INTERVIEWS

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MAFF Loves Iman Le Caire

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Airbnb CEO: “Airbnb Was Worth $100 BILLION & I Was Lonely & Deeply Sad!”

If you enjoyed hearing from Brian Chesky about the highs and lows of creating the world’s biggest brands.

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Ask Me Anything | ISAMAYA FFRENCH

British makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench has carved out a reputation as one of the most innovative voices in the business with an approach that is far from standard soft glam. From her early days exploring body painting while working at a theater company to creating three-dimensional, prosthetic designs, she has redefined the boundaries of makeup as a medium, taking it to heights once unconceived outside of hours-long sessions in Hollywood. Her collaborations with industry titans like Mert & Marcus and Steven Klein further honed her understanding of lighting, beauty, and storytelling while also instilling in her the confidence to approach beauty on her own terms. That essential foundation had led her to collaborations with major fashion publications, including Dazed, i-D, W, and Vogue while consulting for a heavy-hitting list of brands before she finally decided to go out on her own two years ago. Ffrench’s eponymous makeup brand, ISAMAYA, is known for its provocative and boundary-pushing themes–whether it’s BDSM-inspired designs or daringly phallic-shaped lipstick—and challenges traditional notions of beauty and censorship. Through her work, both on set and in product creation, Ffrench continues to push the conversation forward, proving that beauty is not just an aesthetic but a powerful tool for self-expression and cultural critique. Shot by Kloss Films in London, Models.com spoke to the artist at home to discuss her progressive brand, her impressive collaborations, and her unconventional approach to beauty.

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why no one picks you

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Original

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01:25

Ines Alpha | MAFF chat pt. 1

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Jacquemus: A Coming of Age Story

The designer joined BoF founder and CEO Imran Amed on stage at BoF VOICES 2024 to share how he has built a successful independent business in such a competitive environment, understand his plans for the future and settle some of the rumours and speculation. When Simon Porte Jacquemus came on to the scene in 2009, he did so with a bang. The French designer’s playful take on Parisian fashion draws inspiration from 20th century sculpture, the French New Wave, and sunny afternoons in Marseille. His creations have catapulted him and his label into stardom, with the brand’s campaigns often going viral on social media. “It’s [all about] having fun,” said Jacquemus. “Having fun is being creative, it's going one step aside and it's playing with the system.”

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Isabelle Huppert’s Closet Picks

The legendary actor returns to the Criterion Closet, where she shares her love for independent American gems such as Barbara Loden’s WANDA and Michael Roemer’s NOTHING BUT A MAN, talks about Roberto Rossellini’s work with Ingrid Bergman, and selects Italian cinema classics I KNEW HER WELL and JULIET OF THE SPIRITS.

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Erményi Mátyás: Books I should have read

ACB Gallery (Budapest) in collaboration with animation director Máté Fillér related to the latest solo exhibition of painter Mátyás Erményi entitled "Books I Should Have Read". Narrator: Mátyás Erményi Interview, translation: Zsolt Miklósvölgyi Special thanks to Kata Balázs and András Heszky

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BHAGYA SIVARAMAN

Sivaraman is a creative coach, self-taught inter-disciplinary artist, and an entrepreneur. She runs her own creative business in the combination of Healing, Fine, and Wearable arts. Her wearable art form sees the creation of contemporary handmade jewellery that is unique, created with intention and intuition to champion for unapologetic self- expression. Sivaraman uses polymer clay as a medium to fiercely express her love and curiosity for innumerable shapes and colours in the form of modern-day statement jewellery. Playing with clay also serves as her personal restorative practice of the mind.

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In Your Face: Interview: Ryder Ripps

Ryder Ripps is an American conceptual artist, programmer, and creative director.

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Joan Rivers finds humor in being yourself

On November 16, 2006, Joan Rivers spoke about her experience as a female comic in the early 60s and finding her comedic voice. Interview conducted by director Michael Kantor for the six-hour PBS comedy series, “Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America” (2009).

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The Funniest Girl in NYC

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Miriam Bäckström: Life is the Real Theatre

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When Miriam Bäckström was a child, her parents used her as a therapist for their relationship. Today, the renowned Swedish conceptual photographer and artist finds that “homes are frightening,” she says in this video in which we visited her workplace and “imitation of a home” in an old mansion, to talk about her work inspired by theatre. Bäckström explains how she started out documenting various set designs: “I documented it in a way that would also somehow show that it was a fiction, an environment built for the camera.” These settings were so close to reality that they seemed real at first. But at a closer look, something else was uncovered: “It made me understand that everything is a set design… What we call theatre or film sets is more like a model for our options in the real theatre, which is life.” Theatre, she adds, teaches us which roles we can take on, and mirrors the “double view” that she requires in her works: “I won’t be satisfied until there is more than one reality.” “I don’t think my parents understood that I was a child,” Bäckström says of her childhood in the 1970s. Her parents let her take care of herself and used her as a sort of relationship counsellor. She was not allowed to play the role of a child, and rather than developing a clear idea of herself, she came to have an understanding of all characters: “Sometimes I think that it might have been equally interesting for me to become an actor. Not knowing who you are and at the same time holding all characters inside of you.” In continuation of this, Bäckström says that she has never really understood the concept of a home, and so, she lives in a house that is both home, workroom, film studio, and set design. Miriam Bäckström (b. 1967) is a Swedish conceptual photographer and artist. Since the mid-1990s, she has worked with indirect modes of portraiture. Bäckström has photographed different rooms and interiors – including film sets, museum displays, and furnished flats – that tell their story in the absence of their inhabitants and often reveal themselves to be staged. She has also worked with tapestry in large formats, where the photographic motif has been woven in one piece. Bäckström has participated in numerous international exhibitions and biennials, and together with German artist Carsten Höller, she represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale in 2005. Miriam Bäckström was interviewed by Christian Lund at her house in Stockholm, Sweden, in February 2015.

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