Autre Desire Issue Dinner Celebrating Vaginal Davis at The Golden Phoenix Inside The Provocateur Hotel In Berlin

Following a signing event at Voo Store to celebrate Autre magazine’s SS25 Desire issue, a private dinner was held for Vaginal Davis at The Golden Phoenix, located inside the Provocateur Hotel in Berlin. The dinner was organized by Autre magazine and brought together a small group of invited guests, including artists, writers, curators, and members of Berlin’s queer creative community. The atmosphere was informal and intimate. photographs by Oliver Kupper

Sexy Beast Benefit For Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Hosted By Andy Richter @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel

The second edition of Sexy Beast, supporting Planned Parenthood Los Angeles (PPLA), was hosted by Andy Richter at the historic Theatre at Ace Hotel. Works by Barbara Kruger, Marilyn Minter, Julie Mehretu, Ed Ruscha, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Sterling Ruby were up for auction to support PPLA.  photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper

Subculture Capital: Valerie Steele Dishes On The Fine Line Between Fashion and Reality, And Her New Book About Queen Of New York Nightlife Susanne Bartsch

Fashion and nightlife are enmeshed in a seductive tango that relies on the notion of the pleasure. I often wonder if the pleasure of fashion is about dressing for yourself or for being seen? One could make the same argument about going out on the town. Indeed, there are many ways fashion and nightlife mirror one another. Each is an art as well as enterprise; each is mercurial; each can convey status and each sets and rejects trends, most typically from the ground up. Click here to read our conversation with Valerie Steele.