Obsession In An Instant / Black Chalk Magazine

Obsession In An Instant

Words by Justin Howard @jthnomad Photography by Paul Kaiser @paulkaiserart Models John Strand @johnstrand Keslie Smeby @kelsiesmeby Make Up by Erik Torpe @eriktorppe “I do know the difference between right and wrong, but I just like the way wrong feels. It’s an impulse, an urge more intense than anything else.” – Unknown As a believer […]

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Carlson Young, Life After Scream / Black Chalk Magazine

Carlson Young, Life After Scream

  Editor­ Justin Howard @jthnomad Talent Carlson Young @carlsonyoung Photographer ­ Madison Parker @Madpics Hair ­ Rene Cortez  @hairbyrenecortez Make Up ­ Erik Torpe  @eriktorppe Stylist – Leisa Balfour @Leisastylediva “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou As every seasoned actor in Lalaland knows, life after a major […]

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Diane & Theo, Mytho Eroctics / Black Chalk Magazine

Diane & Theo, Mytho Erotics

Words by Justin Howard @Jthnomad Art – Mytho Erotics @mytho_erotics Talent – Diane Alexandre @dianealexandre Theodore Psychoyos @7theopsy7 Photography – Gian Marco Flamini @gianmarcoflamini Realisation – Black Chalk Magazine @BlackChalkMagazine “We are a duality of hearts, a tender contradiction, an erotic dream, an echo of souls, a love story, a four handed artist, a drifting organism. No gender, no ego, […]

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Swish Embassy / Black Chalk Magazine

Dean Malka, Swish Embassy

  Editor @Jthnomad Fashion @Swishembassy “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” – Coco Chanel Swish Embassy is the brainchild of designer Dean Malka, who created this fantastically hilarious clothing line that […]

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Laurel Berman, Black Halo / Black Chalk Magazine

Laurel Berman, Black Halo

Editor @Jthnomad Fashion @Blackhalostyle “I am a woman above everything else.” – Jackie Kennedy  By taking the famous Jackie Kennedy quote “I never leave my house unless I am suitably dressed” to heart, designer Laurel Berman launched her line, Black Halo, with flawless construction, impeccable tailoring and a heavy dose of sex appeal. Black Halo  is […]

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The Beguiled

Seven Films to watch from Cannes

Editor @Jthnomad Photo Copyright – Cannes Press Office 2017 “Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn’t give you what you desire – it tells you how to desire.” – Slavoj Zizek Black Chalk picks seven films showcasing at the Cannes Festival, including a fantastically strange Gothic Western from director Sofia Coppola starring Nicole Kidman […]

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Elsa Schiaparelli – Fashion As Art

Editor @Jthnomad Fashion @Elsaschiaparelli “In difficult times fashion is always outrageous.” – Elsa Schiaparelli Elsa Schiaparelli is credited by many as the fashion designer who invented modern women’s fashion. Elsa’s modern designs were defined by her extraordinary creativity, and her philosophy of treating fashion as art. It was this personal philosophy that lead to the […]

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Abby Stern, According To A Source

Abby Stern, According To A Source

Editor @Jthnomad Author @Abbystern “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” – Lloyd Alexander Anais Nin wrote that “we write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect,” novelist Abby Stern has embodied those words in her debut novel, According To A Source. Drawing inspiration from her time […]

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Shahida Parides, From Delhi With Love

  Editor @Jthnomad Fashion @shahidaparides “A new dress doesn’t get you anywhere. It’s the life you’re living in the dress.” – Diana Vreeland When I think of fashions from India, my mind fills up with images of  traditional sarees to bold luxuriously patterned dresses. Extravagant, fabulous outfits straight out of a Bollywood film, pieces that South […]

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