Remembering Alaïa: When Alexander Fury Met the Master
Four years since we lost one of fashion's true greats, we remember Azzedine Alaïa's legacy by revisiting Alexander Fury's interview with The Master inside 10 Magazine Issue 59, Rebel Heart. Azzedine Alaïa is a diminutive Tunisian man habitually dressed in black
Best Of 2017: As We Remember Azzedine Alaïa’s Legacy, When Alexander Fury Met The Master
Azzedine Alaïa is a diminutive Tunisian man habitually dressed in black cotton pyjamas, with a wide grin and a shock of black hair. He is also the greatest fashion designer in the world. Fashion designer isn’t really the right term
Real Is What You Feel: Alexander Fury On Vetements and Exactitudes
It was director Jennie Livingston’s 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning that introduced a wider public to the idea of “realness”. The drag performer Dorian Corey summarises it best, about 15 minutes in. “In a ballroom you can be anything you
Giorgio Armani On… Richard Gere
When it comes to power, success, charisma and twinkly blue eyes, Giorgio Armani has it all – in spades. He’s also pretty spectacular in the frock-designing department. That’s why, at 83, he’s still one of our favourite people. And why
Power And Legacy: Alexander Fury Speaks To Giorgio Armani
A week before his 83rd birthday, Giorgio Armani is in Paris, in a hôtel particulier on the Avenue d’Iéna, completing fittings for his Armani Privé haute couture show. Two weeks prior, he had staged his Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani
Small Hands Make Light Work: Alexander Fury Visits The Chanel Haute Couture Atelier
In the Chanel ateliers at 31 Rue Cambon, less than 24 hours before Karl Lagerfeld’s AW17 haute couture collection – his 70th for the house, although Lagerfeld refuses to celebrate anniversaries and claims to never look backwards – all is
48% Don’t Want Brexit: The Revolutionary Katharine Hamnett Talks To Alexander Fury
The archive is the first thing I see when I go to see Katharine Hamnett. Actually, the first thing I see is her dog, Arthur, but the archive overwhelms. It takes over an entire floor of her east London studio.
From The Issue: Menswhere? By Alexander Fury
There’s a scene in Paris Is Burning, the documentary unpicking the drag balls of late-1980s New York (of all places), where an argument erupts over the side a fur coat buttons up on – and hence whether the garment is
From The Archive: When Alexander Fury Met Azzedine Alaïa
Still in recovery from Monsieur Alaïa's breathtaking return to Paris Couture last week. Sophia's horizontal. It was brill. And, whilst it satiated most of our Alaïa-based cravings, we always want more more more. So, in lieu of yet more outbursts of indomitable
From The Archive: Alexander Fury’s Diary As A Fictional One Percenter
Rejoice! Rejoice! This joyous Sabbath marks the beginning of Paris couture week, affectionately known as, 'the big one' - a week in which the most indulgent creations - creations crafted in sanctified Parisian ateliers, which, under ordinary circumstances would be
As Raf Triumphs At The CFDAs, A Look Back To When He Sat Down With Alexander Fury
It doesn't take much for us here at Ten Towers to declare our unremitting love for Raf Simons. Sometimes it will just come pouring out - uncontrollably, completely unprompted, at a considerable volume. Imagine us this morning, then, when we learnt
From The Archive: Alexander Fury Speaks To Demna Gvasalia
Unlocking the Ten Towers vault again this AM and digging out this gem - that time when Alexander Fury had a gab with uber-talented designer Demna Gvasalia back in Issue 42 of 10 Men. Why today? A special Monday treat? Some higher purpose?
From The Archive: Alexander Fury Speaks To Rick Owens
In anticipation of Rick Owens taking home a shiny Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award at tomorrow's CFDA awards, presumably to slot in amongst his many other shiny awards, we have dusted off the archive to revive this - a conversation between Rick and
Sex Is Her Sensibility: Alexander Fury Meets Liz Goldwyn
Liz Goldwyn has a surname most people will recognise – her grandfather was Samuel Goldwyn, who helped shape the identity of Hollywood in the early 20th century. But Liz has carved out a niche for herself, as a film-maker, writer
Nicopanda: “You Harajuku Girls. Damn You Got Some Wicked Style”
You can hear Nicola Formichetti’s mobile phone whistling away in the background as we talk, even though we’re talking over the phone. He must have another one. How modern. Formichetti is my first interview, ever, via Face Time, that slightly terrifying