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When sharp-dressed Sin-er Mik Scarlet visited the London Edge alternative fashion trade show for us earlier this year one of the stand out stands was Kate's Clothing. Their range of custom designs Necessary Evil took Goth and Alternative standards and gave them a superb individual twist, that means when you wear them you stand out…
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Fashion & Style
A Bloodstock festival stage and Illamasqua make-up line are amongst numerous memorials to immortalize Sophia Lancaster on the alt. scene, whilst the tireless efforts of the S.O.P.H.I.E campaign have made her story something of a symbol for the alternative in wider culture. So do we need to talk about this issue again? In the…
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Opinion & Comment
Married but "pretty much" identifying as a lesbian and getting her kinky kicks playing both top and bottom, Alyss Abyss is a self-confessed "greedy cow" when it comes to sex and romance. In this article, she describes how polyamory caters to the desires of a girl with more fetishes than one partner can fulfil…
From the ‘Night of the Vampires’ to the Day of the Dead, Club AntiChrist’s last two outings have been a couple spooky affairs. SinZine cornered some of the characters haunting the Colosseum in September and October for a photo opp, and the chance to find out why they feel you should join them at AntiChrist…
Still stuck for costume ideas for next Friday's 'Rock 'n' Roll Voodoo' Halloween bash at AntiChrist? Sophia Disgrace suggests delving into Mexico's Day of Dead tradition and drawing inspiration from the unique imagery of 'Ofrendas' alters. Her step-by-step guide makes it dead easy! Looking for…
Photographer : Sabrina Dersel Every year on the last weekend of September, the London Tattoo Convention transforms Wapping's Tobacco Dock into a pop-up gallery. Attracting more than 20,000 visitors from across the globe, it's a rival to any more established artistic destination on the city's tourist trail, and though only in situ for 3 days,…
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Body Modification
Is the human body obsolete? With medical science reaching its peak, surely it’s about time technology gave evolution a bit of a kick up the arse. SinZine talks to Australian artist Stelarc about where we go next with meat and machinery. A lot of your work is based around the theory of the human body…
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Body Modification
Photographer : Nikki Q In the first of two reports from September’s LondonEdge, Mik Scarlet sizes up the styles buyers have been filling their bags with at the UK’s only alternative fashion tradeshow, and which are set to fill rails at your nearest alt. emporium any day now. From rockabilly-friendly full skirts and frills to…
Over the weekend of September 23rd - 25th, the London Tattoo Convention will attract thousands of visitors to Wapping's Tobacco Dock to see three days of performances, exhibitions and live music and of course catch dozens of the world's best tattooists at work. Sophia Disgrace gave us her pick of the art on offer, and…
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Body Modification
A bi-annual barometer for what alternative fashion will favour in the season ahead, the LondonEdge trade show occupies Kensington’s Olympia every February and September, and gives retail buyers an opportunity to cast their eye over hundreds of collections by alt. designers from across the globe. As the autumn event approaches, SinZine selects some highlights to…
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Fashion & Style