Introducing 10 Magazine issue 74 – MUSIC, TALENT, CREATIVE – which explores the axis between music and fashion across a whopping 480 pages, out March 24.
Our first cover turns the spotlight toward critically acclaimed composer Max Richter, who is photographed by Jermaine Francis and styled by 10 Magazine’s very own Garth Allday Spencer. Inside, the maestro sits down with former artistic director at Dior Men and Fendi, Kim Jones, for an in-depth chat looking back at some of their most extraordinary catwalk moments together and getting nerdy about records and collecting. Read the full conversation here.
For more of what’s inside the issue, read Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou’s editor’s letter below:
Music has always had a huge influence on my life. In the Eighties, your chosen music tribe manifested in everything you did. It dictated how you dressed and the people you spent time with. Every layer and interaction of life had a soundtrack. We spent our time in record shops poring over the new releases and trying to get the rarest mixes so we could compare our precious treasures.
We had rituals where we all gathered, bringing our new finds, and listened to them together, huddled around our record players. We were incredibly competitive about our new vinyls – the rarer the better – and plotted where the best house party would be so we could finally dance to the music we treasured.
The pilgrimage to find the look to match your sound was equally crucial. The aim was to be immediately identifiable to your tribe, as if you were wearing your clan’s tartan. We needed to signal our music preferences at a glance, with no ambiguity, no guessing. The music uniform of my youth? I was a Perry Casual, into R&B, soul and ska. The uniform was box-pleat skirts, sheer shirts buttoned to the very top, Farah’s, Sergio Tacchini tops, and tracksuit bottoms or ski pants. Channelling Sade, my hair was either pulled back in a tight-plaited ponytail, worn with a vivid red lip and the biggest earrings I could clip onto my ears, or channelling Neneh Cherry, I had a very tight spiral perm, which I would refresh every four to six months even though my hair was already curly.
I lived in Lyle & Scott and Fred Perry polo tops, Pringle jumpers and my favourite bleached, spray-on straight-leg Lois jeans. Putting them on was a mission. These days, I’m an Alaïa- and The Row-clad karaoke addict, singing my favourite tunes at any opportunity, in every city in the world and as often as possible. I wanted to create an issue where my two loves, fashion and music, came together. I wanted to explore how they feed off and inspire each other.
Music is the most primal and potent form of self-expression. It has the power to move us, heal us and bring us together as a community. It really is at the core of our beings! The whole cosmos is a form of vibration, so the whole cosmos is music. Music can express emotion where words cannot. I believe music is the most powerful healing and unifying force that exists. There’s an immediacy about it that touches you right away. The effect of a sound on our senses is very specific and evocative of a place, a time and an emotion. It’s visceral.
In this issue, we go to the axis of music and fashion and explore how the two fields are intertwined and supercharge each other. We profile some of the most talented and stylish men in music from Kojey Radical, Jamie xx and Max Richter to Denzel Curry, the Pol brothers, Nick Ward, Fukase and the awe-inspiring Ezra Collective. They all cleverly use fashion to enhance their message.
We also spotlight the DJs that deliver dance floor euphoria, showcase rising music talents and honour our musical diversity by homing in on a wide array of genres and styles. We don’t skip a beat. I also want to welcome super-stylist Toby Grimditch as our new Editor-in-Chief of 10 Deutsch. I have always adored his unique view of fashion. He joins us along with his amazing right-hand woman Marie-Louise von Haselberg as Editorial Director and the ever-brilliant creative Veronika Heilbrunner as Fashion Director. As our exciting adventure begins, they’re bringing a fresh and creative energy to the 10 universe.
I hope you all enjoy our fashion/music journey. It’s stuffed full of newness, nostalgia and all you ever needed to know about the marriage of fashion and music.
10 Men Issue 61 – MUSIC, TALENT, CREATIVE – is on newsstands March 24. Pre-order your copy here.
MAX RICHTER: MUSIC MAKER
Photographer JERMAINE FRANCIS
Fashion Editor GARTH ALLDAY SPENCER
Talent MAX RICHTER
Interview KIM JONES
Sittings editor GEORGIA EDWARDS
Grooming PAUL DONOVAN
Production ZAC APOSTOLOU
Production assistant SONYA MAZURYK
Location Studio Richter Mahr, Oxfordshire
Special thanks to NIC BESTLEY, HUXLEY and DIOR
On the cover Max wears DIOR MEN
