One morning during last season’s London Fashion Week I woke up and stumbled down the stairs from my Hackney attic bedroom only to come face to face with Lily Jones hard at work on a multi purpose kitchen mixer straight out of Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory. Over the days following I was treated to taste tests during various stages of an other worldly red devil recipe. Lily Vanilli’s cookbook/graphic novel “A Zombie Ate My Cupcake” has just been released and I can attest that her beauty has been matched by her baked goods. Like her crackcakes Lily is drop dead gorgeous inside and out and her, until now, secret creations are sure to satisfy the most ravenous cannibal cravings.

The legend of John Charles Fare (or Faré) is the story of a man who slowly destroyed his own body.

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After all that fashion (and there still are like 5 shows I need to blog… argh…), we need some tattooing. I have to apology though, I have not written down the names of the bearers and the artists… What I remember is: the man with the lines on his throat is the owner of Steele Workshop Tattoo , he tattooed himself in the mirror. The man with the head tattoo and biomechanical chestpiece is a tattoo artist from LA (I have his card, I will check tomorrow). He is a friend of Hooper and his head tattoo is by Hoop. Chestpiece, I don’t know. Will ask him. And the girl… Sorry I just don’t remember. If anyone knows, please share! The dude with the cap is from Paris, I have a card somewhere too. They were a hole posse there, some very good artists I had never heard of before. Thank you and congratulations to Dats of Tattoopassion for the invitation and congratulations for a (I admit) unexpectedly good show! And last but not least, thank you to the amazing Travelingmic for good company and uplifting exchanges.

words & images ©Maxime Büchi

Small Images: Klaus Stockhausen

Large Image: Katou

Thank You to Both.

We look forward to seeing you both in Paris very soon.

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