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Remix has been on a rollercoaster ride the last few months, enjoying the monumental success of our Beauty & Luxe Edition, released back in March. Our exclusive cover shoot with Kardashian superstar Kylie Jenner received global media attention and our interview about her infamous lips was featured on the Keeping Up with the Kardashians television series. We’ve been able to share Remix with new readers and showcase the very best of Kiwi fashion, beauty, lifestyle and culture to a whole new audience around the globe. This issue we’ve turned our attention to life and style, providing plenty of information and inspiration on overall wellbeing. We also found ourselves back on television, photographing contestants from Germany’s Next Top Model during their time down under with Heidi Klum. You’ll see our exclusive photoshoot with the model contestants Darya and Anuthida at the front of our Fashion section. Also keep an eye out for my sit-down interview with legendary shoe designer Jimmy Choo, who is a big fan of Remix! We’ve already started work on our September issue, which is always one of our biggest, so talk to us about ideas on how you can be involved.
TIM PHIN Founder & Editor-in-chief
I don’t know about you, but during winter I tend to hibernate and make more time for the things I love doing. Here we present our Remix Life & Style edition, with an expanded Lifestyle section packed full with cooking, cocktail, coffee, fitness, interior, reading, tech and travel inspiration. See the winter secrets and best recipes from some of our favourite foodies in a standout feature this issue called ‘At the table’. Make sure to check out our diverse Fashion section, which has undergone a revamp thanks to our four new fashion editors Amber Peebles, Katherine Lowe, Jaime Ridge and Pebbles Hooper. You’ll also notice some of the latest global trends in fashion, courtesy of our creative team in New York. Lastly, be sure to look through our People section for profiles on Kiwi songstress Gin Wigmore, Bachelor NZ heartthrob Art Green, American recording artist Tinashe and Malaysian fashion mogul Jimmy Choo. By the end of this winter I hope you’ll have bookmarked, dog-eared, doodled and folded this issue of Remix, having enjoyed reading the life and style inspiration as much as we enjoyed creating it.
STEVEN FERNANDEZ Editor
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TEAM 1. What’s your definition of style? 2. Describe your ultimate day… 3. The favourite thing you worked on in this issue?
ANNABELLE ROSE
- ART DIRECTOR @annabellerosedesign 1. Beyonce. 2. Sunrise, sea salt, sunset. 3. The beauty trends report.
ISABELLE TRUMAN
- EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, @isabelletruman 1. Individuality and confidence. 2. The days exploring Europe with my besties would be hard to beat. 3. My interviews with Gin Wigmore and Art Green, as well as the shoots with our new fashion contributors.
KIRSTY RANDELL
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@kirstydawnstudio 1. I’m all for comfort, so basic, minimal and boyish. I’ve also kindly been called a chromophobe. 2. Waking up to coffee and breakfast in bed, then I would head off on a little adventure to the coast
with my other half and my camera and probably finish the day with Japanese and a glass of red. 3. The People section, it always excites me!
CARL THOMPSON - TRAVEL WRITER & DIGITAL GUY, @creativecarl 1. True style is confidence in oneself, expressed through fashion. 2. Sun, white sand, crystal clear water, Piña coladas, diving, turtles. 3. Creating the new online shop where people can now purchase and read Remix online. JOSIE STEENHART - BEAUTY EDITOR @undonejournal 1. ‘Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.’ - Orson Welles 2. It would start with bacon, eggs and coffee, continue with books, trees, writing, shopping and a beach walk, then maybe finish with wine,
an Italian banquet and winning first division lotto ticket. 3. I always love researching and trying new products for Beauty News. Also running around in the rain shooting the ‘Where The Tall Grass Grows’ editorial was fun - nice to get out of the studio for a change!
LARA JENKINS
- INTERN @Laraaarara 1. My style is generally quite effortless, but I like to think it works. 2. An open road, a packed picnic, a few ciders, lots of sunshine, good company, George FM bangers, and far too many detours. 3. I loved writing some of Beauty News and the book reviews for this issue. It’s been really cool collecting clothing and jewellery items for the photoshoots and having a say in what I’m collecting to suit the theme of the shoots.
CONTRIBUTORS 1. Who are you and what do you do? 2. What did you contribute to this issue? 3. Describe your ultimate day...
OLIVIA MCPHERSON - @livmcpherson
1. I’m a freelance writer/publicist/marathon runner/food-and-wine-appreciating motherof-three. 2. The Jono and Ben interview. 3. A long, uninterrupted sleep-in; leisurely run around the waterfront; wear the kids out at our local beach Piha; a trip to the Oratia Farmers’ Market and then throw a massive dinner party for my favourite people accompanied by a never-ending supply of Australian Chardonnay.
EVA BRICHAU - @eva.brichau
1. I am a graphic designer and photographer. 2. I photographed for different articles and sections
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throughout this issue. 3. Anything that involves the sun, a glass of wine, quality company and good food.
LOIC QUEDEC - @kedecc
1. Fashion blogger. 2. Beauty and food flat lays, fashion and beauty profile shots, Sweet Mix Kids shoot. 3. A day on Waiheke Island.
KAREN ISHIGURO - @ishigurokaren
1. Professional people shooter. 2. ‘What Alice Found’ and ‘Flower Power’ editorials. 3. Hanging out with Beyonce.
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CALYPSO PAOLI - @Shnip
1. I am a creative and image maker. 2. Shot this epic editorial with stylist Jaime Ridge. We smashed out so many looks! 3. A day spent in nature away from my computer.
LUCY HOPKINS
- @lucyjanehopkins 1. I’m a freelance stylist and digital marketing coordinator for menswear label French83. 2. Styled Fabricio Veltri’s editorial and assisted with styling for Jaime Ridge’s editorial. 3. Eating McDonald’s on the couch watching movies all day and not feeling guilty about it!
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FASHION EDITORS 1. Fashion-wise what are you currently into? 2. Outside of Remix, what have you been up to lately? 3. What did you work on in this issue? 4. What’s your favourite thing about winter? 5. If you could go anywhere to escape the New Zealand winter, where would you go and why?
AMBER PEEBLES | @amber_peebles
JAIME RIDGE | @jaimeridge
1. I thought I got my hippie stage well out of my system in college, so I’m surprised to feel my love for high-waisted tan suede skirts, bell-bottom jeans and crochet coming back. 2. I do a show for Sky TV called All Access; they send me abroad to interview actors about their latest movie or TV series. I’ve also been brushing up on my current affairs as a panelist on TV3’s Paul Henry Show every two weeks. 3. I styled four photo shoots. ‘What Alice Found’ was shot at my mother-in-law’s amazing place, then I also worked on the Calvin Klein Jeans spread with Maddy Budd and Benny Tipene, the shoot with The Bachelor Art Green and the men’s story with Jono and Ben. 4. I’m definitely more of a fan of summer but winter has its perks. My favourite thing is being able to layer up. I’m a huge fan of long over coats and I really miss them in the warmer months, so it’s nice to throw one over my shoulders on a crisp winter night. 5. I’ve got my sights set on Tahiti! I’ve been to Bora Bora once with my husband and it blew my mind, so I’ve been daydreaming about heading there again, but this time with a group of friends, perhaps rent a house..
1. I tend not to follow trends; I follow what I love. There are too many amazing brands and looks to choose from! I am currently loving Georgia Alice, her pieces are incredible. I could have one of everything from her collection. A Mansur Gavriel tote is on my wish list but it’s proving to be difficult to get my hands on one. 2. I recently graduated and am now working full time which is amazing. I am running a dedicated beauty PR agency called Symmetry PR alongside my boss. I am also working on a few other exciting bits and pieces so I am super busy but that’s perfect. That’s how I like to live life! 3. I basically worked on the things that I love. My inspiration stemmed from a vision that just came to me. I pulled it all together based on this vision I had in my head, which was scary at the time, because this was the first shoot I styled. I absolutely loved every second of it though. 4. Wearing my gorgeous winter boots and endless cups of tea! Anyone that knows me knows that I am a tea addict and tea in summer time just isn’t the same as it is in winter. 5. Paris. I just love Paris. I would move there tomorrow.
PEBBLES HOOPER | @pebbleshooper
KATHERINE LOWE | @thedownlowe
1. To be honest I’ve always been into the same sort of things no matter how much trends change. My trend is always to invest in pieces that’ll last throughout the seasons. Don’t buy just for the trend. 2. Other than writing for the Herald on Sunday and Canvas magazine, I’ve been focusing on my illustrations, which keep me pretty busy all week. Check them out on Instagram @pebbesart. 3. I was so excited to be involved with a trends page and to be able to shoot an editorial with some of my favourite designers. 4. The excuse to buy more because it’s cold and I need it even if I don’t. 5. I would always pick a trip to LA or Hong Kong any day. Those two cities have a piece of my heart no matter what time of the year it is.
1. It’s not new, but I’m layering a lot because it’s so cold. Layers and layers of grey and navy. 2. I’m trying to be healthy, I’m cutting out processed sugar for Junk Free June and I’m trying to exercise regularly. ‘Trying’ being the operative word in the sentence - it’s not easy! 3. A little denim-themed shoot with my brother. 4. Staying in bed when it’s raining and eating comfort foods - macaroni and cheese, chowders, lamb shanks, sticky toffee puddings. 5. The Maldives because I’ve never been and I would love to visit, but I think Fiji would be more realistic. I feel nostalgic about family beach holidays in Fiji. It’s warm; you can lie around all day, very nice.
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BEHIND THE SCENES Where the rest of the magic happens...
1. Fashion editor Pebbles Hooper puts the finishing touches on model Katie. 2. James Lowe shooting ‘Blue Jean Babies’. 3. Fashion editor Katherine Lowe’s day of double denim. 4. Models enjoy some BurgerFuel goodness after a long day of shooting. 5 Remix editor-at-large Amber Peebles on location with Bachelor Art Green. 6. Behind the scenes of our denim shoot. 7. Remix editorial assistant Isabelle Truman gets a rose from Bachelor Art Green, sort of. 8. Gin Wigmore gets a kiss from her little mate at Kingsize Studios. 9. Fashion editor Jaime Ridge and her team on set of their ‘Walk This Way’ fashion shoot.
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CONTENTS
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WINTER STYLE TRENDS
JIMMY CHOO
L’HOMME
Research
People
Fashion
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WHEN BENNY MET MADDY
WINTER TREND REPORT
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
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Beauty
Fashion
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BLOCK PARTY
FLOWER POWER / GERMANY’S NEXT TOP MODEL
Arts & Culture
Research
PLATFORM
Fashion
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AT THE TABLE
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SEMI-PERMANENT PROFILES
Lifestyle
WHAT ALICE FOUND
Arts & Culture
Fashion
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GIN WIGMORE
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SWEET MIX KIDS
People
WALK THIS WAY
Arts & Culture
Fashion
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ART GREEN
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NAPA VALLEY
People
MATERIAL GIRL
Travel
Fashion
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TINASHE
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MALAYSIA
People
WHERE THE TALL GRASS GROWS
Travel
Fashion
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JONO & BEN
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REMIX X SAMSUNG
People
BLUE JEAN BABIES
Event
Fashion
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OUT & ABOUT
Remix presents a VIP preview with Coach
We invited a guest list of celebrities and Remix partners to enjoy an exclusive preview of the latest Coach collection, complete with music, champagne and canapés. Guests joined us at the Coach store on Auckland’s Queen Street to check out the bags and take home a special gift. Photos by Max Lemeshenko.
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ALL PRESS ALLPRESS D E S I G N ED F O R F L AV O U R Allpress hot air roasted coffee is rich with natural hints of sweetness and clean, long taste.
OUT & ABOUT
The launch of Rekorderlig Cider’s Kapell Bar
Ponsonby Road’s much loved Chapel Bar & Bistro underwent a Scandinavian makeover during the month of May, transforming into ‘Kapell’ - the Swedish translation of ‘Chapel’ - complete with a limited-edition Swedish menu, Rekorderlig ‘Svenska Cup’ cocktail and a Scandi-chic look. An exclusive VIP guest list was treated to the first look on opening night. facebook.com/rekorderlignz
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RESEARCH
G-SHOCK INTRODUCES A PATTERNED LITTLE NUMBER
BILLABONG’S ‘90S THROWBACK This season’s Surf Capsule from Billabong is everything a water-loving girl would love. With a retro ‘90s flare, Billabong has translated their logo story onto rubber. Classic colour blocking and their sunbaked heritage print make this range the best we’ve seen yet. Although it was first aimed at those with boards, the success of the Surf Capsule range has seen it attract more than just surfers, with growing numbers of girls wearing it as everyday beach attire. Sort yourself some pieces for spring… it’ll be here before you know it! billabong.co.nz
G-Shock have introduced a brand new set of timepieces, The Heathered Series. Based on the ever-popular GDX6900 range, it adopts a pattern inspired by the fabric used to make sweatshirts and pants. The ‘heathered’ pattern is created using a special printing technique, and offers a styled-yet-casual look, with G-Shock’s signature toughness. The new style is available in seven different colours, including yellow, grey, black and white. gshocknz.com
LOUIS V GOES MINI-ME
DESTROY YOUR DENIM WITH ANDREA MOORE Andrea Moore’s new collection Earn Your Denim was designed to let your denim tell a story. The collection focuses on two key styles – a skinny mid-rise and a straight-leg high-waist - both available in indigo, all-black and black with gold stitching. Andrea Moore boutiques are now stocked with ‘Virgin’ denim, ready to be taken home and lived in. Andrea Moore is encouraging denim buyers to cut, rip, bleach, scrub and sandpaper their jeans, to make the denim their own. andreamooreboutique.com
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Louis Vuitton have recreated their most popular bags in miniature versions. Entitled the ‘Louis Vuitton Nano Collection’, it includes the iconic bags of the Maison Louis Vuitton range, reinterpreted into a new small version. The Nano Collection means that women can now incorporate their LV style, without having to carry around their full size bags all day. The compact size fits everyday essentials, with each style including a long strap that can be worn over the shoulder or across the body. The Nano comes in the ever popular Speedy, Alma, Turenne, Pallas, Noe, Lockit and W Tote styles. louisvuitton.com
17.5oz japanese big slub selvedge
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TOPSHOP coat
With Amber Peebles
KAREN WALKER bag
FEDERATION beanie JULIETTE HOGAN knit
KATE SYLVESTER dress THE MODE COLLECTIVE bag
It’s a long story
CAMILLA AND MARC dress
ZOE & MORGAN earrings
KAREN WALKER boots
GLASSONS scarf
LIAM pants
TOPSHOP pants
COACH pants WORLD hat
FRANCIA UYS boots
NOM*D jacket
35b Vulcan Lane. 09 302 1949
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HOT ACCESSORIES TO KEEP YOU GUESSING
STAND OUT FROM THE PACK WITH COACH
The new campaign by Guess doesn’t disappoint and neither does the latest collection of accessories. Shot against an icy blue and clean white backdrop, the campaign showcases the hottest new Guess accessory styles, including handbags, footwear, eyewear, jewellery and watches, for both men and women. Handbags in a wide range of designs include classic totes and oversized satchels with the signature Guess monogram. guess.com
Coach’s latest collection draws inspiration straight from the streets of New York and the open roads of America. Exploring the biker culture with a gentler perspective, the collection celebrates the romance of the cinematic landscapes of the USA. Tough chain details are used as delicate detailing on beautiful bags; bandana prints are reinterpreted in silk and the biker silhouette is softened with shearling. Coach celebrates the details that give clothes character by keeping silhouettes imperfect and adding ‘Tear and Repair’ patches, all on a luxury palette of black, ivory, saddle, oxblood and hunter green. coach.com
LETTERS OF LOVE AT PARTRIDGE JEWELLERS Sure Valentine’s Day is long gone for 2015, but that doesn’t mean you can’t treat your special someone to romantic gifts throughout the year. The Partridge Jewellers’ Letters of Love collection is available online and in their five retail showrooms. Priced from $985, the Letters of Love collection is created in 18-carat gold with pink and white diamonds, making it a beautiful sentiment for your loved one… or a cute gift for yourself. partridgejewellers.com
GET HITCHED WITH ZOE & MORGAN Since we stumbled across Zoe & Morgan jewellery, we haven’t been able to get enough of their creations, so you can imagine our excitement when we heard they were launching an Engagement Collection. The range came about when theynoticed a gap in the market for women that wanted an alternative to the norm - something more unique, made from good quality materials that would also be able to stand the test of time. As well as their new collection, Zoe & Morgan also offer bespoke pieces, walking the couple through the whole process to ensure their custom piece is exactly as they envisioned. www.zoeandmorgan.com
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FLOWERS TO YOUR DOORSTEP: SIGN UP FOR A BOUQUET SUBSCRIPTION Have you ever noticed how much nicer your home or office feels with beautiful fresh flowers? Well Rose Tinted Flowers is helping you achieve that feeling all the time, without the hassle of having to go get them. Rose Tinted Flowers have started up a floral subscription service, which delivers you fresh flowers regularly. Genius! Founder Rosie Holt’s approach to floristry is inspired by her English heritage and botanical mother, which results in gorgeously garden fresh and naturally foraged creations. Available in mini, midi or maxi bouquets that differ depending on the season, each floral bunch comes wrapped in rustic brown paper and bound with twine or arranged in an elegant vase. Subscribers can choose to have a fresh new bunch arrive weekly, fortnightly or monthly. You can’t put a price on the feeling when your bouquet turns up! What’s even better is that the service is super affordable, so it won’t take much to convince your boss to sign the office up. In addition to the subscription flower service, Rosie caters to weddings and events, with a ‘Bouquet of the Day’ service currently in the works. rosetintedflowers.com
ZOE AND MORGAN 1/2
on trend With Jaime Ridge
DEADLY PONIES tote CHLOE shoulder bag
MY DEER FOX bucket bag
ALEXANDER WANG tote
DEADLY PONIES mini bag
ALAIA bucket bag PAULA CADEMARTORI shoulder bag
baggage Y-3 clutch
COACH shoulder bag
YSL tote
GIVENCHY tote MANSUR GAVRIEL tote
TOPSHOP backpack
CHANEL clutch
STELLA MCCARTNEY shoulder bag
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Lock in a week of Rialto on us *
Calvary
Saturday 20 June
chinese puzzle Monday 22 June
All This Mayhem Friday 19 June
channel unlocked 18-24 june* We are unlocking our channel so you can experience the best in independent film and documentaries.* Watch Calvary, a brilliant Irish drama from the director of The Guard; Chinese Puzzle, a hilariously entertaining drama about life, love and children; or drop in on the self destruction of fame riddled skaters Tas and Ben Pappas in the true story doco All This Mayhem. All SKY domestic customers with the Basic package can watch from Thursday 18 to Wednesday 24 June. And if you like what you see, look out for our half price upgrade offer** in July. To upgrade, SKY customers with Basic should visit www.sky.co.nz/myaccount, go to channel 029, or call 0800 759 123.
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WHEN BENNY MET MADDY An exclusive Remix editorial to celebrate the arrival of the Calvin Klein Jeans #mycalvins Denim Series in New Zealand.
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The limited edition #mycalvins Denim Series styles were all designed by Calvin Klein Jeans Global Creative Director Kevin Carrigan and are anchored with a modern, cropped take on the ‘Calvin’ logo. The assortment is grounded by iconic Calvin Klein jeans, logo tees and sweatshirts, marrying personal style with sporty details.
Models BENNY TIPENE & MADDY BUDD Photographer ROBIN SMITH Fashion Editor AMBER PEEBLES Makeup BLAIR GAMBLIN @ MAC Cosmetics Hair DAVE WEAVER @ D&M using Davines Studio SMITH STUDIOS
... All clothing by CALVIN KLEIN JEANS, shoes stylist’s own
Available now at Calvin Klein Jeans, 25 High Street, Auckland Central.
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RESEARCH FUNCTIONAL STREETWEAR WITH AN EDGE Hypnopencil is a new brand of quality streetwear with an edge. Designed by Japanese New Zealander Nobuhiro Kasajima and inspired by the fusion of Eastern and Western street culture, Hypnopencil is as functional as it is stylish. Every item is made right here in New Zealand with limited run sizes, meaning each piece is made with special care and attention, with a real focus on quality fabrics and craft. The limited run sizes ensure that ranges are unique, eagerly anticipated, and rare. The current range includes pieces made of 100% genuine leather, pure wools, 100% cottons and hand printing. The designs include graphical, textural, surreal, collaged and hand-drawn designs. hypnopencil.com
BRICKS BEFORE CLICKS: WHY SHOPPING IN NEWMARKET IS BETTER THAN SHOPPING ONLINE Sitting in your sweats and clicking ‘Add to Cart’ might be the easiest way to shop, but that doesn’t mean it’s the best. ‘Bricks before clicks’ refers to the fact that shopping in a physical store is still the preferable shopping experience… touching the fabrics, smelling the candle scents and actually trying things on! To put some of the romance back into shopping, Remix editor-at-large Amber Peebles swanned around Newmarket for an afternoon and picked out her favourite spots… NUFFIELD STREET… Superette hosts an incredible collection of curated clothing and goodies from New Zealand and overseas.
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It’s the perfect spot to buy something for that friend of yours who has absolutely everything! In the unlikely case you missed the memo, Stolen Girlfriend’s Club are now open on Nuffield Street. Expect all the new season styles and cool accessories from the SGC crew. Then of course Huffer is still in the hood, offering their famously fashionable and functional collections, including high-end range AIM. OSBORNE LANE… Kathryn Wilson has scooped up the ‘Best Shoe Shop’ award the last two years for a reason. Showcasing her drool-worthy premium line and a more
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affordable collection, there’s something in there for everyone. Then Juliette Hogan is only a stones throw away. Juliette’s incredible fabrics and tailoring are the perfect example of why you need to visit the store in person for the best experience. TEED STREET… RUBY embodies a playful elegance with exciting prints and flattering patterns for almost any occasion. There are so many options you definitely want to try a few on though. While you’re in store check out their sister line Liam, one of my all time faves. Words by Amber Peebles. newmarket.co.nz
EXCELLENT WILL ALWAYS BE MADE WITH PRIDE
Tanja Jade McMillan AKA Misery is a visual artist and wears the NB 574 newbalance.co.nz/classics @NBClassicsNZ
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LOUIS VUITTON bag
RUBY bracelet
With Pebbles Hooper
LOUIS VUITTON heel
RUBY dress PRADA jewels MOANA ring
a night out
WORLD necklace
KATE SYLVESTER dress
PRADA clutch
KATE SYLVESTER jacket WORLD necklace
WORLD earrings PRADA earrings
ZOE & MORGAN earrings
GUESS bag
ZOE & MORGAN necklace
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PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD WITH WORKSHOP When it comes to shoes, Workshop has one of the best selections of international designer brands in New Zealand. This includes our favourites Isabel Marant, Alexander Wang, Acne Studios, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Helmut Lang, Vanessa Bruno and See by Chloe. The winter boots they have on offer range from wardrobe staples to more statement pieces to kickstart an otherwise boring winter outfit. workshop.co.nz
A WORLD OF WOMEN’S COATS Winter is grey enough, so have some fun this season by adding a pop of colour into your wardrobe. When it comes to injecting life into your look, ladies don’t need to go much further than WORLD, who have a plethora of wool and lightweight coats in a variety of colours and styles. Even if everything else you’re wearing is a little more subdued, adding a bold winter coat is enough to really stand out. worldbrand.co.nz
NO MORE WINTER BLUES WITH TOPSHOP UNIQUE With leaves littering the streets and the morning frosts setting in, it’s pretty hard to deny that winter is upon us, but what better silver lining than a new range from Topshop Unique. Their latest Pre-Fall collection is perfect for those chilly days, with the new collection being filled by wearable investment pieces such as amazing shearling, refined suiting in plush velvet, stiffened denim and incredible suede coats. All of the above have touched down on our shores in Auckland, to both the Queen Street store and The Department Store. The new range was inspired by the glamour, craftsmanship and classic style of Topshop’s original home in Britain, and has the perfect mix of feminine prints and delicate embroidery to complement the more masculine and understated pieces. www.topshop.com
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A SMOKED RUM & COFFEE CREATION Espresso Martinis are without a doubt the in-vogue drink of 2015, and our favourite rum connoisseurs have put their own spin on one with their Smoked Espresso Martini, made with Stolen Smoke Spiced Rum. In a world first, Stolen have smoked their rum, passing it through the smoke of American Hardwood. The result is a taste similar to that of whiskey. This already-unique flavour is then enhanced with subtle hints of vanilla and coffee. stolenrum.com
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GLASSONS hat
DEADLY PONIES bag
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STOLEN GIRLFRIEND’S CLUB CELEBRATES BIG BIRTHDAY WITH A NEW STORE Stolen Girlfriend’s Club have arrived fashionably late in Newmarket, celebrating their 10th birthday by opening a store in Auckland’s key shopping district. The space stays true to Stolen Girlfriends Club’s aesthetic, with edgy materials and colours that complement their collections. The store showcases the entire range, including the new Stolen Denim collection, which last month became its very own category within the brand’s offering. Their hugely popular jewellery sits in a long cabinet down the middle of the store, while windows at the front and back inject natural light from both ends to create a relaxing flow, with a visible workspace where customers can see action behind the scenes. stolengirlfriendsclub.com
NIKE TECH PACK FOR YOUR WINTER WORKOUTS
RUSH AROUND IN STYLE WITH BEAU COOPS
To aid in the contemporary athlete’s efforts to achieve constant preparedness, the 2015 Nike Tech Pack collection takes on the cold mornings, occasional warm afternoons and chilly evenings of winter with lightweight breathability as its anchor. The Nike Tech Pack ‘Tech Hyperfuse’ collection uses featherweight rip stop nylon and internal, allover flocking to provide breathability. The women’s Nike Tech Hyperfuse Vest photographed gives arms a full range of motion while keeping the rest of the upper body shielded from the elements, hot or cold. The elements won’t let up, but neither will Nike Tech Pack. nike.com
We had high hopes for the 11th drop of Beau Coops and they’ve delivered the goods. Their Autumn/ Winter ‘15 collection, called Beau Coops Fast Times, was created with the goal of providing the right styles to create an effortlessly polished look for girls constantly on the move - think flat comfort and high style. Loafers, lace-ups and tough city boots come in an array of monochrome, earth pop tones and electric holographics. beaucoops.com
FRENCH REVOLVER STUDIO’S MAIN MAN GOES GLOBAL Brad Lepper, the founder and owner of Auckland salon French Revolver Studio, has just been announced as creative director for Sebastian Professional in Australia and New Zealand. As well as being creative director, Brad will work in the team for Sebastian International, which makes him the first person from Australia and New Zealand to be involved in the 12-person global team. Yeah, it’s a massive deal! Brad will tour internationally for hair shows, with his first to Berlin already in the works. Brad has been doing the hair for Remix publisher Tim and editor Steven for years, so we’re particularly proud of him. frenchrevolver.com
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KAREN WALKER eyewear
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Model Max Key wears all green everything, the colour in vogue for menswear this season, featuring some of our favourite local and international labels. FRENCH 83 suit
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Max wears BRIXTON jacket, ZAMBESI jumper
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GREEN GOODNESS HALLENSTEINS jacket
WORKING STYLE pants
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YOURS shoe G-SHOCK watch
GUBB & MACKIE jumper
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AUCKLAND ARTIST MISERY’S ‘NEW BALANCE’ Tanja Jade McMillan, or ‘Misery’ as she is more commonly known, is a bit of an Auckland legend; an inner-city street artist known for her magical murals dotted around the central CBD, most predominantly near her K Road studio. Originally from Queensland, Australia, and now a proud Aucklander, Misery’s creative spirit recently caught the attention of New Balance footwear, who made her one of their Excellent Maker ambassadors. Remix writer Isabelle Truman caught up with Misery to talk about her footwear and her future.
What’ve you been up to lately? I’ve been pretty much just focusing on my kid’s range, which is called Misery Guts. I do that for two or three months and then I have a break and do all my other art projects. I’m just at the tail end now and then I’ll be working on some commissions and an art show, which is in July in Sydney. I have a bunch of paintings and sculptures to make for that. Did you always know you wanted to be an artist? I always knew that I wanted to do something creative. I actually wanted to do photography. That’s what I studied first but I always painted on the side and did illustration, which sort of took over and became more successful for me than photography, so I went with that. REMIX MAGAZINE RESEARCH
Was street art where you started off? I’ve created characters since I was a kid, and always painted. At high school heaps of my friends were into graffiti and street painting. I always thought the whole concept of street art was really weird – like, why would you stay up all night and risk getting arrested? But I went out with them a few times and it was so much fun, so I started painting the characters and I guess because the style I did was a little bit different to what people were doing at the time in street art. It was a little bit recognisable and that’s where the ‘Misery’ name started. How did you get involved with New Balance? They actually approached me to be involved with a short film that they were putting together 58
and from doing that we got talking. I ended up becoming an Excellent Maker, which is a sort of New Balance ambassador. I do what I do and I get to wear New Balance, which is really awesome. Why did it fit with you to collaborate with them? I’m not one of those sneaker-freak kinds of people, but I’ve always worn New Balance. I’ve always liked the style of their shoes and the colours - it’s a really cool brand. I think they’re sold out everywhere, but I really need to get my hands on those new metallic gold ones. I also really like the plain white and grey ones, but then I do have a lot of the fruity colourful ones… Photography by Eva Brichau newbalance.co.nz
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PINDOT pocket square & tie SKINNY FIT suit
“The etiquette for tie width is for it to match your lapels. If you have a narrow lapel on a skinny suit you wear a skinny tie. With a wider lapel you wear a wider tie. It’s that simple.”
“The most versatile colour for your first suit is a solid navy. Dress it up with black dress shoes, a white shirt and a dark blue tie for a formal occasion. Dress it for a wedding with a pair of tan brogues, a light blue or coloured shirt, with a splash of colour in the tie.”
HOMME belt
PREMIUM TEXTURED SKINNY FIT tuxedo
KEYNES brogue
LOCKE brogue
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1. A LOVELY LITTLE GREY LYNN LOCAL Crumb is exactly what every neighbourhood needs - a welcoming local serving exceptional brews, nourishing smoothies, freshly squeezed juices, classic sandwiches and the odd sweet treat. Just opened by Hugo Baird, there’s no denying this labour of love, in the newly minted Grey Lynn corner store, will continuously satifsy hoards of surrounding residents and vistors alike. crumb.co.nz 2. RAMEN TAKARA SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE If you’re a lover of ramen or ready to be converted, then you’re going to lose your mind over this spot. Ponsonby’s new ramen purveyor, Ramen Takara, is set to be a bustling eatery if its older sibling in Browns Bay is anything to go by. Of course they serve the delicious handmade noodles submerged in silky broth and topped with an assortment of meats and veges. However, they also serve an array of other classic Japanese dishes, perfectly crafted cocktails and plenty of sake. ramentakara.co.nz
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3. TAKAPUNA’S NEW EATERY AND MARKET LANE Takapuna’s eatery and market lane Forteith and Hurstmere opened in April and it’s already become a hot spot on the Shore. Locals and visitors from the south of the bridge have fallen in love with the charming little laneway, which opens out into a humming shared courtyard. Current food vendors include popular chicken joint Bird On A Wire, wood fire pizza legends Dantes Pizzeria Napoletana, traditional barbecue restaurant El Humero Colombian Grill and Kombi Coffee, who serve up perfectly brewed Havana Coffee, Siggy’s Pies, Gelissimo ices and Wellington Chocolate Factory chocolate bars. If you haven’t yet checked it out, pop across the bridge for a tipple and a bite. Make sure you keep checking in, because there will be a few new vendors opening over the next months as well! fortiethandhurstmere.co.nz 4. LIQUID GOLD Rogue Society prides themselves on modernising the traditional gin category and they’ve done it again
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with Goldi Locks, the latest addition to their premium collection. Goldi Locks is a limited edition 57% navy strength gin, available in the best cocktail bars and restaurants in New Zealand. Made up of 13 botanicals including a triple citrus hit, Goldi Locks was awarded a Silver Medal at the 2015 San Francisco Wines and Spirits Competition, which included over 300 gins from around the world. The front of each bottle has a 24 carat gold plated disk to match the name. With only 250 bottles per batch, keep an eye out for this ‘liquid gold’ next time you feel like a G&T. roguesocietygin.com 5. HEALTHY DISHES TO SUIT THE SEASON Uptown Auckland spot Welcome Eatery has been around for a little while, but what sets this café apart is their use of fresh and seasonal produce. The menu constantly evolves to suit the readily available fruit and vegetables. One of our favourites at the moment is their beautiful warm salad of vibrant orange pumpkin three ways, adorned with a generous amount of perfectly grilled haloumi. Wash this down with a cold pressed
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6. JOIN A BEER ‘BOOK CLUB’ Beer Jerk is kind of like a book club, except with beer instead of books. Sorry, why has no one thought of this before? Simply sign up to Beer Jerk for $8.50 per week and you’ll be handsomly rewarded with expectional craft brews every 12 weeks, many of which are otherwise unavailable to the general public. Drink one of the craft beers each week, learn about the brew and discuss with other discerning beer lovers. beerjerk.co.nz 7. SERIOUSLY SAUCY The most exciting part of any meal are the condiments, and Kato are taking condiments up another notch with their Urban Chef range. Inspired by street food, food trucks, markets, cafes and urban stalls, Urban Chef introduces six delicious sauces with a fusion of flavours. It’s the perfect addition to spice up any dish. Their Sticky Chilli Mayo, a combination of smooth mayonnaise and
sweet chilli jam, along with the Urban Chef Meyer Lemon Mayo, are our two picks of the bunch. Also available is the delicious Beetroot with Orange Zest Relish, Caramelised Onion Relish, Tomato with Smoky Chipotle Relish and the new-and-improved Roast Garlic Aioli. Your mouth is watering right now, isn’t it? kato.co.nz
and fresh spin on classic catering at the recent Remix Coach event. Forget salmon blinis, the fabulous team served up mini tostadas topped with grilled skirt steak, chimichurri and Cotija cheese alongside a myriad of other canapés like we’ve never had before. Put this new boutique catering company at the top of your list for upcoming event planning. thekc.co.nz
8. TEA TO WARM THE SOUL There’s nothing quite like a hot cuppa to warm the soul. Harney & Sons tea uses large leaves sourced from some of the best tea gardens of the world to ensure a strong and delicious brew every time. Harney & Sons is served at top luxury hotels, restaurants and cafes nationwide, with new blends on the way. Look out for Blueberry Green - blueberries combined with vanilla and lemongrass,artfully blended with Chinese green leaves. harneyteas.co.nz
10. SEQUA Ah life… it’s relentless. Burning the candle at both ends is common, which is why we consume countless caffeine-fuelled products to help us function. But what about when you need some down time? The good folk at The Great Beverage Co. have realised that while energy drinks are great for, well, giving us energy, there isn’t a product out there to help us destress and unwind. Well, until now. Meet Sequa, New Zealand’s first anti-energy drink. Sequa is a natural, lightly effervescent beverage with no added sugar that helps relax, enhance good moods and promote downtime. Sequa is a refrigeratormust for those that have adopted the busy-bee lifesyle and are in dire need of some bear-like hibernation. @sequadrink
9. FINALLY, CATERING THAT’S COOL For those who succumb to the notion that catering is all the same, we would have to disagree. We had the delight of sampling The Kitchen Collective’s modern
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A PONSONBY ROAD INSTITUTION:
23 YEARS OF SPQR Famous for their exceptional food and service, SPQR is a Ponsonby Road institution and one of our favourite places to spend a Friday night. Now in its 23rd year of business, SPQR continues to evolve, always keeping an emphasis on quality New Zealand produce in each menu change. Founder and owner Chris Rupe speaks to Remix about the latest menu offering and why people keep coming back. What are the new menu offerings for the season? This season our special offering is seafood for starters, which includes fresh crab with spagettini, fresh ravioli with crayfish and the seared rare tuna salad, which is sashimi grade. The oysters at the moment are delivered through Leigh Fisheries and come from Kaipara. For the first time we’re also offering organic lamb cutlets with prosciutto and peas. What drives you to keep making a great restaurant?
I never really look at it as being the making of a great restaurant. For me it comes down to the passion and everything that is exciting about food and wine. New Zealand is blessed with beautiful fresh produce - amazing seafood, dairy, lamb and beef.
cocktails and of course great espresso martinis! Words by Tim Phin. Photography by Anna Kidman. spqrnz.co.nz
23 years of SPQR is a long time. What’s been the secret to your success? I am asked that question a lot and yes 23 years is a long time to be in a restaurant like ours. I mainly put this down to the staff, the atmosphere and lighting, the consistency of everything. Customers respond well to SPQR offering a fair price for a fair meal and our passion of course. Also at SPQR you don’t get shuffled out, you can stay there all night long… We work hard to create an atmosphere, whether it’s over lunch or in the evening. We’re a place for everyone with great wine, great oysters, great
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PREGO’S EVOLVING MENU this every day at Prego. At different stages during the day, we might see three generations of the same family in the restaurant.
At Prego, the food is hearty, the service is inviting and the experience is consistently reliable, which is why regulars religiously return for lunch and dinner all year round. Prego is packed every night of the week and has been that way for nearly 30 years. Remix publisher Tim Phin had a catch up with general manager Brandon Lela’ulu to talk about the new menu philosophy, a fine balance of new offerings and old favourites.
What’s changed recently with the menu? There’s more flexibility and variety across the whole menu, with regular changes every four weeks. There are more seasonal options but still plenty of old favourites. For those who can’t live without their calamari or Prego Pie fix, we’ve added a section of ‘Prego Classics’. Our ‘Primi’ section has smaller meals, which can be shared, combined or enjoyed as entrees. We’ve kept everything in the ‘Primi’ section under $20. We now offer both entree and main size options for most pasta and risotto dishes, and also gluten free options for pasta and pizza. Chefs Lennox Bull and Sid Chopra continue to produce daily specials, which may be added to future menus. prego.co.nz
What makes Prego tick so well? I think our food is honest and made with love. We are inspired by the classics and want to make food that people can’t live without. We have some customers who’ve been dining at Prego since day one, and others are here for the first time. A lot of care goes into making sure that all of our guests are given a meaningful experience. People mention the word ‘consistency, which is a good thing, but we want to exceed their expectations as well. What do you think makes Ponsonby so special? Ponsonby has everything - community, food, fashion, bars and real estate. There’s a lot of history here too. The old Victorian buildings add plenty of character to the neighbourhood. Ponsonby is open-minded and constantly changing. It’s the sort of place where anything can happen and probably will at some stage. There’s a culture of eating in Ponsonby… Absolutely, there’s a legacy of iconic New Zealand restaurants in Ponsonby. You’ve got every flavour in Ponsonby and the locals really know their food. Ponsonby provides for all occasions and caters for every age group. We see REMIX MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE
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THE BEST LONG LUNCH IN TOWN:
THE LATEST AT LONGROOM Ponsonby Road’s Longroom has long been a popular spot for locals and the like to spend an afternoon at. Aside from the spacious setting and impressive wine list, Longroom also has a mouthwatering menu, which has recently been updated. Head chef Dylan Clegg understands the importance of hearty food when a few drinks are on the cards and his take on classic pub dishes showcase clever cooking executed with a modern flair. The new menu is broken up into offerings of small plates, platters, classics and big plates. The ‘classic’ menu is exactly what you’d be after for a workday lunch. There are options to please all, including daily winter-warming soups, an exotic lamb and quinoa salad, gourmet burgers, sandwiches and pot pies. On the Remix team’s most recent visit hunger pangs were at an all time high, so we opted for the big guns. We started with the shared platter, which included succulent confit pork belly, perfectly cooked chili salted squid, spicy chorizo with Kalamata olives, cannellini beans, rich tomato sauce and basil, accompanied with grilled sour dough to soak up the tasty juices. The smoked potato and gouda croquettes were also insanely
moreish. The big plates, as mentioned, are hearty and full of flavour. Each dish consisted of a star protein – market fish, lamb, or steak, two ways. The fish, kingfish the day of our visit, was cooked to perfection, doused in crayfish bisque and topped with house-made prawn tortellini. Steak is either a rib eye or eye fillet, served with classic sides of hand cut fries and Café de Paris butter or mash
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SWEAT SHOP BREW KITCHEN If you’re a fan of television series House of Cards then you’ll know people from all walks of life go crazy over ribs. Good thing we’ve found the best spot in Auckland for them. Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen in Freemans Bay is known for both their succulent smoky BBQ meats and their exclusive beer range, which is handcrafted in their very own boutique brewery. Their recently launched new menu smokes Americana-spice rubbed meats with native New Zealand woodchips for an alarmingly delicious experience. If you’re crazy about ribs or yet to appreciate them at their mouthwatering best, then this is where you want to try them. For those with a sweet tooth, you can’t go past the Sweat Shop’s Sweet Shop, filled with house-made donuts, chocolate tart and smoked pumpkin and vanilla cheesecake. It’s a great spot for a few brews as well, with regular DJs and live gigs taking place on the weekends. sweatshopbrew.co.nz 73
and red wine jus. The lamb shoulder is tarted up with a honey and mustard glaze. We strongly suggest you take your team along for a long lunch one Friday afternoon. Word to the wise though, block out the entire afternoon, because chances are you won’t head back to the office. Words by Lauren Matthews. longroom.co.nz
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JUMPING UP Jumping Goat founder Callum O’Brien tells Remix publisher Tim Phin about his unique coffee liqueur concoction and why living in New Zealand is such a blessing.
For our readers who might not know, what is Jumping Goat? It’s a coffee-infused liquor concoction produced here in New Zealand. Basically we take a shitload of high quality single origin Guatemalan coffee beans, roast and grind them here in Auckland with Espresso Workshop, then cold brew them and infuse the flavour into some top quality alcohol. We started with a vodka one and recently launched a whisky version. Both sit at 35% ABV so pack some heat, but they have a touch of sweetness to them and a nice little caffeine kicker for the late nights. What inspired you to make such a unique product? Coffee is such a cool category in its main espresso form and it feels like coffee liqueur as we know it has been left behind. The sugary, sweet, low alcohol liqueurs that everyone knows are so far from what coffee represents as a brand. I wanted to create a cool brand with a quality product that
actually tastes like coffee and has the qualities that a real coffee has. Reality is, people drink coffee for a pick me up, be it in the morning with an espresso, a flat white in the afternoon, or a shot of Jumping Goat at 2am. Where do you hope to take it in the future? We are just about to ship our first few pallets to Australia, because we are working with a nationwide distributor over there, so that’s pretty exciting. New Zealand is known for really good coffee and innovative products, so the initial feedback from overseas has been really positive. I guess the big goal for any liquor product is cracking it in the United States and getting brand presence worldwide, but it is baby steps at the moment. I would say Australia, then Asia, then Europe, then the United States. What’s the best thing about living in New Zealand? It’s a good and a bad thing, but I love how small
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CATROUX CAFÉ Catroux Cafe is fameous for their creative, vibrant and nutritious menu offerings, using only fresh and free range produce, served up with eighthirty coffee. Head chef Adele Jenner delivers a delicate and flavour-strong style of food. With a focus on nutritious packed meals and drool-worthy salad combinations, you’ll never feel short of choice when dropping by to pick up something for lunch. Be sure to leave some space for their selection of guilt-free raw treats as well! As well as being a café, Catroux is a successful catering company, having provided meals at events for for The Paleo Way, Les Mills and a number of other corporate occasions. The café plans to start nutrition and food education workshops in the near future. They’re also about to release their new, longanticipated Winter Brunch Menu, which contains meals like oat bowls and organic mince on toast. catroux.co.nz REMIX MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE
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the place is. I am writing this while sitting on a plane to Queenstown. Walking onto the plane I saw a few people I know so have jacked up a night out tonight with them and also potentially a bed in a hotel room (thanks to the Neat Meat lads). That kind of stuff happens all the time in New Zealand and I love it - everywhere you go you run into people you know so it makes travelling so much more enjoyable. What’s your idea of living a good lifestyle? A solid mix of family, friends, music, food and drink, parties and exercise. I need a good dose of all of those to be happy and as I grow older I appreciate things in different ways. I’ve got a 10-month-old daughter Florence and so spending time with her is important to me. I also cherish my big nights out more than ever since they are a little more rare. Balance is always key. jumpinggoatliquor.com
T H E A R T O F C E L E B R AT I O N :
HOW TO SERVE CHAMPAGNE LIKE AN EXPERT Celebrating is one thing, celebrating properly is another. In an issue all about life and style, we take a look at the art of celebration by turning to G.H.Mumm Champagne Ambassador Cameron Timmins for a few tips on how to serve Champagne.
‘Champagne is nothing ordinary, every bubble sparkles with a unique savoir-faire, giving every occasion a sense of thrill and vibrancy,’ says Cameron. Photos taken by Jono Parker at Soul Bar.
THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE Remember colder is not always better. Anything below 6°C and the flavour will be subdued. Fridges are usually set at 5°C or less, but aim for around 8°C for optimal enjoyment. An ice bucket is a must for the bottle between refills. Fill your bucket to the three-quarter mark with cold water and then add ice leaving a 10cm gap to the rim. Bear in mind a bucket is for one bottle and one bottle alone. Two is a crowd. For more than one bottle, use a double bottle ice bucket. HOW TO OPEN THE BOTTLE You want that soft little hiss as opposed to showering the room in foam. Remove the foil wrap over the cork and loosen the wire cage, grip
the body of the bottle, firmly hold cage and cork and gently twist the bottle, slow down toward the end when the cork’s almost out, allowing the cork to gently slide out. Point the bottle away from you, so the cork doesn’t pop in your eyes! HOW TO POUR The classic beginner’s mistake is hoping to fill the flute in one go. Serve in two phases instead. Pour an initial amount of Champagne, slowly tilting the glass. Take a pause to allow the foam to subside and then pour a second time to fill half (or two thirds) of the glass. The flavours will be concentrated and the bubbles able to express themselves freely.
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THE ULTIMATE CELEBRATION GESTURE Sabrage is the art of opening a Champagne bottle with a sabre and was a popular part of the traditional serving of Champagne back in the days of Napoleon. After the neck of the bottle has been laid bare, the cork is expelled with the back of the special sabre, with a spectacular, masterly gesture. One sweeping movement, with no force required, will leave a clean-cut bottle. The G.H.Mumm sabre has been designed specifically for opening a bottle of G.H.Mumm Champagne. Check out @ghmummnz and #mummcelebration for more images and Champagne occasions.
A U C K L A N D’S P R E M I E R H U B F O R C R E AT I V E S :
SEAFARERS MEMBER’S CLUB We’ve spent a good chunk of this magazine telling you how to improve your life and style. Now here’s an example of where you can improve your life and style. Seafarers Members’ Club in Britomart is a creative hub where members and their guests have access to a private lounge, rooftop bar, screening room, special events and private parties, as well as inspirational views of the Waitemata Harbour. Spread over the top three floors of the Seafarers Building on Auckland’s waterfront, the club provides a place members can use day or night, whether it’s to pop in for a morning coffee or to spend a whole afternoon exchanging ideas. At the heart of the club is the member’s lounge complete with bar, as well as a rooftop bar above. New Zealand’s only multiple Michelin star chef Josh Emett is responsible for the delicious food on offer, with an exquisite wine and cocktail list to compliment his creations. Members gain access to all areas of the Seafarers Building, plus invites to exclusive events in and outside of the club. A Seafarers Club membership is also valid to a list of clubs around the world, in cities as far as London, Budapest, New York and Madrid. seafarers.co.nz/members-club REMIX MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE
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A snapshot of our favourite foodies’ winter tables… their dishes, beverages and rituals for the chilly season. Styling by Lauren Matthews Photography by Loic Quédec
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The homeware on Nadia’s table available from REPUBLIC at republichome.com
Nadia’s go-to winter meal… To me, nothing says winter like a big bowl of steaming pumpkin soup! It’s so delicious and comforting. But this is not just any old pumpkin soup – this one is so full of flavour with the addition of kumara and apples, which give it a natural sweetness. Then top it off with some crunchy, salty bacon bits and croutons made from naan bread (or normal bread croutons if you like). This recipe is actually in my latest cookbook, Easy Weeknight Meals, which was a collaboration between My Food Bag and me. See Nadia’s pumpkin soup recipe on page 85.
Nadia’s go-to winter drink… This one’s a tad naughty – a real hot chocolate (with real chocolate in it!). Nevertheless it’s a good way to get your chocolate dessert fix without gorging on super-calorified chocolate cake or pudding. Make sure you use good quality, dark (at least 60-70% cocoa) eating chocolate, and Fairtrade as well! Whittaker’s Dark Ghana and Green and Blacks Organics are good. I’ve spiced this baby up with a cinnamon stick and a wee kick of chilli.
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Nadia’s winter rituals… Winter is the time for 24/7 socks, wearing my dressing gown from morning to night on the weekends and going to bed early to read or watch a movie. I hate getting changed in the morning when it’s cold, and try to do it as fast as possible, without wasting time deciding what to wear. I love making fresh ginger and lemon tea or lemongrass tea – it warms you up from the inside out. I usually do a work-related trip to Asia around July too – a couple of weeks away in the heat makes the New Zealand winter go faster. This winter my husband, mum and I will be in Cambodia visiting a charity project my family donated to in my dad’s name after he passed away last year.
Millie’s go-to winter meal… This beef tagine is a beautifully aromatic dish that will have your whole house smelling amazing. A little piece of Morocco to warm you on those cold winter nights. See Millie’s Beef Tagine recipe on page 85. Millie’s go-to winter drink… This Virgin Kombucha Toddy will embellish your night time tea ritual, thanks to the kombucha and spice blend. Millie’s winter rituals… A change in seasons is always exciting for me, especially the transition of autumn to winter, when I can prepare my winter greens for the garden. It’s a good time to plant beetroot and carrots. For me, winter is about freshly stoked fires, hot pots of tea, warm blankets, baths and early nights. It’s a time when cheap cuts of meat can be transformed into the most delicious slow-cooked meals to be shared with family and friends. I eat plenty of garlic and add fresh ginger to cups of tea to ward of illness. This year I’m fortunate enough to have booked a holiday away in the colder months to go to Greece and visit my family for three weeks.
Lauren’s go-to winter drink… Mulled wine is an essential tipple in my household to ward off those winter blues. A full-bodied red wine can only get better with the addition of tart citrus and warming spices – once gently heated, it’s a concoction that will be at the top of your repertoire for winter entertaining.
Lauren’s go-to winter meal… There’s nothing quite like a slow-cooked piece of meat during winter. Pork belly in particular is one of my favourites, as the melt-in-your-mouth meat contrasts perfectly with the crispy crackling. Pork belly may seem intimidating to cook, but this fool-proof recipe works every time. Paired with creamy leeks that boast a gentle hum of chilli, I could happily eat this meal every night for dinner during the colder months. See Lauren’s pork belly recipe on page 84.
Lauren’s winter rituals… In more ways than one, I honesty hate winter. I’m not coordinated enough to enjoy the season’s sports, and lying on a beach with a cocktail in hand seems much more appealing than battling the cold wind and rain. Food is probably the only thing that keeps me sane during the colder months – I’m happy to potter all weekend in the kitchen, slowcooking hearty stews and dabbling in a bit of baking or preserving. There’s nothing quite like a house scented with the aromas of cooking. Big creamy bowls of pasta with too much parmesan, roasts every second night and hot steaming puddings all keep me happy. And obviously, my waistline hates winter as much as I do.
Julia and Libby’s go-to winter meal… A hearty winter soup brimming with soulwarming, comforting ingredients to nourish you during the cold and flu season. This soup is sweet and creamy with a hint of spice coming through. This is a super quick dish to make when you don’t have much time. Serve with warm sour dough bread. See Julia and Libby’s winter soup recipe on page 84. REMIX MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE
Julia and Libby’s go-to winter drink… Winter is here and what better way to warm up than with a cup of hot tea? Chai tea is our favourite winter beverage - spicy, sweet, comforting and delicious. This chai tea recipe is made using a variety of different spices that offer health benefits along with being tasty. If you enjoy spicy drinks, then you’re going to love this chai drink! 82
Julia and Libby’s winter rituals… Despite being the darkest and coldest time of the year, New Zealand is a great place to spend the winter months. We love spending nights at home around the fire, piling on the blankets and sipping on a warm drink to keep cosy. Running a warm, candle lit-bath sprinkled with dried flowers and essential oil is heaven on a cold night. And who doesn’t love winter fashion? Bring on the knits, scarves, coats and booties.
LAUREN’S PORK BELLY INGREDIENTS: 700g – 1kg piece of pork belly skin on 2L milk Sea salt Olive oil
JULIA & LIBBY’S THAI CHICKEN AND COCONUT PUMPKIN SOUP
CREAMED LEEKS: 3 large leeks 2 cloves of garlic 1 tsp of chilli flakes 250mls cream
INGREDIENTS: 2 large chicken breasts, thinly sliced 2 cups water 300g pumpkin, peeled, seeded, cubed 1 Tbsp red curry paste 2 carrots, peeled, thinly sliced 3 cups of reduced salt chicken stock 200g coconut cream 1 tsp fish sauce 1 medium broccoli, cut into small pieces 1 small bunch fresh coriander, sliced 1 small bunch parsley, sliced Juice of 1 lime
INSTRUCTIONS: Pork belly usually comes scored. Using a sharp knife, prick the skin all over. Cover in salt and refrigerate for as long as possible (or for at least an hour). Preheat oven on bake to the highest possible temperature. Wipe salt from the pork belly and dab any moisture off the top and underside. Re-salt, and cover with a bit of olive oil, massaging it into the skin. Place in a roasting dish, then in oven for 25 minutes, before turning the heat down to 160 and filling the roasting pan with milk. You want the milk to completely submerge the meat, but not touch the skin. Cook for a further 1 1/2 to two hours. The pork belly is ready when the meat pulls away easily and the crackling is crispy. Cut leeks lengthways and wash well, then slice the white parts into thin slices. The green bits are too tough to break down, so make sure they are discarded. On a low heat, sauté leeks in a pan with a bit of olive oil and sea salt for about 8 minutes until soft, add garlic and chilli and sauté for a further minute. Add cream, bring to the boil then simmer for about 5 minutes until thickened. Serve immediately.
INSTRUCTIONS: Heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the curry paste and simmer for 1 minute. Add the chicken stock to water and simmer. Add the chicken and simmer for another 10 minutes then add the coconut cream, pumpkin, carrot and broccoli and cook for 5 minutes. Add the fish sauce and cook for a further 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and divide into serving bowls. Sprinkle with parsley, coriander, lime juice and coconut cream and garnish with salt and pepper.
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NADIA’S KORMA, BUTTERNUT AND KUMARA SOUP WITH CRISPY BACON AND SESAME NAAN CROUTONS MILLIE’S BEEF TAGINE
INGREDIENTS: 3 Tbsp olive oil 2 onions, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tsp finely grated fresh ginger 1/3 cup korma curry paste 2 ½ cups peeled and diced (1-2cm) orange kumara 2 ½ cups peeled and diced (1–2cm) butternut 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped 2 cups chicken stock 3 cups water 1 cup coconut milk
INGREDIENTS: 600g stewing steak 1 whole star anise 1/4 cup raisins 1/2 butternut squash cubed Sliced almonds Coriander 1 cup of homemade tomato and capsicum sauce (or a can of tomatoes in thick sauce as an alternative) 700 ml of vegetable stock 1 tin of chickpeas 1 onion diced 1 small red chili with the seeds Butter
CROUTONS: 250g streaky bacon, diced 1 large naan bread, cut into 2–3 cm cubes 2 Tbsp sesame seeds 1–2 Tbsp olive oil
SPICE RUB: Five-spice powder Allspice Cinnamon Black pepper Salt Garlic powder Cayenne pepper Paprika Ginger powder
½ cup chopped coriander INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 220°C. Line two large oven trays with baking paper. Heat olive oil in a large pot on medium heat. Fry onions for 4-6 minutes until soft but not coloured. Add garlic, ginger and korma paste and fry for 1 further minute. Add kumara, butternut, apples, stock and water and bring to the boil on high heat. Once boiling, reduce heat to medium to low, add coconut milk and simmer for 18–20 minutes until vegetables are very soft. While soup is cooking, prepare bacon and croutons. Scatter bacon in one of the prepared trays and bake until very crispy, about 20 minutes. Toss bread with sesame seeds and olive oil in other prepared tray and bake for 8–10 minutes until light brown and crispy. Purée soup with a stick blender (or mash well with a potato masher) until smooth. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. To serve, ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle over bacon, croutons and coriander.
INSTRUCTIONS: Dice and coat meat with the spice rub and leave in the fridge for an hour, then pan fry in butter and add onions and chilli after a couple of minutes. When the onions are slightly browned, add your tomatoes, chickpeas and 3/4 of the stock and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for an hour. Then add your pumpkin along with the rest of the stock and simmer until the pumpkin is soft. At this stage you want the tagine to be thick, so if it’s too wet, simmer with the lid off. Sprinkle with raisins, coriander, almond slices and serve.
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FOUR COCKTAILS TO SPICE UP THE CHILLY SEASON If, like me, you’ve succumbed too many times to a late night shot of Jägermeister, you may be a tad reluctant to sip on a cocktail with the fiery liqueur as the main component. Fear not! We’ve come across the ultimate tipple that will effortlessly woo all the senses. With its gentle aniseed flavours, warming mix of spices; most predominately cinnamon and vanilla – this new, spicedup version of Jägermeister is our winter bar-top essential. And while it can be enjoyed neat, we had top mixologist Matt Bradley show us a few seducing cocktails made with this piquant pour, which are all without question perfect to enjoy on a cold, blustery evening. Recipes in order as photographed, from top to bottom SPICED APPLE MULE Ingredients: 45ml Jägermeister SPICE, 30ml cloudy apple juice, 15ml fresh pressed lime juice, Fentimans Ginger Beer. Method: Build in a tall/catalina glass over ice and stir well. Garnish with fresh orange slice and star anise pods. SPICED ESPRESSO Ingredients: 45ml Jägermeister SPICE, 30ml sugar syrup, double espresso shot. Method: Shake well with ice and fine strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with fresh coffee beans. SPICED MANHATTAN Ingredients: 45ml Jägermeister SPICE, 20ml Dolin Vermouth Rouge, a dash of Fee Brother’s Bitters. Method: Stir well with ice until chilled and slightly diluted. Strain into a chilled coupette. Garnish with fresh orange twist. SPICED TODDY Ingredients: 45ml Jägermeister SPICE, fresh whole spices, 15ml honey syrup, 30ml old-fashioned apple juice, a dash of Fee Brother’s Bitters, 15ml lemon cordial, boiling water. Method: Build in a heat-proof glass, stir and serve. Words by Lauren Matthews facebook.com/Jagermeisternz 86
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ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR COFFEE It’s not easy to go without good coffee, so have sympathy for all the astronauts in space, who haven’t been able to have a decent caffeine fix high in the sky. That is until now… Samantha Cristoforetti has just changed space excursions for good, this week having made the first ever cup of coffee in space. Already the first Italian woman in space, Samantha is now the first barista in space as well. Having been in space for six months already, Samantha finally fired up the first espresso machine, using none other than Italy’s finest coffee, Lavazza. Lavazza worked closely with engineering firm Argotec and the Italian Space Agency to craft the special espresso machine, which comes equipped with a custom-made cup to sip from, which also accommodates for the zero gravity. We may not yet have located life on other planets, but this is still one heck of an achievement. lavazza.com
A QUICK CUPPA WITH THE FOUNDER OF ROCKET ESPRESSO For over 15 years now, New Zealander Andrew Meo has been designing and developing some of the most meticulously manufactured espresso machines in the world. As the founder and visionary behind Rocket Espresso Milano, he lives 40 kms from Milan, where he spends his time teaching the Italians a thing or two about good coffee. Cory Hodges had a quick catch up with Andrew about the biggest year yet for Rocket Espresso. How does the New Zealand market for Rocket Espresso machines compare to the rest of the world. Do you think we punch above our weight? New Zealand and Australia are seen globally as leaders in specialty coffee. Rocket Espresso has been enjoyed for a good many years in New Zealand. Non-traditional markets such as Korea have been growing considerably. Germany would be our largest market for the domestic Rocket Espresso range. I noticed that Rocket has worked with Peugeot Design Lab for a concept food truck, which featured at Milan Design Week. Have you worked with other large design exhibitions before? We’ve been approached by a number of prestigious brands to be part of projects and exhibitions with them. It’s a rewarding confirmation that we are REMIX MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE
producing a good product and marketing our brand properly. It has also given Rocket Espresso a huge amount of credibility. We have worked with bespoke cycling brand Rapha, Mavic cycling in North America, IWC watches in Switzerland and Fritz Hansen for Salon di Mobiliare in Milan. The Peugeot Design Lab are a renowned studio. How has your family coped with moving to Italy, where the culture, language and climate are so different? We live 40km away from Milan, where many speak English. However, we live in a small town amusingly called Crema, where we are one of only four English-speaking families. The initial hurdles were challenging. In saying that you always find a group of people who take it upon themselves to help with the initial hiccups and get you organised. Italy 88
has become our home now, complete with cats and dogs. While the Mediterranean is beautiful, it still doesn’t compete with New Zealand beaches. Do you have any new products lined up for 2015? Are you expecting 2015 to be a big year for Rocket Espresso Milano? 2015 is a big year for Italy and in particular Milan. We have Milano Expo from May through to October. We have the food truck with Peugeot at the French Pavilion throughout Milano Expo. We are exhibiting in the biannual Host Milan show, which is the biggest espresso machine show in the world and the last show for the Milano Expo. This year we have several new products that we will present, including a new grinder to complement our domestic machine range. therocket.co.nz
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KOBO candle @ REPUBLIC HOME
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BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS:
WINERIES WITHIN THE GREATER AUCKLAND REGION South Auckland doesn’t quite have the reputation that Central Otago commands for fine wine, but that’s not to say that will always be the case. Stephen Green takes a look at some extraordinary red blends produced in and around the greater Auckland region that utilise the diverse terroir surrounding the city.
CLIFF EDGE: MERLOT, CABERNET FRANC 2010, Awhitu, South Auckland This 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc produces the classic Bordeaux nose. Berry and plumb soaked, it has a supple oak warmth. The rich, ripe, smooth journey shows as well resolved and aged in structure. It’s an exceptional wine and product of the Southwest shores of the Manukau Harbour, from a family-owned vineyard that produces only a dozen barrels per vintage. $35-40 greatlittlevineyards.com ST NESBIT: MERLOT, CABERNET FRANC, PETIT VERDOT 2007, Karaka, South Auckland This winery achieved classic status in New Zealand in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s by producing wines that were built to last 20+ years. The 2007 vintage, the oldest of their current releases, is a 60% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 25% Petit Verdot blend. Warm, fumy and aged, the scent is straight down to business. A one or two hour decant will reward and give the wine time to show off its impressive composition. Mid body, rich, REMIX MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE
rounded and complex. Elegantly integrated ripe fruit, oaky tannins and acid. Finesse with power, structure and earthiness. Bordeaux as. $65-70 greatlittlevineyards.com TE RERE: SYRAH 2010, Waikeke Island Waiheke’s reputation for exceptional reds is no secret, but what’s really intriguing is the many remarkable ‘backyard wines’ being produced out there. Te Rere is one. It’s cultivated and cellared at a private estate at Te Rere Cove with a blend of 92% Syrah and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deeply perfumed cassis and wood spice, a rich and opulent potion with balance and power. Layers of sweet and savoury play out over a lengthy finish, with an earthiness beginning to show. $60-65 greatlittlevineyards.com TE AOTEA: MELBEC 2012, South Kaipara From the shores of the mythical Kaipara harbor, a place with a history that dates back to the 15th century. A 100% Melbec, one of six varietals that can officially make up a ‘Bordeaux’ blend. 92
On its own it can be very special, and Te Aotea demonstrates this very clearly. A botanical nose leads to a soft, earthy and hugely graceful wine. Plum and sweetness are noted but not overbearing. Refined with a European style, this will impress fans of lighter, more elegant reds. $55-60 greatlittlevineyards.com GILLMAN: CABERNET FRANC, MERLOT, MALBEC 2008, Matakana From a wine region that has a history of producing complex, earthy and long-lived red blends. The Gillman 2008 stays true to the format. A Cabernet Franc-predominant Bordeaux blend with structure and supple qualities that sing. The wine’s ripe raspberry and herbaceous notes deliver a paredback intensity and richness. Poised, complex and elegant. A wine that will continue to develop over many years to come. $80 gillmanvineyard.co.nz
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PROTECT YOUR FLAT LAY Choose State Insurance to keep your cherished bits and pieces safe
LADIES… Ladies, we know how much you love the things you keep in your handbag, including jewellery, makeup, sunglasses, fragrances and other bits and pieces. There’s nothing wrong with having a few favourite possessions, which is why it’s important to protect them. We’ve done a little research into the matter and here’s three reasons why you should choose State Insurance… 1. State can cover you for accidental loss or damage to those things you can’t live without, like your iPhone! 2. Your contents are covered while you’re at home or out and about meeting the girls for cocktails. 3. A broken engine, flat tyre or flat battery in your car could make you late to your yoga class. With State’s car comprehensive, Roadside Rescue is available 24/7 from only $30 a year. state.co.nz
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AND GENTLEMEN… Gents, you’re allowed to love your stuff just as much as the girls, whether it be your kicks, your video games, your aftershaves, your watches or your sweet new shades. We don’t blame you, which is why we did some research into proper coverage. Here are three reasons why you should choose State Insurance… 1. If you cause a fire in the kitchen while trying to cook for your flatmates and cause damage to the home, State could cover your liability of up to $1 million. 2. There are three levels of car cover to choose from to fit your budget. State comprehensive car insurance will cover accidental loss or damage to your car and other people’s property, through to third party only which will cover you for costs should you accidentally crash into a Bentley on Ponsonby Road. 3. It’s ridiculously easy to claim at the click of a mouse. With State you’ll spend way less time dealing with your insurer and way more time doing the things you love. state.co.nz
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WORDS OF WINTER:
OUR MUST-READ RECOMMENDATIONS The way to make the most of the winter nights is to light a fire, make a cuppa and curl up with a good book. Being buried in a total page-turner while it rains outside is one of the best things about winter, right?
EASY WEEKNIGHT MEALS By Nadia Lim & My Food Bag Containing 80 delicious, easyto-follow recipes, the first ever My Food Bag cookbook Easy Weeknight Meals was released in April and we’ve been drooling over it ever since. Featuring some of My Food Bag’s top-rated dishes, Easy Weeknight Meals offers a range of vegetarian, gluten-free and dairy-free options on top of your typical recipes to ensure all-round satisfaction in the household. What we particularly love is how the book itself is organised seasonally, with a list of recipes for spring, summer, autumn and winter. This allows for customers to make the most of nature’s seasonal produce in their cooking; taking advantage of juicy tomatoes in the summertime and creamy butternut in the winter. With Nadia’s trusted history as a dietitian and My Food Bag’s firm belief in the real food philosophy, the recipes in this cookbook are nutritionally balanced and easy on the tastebuds – the ultimate food bible all year round.
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SELFISH By Kim Kardashian West We were hardly going to miss an opportunity to review this. The highly anticipated book Selfish by Kim Kardashian contains hundreds of her selfies taken over the years. The never-before-seen selfies of Kim sunburnt in Mexico, pulling faces with her family and playing with a boxer named Rocky may sound like bizarre content for a book, but the back-to-back selfies and correlating captions manage to tell a story that really engages the fans and the curious in a whole new way. Selfish is the tale of the selfie queen herself, transporting us from Kim’s old school throwbacks to her current ultra sexy glam shots. It provides readers with a unique, behind-the-scenes insight into how Kim’s life has changed over the years, just in case you hadn’t seen enough of it already!
CHLOË SEVIGNY By Chloë Sevigny (with foreword by Kim Gordon, afterword by Natasha Lyonne) We’ve always admired Chloë Sevigny from afar; from stalking her quirky, avant-garde fashion sense online to watching her on the big screen. Now, the multi-talented fashion icon has released her very own book for admirers to gain an inside peek into how she’s arrived where she is today. Chloë Sevigny is a deeply personal illustrated chronicle of the evolution of Sevigny’s unique style throughout her career… from a teenage skater girl to award-winning film actress and fashion designer. The book features early personal photos of Chloë taken by high school friends, film stills and modelling appearances. It even shares some of her treasured personal memorabilia, such as casting fliers, Polaroids, zines and pages from her day planners, adding an extra personal touch to her story.
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GIRL IN A BAND: A MEMOIR By Kim Gordon As one of the founding members of Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon has always been one of our favourite rock star fashion icons. Now Kim tells her story in Girl In A Band, which is a touching memoir of her life as an artist, where she talks candidly about music, marriage, motherhood, independence and life as one of the first women of rock ‘n’ roll. She tells stories of growing up in California, Hawaii and Hong Kong, revealing how an art project lead her to start up her first ever band back when she was studying. Kim transports us back in time to ‘80s and ‘90s New York, the years that gave rise to Sonic Youth and the alternative revolution in popular music. Girl In A Band is a heartfelt journey, covering Kim’s transition from young girl to rocker goddess in an edgy, mesmerising tale.
TECH LIFE
THE VERY BEST COFFEE AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON
There are so many winter days when you just don’t want to go outside, which is why you need to invest in a quality coffee machine, so you can enjoy a proper caffeine fix indoors. Nespresso has always been about innovation and simplicity, building machines that enable anyone to create the perfect cup of espresso on their own. The new Nespresso Lattissima Touch has made that even easier and the resulting coffee even better. With just one touch you can create six different quality coffee recipes, including lattes and cappuccinos, with a choice of 22 different Grands Crus to ensure your coffee is exactly as you want it. For those on the go, pre-heating times for coffee and milk have been improved in this new design, so that your coffee is served even quicker. As always with Nespresso, the Lattissima Touch is beautifully designed, available in red, black and white. nespresso.com
SMART JUST GOT BEAUTIFUL
We can’t get enough of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. Made with metal and glass, which gives them a slick, beautiful appearance, the phones have as much outer beauty as inner power. The Galaxy S6 Edge in particular stands out from the crowd, complete with the world’s first curved display on both sides, which also provides a solid grip. Equipped with an incredibly vivid, bright and fast front and rear camera, the lenses and high-resolution sensors provide the most superior image quality available in a smartphone, even in the dark. One of the coolest features of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge is that they can be charged wirelessly. But even if you were into the old school technique of actually plugging your phone into a wall, you’ll get 1.5 times faster charging than the Galaxy S5. We’re talking about four hours of usage after around only 10 minutes of charging. samsung.com/nz
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THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS WITH ASUS
There are times when it’s handy to have a laptop and other times when you wish you had a tablet, right? Well the best thing about the new Asus Transformer Book Chi is that it’s both in one; it’s an interchangeable laptop and tablet. As well as being super slim and chic, the Asus Transformer Book Chi has a luxurious and sophisticated feel, with precision craftsmanship and engineering combined for a seamless unibody design. The edges of the Chi are enhanced with diamond-cut chamfering, adding brilliant highlights to the metallic body. Of course there’s as much inner power as outer beauty; think high-resolution displays, rich distortionfree sound, superb power efficiency and performance up to nine times faster than traditional hard disks. asus.com/nz
THE BEAUTY WITHIN:
TAKE A WINTER ROADIE TO TAUPO WITH AA TRAVELLER The New Zealand summer is about driving to the coast, whereas the winter is about discovering the beauty inland. Even though summer is over for another year, there are just as many reasons to rally a crew and hit the road during winter, with our country revealing a different type of beauty during the colder months.
Having done some research on AA Traveller, we reckon that one of the best spots to visit this winter is Taupo. It’s the first place you rattle off as a ‘must visit’ when friends come from overseas, but have you actually spent much time there yourself? It’s incredible. There are over 1000 things to do in the Taupo region and that’s over and above the Huka Falls and mountains. It’s a seriously magical place and only a stone’s throw away. Whether you ski or not, Taupo is the ultimate winter base, a serene spot with stunning scenery and plenty of activities, not to mention worldclass accommodation and hospitality. Taupo’s Knoll Ridge was just rated the best-designed cafe in the world – a must-visit for lunch or dinner. If you really want to take in this breathtaking region REMIX MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE
in all its glory, then you have to see it from the sky. Taupo’s Floatplane Mount Ruapehu scenic flight takes off from Taupo Bay and soars over the Blue and Emerald Lakes, the Ruapehu summit, Mount Ngauruhoe’s volcanic cone and Mount Tongariro’s red crater. It is simply spectacular. Disembark the Floatplane and head along to The Bistro for an evening of exquisite food and wine. It’s Kiwi fusion fare, simple yet delicious cuisine and a favourite among the locals. Situated at the centre of the North Island, Taupo is conveniently close to all the main cities and makes a great roadie for Aucklanders and Wellingtonians. Jump online, book your trip through AA Traveller and head to Taupo for a mini getaway this winter. aatraveller.co.nz 98
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We’re giving one lucky Remix reader and a friend the chance to win a luxury winter getaway to Taupo, thanks to AA Traveller. You’ll spend two nights at the Millennium Taupo in a luxurious Superior Lakeview suite and enjoy the use of a Toyota Rav 4 from Thrifty Car Rental (thrifty.co.nz). Experience the extraordinary scenery of Taupo from above with a Mount Ruapehu Vista flight for two on the Floatplane! Sound like the perfect winter break? Visit facebook.com/AATravellerNZ for entry details.
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NIKE TECH Fleece Moto Cape, NIKE PRO Classic Bra, NIKE TECH Fleece Legging, NIKE ROSHE One Print Shoes
Four New Zealand women in the fast lane share their mutual motivations and fitness achievements while sporting their favourite Nike get-up.
Photographer Jono Parker Stylist Lucy Hopkins Hair & Makeup Eve Sorenson Special thanks to Kingsize Studios
01: KATHERINE LOWE Blogger and contributing Remix fashion editor @thedownlowe
What motivates you? This is going to sound really depressing, but I would have to say guilt. What is your greatest physical achievement? Finishing a 10km run and keeping up a high level of fitness for seven weeks training, ahead of the Nike Training Club Tour in Sydney. 100
Which piece of Nike gear do you have on high rotation right now and why? The Nike logo sports bra. The fit is good on me and I feel sportier when I’m wearing it. What do you get up to outside of fitness? Eat and sleep. But mostly eat.
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02: JULIE ADAMS Nike NTC Crew @julieadams
What motivates you? I live life as it comes; I’m not really a planner. Being able to be healthy and enjoy life as a teenager growing into an adult. What is your greatest physical achievement? I currently run the workout classes at Uptown Bounce and everyone seems to enjoy them! Interacting and being able to teach people fitness – it seems like people have a lot of confidence in me to help get them fit! Which piece of Nike gear do you have on high rotation right now and why? I love Nike Pro Bras – they’re supportive, but give me a boost as well! What do you get up to outside of fitness? Trouble. I spend a bit of time having dance parties with myself in the mirror. If anyone wants to join me, just let me know! I work a lot, but it’s fun.
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03: AROHA HARAWIRA George FM Host & DJ @arohahaha
What motivates you? Staying active is really important to me because it helps me feel mentally strong and helps me keep some balance in my life. In my job on the radio I need to be positive, friendly and onto it for five hours each day and sometimes when I have being DJ-ing late the night before, that becomes harder to manage. What is your greatest physical achievement? Running the Auckland Half Marathon. I honestly thought a month beforehand that I wasn’t even going to be able to manage it over the Harbour Bridge. However, I worked with a great running coach who helped me to set small, achievable goals to prepare me for race day. Which piece of Nike gear do you have on high rotation right now and why? I love the Nike Leg-A-See tights. If I could live in tights I would, however it’s not the best look rocking up to DJ at a club or festival looking like I’m about to bust out a downward dog. These tights rule as they’re super soft and have the most comfortable waistband that doesn’t dig into your skin. What do you get up to outside of fitness? I host the George FM Grind show weekdays 10am3pm where I have a lot of fun chatting to guests, live DJ-ing and just being a bit silly. I DJ regularly at New Zealand’s biggest music festivals and play clubs around the country. Outside of the work, I love dining out and going to live music gigs.
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04: KIRSTY GODSO Nike Master Trainer @kirstygodso
What motivates you? I draw a lot of inspiration from athletes. Their focus and determination is something I try and channel into my own training. The people I train also motivate me a lot - I constantly want to give them the best training and experience, which means I need to stay on top of my game! What is your greatest physical achievement? Completing a Zumba class – I can’t dance to save myself! Which piece of Nike gear do you have on high rotation right now and why? My current obsession is the Tech Hyperfuse Vest. I love it with a full Nike Sportswear outfit or mixing it in with my favourite jeans or leather pants. What do you get up to outside of fitness? Even outside of fitness my lifestyle is very health focused. When I’m not working out you will find me at Dizengoff or fresh food markets with my girlfriends, or teaching my boyfriend a thing or two about a three-pointer on the basketball court.
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wigmore On her recent whirlwind trip down under, Gin Wigmore took some time out from promoting her new record Blood To Bone to shoot and chat with us. Remix writer Isabelle Truman spoke to Gin about her new music, her new home and her new husband‌ 106
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I was really heavily involved in the album, kind of all over it, so it feels very personal. It felt like a record that really needed to be written.
Ahead of meeting Gin Wigmore I did a little research on the singer-songwriter from Devonport and found myself feeling a bit in awe of her. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Gin in person and felt intimidated by her badass attitude and super confident personality. We ended up meeting on the studio floor, the pair of us rolling around with an adorable French bulldog puppy, Gin’s personality much more bubbly and less fierce than I would’ve guessed. Gin has had an action-packed start to 2015. She has a new agent, a new manager, a new album, a new husband and a new house. These days she’s based in Silverlake, a stones throw from Hollywood, and spends a great deal of time working out how to train her two massive new dogs. In September last year, Gin took off to Hawaii for a break from working on her album with then-boyfriend, Jason Butler. The pair got engaged on the second day of their vacation and Gin called her mum in New Zealand to tell her REMIX MAGAZINE PEOPLE
the happy news. She then had to call back the next day, to tell her mum that her and Jason had got hitched. ‘He’s in a pretty serious punk rock band and I happened to be put on the bill for the band’s part of the Vans Warped Tour. I’m not sure why the hell I was booked; I was surrounded by all these hard rock men and then there was just little old Gin. I met him two days before the tour ended and that was it,’ Gin reflects on set of our photoshoot in Auckland. At the time Gin was actually engaged to someone else… ‘I met [Jason] and I just knew he was the one that I was meant to end up with for the rest of my life. I think if you have even a seed of doubt, it’s not right.’ Although her husband happens to come with a Green Card, Gin isn’t letting America claim her just yet. She does call LA home for now, alongside the likes of Kiwis Kimbra and 109
Ladyhawke who live nearby, but misses life in New Zealand. ‘They’re a really driven, motivated bunch of Kiwis over there. It’s really nice to have that common ground and at the end of the day when you’ve been grinding and hustling away in LA, just to share that common sense of humor with people from home is a big thing,’ she says. The reason for Gin’s brief return home in April was for the release of her new album, Blood To Bone, which coincided with the release of her first single from the album - ‘New Rush’. Gin calls her third studio album a record that has a lot of ‘firsts’. The inclusion of electronic tools like 808s, sub bass and synths was a whole new world for Gin. Blood To Bone was her first foray into the world of producing and being involved in every aspect of making the record. ‘I was really heavily involved in the album, kind of all over it, so it feels very personal. It felt like a record that really needed to be written. You
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know how sometimes in your life you feel like you have to do a certain thing in order to get to the next stage? That’s this kind of record. The album began like a painting, I then had to find the words to make it all work. It sounds kind of strange but that’s how it happened.’ ‘New Rush’ was chosen as the first single from the album because it stands out on its own and doesn’t pair with any other tracks. The intensity of it, for Gin, felt like a good way to start the album. ‘It’s probably the most different song from the record. After two and a half years out, you have to come back with something different.’ The landscape of making records is constantly changing, as is the way of promoting them. Even in the time since Gin last released a record (2011’s Gravel & Wine), social media has become an even greater platform in pushing new music, a constant conversation between fans and artists. Gin recently experienced the downside of this interaction first hand, calling out a Facebook ‘fan’ for bashing her music online. The Facebook user, named Barry, described Gin as sounding like a ‘desperate dog’ and told her to ‘give it up’. Gin’s detailed and constructive response, which she titled ‘Internet Bullying Defense Class 101’, received 25,000 Facebook likes, over 1600 shares and found itself in the media. ‘I think that if you’ve been thrown unprovoked abuse in a way, you’ve got to be able to stand up to that. Any person should. I love that with music you can have an opinion and it’s REMIX MAGAZINE PEOPLE
totally subjective. I completely respect that not everyone is going to be into my music and that’s up to the person, but someone coming in and having that kind of vibe on my public page, come on! There are pros and cons with the internet and social media. It’s incredible to be able to have such a close relationship with my fans, but it’s also bred this culture where people feel like they can say what they like without having to stand by their words. I find that pretty weak.’ For an artist whose sound has grown and changed over the years, Gin’s sense of style has remained pretty consistent. It’s still that part-grunge and part-laidback vintage vibe you remember from her days belting out ‘Oh My’ all across New Zealand. Her favourite designers currently include BLCK, Nick Von K, Han Cholo and Camilla & Marc. ‘A friend of mine is a stylist in LA and is mates with this guy who has this massive warehouse filled to the brim with vintage goods, so I get a lot from there. It’s a hell of a hookup.’ She has plenty of threads, old and new, for when she takes the stage to promote the record this July. She’ll be making her way home for a nationwide tour in support of Blood To Bone, visiting Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. ‘With every record, I don’t expect anything – good, bad or otherwise - so I like to keep the shows nice and small. I look at every record like starting at the beginning again.’ ginwigmore.com @ginwigmore 112
I think that if you’ve been thrown unprovoked abuse in a way, you’ve got to be able to stand up to that. Any person should. I love that with music you can have an opinion and it’s totally subjective.
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Photography by Marissa Findlay
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art Ladies want him and lads want to be him... Presenting Art Green. In one of his first interviews since the end of The Bachelor NZ, Art Green opens up to Remix writer Isabelle Truman about what the show was really like, who he actually kissed first and what naughty bits couldn’t be shown on air. Art also talks about his favourite fashion, a few grooming tips and tells us how he gets abs without sit-ups. 115
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Can you give me a bit of a behind the scenes insight into The Bachelor NZ? On television you saw dates and you saw lots of serious conversations about feelings. What you didn’t see was that there was a lot of fun in some of the conversations – a lot more joking around. For the show, everything had to be quite content-relevant in order to make sense so most of the joking around and normal everyday chat was cut. So did they interfere quite a lot when you were on the dates? Not really, they would let me know the topics they’d like me to bring up at some point in the day, but as we got further and further through I knew what they’d want so I just directed the conversation that way. When it finished Mattie (Matilda) and I decided to never talk about feelings again! If you could go back, would you do it all over again? If I’d known what it was like now, going into it, I’d definitely do it again. It was a pretty awesome experience. I got to do some really cool stuff, and meet some really cool people. I was hoping I’d meet someone and that it would
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work out like that but I wasn’t holding my breath. That I met Mattie, it’s worked out and we’re still together is pretty awesome. All the girls and the whole crew were amazing too – everyone behind the scenes, it was like a family. It wouldn’t have been nearly as enjoyable for me if they hadn’t been so fun. Were you surprised at the calibre of girls that turned up? Yeah, I really was pleasantly surprised! It was pretty worrying when I turned up there on the first day, waiting there to meet all these girls and thinking, ‘I’m committed to this thing now, what if I don’t like anyone?’ So, blondes over brunettes then? It’s so much more about personality. I have no preference for hair colour! It just so happened that the final girls were blonde and had personalities that matched me best. Who was the real first kiss? Amanda was the actual first kiss. On our first date at the beach we decided to go for a swim - it was summer and warm outside. It wasn’t really meant to be part of the date, but I just got down into my undies (she had a bikini on,
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so that was cool), and jumped into the water. They couldn’t show it on screen because we’d been drinking and there’s also a law that you can’t be seen in underwear on the show - if they were speedos it would’ve been fine! So they couldn’t legally show the first kiss. Just as she kissed me we got pummeled by a massive wave, which was hilarious too, so they were pretty pissed they couldn’t show that on television! I also kissed Nat off camera too, actually. Do you think if you and Matilda had met in different circumstances, you would have pursued things? Definitely! We actually didn’t have any mutual friends at all! Normally you do, but we just really don’t travel in the same circles. If I had met her in a normal situation I would have 100% pursued it though. What’s the weirdest thing that’s happened since being on the show, fan wise? I drove out of this car park and onto the road, and this guy starts frantically waving his arms at me. I thought something was wrong, so I stopped and pulled over and he came up just to ask if his wife could get a photo with me. So his wife got out of their car and stood next
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to me, literally in the middle of the road, as I sat in my car, and we had a photo. That was pretty awkward. There are so many nutters on your Instagram… I actually thoroughly enjoy that. The girls saying things like, ‘OMG, you’ve ruined your life, you should’ve chosen Poppy!’- it’s pretty funny to read. What would readers be surprised to know about you? Hmm… I can say the alphabet faster backwards than I can say it forwards. How did you come about starting your own business? I didn’t actually start it myself. My business partner started it and I bought into it just over a year ago. I always wanted to own my own company and work for myself. I was sick of earning money for someone else and not doing something that I really believed in, so when the opportunity came up to start with Clean Paleo it fit perfectly. What are some of your health tips and tricks for people wanting to get your washboard REMIX MAGAZINE PEOPLE
abs? Eat paleo! Seriously though, if you eat paleo you’ll lose body fat, have more energy through the day and still maintain muscle mass. I don’t do any ab workout or anything like that - it’s just diet. I don’t eat that way 100% of the time, evidently – sitting here drinking a hot chocolate and helping out with cake - but most of the time I do. I make superfood smoothies most nights and then just grab it out of the fridge in the morning. I also have a green smoothie for a snack throughout the day too. You do work out though? I do, I work out a lot at Ludus - it’s like a community there, it’s really cool. I like to do something physical most days, it wakes me up.
They’re actually the only ones that fit me well because I’ve got monkey arms - my arms are too long for my body, which is something readers probably wouldn’t know! They’re about five centimetres longer on each side than they should be. What’s in store for the rest of 2015? I’m going to focus on Clean Paleo, we’ve got a lot of big things coming up, which is good timing now that all the Bachelor stuff is winding down. Seeing how things go with Mattie of course as well, and just play everything by ear. I generally don’t make that many plans and everything just kind of works itself out.
Do you have any grooming secrets and favourite products? I actually make something out of coconut oil, cacao butter, coffee (which I grind finely) and a little bit of cacao. I mix it all up and use it as a face scrub once or twice a week. I like knowing what I’m putting onto my skin.
What are tips for ladies trying to meet Mr. Perfect? It’s such a personality thing. For me, it’s humour. I’m really drawn to humour and confidence. I really like someone that’s confident even when meeting people for the first time. It’s important to have high standards too - I don’t understand why girls like guys that treat them bad, that really annoys me.
Favourite fashion labels? I love Huffer and I really enjoyed wearing the Working Style suits today, they’re really cool.
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tinashe Ask the icons and read the headlines about music’s next big thing and they all point to this girl. American pop singer Tinashe, full name Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe, has been hovering around the entertainment business since the age of three, even briefly appearing in television sitcom Two And A Half Men. Now she’s a recording artist on the rise, having collaborated with A$AP Rocky, covered V magazine and received praise from Kanye West. Remix met with Tinashe in Los Angeles recently and managed to make magic with this photoshoot one rainy afternoon. 122
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How was the short time that you had in New Zealand earlier this year? Going to the beach was amazing - the view was so pretty! I loved performing at Splore Festival. I have only ever performed on a beach once before, so it was great. It was a really cool vibe because everyone was dancing too – you don’t always get that, especially in LA. Everyone just stands and watches, so it was cool to see the crowd dancing in New Zealand. I wish I got to spend more time there because your country is so beautiful and I hardly got to see any of it.
You have hopes, definitely! I recorded 150 songs for this album, so it’s not like I knew that that was going to be the one, because I had so much material. But I was very happy obviously that it was as successful as it was. What was it like working with A$AP Rocky? It was great. He’s a really cool guy! He definitely has a creative perspective, which I think is awesome. He’s one of my favourite rappers, so it was cool to be able to work with him. Kanye West recently tweeted about the video for your song ‘All Hands On Deck’ – how did it feel to get a stamp of approval from him? I think that’s a pretty huge deal. He doesn’t do that to many people so it meant a lot to me for sure. I think it’s always super nice when artists support other artists.
On a big tour like that, is it really easy to forget which country or city you’re in? Yeah, when you’re only there for like a day at a time it does become a whirlwind but it really depends on the place. Some places stand out in your memory as really awesome, and some blend together, but I definitely remember New Zealand for sure!
There are a lot of comparisons with you and Rihanna. How do you take those? I don’t know her personally, but you can’t really take it as anything but a compliment when people compare you to someone that’s successful. I don’t necessarily think I’m similar to her - I think my music is different and my stage performance is different, but you always have to take it as a compliment, for sure.
What was the inspiration behind your debut album Aquarius? Wherever I’m at in my life is where I draw inspiration. I feel like naturally you’re always evolving and as a creative person your inspiration is always changing due to what your experiencing at the time - being a young woman in the entertainment industry etc.
One thing that’s been very cool this year is the V magazine cover of yours… Yeah! That was amazing. When I got it I freaked out a little bit. It’s a big deal, to be on a magazine cover in general but to be on V magazine is crazy.
‘2 On’ has obviously been a major hit for you! Were you expecting it to blow up as huge as it did? I don’t think you ever have expectations per se.
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Style is definitely bigger than the clothes you wear; it’s about how you carry yourself and your attitude. Who you hang out with, what you do – all of that can contribute to your personal style.
So, there’s you and three other cover stars – FKA Twigs, Sam Smith and Jessie Ware. Out of those, who would you shoot, shag and marry? I think… I would shoot… this is very hard because obviously I have no hard feelings towards anyone and I don’t want them dead! But I’m sorry; I would have to shoot Sam Smith, sorry Sam!
making it a situation where you bully someone is wrong. I don’t stand for bullying anyone; she’s just someone trying to do her thing. She’s a successful woman and we should be supporting her. As this is our lifestyle issue, what’s your definition of style and where do you draw inspiration? Style is definitely bigger than the clothes you wear; it’s about how you carry yourself and your attitude. Who you hang out with, what you do – all of that can contribute to your personal style. I think just being involved in pop culture in general is a good place to get inspiration. Being aware of things – movies, other music, fashion and all those sorts of things. Being able to travel and see how different people live is a big inspiration as well.
Marrying or having sex with a gay man wasn’t going to be much of a good time anyway… Yeah, it wasn’t going to work out for me! I think I would have sex with FKA, and marry Jessie Ware. FKA just seems like she would be a very interesting night, I wouldn’t know what to expect! Jessie is the only one that I’ve actually met and she’s cool, so sure, I’ll marry her! What artists would you love to collaborate with? I’d love to work with Andre 3000, Little Dragon, Emily Haines, SBKRKT and James Blake to name a few. FENDI coat, GILES & BRO necklace, MCQ ALEXANDER MCQUEEN top & belt, TOPSHOP culottes, PAMELA LOVE rings, WOLFORD tights, JEFFREY CAMPBELL shoes
Do you have any favourite stand out designers? I do try to stay away from being prone to one designer over another to avoid being stuck in a box, but I love Alexander Wang, Balmain and Ralph Lauren. Lately I’ve been into KTZ, Hood by Air too.
You’ve toured with Iggy Azalea before, what do you make of the way people constantly criticise her? I find it very frustrating. I think the reason people are upset is that they feel like black people in music are sometimes very undervalued and that maybe they’ll be overshadowed by people like Iggy. I can understand that, however I feel like
What do you like to do in your spare time? I don’t have much time off, but when I do I usually spend time with my family – I’m really close with them, or be outside and go on hikes.
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Jono ben Jono and Ben speak to Remix about their recent move to primetime; what keeps their relationship running smoothly and how they find a work-life balance in mowing lawns and painting tiny fingernails‌
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Beforehand only teenage boys would stop us for selfies, but now it’s kids and mums and dads.
Fans of TV satire duo Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce will be familiar with their brand of fast-moving, self-deprecating humour and take-no-prisoners style of comedy. Now in its fourth season, Jono and Ben have delivered New Zealanders many of their favourite TV moments (Fake News, The NeXt Actor) and infamous pranks involving Post-It notes, water cups and flour guns. However, despite their endless terrorising of each other on screen, their off-screen relationship reads more like a beautiful bromance, or at the very least, a dysfunctional family unit, complete with illegitimate children Guy Williams and Rose Matafeo. Get them in a room together and the boys speak in unison, finish each other’s sentences and relay anecdotes with the synchronicity of an old married couple. So you guys are prime time now; Jono & Ben has moved to 7:30pm on Fridays on TV3. What’s changed for you? Jono: Beforehand only teenage boys would stop us for selfies, but now it’s kids and mums and dads. We noticed it last year, there were a lot of kids watching the show, which is a sign of bad parenting… Ben: We became conscious of that, so we wore off a few of the rough edges last year so it wasn’t so much of a big mental shift to go to 7:30, because we’d been trying to make it a little less risqué. J: I met a guy yesterday who was like ‘It’s so shit now because you can’t say ‘fuck’… and I was like, ‘good review!’
people,’ and then 7 Days proved that we could be. B: And then we proved that we weren’t. J: Yeah we’ve taken it back five steps. But it was good TV3 were willing to take a risk on that. You wear H Brothers suits on air – was that a decision that you made, to present in suits? J: Well if it was up to us, we’d probably turn up in our underpants, so we had a sitdown meeting with them, and talked about the stylistic shift in terms of the set from a late night show to a prime time show, it was collectively decided that suits would be the go. B: They’ve really helped Jono out a lot, ‘cause he would only wear Iron Maiden t-shirts… J: I didn’t realise you could wear clothes that didn’t have your favourite band on them. B: You’ve come a long way, haven’t you, since Hallenstein Brothers have been on board? J: I’ve become a fashionista.
What can we expect from Jono & Ben this year - new content or projects? B: We’re trying to get a lot more guests. What Graham Norton does is so great in the UK… we’d love to be the show that when celebrities come to New Zealand, they want to be a guest on our show.
Do you guys hang out outside of the show? J: Yeah, a lot. B: It’s like a marriage. And fortunately we don’t fight too much. J: We’ve got a bastard child, Guy Williams. We didn’t plan on it, but he’s here. B: Rose is the one we like. J: I don’t know how we ended up with a Samoan daughter. But these things happen… maybe Ben strayed in the relationship. I look after her like she was my own anyway. B: We’ve both got little kids, our wives get on well. But then it’s good to have days where I don’t see you. J: Yeah to be honest. I’m not gonna lie either. B: I know pretty much everything about him, and he knows everything about me, I wish there was something more scandalous! We don’t really fight. We debate stuff at work, but I think that’s only natural. If I like something more than he does, we debate it, and in the end, I’m usually right and we carry on.
Do you still feel like you have free rein to take the show where you want to go? J: TV3 has been really good, not just with our show but across the board with comedy, like with 7 Days, that really showcased New Zealand comedy on mainstream TV. I guess up until that point there was a certain part of New Zealand going; ‘We’re not really funny
Do you find work stressful at all – do you need to de-stress? B: I think people can be quite disappointed that we actually work quite hard, on what we do; ‘Oh you put effort into that?’ We do work long hours, but it’s fun. You might be stressed, but then you film something or you do an interview and you think, ‘Wow that was really
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fun, I had a laugh there.’ J: Mowing lawns is quite good to de-stress. I’ve been mowing my neighbour’s berm, because they don’t mow it. But then I held out… I was like, ‘You bastards need to reciprocate,’ because for years I’ve been doing it, but they let it grow! But that’s the little world I live in, that’s why people think I’m very boring. B: Hanging with the kids on the weekend… because they don’t care that you do TV, they just want to have [time with] you, so you can be a dick. I end up going to the Fairy Show, I’ve got two girls, so my weekends are all about princesses and Barbies. Frozen. I’ve seen that movie too many times. I’m trying to learn how to paint nails… they’re like the smallest things in the world, so these are the things I need to master. J: And he’s not even painting his own daughter’s nails. B: Yeah I do my own. That’s for K Road in the weekends. What’s your favourite holiday spot? B: We had a fun night in Vegas, our radio producer Dan almost got into a fight on the craps table playing the dice game… J: Very innocently. He was throwing six in a row, he had a blinder, and then the lady who was running the craps table says; ‘Just so you know, the dice needs to hit the end of the table, so just throw them a bit harder.’ So he threw them hard, and one dice lands, and the other dice smacks straight into the biggest dude’s face, at the other end of the table… B: This was a massive guy… J: And so he’s like; ‘What the fuck? What sort of man throws a dice in another man’s face?’ And he starts bleeding, from the dice… the funniest thing was it bounced off his face, landed on the table and we all won again. And we were like; ‘Yeah!’ And he turns out to be an NFL player, and he’s got his entourage around him, and poor Dan tries to give him money. And he’s like; ‘I don’t need your money! I’m a pro baller!’ We had to leave because we were crying with laughter. Poor Dan… security from the casino had to come and talk to him. Then the guy got this massive white bandage over his face because it wouldn’t stop bleeding from the dice. We call Dan ‘Vanilla Dice’ now. Kill a man with a dice.
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jimmy Although he hardly requires much of an introduction, we’ll give you one anyway. Jimmy Choo is quite simply one of the greatest footwear designers in recent history and one of the most globally recognised brands in female fashion. Having started out designing shoes in London in the mid 1980s, Jimmy Choo quickly became a favourite of Princess Diana and wound up catapulting into the public consciousness following a 1988 spread in Vogue. Equally as culturally significant, it was a Jimmy Choo shoe Carrie Bradshaw lost in a season three episode of Sex And The City, while she ran for the Staten Island Ferry. You might remember the line, ‘I lost my Choo!’
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The first shoe I ever designed in my life was for my mum’s birthday when I was 11 years old. It was a pair of flat slippers with the vamps in the shape of a dog’s head.
Today Jimmy Choo the brand is much more than shoes, also including handbags, accessories and fragrances. Jimmy Choo himself is also much more than a designer, dedicating his time to inspiring young designers and representing his native home of Malaysia as an official tourism ambassador. Remix owner Tim Phin was granted the opportunity of a lifetime, to fly to Malaysia and sit down with Jimmy Choo for an exclusive interview. What is your schedule like at the moment? You seem to be all over the world now. My schedule is pretty hectic and full at the moment. I hardly have time for myself these days. I have been receiving many engagements as a guest of honour and as a speaker at events all over the world. You are an ambassador for Tourism Malaysia. What are the top five things that people must do when they come here? Malaysia is a beautiful country with an amazing culture, so there is no shortage of things to do when you’re here. A true Malaysian experience is defined by the variety of local delicacies, the different style and flavour profiles across the diverse ethnicities. One should also make a point to visit the many attraction spots around the country, like the tallest twin towers in the world, the Batu Caves and our museums, historical and heritage sites. Then there’s the international shopping experience, the many festivals and festivities that takes place all year round throughout the country. Finally, enjoy some great outdoor adventures, like diving into the pristine waters off the coast of Pulau Redang, climbing the summit of REMIX MAGAZINE PEOPLE
Mount Kinabalu or hiking Malaysia’s pristine National Parks. What is the first shoe you ever designed? The first shoe I ever designed in my life was for my mum’s birthday when I was 11 years old. It was a pair of flat slippers with the vamps in the shape of a dog’s head. When did you realise you had finally ‘made it’ into the big league? It was in 1988, when Vogue UK did an eightpage spread on me for their August issue. That was the big break for me. There was no turning back after that. Name the top three celebrities you have worked with over the years and what they were like to work with. I have worked with many celebrities over the years but I think its best to keep this private for the sake of my customers. We are friends with shoe designer Kathryn Wilson from New Zealand. Are you familiar with her? Yes! I remember meeting Kathryn Wilson at an event last year. What is the future for Jimmy Choo? I see myself doing more and more to contribute to education and inspiring the younger generation. I have achieved my own big goal in life and it is time to give back. Plans to create any other brands? I have been approached by many parties to create new brands. Of course, as a designer, I
incessantly have the urge to create. It is not so much about money anymore. It is more about channelling my creativity. You seem to want to give back to the community and education - can you expand more on this? I am currently the Honorary President of the International School of Creative Arts (ISCA), which is linked to the University of The Arts, London. I was also made an Honorary Fellow of The University of The Arts, London together with Alexander McQueen. I now travel with the university to give talks to the students all over the world and look for opportunities to expand ISCA. What advice would you give upcoming designers? Well, no one can run away from having to work hard! They must be totally serious about what they are doing, determined, and of course hard working. When starting a fashion business, they need to be practical in every sense. Aesthetics is primary, but practicality is what would ensure things work accordingly. This is our ‘Life & Style’ issue of Remix. What is your definition of living the good life? Living a good life for me is to always have peace, harmony and love in my life. Any plans to come to New Zealand? No plans yet due to my busy schedule, but I would definitely love to visit New Zealand soon. It’s a beautiful country.
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4. la Morena. Combining Spanish craftsmanship with a London aesthetic and focus on matte, luxurious materials with subtle embellishments, Emilio’s vision is to create fashion that flatters every woman and highlights the elegance of the female form. His latest collection, presented at London Fashion Week 2015, drew on the simple geometric shapes popularised in the Bauhaus design era. This can be seen in the cool motif on the limited edition Art Deco Beauty Box Quattro and Blush Couture. Emilio’s Art Deco palette is also influenced by his new designs, with delicate shades of rose, subtle apricot, vibrant pink and pastel mint. artdeco.com 3. RESTORED YOUTH Ceramide Capsules Daily Youth Restoring Serum In 1990, Elizabeth Arden researchers made an important discovery. They found that the natural production of ceramides, collagen, elastin and essential nutrients like calcium, all contribute to the skin’s healthy look, but can be compromised by age. This research led Elizabeth Arden to develop bio-engineered, skin identical ceramides, to create pure yet potent 140
single dose capsules that put these precious elements back into the skin. Today, Ceramide Capsules Daily Youth Restoring Serum is the world’s leading capsule technology and the centerpiece of the Ceramide Youth Restoring skincare line. Using a complex combination of beneficial ingredients like Borage Seed extract and Vitamin E, these capsules enhance the skin’s own natural protective moisture barrier, and helps to retexturise, exfoliate and smooth the skin with visibly improved tone and clarity. elizabetharden.co.nz 4. FANCY FOOTWORK Linden Leaves Footcare Range Treat your undervalued feet right with Linden Leaves’ fresh new footcare range. Featuring a scrub with pumice grains and finely ground apricot seed, a cooling and revitalising spritzer and a rich, hydrating massage cream packed with pure grapeseed oil, cocoa butter, shea butter and beeswax, the range is infused with an invigorating blend of cucumber, sage and lemongrass for maximum energy and happy feet.
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4. 1. THE CALL OF THE SEA Chanel Les Beiges Marinière In 1913, a young Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel opened her first fashion boutique in the French seaside resort town of Deauville. It was here that the now eternally en vogue ‘nautical chic’ was born, as she borrowed the Breton stripe from the sailor’s wardrobes to create that most essentially French and iconic of striped tops, ‘la Marinière’. For 2015, Chanel pays tribute to la mer and the understated luxury of resort life with a breezy, sun-kissed beauty collection featuring sheer powders and colour sticks. Perfectly fronted by glowing French beauty Laetitia Casta, the selection boasts the flawless finishes and effortless application that Chanel is renowned for. 2. FACE PHOTO FILTERS Smashbox Photo Filter Powder Foundation and 24-Hour CC Spot Concealer Smashbox wants you to ditch the Insta filters and try out their new complexion cover-ups instead. Start with their Photo Filter Powder Foundation to create a flawless base with a formula that acts for hours on end, then finish with their 24-Hour CC Spot Concealer to
cover up any imperfections, from sun-spots to blemishes. Using some of the finest in beauty technologies, these two products combined create the ultimate photo filter for your face. The powder foundation uses Light Filter Technology with long-wear Photoset Polymers to cancel out that painful need to reapply throughout the day, while the water, sweat and humidity-resistant concealer eliminates the risk of your makeup flaking and caking for up to 24 hours. These two long-lasting, hardworking formulas are the ideal addition to any active woman’s makeup bag, and come available in a variety of shades to match any skin type from vanilla to cocoa. smashboxcosmetics.co.nz 3. FIGHT AGAINST AGE White Circulator Serum from Shiseido Postpone the dreaded aging process with Shiseido’s new anti-spot White Circulator Serum. The Shiseido team has discovered a very specific process in which age spots are created, and they’ve responded by designing an effective formula for counteracting any unwanted pigmented spots from appearing and expanding on the skin. This new whitening 141
serum interrupts the route to age spot creation by expelling melanin the same way young skin does, ultimately restoring the skin’s power to retain whiteness and providing you with the opportunity to lie about your age for many years to come. shiseido.co.nz 4. THE BEST OF THE BEST Topshop 5 Years of Beauty collection For years, Topshop have provided us with affordable runway-worthy threads, and more recently a successful, vibrant beauty line. Believe it or not, the beauty line is now celebrating its fifth birthday! For the occasion, Topshop have released a new makeup collection consisting of their top products and colours in stunning new gold packaging. You’re sure to find some of your all-time Topshop favourites within the collection, with five lipsticks on offer in colours Nevada, Innocent, Rio Rio, Ohh La La and Beguiled, as well as a collection of their most adored nail colours. The collection also includes their bestselling eyeliner, cream highlighter and cream blush, allowing customers to rock an entire look using the best of Topshop.
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1. OH LORDE! KMS Curlup For envy-inducing curls that don’t quit, KMS Curlup is the industry gold standard. For those lucky enough to have natural curls (or a good perm), Curlup appreciates that no two curls are the same, and so offers products that address the needs of specific curl types and requirements. There’s Control Creme to shape and bundle curls, Wave Foam for an enhanced, natural-looking wave, Bounce Back Spray for intense curl retention and heat protection and Perfecting Lotion for a one-stop curl-care shop as well as a super-hydrating shampoo and conditioner for everyday hair benefits and shiny, bouncy curls. 2. LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD, DO GOOD Davines Essential Haircare Davines have upgraded their product families to help further safeguard our planet’s biodiversity. Davines have released their new line Essential Haircare, including a shampoo, conditioner, hair mask and hair serum, which improves on the sustainable production of their existing haircare products. This includes REMIX MAGAZINE BEAUTY
the abolishment of sulphates and parabens across their product line, a commitment to using only energy from renewable sources, and the utilisation of Zero Impact packaging. With Davines you can have your hair look good and feel good without harming the planet. 3. GLAM IT UP Smashbox Glam Femme Set If you’re a bit over your typical makeup routine, then Smashbox has the perfect solution to glam it up. Try their indulgent new Glam Femme Set, which has you covered from your lids to your lips, with beauty products ranging from luxe eyeshadow palettes to seductive lip gloss. The Glam Femme Photo Op Eye Shadow Palette offers smoky, rich tones of obsidian and fig, as well as romantic shades of pastel pink and copper, while the Always Sharp Waterproof Kohl Liner offers definition to your lids. Finish your look with a peachy glow on your cheeks with a dusting of Soft Lights in Shimmer, and a swipe on the lips with Be Legendary Lip Gloss in Disco Rose. The Glam Femme Set comes complete with two stepby-step makeup looks created by Smashbox’s Pro Artists, ensuring you’ll never be less than
satisfied with your look again. smashboxcosmetics.co.nz 4. DITCH THE DAMAGE The Perfect 4 Platinum Blonde Enhancer Hair maintenance is one of those beauty struggles we could all do without, especially when it comes to making the big decision to go blonde. First, you’re a victim of damaged hair from lifting your hair colour, and then you’re a victim of brassy yellow undertones that make you question why you didn’t just go straight to dyeing your hair orange. Pureology has introduced a new star product to its Perfect 4 Platinum collection to help you combat both of these issues – the Perfect 4 Platinum Blonde Enhancer. Using anti-brass technology and violet-pigmented formula, this product acts as a correcting tool to ensure longer, truer blonde shades. The positively charged ionic colourants cling to the hair to cool unwanted brassy undertones with the effects lasting for 2-3 shampoos. The formula is also designed to restore light-reflection and even porosity, with the added benefit of softening and detangling hair in the process.
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1. 1. AT THE LAUNDROMAT MAC Wash & Dry Makeup It’s full steam ahead as the MAC Wash & Dry Laundromat opens for business, so make a date with good, clean fun! The suds are rising and the gossip is flowing with this breezy bronzing collection inspired by bright, fresh hues - perfect for a full spin or just a quick tumble. Products include Studio Sculpt Defining Bronzer Powder in Golden Rinse or Delicates, lipstick in Steam Heat or Tumble Dry, Technakohl Liners in Sudsy and Coin Operated and Powder Blush in Crisp Whites, all in super sleek packaging to set your cycle to chic! maccosmetics.co.nz 2. ALL MATTE EVERYTHING Elizabeth Arden Flawless Finish Perfectly Satin 24HR Makeup SPF 15 Perfect skin starts and finishes with Elizabeth Arden. Cosmetic scientists worked tirelessly to marry full and reliable coverage with a light, modern texture and came up with the Flawless
Finish Perfectly Satin 24HR Makeup SPF. This formula is the answer to achieving that smooth, long-lasting matte finish, leaving skin with a natural luminosity and flawless complexion. A fine-tuned blend of soft focus materials, including mineral crystal Mica, showcases skin in its best light and blurs the bits you’d prefer not to show off, including those niggly fine lines, wrinkles, and imperfections. elizabetharden.co.nz 3. THE TOOL KIT FOR WOMEN Smashbox Limited Edition Studio Pro Brush Set Smashbox has got you covered for your all-over application with the limited edition Studio Pro Brush Set. Lori Taylor Davis, Smashbox’s Global Pro Lead Artist, says it all when she mentions how the right brush can make or break a look. The limited-edition set contains all you need to make your look every time, with four different brushes for the face, including a foundation, blush, fan and precision concealer brush, as well as five brushes for your eyes,
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including a crease, shade, full exposure, angled liner and angled brow brush. The set also contains a lip brush for, well, the obvious. To make things even more convenient, all of these must-have makeup tools come available in a hard case bag ideal for travel and storage. Why wouldn’t you? smashboxcosmetics.co.nz 4. THE GOOD GEL Evolu Regulating Gel Cleanser Drawing on the incredible botanical actives we’ve come to love and expect from Evolu, the Regulating Gel Cleanser is a daily essential when skin is prone to excess shine and uneven texture. Think soothing, smoothing cucumber, antibacterial New Zealand Manuka honey, antioxidant pomegranate, decongestant cypress oil, lentil seed extract for minimising pores and kumerahou for natural foaming, so it goes on nice. The result of all that is a fresh, balanced and perfectly cleansed face. evolu.com
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DARYA FROM GERMANY’S NEXT TOP MODEL FACE Products: ARTDECO Skin Perfecting Makeup Base ($34), ARTDECO Skin Perfecting BB Cream ($38), ARTDECO Perfect Teint Illuminator ($28), ARTDECO Cream Rouge for Cheeks and Lips no. 17 Mauve ($18) Prep your skin with Skin Perfecting Makeup Base to create a smooth base for your foundation. Let it settle for a few seconds, and then apply Skin Perfecting BB Cream for a soft, dewy, light-reflecting finish. Add a touch of Perfect Teint Illuminator under the eyes and blend well. Then take a touch of Cream Rouge for Cheeks and Lips no. 17 Mauve on your fingertips, and blend into the foundation on the apples of your cheeks. This dual-purpose product has a gorgeous, cream-to-powder texture which creates a lovely, natural glow to the face and lips.
EYES Products: ARTDECO Eyeshadow Base ($16), ARTDECO Eyeshadow no. 544 Matte Natural Vanilla ($9), ARTDECO Eyeshadow no. 11 Pearly Summer Beige ($9), ARTDECO Eyebrow Filler ($20), ARTDECO High Precision Liquid Liner ($32), ARTDECO Amazing Effect Mascara ($26) Start with the Eyeshadow Base all over the eyelid, and along the lower lash-line with a cotton bud. Then take Eyeshadow no. 544 Matte Natural Vanilla and blend it all over the eyelid, up to the crease. Softly highlight the brow-bone with Eyeshadow no. 11 Pearly Summer Beige. Go through your eyebrows with the Eyebrow Filler for extra definition. Apply High Precision Liquid Liner from the inner corner of the eyes to the outer lashes for a precise fine eye line. Apply Amazing Effect Mascara for perfectly separated, thick lashes.
LIPS Products:ARTDECO Lip Filler Base ($25), ARTDECO Invisible Lip Contour ($16), ARTDECO Cream Rouge for Lips and Cheeks no. 17 Mauve ($18) Start off with Lip Filler Base to give an amazing smoothness to your lips. Next, line your lips with the Invisible Lip Contour. Apply Cream Rouge for Lips and Cheeks no. 17 Mauve. This will give your lips a subtle, natural look. All products from ARTDECO. Available at artdeco.com
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MAKEUP ARTIST LEIANE TAYLOR Australian born makeup artist Leiane Taylor was recently appointed creative director of Samala Cosmetics. Based in Los Angeles, Leiane was a perfect choice for the role, having worked with some of the biggest names and biggest magazines in the business of beauty. Leiane spoke to Remix about her new role and what drives her creativity.
What is it about your style that sets you apart from other makeup artists? I channel makeup as a form of expression. It’s both a craft and an art. Makeup can be done by a makeup person or an artist and I strive to be the artist. I have been lucky enough to be taught by the best in the business and continue to learn from makeup artists I respect.
How did you get to where you are today? I’ve been working as a makeup artist for the past 15 years, three of those assisting. My career has seen me live in many countries, starting in Australia, which is actually where I was born. I’m now based in Los Angeles. I have a passion for creativity, which I always try to be mindful of. If I can’t do a job with excitement and love, then I won’t do it. To me, being motivated solely by money is the total opposite of what it means to be an artist.
Who is your inspiration? I’m inspired by so many things. On the job, it’s generally the essence of the original concept and research that inspires me to produce my own interpretations. Creating for me is a process and I use different mediums for inspiration – another great love of mine is painting. I am passionate about the arts in general and supporting new artists and helping to develop their talent.
What makeup products could you never live without? Foundation (I adore Samala Cosmetics’ BB Cream Foundation), bronzer, eye paints (especially Samala Cosmetics’ Eye Paints in Pink and Yellow), eyelash curlers, mascara and a lip liner or lip brush. REMIX MAGAZINE BEAUTY
What famous models/celebrities have you worked with? I have worked with a long list of celebs, including LeAnn Rimes, Michelle Monaghan, Sofia Vergara, Will I Am, Lily Allen, Florence and the Machine, Massive Attack, Kevin Costner, John Mayer, the Ting Tings and Rene Russo to name a few. Working in Los 144
Angeles it’s hard not to work with celebrities! I’ve also worked on ad campaigns for Macy’s, Neiman Marcus and Emirates, magazines including Elle, Marie Claire and Vogue, plus various music videos and commercials. What are your favourite Samala Cosmetics? That’s an unfair question because I am I love with all of Samala Cosmetics’ products, but I am particularly obsessed with the eye paints at the moment. sramakeup.com
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HOW GUYS CAN CONTROL THE GREYS:
INTRODUCING CONTROL GX After eight years of research and development, the first grey reducing shampoo has been made available to the New Zealand market, allowing Kiwi men to go wind back the years by taking control of their greying hair. From the makers of Just For Men, Control GX is an innovative hair product that works gradually to reduce grey notes in the hair with every shampoo. Because it’s a gradual process, men can actually control how much grey they get rid of by how often they use the product. Once a desired look has been reached, men alternate this product with a regular shampoo to maintain that level. Control GX doesn’t remove 100% of the grey in hair, but this ensures that men using the product will always achieve a fully natural look. Furthermore, this product has been formulated to be subtle, effective and gentle enough to be used every day without damaging the hair, and instead offering a conditioned and revitalised result. Available from selected supermarkets nationwide.
Since we interviewed Jimmy Choo for this issue of Remix, we decided to take a look at his first ever men’s fragrance as well. Since the first Jimmy Choo men’s collection was launched in 2011, Jimmy Choo has evolved with a diverse offering of shoes, bags, small leather goods, belts and now a fragrance. Jimmy Choo Man has a powerful freshness set amongst a woody, aromatic fougère. It opens with calming top notes of lavender, filled with crisp heart notes of pineapple leaf, and is solidified with heady base notes of rare patchouli, matched with warm notes of amber-based wood. Citrus notes of mandarin essence are blended with the subtle sweetness of fruity notes from honeydew melon to round off this moody and seductive scent. Blending harmoniously on the skin, the Jimmy Choo fragrance has a sophisticated and alluring edge. To further capture the true essence of the Jimmy Choo Man, the bottle resembles an antique hip flask with features of rock ‘n’ roll rebellion in the design. Cool metallic chrome combines with sultry shades of grey and smoked glass to provide a masculine fragrance bottle with minimal detailing. Available at selected stockists nationwide. REMIX MAGAZINE BEAUTY
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REMIX WINTER TREND REPORT Expert advice from leading ladies in the business of beauty
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with Chloe Zara, freelance hair stylist @chloezara_ What’s your favourite hair look right now? What’s the trend this winter? One of my favourite hair looks right now is slightly more length and texture. The bob and lob have been huge over the last year, but now it’s all about the mid-length hair and I love it! I’m all about a side or centre parting with a beautiful relaxed wave and of course I still love the side hair flick! Do you have any hair secrets when it comes to your own look? My secret to having great hair is not washing it too much. I always find it holds a much better style the second or third day in. It varies with different hair types but when you want to achieve a more relaxed look the trick is not to wash it daily. What are your favourite hair products at the moment? My favourite product ever is Kevin Murphy Hair Resort Spray, I can’t live without it. You can use it on wet or dry hair. I also love the Free Shape range from KMS, which are great if you use a lot of heat tools. My favourite from the range is Quick Blow Dry; it smells amazing and cuts down your drying time.
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with Ashley Allen, founder and director of Ashley Allen Eyelashes ashleyallen.co.nz | @ashleyallen03 What’s your favourite lash look right now? What’s the trend this winter? The trend I love at the moment is a minimal eye - soft, wispy long lashes. Lash icons Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian get the look exactly right. I offer a Custom Blend Set that promotes this beautiful look; it is bespoke for the client and not at all over the top, as can be the case if it’s done wrong! Do you have any lash secrets when it comes to your own look? My secret to great eyelashes is of course my eyelash extensions! I do have naturally long lashes, but as all girls know, your lashes can never be too long! My other secret is my staff, having people who know how to apply lashes and do it perfectly. I wear them as they are during the day, but sometimes amp them up at night with a ‘made for extensions’ mascara. What are your favourite lash products at the moment? Revitalash Lash Serum for sure - it enhances growth and volume as it conditions your natural lashes. It protects the health of your lashes, especially if you are an eyelash extension wearer. I have been wearing extensions continually for sevenyears now and my natural lashes remain long and strong.
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with Leah Light, celebrity nail stylist and founder of Leah Light Nails & Beauty leahlight.co.nz | @nailsbyleah What’s your favourite nail look right now? What’s the trend this winter? I am all about the whole Kardashian/ Jenner coffin shape nails at the moment - kind of fitting given Kylie was the cover girl of the last Remix! The shape is long and instead of being almond it’s slimmer and squared off at the tip. It’s also known as a ballerina slipper nail. The shape has been around for the longest time but has recently had a revamp with all the hottest celebs sporting the look. Not so long ago I made the move from my usual almond shape and I’m totally obsessed! Do you have any nail secrets when it comes to your own look? When I do my own nails I tend to stick with my favourite colours black, white and gold, which work with everything. When I go out I love to work with chromes and sometimes glitter. Glitter will always be a winner in my books! My biggest secret or ‘tip’ would be using a good nail oil. My favourite nail oil would be Dadi oil by Famous Names. It’s organic, it contains 21 essential oils and allows the nails to stay hydrated, whilst also protecting against dry, splitting, peeling nails. What are your favourite nail products at the moment? In our salon we tend to mainly work with gel polish. Artistic Colour Gloss is our main brand and we love it. When it comes to traditional nail polish, we stock two brands, which I consider to be the best of the best. The first is the line of FABY products, which are cruelty-free, come in over 200 colours and feature the perfect balance of rich pigments and speedy drying. Then the second brand of nail polish is Colour Club, which was the first line of polishes made exclusively for professional salons back in 1979. They have some of the best neon polishes I’ve ever seen. 151
skincare with Ashley Ropati, beauty writer and columnist for Beauticate.com @ashleyropati
What’s your favourite skincare look / regime right now? What’s the trend this winter? Barely-there skin is still having a moment and I love it. An understated base is a testament to skincare and how well you choose to take care of it. I’ve always been a huge advocate for minimal, muted and glowing skin. We look so much fresher without a full face of makeup and full-cover is a massively out-dated approach to beauty, in my opinion. Contouring had its 15 minutes but the majority of us want glowing, gorgeous results without the face time in the mirror. A little controlled cover, whether it is brightening your under-eyes, covering blemishes or getting your glow on, is all you really need. Do you have any skincare secrets? My secret is really very simple. Never mess with a winning formula. While I enjoy a facial as much as the next girl, I’ve found a few faithful products that I’ll remain loyal to for life I’d say. The old ‘never go to bed with a full face of makeup’ might be a tired cliché but it couldn’t be truer. I steer clear of potent makeup wipes and carry a water bottle with me everywhere. I take Evening Primrose capsules and magnesium supplements at night, have a strict no-sunbed policy and try to get my sweat on everyday. What are your favourite skincare products at the moment? I’m a rosehip oil fiend. Seriously, I slather Trilogy Rosehip Oil under my eyes and on my cheekbones before bed and massage Trilogy Aromatic Body Oil over my entire body each and every night. I’m a religious clay face masque convert and adore Linden Leaves Cleansing Masque with Manuka and Comfrey; I try to set aside time to masque up at least once a week. For a thorough nightly cleanse, Elizabeth Arden Ceramide is my go-to cream cleanser. It doesn’t aggravate my skin and consistently performs, no matter the season. I consciously keep my YSL touché éclat on hand whenever I’m out; there is no product that deserves the kudos quite like this little gold miracle pen. Smashbox does a sheer and subtle illuminator called Artificial Light Luminizing Lotion that diffuses tiny gold light particles and leaves your base positively radiant. Similarly, I love to keep that balmy summer glow going all year round, so look to MAC Face and Body Foundation for sheer, dewy results.
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with Jaime Ridge, Symmetry PR manager @jaimeridge What’s your favourite look for lips right now? What’s the trend this winter? I am currently loving a beautiful fresh faced natural look with a gorgeous balm or nude lip. A more natural look is being adopted in the world of beauty, which is perfect for me as I have always swayed towards a fresh face. I am also loving subtle ombre lips! I am not a huge lipstick wearer myself, but an ombre lip is terribly fun! Do you have any secrets when it comes to your lips? There is no secret! I can’t deal with the feeling of having dry lips, so I constantly keep them hydrated. As I tend to adopt a more natural approach towards makeup, I usually mix up my daytime lip products between Rawleigh’s, MAC Lip Conditioner Hydratant and Chanel Hydra Beauty Nourishing Lip Care. A night out often means I prep my lips with a hydrating balm, so my lips are nice and moisturised, then I add a touch of lip colour over the top. My lips are rather big, so to avoid drawing attention to them I don’t opt for intense pops of colour, but I do quite like a rose-tinted or nude lip. What are your favourite products for your lips at the moment? I can’t possibly pick one! There are far too many! We are so spoilt for choice in the world of lip products. I am loving my Topshop Lips in Innocent and Topshop Lip Ombre in Perplex. Also MAC Plushglass in Big Baby and MAC Lip Conditioner Hydratant, Benefit Posie Balm, Chanel Hydra Beauty Nourishing Lip Care and Smashbox lipstick in Primrose. Oh snd Rawleigh’s of course!
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PUREOLOGY’S BIRTHDAY HELPING OUR BEACHES
To mark the fifth anniversary of Pureology in New Zealand last year, the eco-conscious brand furthers their commitment to environmental causes by announcing a partnership with New Zealand’s Sustainable Coastlines programme. Sustainable Coastlines work non-stop to arrange coastal clean up events, education programmes, public awareness campaigns and riparian planting projects throughout the country. The work that Sustainable Coastlines does, with both clean ups and education, ensures our beaches and waterways are protected for the enjoyment of future generations. Last year alone, their team and volunteers removed 1,015,884 litres of rubbish from Kiwi coastlines. With both brands sharing the same goal of reducing human environmental impact, the partnership between Sustainable REMIX MAGAZINE BEAUTY
Coastlines and Pureology is a perfect synergy. $1 from purchases of Sustainable Coastlinesstickered Pureology bottles will be going straight to the charity. The donations will be used to help fund education events and clean up days that keep our coastlines beautiful. ‘For someone like Pureology to be leading the way in the recyclability of their packaging and post-consumer recycled content is great. One thing that people don’t make the connection with often enough is that our product choices on land affect the health of our coastlines and the health of our oceans – Pureology understands that and that’s why there’s an alignment between us,’ says Sustainable Coastlines general manager Camden Howitt. Pureology was created in California in 2001 with the first ZeroSulphate formula, as the first 100% vegan range to provide ultimate 158
colour care. The haircare bottles are 100% recyclable and are made from 50% postconsumer recycled material. Right from day one the brand has placed a serious emphasis on environmentally friendly initiatives internationally. Words by Isabelle Truman. pureology.com facebook.com/pureologynz
Photographer AB WATSON Stylist JOSIE STEENHART Hair JANNINE JONES for Ryder Salon Makeup ALISON BREWER using Elizabeth Arden Hair Assistant BELLA MCNAB Model ELLA @ Red Eleven Thanks to Kingsize Studios
SKIN: Flawless Finish Perfectly Satin 24HR Makeup SPF15 CHEEKS: Beautiful Color Radiance Blush in Sunblush EYES: Beautiful Color Eye Shadow in Chocolate for depth and richness and Sandstone to highlight under the brow. Eyes lined with Beautiful Color Precision Glide Eye Liner in Slate LASHES: Beautiful Color Lash Enhancing Mascara in Black LIPS: Beautiful Color Moisturizing Lipstick in Pale Petal
SKIN: Flawless Finish Sponge-On Cream Makeup CHEEKS: Beautiful Color Bronzing Duo EYES: Beautiful Color Eye Shadow in Shimmering Copper blended over lid and into crease with Blonde as a highlighter. Eyes lined with Beautiful Color Precision Glide Eye Liner in Java LASHES: Beautiful Color Lash Enhancing Mascara in Black LIPS: Beautiful Color Luminous Lip Gloss in Cameo
KATE SYLVESTER top, MEADOWLARK earrings
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SKIN: Flawless Finish Perfectly Satin 24HR Makeup SPF15 CHEEKS: Beautiful Color Radiance Blush in Sunblush EYES: Beautiful Color Eye Shadow in Sandstone blended over entire lid and crease LASHES: Beautiful Color Lash Enhancing Mascara in Black LIPS: Beautiful Color Moisturizing Lipstick in Pale Petal JULIETTE HOGAN gown
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FLAWLESS Photographer AB WATSON__Stylist JOSIE STEENHART__Hair JANNINE JONES for Ryder Salon Makeup ALISON BREWER using Elizabeth Arden__Hair Assistant BELLA MCNAB Model HOLLY @ Red Eleven__Thanks to Kingsize Studios
SKIN: Flawless Finish Perfectly Nude Makeup SPF15 CHEEKS: Beautiful Color Radiance Blush in Sweet Peach EYES: Beautiful Color Eye Shadow in Smolder to contour and deepen and Sunset to warm the lower lid. Eyes lined with Beautiful Color Precision Glide Eye Liner in Slate LASHES: Ceramide Lash Extending Treatment Mascara in Black LIPS: Beautiful Color Moisturizing Lipstick in Pale Petal
SKIN: Flawless Finish Perfectly Nude Makeup SPF15 CHEEKS: Beautiful Color Radiance Blush in Sunblush EYES: Beautiful Color Eye Shadow in Glisten (highlight), Sunset (lower lid) and Iridescent Pink on outer corner and crease. Eyes lined with Beautiful Color Precision Glide Eye Liner in Java LASHES: Ceramide Lash Extending Treatment Mascara in Black LIPS: Beautiful Color Luminous Lip Gloss in Precious Petal
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SKIN: Flawless Finish Sponge-On Cream Makeup CHEEKS: Ceramide Cream Blush in Nectar EYES: Beautiful Color Eye Shadow in Sandstone (base), Truffle (to contour) and Bellini to highlight lower and inner lid LASHES: Ceramide Lash Extending Treatment Mascara in Black LIPS: Beautiful Color Moisturizing Lipstick in Matte Nude
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EYES: Eye Paint in Yellow & Lip Gloss in Clear CHEEKS: Lip Gloss in Couture SKIN: BB Cream Foundation LIPS: Lip Colour in Waffle mixed with Lip Gloss in Couture
Makeup LEIANE TAYLOR, Creative Director @ Samala Cosmetics Photographer ROSS LAURENCE Model CAROL SANTOS @ Next Model All makeup from Samala Cosmetics
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EYES: Eye Paint in Pink & Lip Liner in Lava Cake CHEEKS: Eye Paint in Pink SKIN: BB Cream Foundation LIPS: Lipstick in Foolish (used as a stain)
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Flower Power
What Alice Found
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Photographer Karen Ishiguro Shoot Director Josie Steenhart Stylist Zeenat Wilkinson Hair Danny Pato & Michael Sisaengrath from D&M Hair Design Makeup Gabrielle Houghton using Artdeco Cosmetics Photographer’s Assistant Olivia Jensen Styling Assistant Natalya Moosa Models Darya Strelnikova & Anuthida Ploypetch from Germany’s Next Topmodel Thanks to Kingsize Studios
REMIX RECENTLY TOOK CENTRE STAGE IN A SEASON 10 EPISODE OF GERMANY’S NEXT TOPMODEL, WHEN WE BOOKED MODEL CONTESTANTS DARYA AND ANUTHIDA DURING THEIR TIME DOWN UNDER WITH HEIDI KLUM IN LATE JANUARY 2015. SEE ALL THE ACTION FROM THE PHOTOSHOOT ON EPISODE NINE OF THE SERIES AND SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT RIGHT HERE… SPECIAL THANKS TO WILD POPPIES FOR FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS & BOUQUETS. 168
KATE SYLVESTER jacket, RUBY skivvy, KAREN WALKER tee
STYLESTALKER bustier, KAREN WALKER shirt & pants, CHAOS & HARMONY boots, LOVE & OBJECT earrings
STOLEN GIRLFRIEND’S CLUB jacket, JIMMY D bra, RUBY skirt, LOVESICK boots
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GEORGIA ALICE top, MEADOWLARK ring, GREGORY pants
GREGORY coat, KAREN WALKER top, TIFFANY & CO. bracelets, COACH bag, LIAM pants, MIMCO earrings
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KAREN WALKER shirt, WORLD BEAUTY rings, LIAM skirt, ADIDAS shoes
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t a wh e c i al d n u fo Photographer Karen Ishiguro Stylist Amber Peebles Hair Bethany-Paige Woods for Vada Makeup Samantha Holley @ MAC Cosmetics Model Chanel @ Unique Models Photographer’s Assistant Ben Loris Blair
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GLASSONS top, KATE SYLVESTER skirt, ZOE & MORGAN necklace (worn as crown)
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WORLD dress, ZOE & MORGAN rings, SWAROVSKI necklace
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STORM top, GLASSONS skirt, LIAM under skirt, FRANCIA UYS heels, SWAROVSKI earrings
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BRIXTON hat, KATE SYLVESTER blouse, SWAROVSKI necklace, ZOE & MORGAN rings
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STORM dress, MEADOWLARK necklace, NICK VON K ring
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KATE SYLVESTER jacket, GLASSONS dress worn as top, NICK VON K ring, LIAM gloves, JULIETTE HOGAN skirt, COACH clutch bag, FRACIA UYS boots, MEADOWLARK earring
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Photographer CALYPSO PAOLI Fashion Editor JAIME RIDGE Styling Assistant LUCY HOPKINS Photographer’s Assistant CLARA PAFUNDI Hair JESSICA TAYLOR @ Servilles Makeup DANIELLE XI @ MAC Cosmetics Models MAIA @ 62 Models & EMMA @ Clyne Special thanks to Kingsize Studios
Emma wears CAMILLA AND MARC dress, HELEN CHERRY sweater, TOPSHOP belt, KATE SYLVESTER socks, PRADA shoes Maia wears PRADA skirt, HELEN CHERRY sweater, STELLA MCCARTNEY LINGERIE bra, KATE SYLVESTER belt, STAPLE + CLOTH scarf, TOPSHOP socks, LOVESICK shoes, COACH clutch
Maia wears PRADA jacket, shirt and socks, KATE SYLVESTER skirt, STELLA MCCARTNEY LINGERIE bra, TOPSHOP shoes, COACH handbag
Maia wears CAMILLA AND MARC coat, WORKSHOP top, TOPSHOP pants and socks, KAREN WALKER ring, necklace stylists own, ACNE STUDIOS shoes from WORKSHOP, COACH bag
Emma wears TAYLOR dress, COCURATA coat, WORKSHOP shirt, TOPSHOP necklace and socks, ALEXANDER WANG shoesfrom WORKSHOP
Maia wears KATE SYLVESTER top, MIU MIU skirt and belt, STELLA MCCARTNEY LINGERIE bra, PRADA shoes and socks, ALEXANDER WANG bag from WORKSHOP Emma wears KATE SYLVESTER skirt, WOSKSHOP top, MIU MIU belt, vest and shoes, TOPSHOP socks, COACH bag
Maia wears CAMILLA AND MARC leather pants, MAURIE AND EVE shirt, HAILWOOD sweater, BLAK LOVE bomber, COACH bracelets, SENSO shoes
Emma wears COCURATA skirt, TOPSHOP suit vest, KATE SYLVESTER blazer, PLEASURE STATE bra, LOVE & OBJECT clutch from MUSE BOUTIQUE
Emma wears CAMILLA AND MARC coat, PRADA shirt, STELLA MCCARTNEY LINGERIE bra, MAURIE AND EVE skirt, KAREN WALKER necklaces, COACH ring, TOPSHOP socks, ISABEL MARANT shoes from WORKSHOP Maia wears KATE SYLVESTER dress and socks, WORKSHOP sweater, STELLA MCCARTNEY LINGERIE underwear and bra, COACH bracelet, KAREN WALKER rings, LOVESICK shoes, LOVE & OBJECT bag from MUSE BOUTIQUE
Emma wears TOPSHOP sweater and socks, STYLESTALKER shorts, REBECCA TAYLOR shirt from MUSE BOUTIQUE, COACH bracelets, KAREN WALKER rings, necklace stylists own, PRADA shoes
Maia wears TOPSHOP stripe top and socks, MIU MIU vest, ELIZABETH AND JAMES skirt from MUSE BOUTIQUE, KATHRYN WILSON shoes, handbag stylist’s own
Emma wears TWENTY SEVEN NAMES skirt, TOPSHOP top, ZAMBESI jacket, PRADA socks, FRANCIA UYS shoes
GLASSONS jacket, HAILWOOD top, KATE SYLVESTER skirt, MI PIACI shoes, MEADOWLARK septum ring, ZORA BELL BOYD necklace
MATERIAL GIRL Photographer Stephen Tilley Fashion Editor Pebbles Hooper Hair Bethany-Paige Woods using KMS California for Vada Makeup Danielle Xi @ MAC Cosmetics Model Katie @ Clyne Models Photographer’s Assistant Cameron Robertson Thanks to Kingsize Studios
WORLD top & pants, MI PIACI shoes, MEADOWLARK necklace
KATE SYLVESTER jacket & skirt, LOUIS VUITTON bag, MEADOWLARK earrings
ANDREA MOORE jacket, LONELY HEARTS swimsuit, LOUIS VUITTON clutch, KATE SYLVESTER skirt, MI PIACI shoes, MEADOWLARK earring
WORLD jacket, DIOR sunglasses & necklace, KATE SYLVESTER top & skirt, LOUIS VUITTON cuff
ANDREA MOORE jacket, KATE SYLVESTER top, WORLD skirt, ZORA BELL BOYD necklaces
KATE SYLVESTER jacket & top, HELEN CHERRY skirt, MI PIACI shoes, LOUIS VUITTON necklace
KATE SYLVESTER jacket, top & belt, DIOR bag, GLASSONS jeans, MI PIACI shoes, ZORA BELL BOYD necklace
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Photographer SARA ORME Stylist JOSIE STEENHART Hair GABRIELLE HOUGHTON Makeup JOSIE WIGNALL for MAC Cosmetics Photographer’s Assistant MEGAN BOWERS-VETTE Models ZAZI @ Unique Models, NORINA @ Clyne Models
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Opposite page: WORKSHOP knit, RUBY dress, DR MARTEN’s boots This page: RUBY top, KAREN WALKER necklace and pants
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Opposite page: KATE SYLVESTER sweater over ANNAH STRETTON dress, model’s own boots This page: KATE SYLVESTER coat, BOOHOO playsuit, boots stylist’s own
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This page: Zazi wears RUBY top, KAREN WALKER necklace and pants, DR MARTEN’S boots, Norina wears KAREN WALKER dress, BILLABONG jeans, DR MARTEN’S boots Opposite page: HELEN CHERRY blouse, ZAMBESI pants, DR MARTEN’S boots
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Photography JAMES K LOWE Art Direction & Fashion Editor KATHERINE LOWE Photography Assistant KINGY HSU Styling Assistant ISABELLE TRUMAN Hair ALICE TUCKER at Servilles Newmarket Makeup PAIGE BEST @ M.A.C Cosmetics Models KIZZIE and FRED @ 62 Models, MOIRA @ Clyne Thanks to Kingsize Studios
BLUE JEAN BABIES LEVI’S jacket, WORKSHOP turtleneck, HELEN CHERRY skirt
MOSCOT glasses, HELEN CHERRY turtleneck, KAREN WALKER jeans, CASIO watch, CHAOS AND HARMONY boots
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l’homme Photographer CLEMENT PASCAL Fashion Editor LILLI MILLHISER Grooming JESSICA ORTIZ Model BRYAN ACOSTA @ New York Model Management
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ROCHAMBEAU tunic, A.P.C pants, CLYDE hat
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OUR LEGACY jacket & shorts, SABAH shoes, CLYDE hat
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STONE shirt, 3.1 PHILLIP LIM scarf, UNIQLO pants
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FINGERS CROSSED shirt, MAISON KITSUNE jacket, SIMON MILLER jeans
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STUTTERHEIM raincoat, ETUDES STUDIO sweater, ACNE STUDIOS pants, CLYDE hat
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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Model JOEL MEACOCK @ IMG Models
Grooming JESSICA ORTIZ
Stylist HANNAH ELLIOTT & MATT MCMAHON
Photographer DIRK KIKSTRA
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NO. 21 shirt, PAUL SMITH shorts, LOUIS LEEMAN sandals
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ENZO sweater, NEIL BARRETT shorts, PHILLIP LIM sandals
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PLATFORM in collaboration with Kingsize Studios
Remix and KINGSIZE STUDIOS are proud to present the latest Platform Shoot, featuring the work of an emerging photographer, identified for his growing potential and dedication to the arts by the Kingsize crew.
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Photography FABRICIO VELTRI Stylist LUCY HOPKINS Hair & Makeup JEMIMA KEEN Models COCO, HELENA & VERA @ 62 MODELS
Oppostite: NOM*D dress (worn underneath), ZAMBESI dress (worn on top), NICK VON K necklace (worn as bracelet), wristband, rings This page: ZAMBESI dress, NOM*D cardigan, X-PLAIN FALL DATE vest, COMPANY OF STRANGERS belt, NICK VON K long necklaces, rings, wrist bands, MEADOWLARK rings, spike necklace
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HELEN CHERRY top, blazer, culottes, ZAMBESI dress, NICK VON K necklaces, MEADOWLARK necklace (worn as bracelet) & septum ring
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How did you get into photography? I can thank my grandmother for that. She gave me a digital camera when I was 16 and I spent my last two years of high school taking photos of my classmates. A few years later I realised photography was what I wanted to do, so I studied at four different schools in Argentina, assisted advertising and fashion photographers in Buenos Aires and New York, gradually doing more of my own shoots. How long have you been in New Zealand? Nine amazing months. I won’t lie, it wasn't easy coming from the other side of the world, but once I adapted to the new city, culture and language, it was great. What is your favourite project you have worked on? I have a few; the most challenging ones are the favourites, since they give you a lot of satisfaction when you finish them. The first exhibition I organised entirely by myself was
a favourite. Also, coming to New Zealand has been a big project made up of smaller projects like this shoot. How would you describe your style? I think it’s still being defined, but a big influence has been my teenage years. Although I do other things with my photos, I think those times had a big influence on the photography I do now, from the lighting to the styling, even the way I direct the models. I love to build an obscure and mysterious feeling in my photos. Photographers you love? Nick Knight. One of the photographers I assisted in Buenos Aires has a lot of books at Kingsize studio and between them I found a book by Nick Knight. I was amazed with his work. Then I’ve always liked Mario Testino's work, it's more commercial, compared with Knight, but still amazing. And probably the fact that he is a Latin American guy killing it around the world helps make me love his work. 240
You also have your own magazine? Tell us about that! Yes! Shout Out! Another one of my big projects. I always wanted to start my own magazine, and I found many people here really capable and committed to getting involved. So the magazine features photography, fashion and music. It's been up for a few months and is growing every day. I couldn't be happier about it. What’s next for you? I will keep up with more projects and hopefully more editorials and campaigns. Then I want to take my magazine to Argentina and make a Shout Out Latin America. But life has given me a lot of surprises in the last few years, so I will keep working hard and prepare for new ideas and projects! fabricioveltri.com
RECYCLE BOTIQUE 1/2 ART GALLERY FREE ENTRY
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Lisa Reihana in Pursuit of Venus [infected] (still) 2015
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TEST-DRIVING THE
HTC ONE M9: PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS CAPTURE THE MAGIC OF AUCKLAND The reputation of the HTC One M9 precedes it and we were expecting big things before this baby was released. To really test out the HTC One M9 and showcase its amazing features, Spark teamed up with photography students from AUT University. Armed each with an HTC One M9, students were given the task of capturing images of Auckland in their own photographic style. Spark wanted to see images of Auckland’s music, night life, culture, fashion, street art, people, technology, beaches, architecture, design and pets – everything! Within two weeks the photographers had uploaded 400 photos onto Instagram - see them all using the hashtag #UnleashtheHTC. We were so in love with the images that we selected ten to publish here in Remix. On the pages following, see our favourites images, as well as a bio on each of the photographers. spark.co.nz/discover/htc-m9
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JENNA BAYDEE - @jennabaydee The photographer… Originally from Iraq, Jenna Baydee is mostly inspired by the youth around her, the emotional debris they are surrounded with, how they mourn, what excites them and intrigues them. Petra Collins, Nobuyoshi Araki and Frances Carter are artists/photographers she looks up to at the moment. The photograph… Her photo is a detail of a lavender plant, using one of her signature filters with a pink tinge. Taken at the Botanic Gardens in Auckland.
CASEY CLARK - @casey_space The photographer… Casey Clark was born in Gisborne, has roots in the Nga Puhi iwi and has grown up in South Auckland. She has a background in classical music and performance, but has always been interested in design and photography. Casey draws inspiration from people and their stories, particularly focusing on culture and diversity within communities. The photograph… ‘This image was taken at Muriwai Beach. It was a stunning view on such a grey and rough day, that seems to keep going as far as the eye can see; speaking to the ruggedness and beauty of New Zealand,’ says Casey.
ALISTAIR MCCREADY - @forthrightbros The photographer… Alistair is a printer by trade, but chose to return to school, to study and broaden his horizons in design. He believes that sometimes the best way to see forward is to look backwards and this tends to be reflected in a lot of Alistair’s work. The photograph… This image speaks on behalf of a series Alistair has been working on centred around the void and unused of industry’s yesteryear. These objects were designed and built on a foundation of both need and purpose. However they are drawn upon now, in this context, for their aesthetic purpose rather than their function.
ETHAN WILSON - @ethanw.designs The photographer… Originally from Warkworth, Ethan is in his third and final year of Graphic Design at AUT University with a minor degree in Photography. Throughout his degree Ethan has developed a fascination for layout and publication design, focusing on the simple and clean design that is effluent in modern culture. The photograph… This image was taken on Galway Street in Britomart. Ethan loved the way the new road sign and the fresh blue sky contrasted with the older grey buildings behind it.
KATE MCGUINNESS - @kate_mcg_ The photographer… Originally from Wellington and now based in Mount Eden, Kate took up photography a few years ago. She is inspired by geometric forms and looks for compositional lines when taking an image. She enjoys photographing curious or often overlooked spots. The photograph… ‘I thought The Food Truck was such an exciting initiative and there are now many foodtrucks which pop up at Auckland festivals,’ says Kate.
JAMES BUXTON - @james_buxton The photographer… James likes to photograph spots that are hidden or sometimes overlooked. Inspiration is found in city and architectural photography. Ward Roberts is a favourite of James’. The photograph… ‘As part of another photography project I am doing, I am photographing my koro. I asked him if he was comfortable taking a selfie. He did not hesitate,’ says James.
MORRO QIU - @morro4040 The photographer… Morro has crossed-over from journalism to photography, mixing a journalistic and artistic photographic style. Morro occasionally struggles with communication in English and so uses photography and design as a means of expressing himself. The photograph… Morro captured this image with the HTC M9 One when he noticed the beautiful reflection of the building and stormy sky in a pool of water near his parked car on a city building rooftop. He then flipped the image in the phones full editing suite to replicate it as it stands.
JADE SMITH - @jade_smith_photography The photographer… For the last four years Jade Lawford-Smith has been studying graphic design and a little bit of animation at various universities. She recently became intrigued by suburban Auckland and the diversity of cultures within Auckland. The photograph… ‘Growing up, the neighbourhood was always treated as a playground; days were spent riding bikes or drawing on the pavement. No matter how much time has passed, the neighbourhood still holds the stories of the lives that were spent there,’ says Jade. 244
KELLY GILCHRIST - @kellygilchristcreative The photographer… Kelly doesn’t edit photos all that much as she believes what you see is beautiful. Her inspiration comes from masters of photography including Vivian Maier, Henri Cartier-Bresson and other Magnum Photographers. Kelly’s photography started at school, with an old school film camera. The photograph… ‘This image, originally split across two panels, screams Auckland. The central suburbs are littered with these beautiful old villas. My inspiration was from a street photography project I did last year, the details and quirks of these houses show individual characteristics of the home owners current and previous,’ says Kelly.
RENE BURTON - @renburton The photographer… Aucklander Rene Burton is currently studying a Master of Art and Design. Photography had been a passion since he was young. Rene uses photography to get people thinking about the environment we live in and to highlight that we are part of the ecology of this world and therefore have a responsibility to look after it. The photograph… ‘Photo of detail of pipi beds located in Takutai square. This image freezes a moment of time of one of the ‘pop jets’ from Chaz Doherty’s installation Pipi Beds. It reminds us of our reliance on this precious commodity that flows abundantly in our environment,’ says Rene.
HERE’S WHAT ALL THE IMAGES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED ON: THE HTC ONE M9 The HTC One M9 is a classic and timeless celebration of beauty and elegance that combines high style and performance, enabling you to get the most from your mobile phone. Distinct metal edges combine perfectly with graceful curves for a jewellery-grade look. Mirror-polished gold sides cascade effortlessly into a hairline brushed silver back panel, encasing a bright and vivid display. The HTC One M9’s powerful UltraPixel front-facing camera is designed to capture every image with 300% more light than standard cameras, it’s iconic dual frontfacing speakers deliver multidimensional cinematic listening and the intelligent HTC BlinkFeed makes it easier to uncover the hidden gems that surround you, by using location data to recommend points of interest, news and information. On top of that, the HTC One M9 is available with a range of unique and customisable accessories, including the second generation HTC Dot View case, which let’s you personalise further thanks to a host of new features and colour options. The HTC One M9 is available at all Spark stores or visit spark.co.nz 245
AUCKLAND ART GALLERY’S PIECE OF MOVING HISTORY In Pursuit of Venus [Infected] is the newest exhibit at Auckland Art Gallery, a 32-minute panoramic video installation that has already received critical acclaim locally and internationally. Inspired by a French scenic wallpaper, In Pursuit of Venus [Infected] is a moving representation of life in colonial times, with a particular emphasis on the life and times of Captain Cook. Having previewed the work, Remix writer Isabelle Truman spoke to the artist Lisa Reihana about her six year journey to bring it to life.
It must feel amazing to have your work finished and displayed to the public after six years working on it. It’s very exiting; it’s always nice to share your thoughts with the world. It’s the biggest work I’ve ever made and it’s very complex. I’ve been working on it for six years, but have done other projects within that time. It takes a long time to make a big piece and it takes a lot of negotiation when you’re representing big groups of people. Good things take time. How did you come up with the idea for the work six years back? I initially based it on a French scenic colonial wallpaper, Les Sauvages De La Mer Pacifique. You see Captain Cook and the marines, you see the sailors, people bartering for goods – and sex, you see diseases, all those sorts of things. I started with this really beautiful and interesting document, but I wanted to use that structure as a way to look much more closely at the politics and the relationships, the sorts of things that would have really been happening at the time, so you see the ugly and difficult aspects too. Is the work specifically about New Zealand? The subject of the wallpaper itself was some of the French explorers and Captain Cook as they went to Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, all over the pacific and right up to the edge of Canada. There are representations of all those things in my work, but mostly I was concentrating on Captain Cook himself, because he’s such an interesting character, he filled in a whole third of the globe.
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What are some of your personal touches in Pursuit of Venus [Infected]? I’m really interested in art in all itss forms, so within the project there are a lot of things that talk about artistry. There’s imagery of Webber and Hodges and they’re recording local people and discussing how to go about communicating. Tattoos were a really big thing for the sailors too, so there’s a scene of the sailors figuring out what they wanted to put on their bodies. The art of the time plays a big part in the work.
but also in tandem to that is how to work with people and also the development of the stories.
Tell me a bit about what people can expect. The scenes are only on the screen for four minutes so they’re kind of passing before your eyes. You might come up with a slightly different version of what you’re seeing to somebody else, which is what happens in history anyway. There were these different cultures meeting and trying to work out what was going on, so in a way it’s putting the audience in a similar situation. I want to make an art work that makes people want to come back again and again to try and get their heads around it, so there’s a lot of stuff in there.
How many people were involved in the creation? About a hundred. The exciting thing as well is that we’re also producing a book, and it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s good to have a book because there’s a place to put all the credits in. The actual work runs continuously, so it’s not possible to have credits at the end, as you would in a film.
The work sounds pretty technical. It took me a whole year to decide on the pixel dimensions of the background, because once I decided that it set the project for all its future development. When you’re working with technology there’s a lot to investigate and work out. I want this work to have a long life. I’ve spent quite a long time just carefully working through it all. There’s the technical development of the work, which is very high end and that’s one layer,
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What’s the response been so far? People are a bit gob-smacked. They’re surprised at how large it is. I’ve had several people tell me that they’ve been so moved that they’ve cried, which is fantastic. There’s a lot of love and care in the work and a lot of people that have contributed their time and expertise. I want people that have worked on it to feel very proud.
What does the name mean? When I make artworks I often like to have ‘love’ in the title. Venus is seen as the planet of love. It works well because it’s also a reference to Captain Cook, when he was recording the transit of Venus in Tahiti. They talked about Tahiti as the island of love, because of all the new beautiful people they found there. Through using Venus for mapping, boats could move around the planet and know exactly where they were, so it worked well. I added the ‘infected’ part because once people have met each other they change forever, and the planet was changed forever. aucklandartgallery.com
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Can we just start off with you telling me a bit about what you’ve been working on lately? I just finished a show about a month ago called Voices Over the Horizon. It’s a show that deals with my personal take on what’s happening with the Internet, and me trying to come to grips with a new understanding on how to work in that environment. One approach was just trying to understand what the Internet really was – in terms of what it looks like. If you Google ‘Internet’ you’ll see these really bad diagrams of what it supposedly looks like, we don’t really have a visual sense oft the web.
I drove down the coast near Cornwall in the UK, where 25% of all Internet traffic goes through.
So how did you portray all that in the show? Was it paintings? Sculptures? It’s a really big mix of work. There were photographs, there were sculptures, there was a video work, and there was one web-based piece. I took this sort of pilgrimage trip for a few days and
You’re the co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab, what exactly is that? The basic idea was that we were going to make tools for graffiti writers and activists. We were looking into technologies and materials and thinking a lot about how advertisers have this
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Did you always know that you wanted to be an artist? I didn’t at all - I was pretty deep into architecture, and really enjoyed it. It was actually the internet that turned me. A lot of the work that I make deals with empowerment experiences, those moments when you feel like maybe you have a larger voice than you were supposed to have in society. When I was introduced to the Internet I had one of those experiences and within a year or two I left architecture and began focusing on art.
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really strong visual presence in cities but people who live there don’t, necessarily. So we started trying to make technology that would level that playing field a little bit. You’ve got a permanent collection at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York, that’s pretty cool! Yeah, there are a few pieces in MoMA. With Graffiti Research Lab we did a performance within the collection, there’s a series of prints called Graffiti Taxonomy that are studies of graffiti characters, and there’s a project called EyeWriter, which is an assistive technology we developed to help a graffiti writer, who was completely paralysed (apart from the eyes), continue to make art. You collaborated with Jay Z on the first Open Source video? Yeah, that was a few years ago now. I was in Hong
EVAN ROTH With a Jay Z collab under his belt, a permanent collection at the MoMA and current research on ghost hunting, Evan Roth is a must see at this year’s Semi-Permanent in Auckland. Remix writer Isabelle Truman spoke to Evan the artist, researcher and hacker in Paris ahead of his trip down under.
Kong and an email from an old colleague from University came through, he wanted to connect me with Jay Z to make the video for the Open Source project but I only had something like 48 hours notice. It wasn’t like I was sitting next to Jay Z making the video, but it ended up being really cool. I’ve seen the term ‘hacker’ quite a lot in regard to your art. What does the term actually mean? That’s a good question actually, because it’s a term that’s changed a little bit over time - of course most people think of it as a technical term, but the way I define ‘hacker’ is it’s a lot to do with misuse. It has a lot to do with kind of a playful approach to changing a system from what it was into something that you’d rather have it be. Graffiti writers are really amazing hackers – they have a practice where they are able to misuse their surroundings and misuse the tools they have.
Can you give me a bit of insight as to what your talk at Semi-Permanent will be focused on? I’m going to be talking a lot about the relationship between misuse and self-empowerment and how misuse is a lens we can use to look at a lot of things around us with, especially technology. I’m going to talk a bit about the most recent work I’m doing, which is dealing with this changing Internet landscape. Then the other part of the show will be about the research I’ve been doing into ghost hunting communities - looking at the technologies that people interested in the paranormal make for themselves, which is really interesting.
and friend circles and I’m really looking forward to coming because it’s a bigger subset of the creative field. I’m really looking forward to showing this work at Semi-Permanent and the more diverse set of reactions and the conversations that are going to happen.
What’s the relevancy of the Semi-Permanent conference to you as an artist? For me, it’s a slice of the creative community that I don’t normally get to interact with. For a lot of us, we generally get tied into our very small groups
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You’ve never been to New Zealand before? No, I’ve never been and I’ve wanted to go forever! Now I’m on this research topic about the internet, I did some research and there’s fiber optic cables that come to shore not that far out of Auckland, so I’m going to try to take some excursions out to the coast and make some art out there.
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For people that don’t know anything about what you do, can you explain your art? I do a mixture of projects that are interactive and experience based design. I specialise in music and sound and explore the relationship between music and technology with my pieces. What was the motivation behind starting your own R&D consultancy? I knew lots of people with really beautiful and abstract ideas. They were really interested in creating different projects and I wanted to use my knowledge to help create the installations. What did you do for Disney? REMIX MAGAZINE ARTS & CULTURE
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I did a project for Disney Research called IshinDen-Shihn, which transmits sound through touch. Sounds can be recorded and then transmitted from person to person by physical contact and the recorded sound only becomes audible when touching someone’s ear. It can only be heard by the specific ear being touched, which is pretty cool. Can you explain a bit about your recent Ototo project? I came up with Ototo because I’m actually dyslexic and found programming confusing. Ototo is a musical invention kit that anyone can use without knowledge of programming. We wanted to
YURI SUZUKI Yuri Suzuki is a sound artist, designer and electronic musician who pushes the boundaries of sound through his beautifully designed compositions. Having worked with will.i.am, Disney and Google to name a few, Yuzi is on his way to Auckland to speak at Semi-Permanent, so Isabelle Truman called him up for a quick chat.
create a kit that makes physical computing and interactive projects accessible for everyone and Ototo allows anyone to quickly and easily create their own musical instrument. Is your dyslexia one of the reasons you pursued sound as an art form? I was always into music and sound and art and design. I pursued music and sound predominately largely because of my father. He has a huge record collection, so it came naturally that I wanted to be an artist and musician. Can you tell me a bit about the work you did with will.i.am?
We’d met a couple of times and had been talking about doing something together. That project was about creating a series of mechanical instruments that essentially become a new sort of software for making music. The way it works is if you’re making music and creating a drumbeat on a programme, these instruments can play it back exactly as a drummer would, same as with any other instrument. Semi-Permanent brings creatives from all over the world together. Are you looking forward to it? Yeah absolutely, I’m really looking forward to going there. They bring together such amazing talent, so I’m happy to be able to be a part of it. 251
What are you going to be speaking about? I’ll talk about my background and general projects; it’ll be quite a long speech, I think! I do a lot of music and sound based projects, so I’ll talk about the ways in which music can be design, and can also be film. What are you going to focus on next? I’m going to focus on a balance of what I’m doing now and doing more of my own projects. I want to focus more on my own performance and my own installations, exciting things to come! semipermanent.com
Melancholy and mischief:
A LOOK INTO THE TWISTED REALITIES OF LONDON BASED ARTIST ED ATKINS’ AVATARS It’s been over two decades since Jeffrey Deitch, the former curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and proprietor of the eponymous gallery Deitch Projects, curated the now-seminal exhibition Post Human. Expansive in scope, it circled around an increasingly present question, about how identity could be defined in a time of the growing artifice of pop culture and celebrity. These questions seem even more pressing, as everyone is now granted the ability to shape their identity through artifice on a variety of platforms. A questioning of identity and the very tools we use to build it pervades the work of many young artists today. At the forefront of this is the work of Ed Atkins, a 33-year-old London based video artist who, since his participation in the 2013 Venice Biennale, has become one of the most prominent artists of his generation. He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Serpentine Gallery in London, and the storied Stedeljk Museum in Amsterdam. Working with high definition animation video and text, Atkins work belies it’s darker content with a commercial-grade slickness. The very craft of his recurring avatars, which are made in collaboration with specialists in the field, is enough to seduce REMIX MAGAZINE ARTS & CULTURE
the viewer into suspension within this virtual reality. In his 2014 work Ribbons, lonely, lonely, lonely, he seems to chant while pissing in an archetypal bar mug. There’s a melancholy and a sense of mischief that suggests the avatar knows more than we do. This very anticipation manifests itself as a force in the work, the potential for violence, or anything to suggest from where, or of what this character came. But do we already know him? It’s this simultaneous feeling of extreme familiarity and alienation that lend the videos their tenor. Their soundtracks create an emotive force that bolsters the figures’ corporeality. They feel and look like they want you to believe they’re there, and exploit technology’s ability to create hyper real surfaces in a digital realm. Layered with interruptions and interjections, Atkins underscores the tensions between real and invented scenarios and questions the ways in which we define what is logical and illogical. They’re half horror, half melodrama, evoking a feeling that is once pressing and ambivalent. There’s a narrative potential that never truly comes to fruition, instead lingering, repeating and reversing, remaining decidedly stuck between the real and virtual.
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Atkins himself has spoken of these figures as being a model in the most literal sense. They’re empty vessels. They become projections of their own desires or those of others, molded and warped to fit certain conditions, deflated or inflated. The viewer all the while moves through a set of imagined roles. Is he the artist, a misanthrope, simply a graphic, or specifically a voyeur? The answer to this never seems to reveal itself, as the voiceovers move through questions of love, sex, death, and relationships, and how these manifest in an age that is predominantly digital. However, through all the artifice presented by Atkins, it is the body itself that remains present, its digital skin, sweat and tears. What this suggests is that the material that shapes our identities may not be our own avatars – the content we produce, project, and distribute - but instead the very things we try to shed away in the process. stedelijk.nl/exhibitions
Words by New York writer Alex Fitzgerald.
GJ Van Rooij. Courtesy of the artist, Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam, and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York.
READS. Courtesy of the artist, Serpentine Gallery, London, and Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York.
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NEW YORK WRITER, ARTIST & MODEL JULIANA HUXTABLE If you ask anyone in downtown New York about Juliana Huxtable, you’ll get a web of interconnected anecdotes as a response. You’ll hear tales of parties and openings, her work as an artist and her role as a muse in the art of others. The former legal assistant first emerged as a DJ, but now lists writer, artist and model among her many projects. Huxtable has become instantly recognizable as a face of New York in transition and a creative class making their own place in a larger discourse rather than adapting to existing rules. Alex Fitzgerald speaks with Huxtable on the generative overlaps of fashion, art and nightlife, and about why New York still matters as a place for young creatives. Recently, you seem to be a ubiquitous in New York, present in the fields of fashion, art, and nightlife. In your own reflection, how did this come about? Was your entry into these fields an organic one? I see nightlife as the nexus of all of those different worlds, even looking back. When I moved here, I was in an odd place. When I was younger, I always wanted to be a painter and a poet, but my parents always saw education as a direct pathway to making money, or entry into a certain career field. Their idea of education didn’t fit my own thinking, so I grabbed all my inclinations to pursue something that would allow me to be more direct with myself. When I moved to New York, it was almost an impulse, I just went where I was most inspired and where I intuitively felt most comfortable. Nightlife was one of those areas. It’s interesting that you mention social media as playing a role. This whole time I’ve been wondering if you feel there were a group of people who led you into this, or if you saw it as something more self propelled? REMIX MAGAZINE ARTS & CULTURE
It was a product of being isolated. I think generally people who make marks on culture are people who come from other places, and are attracted by what it represents as a possibility. I was isolated, stuck in the middle of nowhere and I hated it. There was Tumblr, that’s where I held it all together. Through that I could create my own identity and that’s what I found in nightlife as well. It seems that New York gets all this flack for how expensive it is, that it’s forcing young people out, and it’s funny because the very people who say this are the icons who inspired these people to move here. I’m wondering how you react to that? I think it’s true to a degree, it’s economically intense here, but I think the main proponents of that argument are older and have made it, or younger people who don’t have enough drive. There’s a lot that sucks about this city, and there are cities I love to visit, but when I hear this I just have to roll my eyes, there’s so much that happens in New York that doesn’t happen elsewhere. It’s expensive and I’m still broke, but I’m really inspired by living here. Everything seems to crystallize in New York, and I like to think I’m a part of that. One of the things that I feel is at the forefront of our generation versus those past is the role or agency each of us have in shaping our identity. Is that something you feel is at the heart of what New York is now? I think that awareness or pressure actually inspires a lot of ingenuity. A lot of people who are making things happen are not being complicit, but going out on a limb or taking risks. No place stays a metropolis, or something that’s easy and accommodating. That’s absurd, places change and it takes audacity to deal with that.
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Another question I have is about the New Museum Triennial, where your work is currently on view. I know you’ve presented your work as a poet, but was this the first exhibition of your work as an artist? How did this feel in the context of such a prominent exhibition? It wasn’t the first time I’ve shown my work. For a long time, nightlife was how I supported myself, and I was used to this cycling of promoting and documenting. I was a bit apprehensive about my work, as I didn’t study art. Though I made things and did performances, I didn’t want to promote my practice in the same way I did nightlife and seem gimmicky. I sort of let it develop on it’s own. I didn’t want my persona as a figure in nightlife to contaminate the way people saw my work as an artist or write. It’s so striking as your work was presented alongside Frank Benson’s sculpture of you. In a way your image really became an icon of what that show was. What was that experience, to show your work and simultaneously have this representation of you? It was really intimidating at first, but there’s no way I wouldn’t be excited. Also, my friend Marie [Karlberg] recounted to me how her mum told her to make sure to be photographed naked when she was young, just to commemorate and have a record of that moment. It’s been overwhelming, but I was honored at the same time.
Interview & words by New York writer Alex Fitzgerald.
Photo by Benoit Pailley. Courtesy of the Artists and the New Museum, New York.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH AMERICAN FURNITURE ARTIST WENDELL CASTLE For decades Wendell Castle has manipulated great haunches of wood with chainsaws and carving tools into lacy sculptures and heavy quaquaversal constructions. His work ambiguously straddles any definition of art or design and certainly perplexes any conventional concept of furniture. Now decades later and still creating new shapes, Castle is using digital mapping technology to imagine his work in bronze, creating cumulus pieces that still manage to retain the fingerprint of their origins as carved wood. Remix writer Mark Curley interviewed Castle ahead of a show examining his work at New York’s Museum of Art & Design this coming season.
Your work often has the boundless energy of motion, like Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space; a piece that feels like a distinct precursor to your work. How do you place your own work? Beyond the exploration of form, do you have manifesto that guides you? I do not have what I think of as a manifesto. I have what I think of as a vocabulary of form, dynamics, energy and motion. I believe I’m connected to art history; I’m dealing with the same concerns as sculptors like Miro, Arp, Moore and Brancusi. Some of my concerns are unique.
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or whether it’s sculpture, it just doesn’t matter. What matters is whether it is good or not.
we’re creating in bronze and other materials, we have a partner in the fabrication process.
Teaching has been a central part of your career. How has it informed your work?
How was your new work Gathering Momentum conceived and developed?
How has your studio and work methods changed over the years? Do you still use a chainsaw to carve out shape?
I wanted to ask you about the naming of your pieces. They’re often both witty and descriptive and help propel the pieces into the iconic. Where in the process does a piece start having a name?
I have been teaching for almost 50 years. I don’t think teaching informs my work. With that said, I do feel that working with young people helps to keep me young. Discussing ideas with students allows me to stay abreast of what’s going on in their world. For the last 20 years I have been an Artist in Residence at the Rochester Institute of Technology, which is an advisory position. I’m able to work with students in an open kind of relationship.
Our working methods have changed considerably in the last 10 years. Some aspects are still the same. We still laminate wood and carve with a chainsaw, chisels and rasps. As we are now in the digital age, the computer, laser scanning and robot all play an important role in our process. We can now do things that would have been impossible before.
With both wood and bronze we are now able to create pieces on a scale that would have been difficult if not impossible before scanning and robotics. I like the fact that the work beguiles its construction; the material is integral to the form. Bronze has both strength and weight differences from wood and those have to be taken into consideration. Contrary to what one might think, a wooden piece of equal size to a bronze will actually weigh more.
I name the work after the model is made. At that point I fully understand what the form is all about. I collect potential names. They might be two words, or sometimes three that work together, like Dante’s Dream.
Does wood then remain your favorite material?
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SWEET MIX KIDS When it came to choosing an act for our recent Remix Beauty & Luxe Edition launch, we wanted a crew that would turn the place into a party. We didn’t need to look any further than Sweet Mix Kids, who have become renowned for their uncanny ability to pack out a dance floor. The Sweet Mix Kids boys, Sandon Ihaia and Chris Scott, have just returned from a stint in the States, where they played Coachella and partied with Kanye. They spilled the beans to Remix writer Isabelle Truman upon their return.
You’ve just returned from the United States, are you over there a lot? Sandon: Yes, as much as we can. It’s good to get over there to remind ourselves about how the world works, in regards to not having ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’. Both our music and our DJ-ing are received really well over there too – the people are so relaxed, open and positive. And you played Coachella, right? Chris: Yeah that’s the second time we’ve played Coachella. It’s the most beautiful place, everyone is so relaxed and even though it seems pretentious, it’s really not. It’s very friendly and
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positive. Everybody there understands California and the relaxed atmosphere of the West Coast. You went to Kanye’s afterparty? Chris: He was rumored to be a special guest on the final Saturday and we got a private cryptic invitation to one of his producers’ parties, so we left the concert early to go to this party, thinking that maybe Kanye would make an appearance. Just as we were leaving the festival Kanye came out and did a surprise set with the Weeknd, so we figured he’d be at the party. Sandon: The party was in a big cool warehouse space. We got the full VIP treatment and hung
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out with some pretty cool people - FKA Twigs, Vic Mensa etc. Kanye came out and did a surprise performance too. We didn’t get to talk to him but he did yell at Chris for filming him… How long have you been making music together? Chris: It’s coming up three years since we began working together as Sweet Mix Kids and we’ve been in the studio ever since. How would you describe your sound? Sandon: Fun, eclectic, unpretentious and accessible. We make music like we DJ - so a range of different sounds. Every one of our singles that
we’ve got coming out this year is a different genre.
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You’ve got some pretty quirky stage attire. Where do the ideas for your outfits come from? Chris: It doesn’t really come from anywhere whatever we do isn’t really a conscious thing, it just grows organically. We accumulate cool stuff wherever we go and would like to be perceived as not just stereotypical DJs wearing t-shirts.
Who would you like to work with in the future? Chris: It’d be quite cool to do something with Lenny Kravitz. We have access to some quite cool big artists at the moment, because we’ve signed with Warner Music. New Zealand’s quite credible internationally too. It would be cool to use random artists from the ‘90s and 2000s that are kind-of maybe a little bit washed up and help re-energize them.
So, are you going to expand your live shows? Sandon: Yeah that’s what we’re doing at most of our festivals now - we incorporate performers and dancers into the mix. We try to always switch up our stage attire and our set and we’ll definitely advance that. Chris: Setting up in the middle of venues now is quite cool too - having people dance around you, REMIX MAGAZINE ARTS & CULTURE
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album, we thought it’d be cool to release our music in two smaller collections. They’ll fit together but will be for two different listening occasions, which works because every single song is a different genre too. What’s next for 2015? Chris: We’ve got a lot of editing for our music video still to do. We’ve finished videos for seven out of the ten tracks on the EPs - a lot of which we shot over in the States recently. We’re doing music videos for all of them and it takes a couple of months to edit each one. Hopefully we’ll get over to Asia and Europe this year too. Words by Isabelle Truman. Photography by Loic Quedec.
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ALL THIS MAYHEM World Championship skateboarder Tas Pappas and filmmaker Eddie Martin talk to Francesca Rudkin about their collaboration All This Mayhem that chronicles the extraordinary careers of the Pappas brothers.
When Australian brothers Tas and Ben Pappas were hanging around the Prahran skateboard park as kids in the 1970s, they could not know where their extraordinary talent would take them, and the incredible highs and lows that would follow. Their story is the subject of leading Australian filmmaker Eddie Martin’s latest documentary, All This Mayhem. It’s a gut wrenching rollercoaster ride that follows the tight knit brothers from the North Western suburbs of Melbourne to America, where they fulfill their ambition to ‘smash Tony Hawk’ and become the number one and two skateboarders in the world. Making it to the top wasn’t a surprise for those who had grown up around the Pappas brothers. Martin, a childhood friend who became interested in film after dabbling in editing homemade skate videos, recalls they always were ‘super talented’ skaters. ‘Even though they were better than the world’s best we were in the middle of skateboarding nowhere – skateboarding no mans land - so they didn’t get recognised. But as soon as Tas went overseas, I knew he’d make an impact, there was no doubt, and the same with Ben,’ says Eddie. After dropping out of high school at 16 and working for a year and a half, Tas headed to Tampa, Florida, with Ben following. Soon they were both travelling the competition circuit, and they moved to skateboarding mecca San Diego, where they joined Danny Way’s XYZ Platinum team with Henry Sanchez and Chet Thomas. Ambitious, passionate and abrasive, the brothers made a name for themselves on and off the skate ramp with their wild, full throttle approach to life. But the more successful they became, the more life began to unravel. Fuelled by a furious drug addiction, undiagnosed mental illness and the belated impact of being sexual abused as a kid, Tas’ life descended into a spiral of drugs, crime REMIX MAGAZINE ARTS & CULTURE
and violence that ultimately ended in jail. It’s a story you’ve got to hear in Tas’s own words, which are straight up Aussie and brutally honest. ‘I didn’t set out doing this as a skate doco, it’s about life and family set in skateboarding… we weren’t wanking on about the tricks we made up and all that stuff. This is a bloody cautionary tale. I want to show kids what happens when you have mental health issues that are left unaddressed, what can happen with self-medication and bad life choices, and that there is light at the end of the tunnel,’ says Tas. All This Mayhem may not be a typical skate documentary, but nor does Tas use it to play victim or offer excuses for his dramatic downfall. He only briefly touches on his difficult childhood and doesn’t mention his mental illness. ‘There was too much detail and I thought it quite evident. You don’t go that bonkers if you’re completely normal,’ says Tas. This approach allowed Martin to tell the Pappas’ story like a feature narrative. ‘We were conscious of using a present tense narrative storytelling technique because their story is so unbelievable,’ says Eddie. -It’s a clever approach, because it allows the crazy story to unfold in a way that doesn’t give away what happens next. While many of the Pappas’ friends and acquaintances were happy to contribute to All This Mayhem, the man Tas Pappas knocked off the number one spot in 1996 at the World Championships, Tony Hawk, was not.
me, and he got even more cut when the doco came out.’ Martin wasn’t the only one keen to tell the Pappas story, but it was Martin who understood Tas’ motivation for speaking out. ‘ I just wanted the truth to be told. If we were going to have people trip on me and my brother, well, then I wanted them to at least trip on what’s real, not the bullshit that’s been fed. He did the best job I think you could possibly do,’ says Tas. Not that it was easy, especially when it came to finding archive footage of the brothers in action. ‘It was really hard, I’m not going to lie. It wasn’t like contacting a professional organisation and getting footage. There was some of that, but it was more about reaching out to people that used to film 20 years ago that might have tapes in their garage, shot on formats that don’t exists anymore,’ says Eddie. Eddie was pleased that his story coincided with the release of the camcorder and the beginning of kids recording everything, although it still meant hours and hours of amateur skating footage to trawl through to find those special moments. ‘It was a mission, but well worth it in the end,’ says Eddie. Rumour is there’s a television series in the pipeline. Who would Tas like to play him? ‘Brad Pitt,’ Tas says in stitches.
‘I want nothing to do with it,’ was what he said when Eddie approached him, says Tas.
Watch All This Mayhem on Rialto Documentary, Friday 19th June, 8.30pm. *Conditions apply. Rialto Channel is open for all Sky Domestic Customers with the Basic package from 18th – 24th June.
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BURGERFUEL ON AIR: COOKING UP THE HOTTEST MIXES FROM THE RADIO KITCHEN When we say BurgerFuel is so much more than burgers, we’re not just talking about the spud fries. Although, indeed the spud fries are certainly worth talking about. Since 2012, Radio BurgerFuel has been broadcasting live and ad free throughout the BurgerFuel network, across New Zealand, Australia, Egypt and online. Broadcast out of a purpose-built studio in Grey Lynn, Auckland, Radio BurgerFuel is about good music you know and great music you wish you knew. BurgerFuel ‘Minister of Sound’ Lee Densem curates the channel, seeking out new music locally and internationally, interviewing artists both well known and up-and-coming. Radio BurgerFuel collaborates from time to time with Kiwi radio legend Mikey Havoc, whose relationship with BurgerFuel stretches right back to his days at BFM. ‘Music is a really big part of the BurgerFuel brand and experience, it always has been. It’s like a special mixtape we’ve made for all our customers and the world around us, a little thanks for coming, a little appreciation for their dedication. No ads, just the music we love, the new artists we meet, the international artists we respect who come to hang out in the studio and some of the old classics we know you want to hear,’ says Lee. If you’re sick of hearing the same old stuff on the radio at work, try streaming Radio BurgerFuel for a change. radioburgerfuel.com REMIX MAGAZINE ARTS & CULTURE
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napa valley Josie Steenhart, editor of Undone Journal, recounts why she fell in love with Napa Valley in the fall. It wasn’t only the food and wine that made it special… I’ve been to Napa Valley, set inland a 90-minute drive from San Fransisco, in peak season (summer) and in autumn (aka ‘fall’). In summer it’s beautiful, the weather is hot but tolerable, everything is green and lush and the two main roads through the valley are packed bumper to bumper with cars and tour buses from morning to night. Every one of the 400+ winery tasting rooms is packed several layers deep and getting a table at the top, say, 200 of the 350ish restaurants in the area is nigh on impossible. In fall, it’s beautiful, the weather is chilly but atmospheric, everything is shades of gold, red and brown and the two main roads can at times be all but empty. The main attractions and most popular wineries still have a comfortable buzz but you’ll get a perch at the tasting table and the full attention of a wine expert who will ply you with their finest offerings. Harvest season is from September which means cute orange pumpkins on everyone’s porches and, some claim, a faint but intoxicating smell of new wine. I’m for fall.
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So, wine. Despite being a fairly tiny area, Napa Valley has around 450 wineries. Big, small, old, new. It’s pretty overwhelming actually. As a kiwi coming from a place that’s fairly strong on the stuff ourselves, it seemed like a good idea to differentiate by novelty factor.
The wine is just fine, but if you’re also a bit of a foodie, Napa is going to be your nirvana. There’s local produce a plenty, a disproportionate number of America’s top chefs/restaurants/Michelin stars and some epic delis and grocery stores stocking everything your stomach could desire.
Pick a spot like the Chateau Montelana. That’s right, a castle, with a French and Italian-sounding, possibly made-up name. Built in 1888 to resemble an English Gothic castle gatehouse. Montelana also, quite randomly, has a Chinese garden and lake out back. Then there’s Clos Pegase, a super modern behemoth designed to resemble an Assyrian temple, and Beringer, set in an elegant wooden building and the oldest continuously operating winery in Napa.
If you’re not feeling fancy but want a great AllAmerican experience, there’s Gott’s Roadside Diner in St Helena for gourmet burgers, hotdogs, fish tacos and chilli cheese fries - but also local wine by the glass - in a very slick retro set up, or Hydro Grill in Calistoga which boasts an awardwinning burger featuring mozzarella, prosciutto, pesto and a lot of beef. Insert Homer Simpson drooling sounds here.
Another novel way of experiencing the area and its wines in a different way is to join a bike tour and pedal your own way from winery to winery getting increasingly wobbly and carefree but getting to enjoy the crisp autumn air on your face rather than being trapped in the back of a minivan between stops.
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If you’re low on dollars or trying to save your waistline from too many super-sized American meals, create a picnic from anything that takes your fancy at one of Napa’s brilliant delis, markets (Oxbow is great) or grocery stores (I spent a disproportionate amount of time in these just staring at the overwhelming selection of snacks, cheeses and cold drinks) then nip in between the
rows of grapes for an impromptu Napa gourmet experience. Food and beverage-wise, the very best time to get really involved in what the valley has to offer has got to be November during Flavor! festival. Everything from sparkling wine, cheese-making and cake-decorating to sushi, sake, pizza and pickling is covered off in a series of tastings, workshops, meals and events, with the highlight of the festival being the Grand Tasting held in the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). This Friday evening event sees thousands of food and wine fans pouring in from all over the country (and world in my case!) to sample hundreds of regional wines and dishes in the incredible setting of the CIA Greystone campus - one of the Napa Valley’s most historic and majestic properties, built as a winery from stone in 1886 (most wineries in the area at that time were wooden) and repurposed as the Culinary Institute in 1993.
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Aside from wine and food, Napa in autumn is actually just a wonderful place to be, surrounded by forest and hills, moderate weather, swirling mists in the morning, the scent of woodsmoke in the evening, and a series of small towns that all feel a bit like a movie set - historical shop fronts and little wooden houses with sweet porches and neat gardens. I stayed in Calistoga, which, with its natural hot springs, is the spa town of the area. My accommodation, the Mount View, has been a hotel since 1912 and boasts an elegant Art Deco frontage and the best spa facilities in the area, with localised treats like grapeseed oil massages and mud wraps. St Helena was my favourite though, beautifully laid out and packed with cool little shops and some of the best bars and places to eat in the area. The Goose & Gander, located in what once was the 1920s home of Walter Martini, a retired 274
San Francisco opera singer who later became a prosperous bootlegger, appropriately does fantastic cocktails. Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, consistently one of the most popular restaurants in Napa, uses produce from their own estates wherever possible - from eggs, vegetables and honey to free-range chicken, grass-fed cattle and olive oil. Archetype, on Main Street (seriously) does New American fare and the night I ate there gave the best and most profesh service I’ve ever experienced. Writing this now from Auckland there’s a distinctive crisp chill in the air, a hint of woodsmoke, and dry orange and brown leaves are rustling as they’re blown from the trees outside the window, and I’d like nothing more than to pour myself a large glass of one of Napa’s ‘big reds’ and nibble on some some Cowgirl Creamery cheese and a bag of Potter’s Carrot Ginger Crisps... Words and photography by Josie Steenhart. undonejournal.com
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Kok Lok Si Temple, Penang. A Buddhist temple with an architectural style of Chinese, Thai and Burmese cultures.
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Chew Jetty, George Town, Penang.
There are a million reasons to visit Malaysia and most of them focus on the incredible areas outside of the main cities, including Langkawi Island, the Cameron Highlands and the Perhentian Islands. However, for anyone visiting Malaysia (or considering a trip), the urban centres should not be overlooked. Although most travellers tend to land in the main centres and depart to outer areas pretty quickly, Remix travel writer Carl Thompson discovered that Kuala Lumpur and Penang themselves have a whole lot to offer…
KUALA LUMPUR: SHOPPING MECCA The bustling metropolis of Kuala Lumpur is a 24/7 hive of activity. With its huge middle-class population comes large-scale and impressive developments, including some serious shopping spots! Kuala Lumpur has over 20 large shopping malls, two of which are in the top 10 largest shopping malls in the world. Local fashion can be a bit hard to find, but the Malaysian fashion industry is on the rise. Fashion icon and footwear designer Jimmy Choo has really put Malaysian fashion on the map, which is why we also interviewed him in the People section of this issue! REMIX MAGAZINE TRAVEL
If you’re into high-end fashion then Kuala Lumpur has it all, with the very best designer brands scattered around the malls, including Dior, Prada, Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Versace among many many others. The culinary fare is just as impressive, with the city’s street vendors and boutique restaurants being the best way to eat. You have to try a mouthwatering Beef Rang Dang curry streetside for a quintessential Malaysian dining experience. PENANG: HISTORIC MALAYSIA If you’re looking for something a little more authentic, then you definitely want to make a visit 278
to Penang. A culture shock for most, this historical town is a real mix of old and new, rich and poor. You could spend all day cruising the streets of the old town Penang soaking in the Malaysian culture. Must see places to visit include Kek Lok Si Temple, a Buddhist heritage treasure, and The Snake Temple, home of the green vipers. Remix travelled to Kuala Lumpur with the assistance of Tourism Malaysia and Malaysia Airlines. malaysiaairlines.com tourism.gov.my
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OUT & ABOUT Our April launch party for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Remix Beauty & Luxe Edition included a VIP guest list of 800 at Auckland’s Shed 10.
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