aRUDE: showcase
MICKALENE THOMAS
I am so grateful that I get to spend my time pursuing a career that is thoroughly rewarding on so many levels that I really don’t know what else could offer this kind of satisfaction in my life.
TODD LYNN
It’s only rock & roll, but Todd Lynn likes it. He grew up on a diet of 1980s MTV and has styled artists including Mick Jagger, Bono, Mark Almond and Courtney Love.
HILLARY DOBBS
“I don’t know enough about racing to make any comparisons to Sea Biscuit, but I do know that there have been a number of tremendous show jumpers with all of the charisma and talent and impressive records that deserve the attention of the general public. Remarkable show jumping superstars --riders and horses--sometimes go unnoticed by the American public.
25 QUESTIONS FOR AFSANE BASSIR-POUR
The main reason for the creation of the UN was to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” which by and large it has done. What is inexcusable is the level of poverty in the world and the violations of human rights; on both fronts we have a long way to go.
SEBASTIAN HORSLEY
“Is there anything you want to tell us about previous convictions?” I racked my brains. I didn’t have any convictions - not even the sort that they meant. “That is not what we know about you.” By now my brow was a corrugated mess. Thinking plays havoc with one’s foundation.
STEFAN SAGMEISTER
Selling is more important here in New York than it is in Europe, (but less than in Hong Kong). I had clients in Europe whose principal criteria when they commissioned a piece of work was quality and only secondarily, marketability. In the US, my clients first check to see if it works, and only then, see if it’s good or not.
DIANE PERNET
In the 1980s, Diane was a relatively successful fashion designer in New York before becoming a fashion journalist and relocating to Paris. A doyenne of fashion, she is best known for her popular fashion blog, A Shaded View on Fashion.
TIMOTHY GREENFIELD SANDERS
The book and the film worked out rather seamlessly. The filmed interviews turned into text for the book and my portraits




















