Fashion & Style (10)
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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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 : 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…
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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Clowns, cake, lions, tigers and bare flesh - Oh my! When Club AntiChrist took a trip to the circus on June 24th for its 7th birthday, an eclectic set of clubbers bowled down to the big top the celebrate. SinZine roamed from the dancefloors to the dungeon, to meet fetishists, fashionistas, first-timers and chain mail-makers,…
Now for some thoughts from the vaults of 2005, when Dave Darcy was pondering whether Goth could be the last subculture to exude overt sexuality, so presenting an alluring aesthetic to advertisers hoping to clinch those hard sells. Six years and an age of porno pop videos on, have his arguments stood up? Read on,…
Defined by being several steps ahead of the mainstream, alternative subculture is always evolving, but no longer are clearly defined tribes splitting into smaller sub-sets. Sophia Disgrace now argues that the new breed is a hybrid, before asking which tag(s) you take to define your style. Read on and watch as the scene lines start…
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SarahTonin is one colourful character, whose bright tresses and hippy chick wardrobe instantly set her apart from the dark aesthetics of a majority of alt model's portfolios. Still, when Sin Zine's Sophia Disgrace - herself no stranger to the camera, met Sarah they were not short on common ground; from gripes over Suicide Girls to…
Every latex lover knows that long nails and studded accessories can be the ruin of a perfect outfit. So how did Claire Leftwich-Winchester, a former employee of hallowed London rubber retailers House of Harlot, come to establish Prong - a jewellery line as spiky, and sharply designed as its name suggests? Mik Scarlet investigates. Piercing jewellery and more practical…