Mistress of Suspense feat. Thom Browne, Balenciaga, and Prada
A Frame-by-Frame Editorial
How can suspense—so abstract and yet so acute—be identified without a physical agent? The ominous, slow turn of a doorknob, a phone that rings in the night. A suitcase packed in a hurry. Both a psychological state and a genre, suspense demands a vehicle. Like unexpected footsteps, just outside on the stairs, or a stranger’s coat hanging in the vestibule. Whose is it? How long have they been here? Limp and somehow foreboding, ordinary objects come to act as mediums for threat. They mean trouble.
More so, even the most everyday gestures are made tense in the vise of suspense. As a stand-off between restraint and revelation, suspense grabs hold. A watch, a shoe, a glove, the shadow of a gloved hand—they all tell a story...or solve a mystery. A key becomes a proxy. Objects conspire. They drive plot.
Dressing for the Westminster Dog Show with Michael the III The Style Guru and Aspiring Dog Masseuse Shares 12 Winning Looks that Will Make You Best in Show Are dogs the ultimate accessory? Or are we really their personal assistant, personal trainer, personal chef, therapist, social media manager, and hot-best-friend wrapped up into one? All at the low price of an unpaid intern. Still, today we must tackle a much more urgent question: How should a human dress for the upcoming Westminster Dog Show? Too much, and you’ll overshadow your work of art. Not enough, and your dog might as well be a cat. 
Seeing Is Believing: Isabella Burley on the Helmut Lang Artist Series The Departing Editor-in-Residence Discusses Navigating History and Perspective at the New Helmut Lang It looks like a hot summer’s day in 1980s New York City. That’s when photographer Keizo Kitajima captures a portrait of her: a woman with red lipstick and red nails, in a bright, patterned, sleeveless top that exposes a long keloid scar on her left shoulder. Her expression is that of exasperation, or maybe just annoyance, as she looks over her shoulder attempting to cross a busy street. In that moment, her tribulation feels universally relatable. 
Sies Marjan Meets Mister Mort The Illustrious Photographer Shares His Backstage Escapades at the Label’s Fall/Winter 2018 Show Who better to take us backstage for Sander Lak’s fifth Sies Marjan show than Mister Mort aka Mordechai Rubinstein ? Both men hold personality in the highest regard. While Mordechai expresses his point of view through his avid documentation of NYC street style, Lak speaks through clothing saturated in vivid color. In short, these two stand out. SSENSE heads behind-the-scenes with Rubinstein to check out the Sies Marjan Fall/Winter 2018 collection from his trademark point of view.