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20 PALE BLUE DOT by Martina Hoogland Ivanow

36 FLAILING, FAILING, FALLING Dancer and choreographer, Emma Portner, creates poignantly honest spaces for people to access themselves through dance. Her she talks about finding community,

creativity and communion. Photography by Devon Corman. Styling by Leith Clark and

Emma Portner. Interview by Stephanie LaCava

52 THE HOPE & THE REGENERATION

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A filmmaker, who also acts in her own films, Isabel Sandoval

holds a certain composure that fills a screen with such resolute softness that the sheer existence of the two in

communion together is quite a marvel to take in. Photography by Karen Collins. Interview by Fariha Róisín

60 IT’S ALRIGHT MAMA Photography by Olivia Lifungula Styling by Ashlee Barrett-Bourmier

84 IN LOVE AND IN FURY Leila Sadeghee, a dynamic healer with a generous intellect and benevolent candour, spoke to poet Katie Ebbitt about

legacy, grieving, and the comfort found in community. Photography by Sandra Freij. Styling by Tilly Wheating

Interview by Katie Ebbitt

100 THE ECHOING GREEN Photography by Lynette Garland

Styling by Cathy Kasterine

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116 OUR STEPS WILL ALWAYS RHYME There is no determined model for making a family.

Photography by Sam Copeland Styling by Ashlee Barrett-Bourmier

132 CITY OF EXILES Olivia Laing is one of those rare writers who exists in the in-between of spaces, who pens so accurately the absurdity

of the human condition. Here, she talks about critical compassion and the mercurial nature of life and death.

Interview by Fariha Róisín

138 VALLEY OF THE DARK CASTLES

Photography by Liz Collins

Styling by Leith Clark

150 NOON DAY DREAMS Photography by Brian Daly Styling by Rachel Bakewell

160 AND THE SKY WAS MADE OF AMETHYST There’s a lot that people don’t lead with when they talk about Courtney Love. An American iconoclast, Love

inhabits an old-world Hollywood charm, but with a counterculture edge; always pulling towards the darkness,

the rage, the challenge. Photography by Laura Bailey. Styling by Leith Clark

Interview by Stephanie LaCava

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188 WINTER’S GOING AND THE

LEAVES TURN GREEN When Simone Rocha launched in 2010, a renaissance of the kind of beauty we had been dreaming of all our lives, began.

Photography by Bex Day. Styling by Leith Clark

Interview by Greta Bellamacina

202 SISTER SHAPE Photography by Mafalda Silva

Styling by Cassie Walker

210 DREAM WORK

With the need for sustainable, low-impact consumption now

undeniable, Bay Garnett talks with Violet about whether

the fashion industry has caught up with their vision. Photography by Conor Bond. Interview by Olivia Gagan

216 PAVILION OF HEAVEN Photography by Clara Giaminardi

Beauty by Georgina Graham

Styling by Harriet Elton

224 THE FOURTH CHILD

by Jessica Winter

232 GIRLS by Justine Kurland

242 ALL IS CLEAR IN MY HEART

Photography by Carissa Gallo Styling by Leith Clark and Soko

254 A VIOLET EULOGY