hard-hitting news jumbled up with memes and #WFH selfies, our feeds (and minds) are at risk from information overload. This particularly potent virtual cocktail can be overwhelming, not only while we’re still scrolling, but also after we’ve finally managed to put our phones down – a pattern that can rapidly begin to feel like a vicious cycle over the course ...

Παράδεισος του vintage, το Λονδίνο φημίζεται για τα καλύτερα καταστήματα του είδους. Εκεί μπορεί να βρει κανείς μοναδικά ρούχα και αξεσουάρ, «θησαυρούς» για τους πιστούς της τάσης – συνήθως ανθρώπους με έμφυτο στιλ –, όλο και περισσότερους τα τελευταία χρόνια. Όμως, πώς ακριβώς ορίζεται το vintage; Για να χαρακτηριστεί ως τέτοιο ένα κομμάτι, πρέπει να έχει κατασκευαστεί πριν από τουλάχιστον είκοσι χρόνια και να είναι αντιπροσωπευτικό της εποχής του, ενώ τα καινούργια με vintage αισθητική αποκ...

As with every new social media app growing in popularity, the younger generation are at the forefront, the brands are desperately trying to jump on the bandwagon, whilst the rest of us are left in a state of confusion.
TikTok has 500 million users, and in short, is an app for making and sharing short videos (reminiscent of the late Vine app). The hashtag on TikTok plays an important role, not for news like Twitter or fashion trends like Instagram, but for various different challenges, such as...

In an attempt to encourage a work and life balance and close its embarrassing gender pay gap, which reaches to 50,6 per cent, Goldman Sachs launched its new benefit scheme for its employees earlier this month—a fund of $20,000 (£15,400) to cover the costs of extracting or purchasing donated eggs for prospect parents.
This is not the first time a company announces a scheme of that nature. In 2014, tech-titans Apple and Facebook made headlines when they announced that they would include the opt...

“The name of our House is a paraphrase of the world 'cunt', which in English has a negative connotation, but on the ballroom has the exact opposite”, says Chraja, the Father of the Grecian House of Kareola.
Trippin speaks to Athens-based House of Kareola about the politics of Voguing, the Athenian scene and of course what they are going to wear at the ball.
The members of the House have just finished their rehearsal ahead of the third Voguing ball taking place in Athens. In a back yard, in ea...

We’re in Barcelona not for the tapas, nor for the touristic attractions but to speak with Wekafore the emerging fashion designer whose clothes are not only effortlessly cool but they also have an interesting story behind them.

Wekafore grew up in suburban Nigeria, his routine consisted of street-football and spending time in his mother’s workshop, a textile manufacturer. Re-stitching and press-ironing his school trousers at the workshop, he later found himself in Dubai where being racially di...

Piece for the print version of Vogue

Στο πρόγραμμα της Εβδομάδας Μόδας του Λονδίνου, εκτός από τα νέα ταλέντα που συνηθίζει να στηρίζει η βρετανική πρωτεύουσα, οι editors και οι buyers (οι οποίοι και αποφασίζουν, τελικά, ποιος και τι θα είναι στη μόδα) έχουν στραμμένα τα βλέμματά τους σε τρία σόου: Burberry, Vivienne Westwood και Mary Katrantzou. Δύο εβδομάδες πριν από αυτό της Ελληνίδας σχεδιάστριας, την επισκέφτηκα στο στούντιό της, στο Ανατολικό Λονδίνο. Έξω έβρεχε –φυσικά–, αλλά ο χώρος ήταν ζεστός και φωτεινός από τα πολλά ...