Entering The Dust Era

In Dapper Dan’s fourth issue, Kris Van Assche outlines the modern man; Ann Demeulemeester proclaims freedom as the biggest luxury; Richard Wirick looks at the new face of superstition; Paolo Roversi finds new ways to tell his story; Robert Rabensteiner recounts tales of lavish adventure and elegant abandon; Philip Aarons confides in AA Bronson about his fascination with now-defunct artist’s publication Semina; Berlin-based typographer duo Jung and Wenig reveal their weird mental processes and the musician Piero Ilov wants to share his latest project with all the humans and the animals on earth.

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Dapper Dan 04 is out now in Europe and will be available soon worldwide, at selected newsstands, galleries and fashion boutiques.

Vital Shock of the Happy Accident

In Dapper Dan’s third issue, Angelo Flaccavento studies the cult of Rei Kawakubo; legendary designer Yohji Yamamoto pulls a bomb from his heart; Berlin-based artist Christopher Kline guides us through the stations of a snakebraid; Thomas Eberwein and Jerome Rigaud discuss the creative potentials of technology; photographers Charlotte Ballesteros and Hubert Marot explore the paradox of beauty; Epic artist Jannis Kounellis declares art a sacrifice; Filep Motwary discovers talent in the work of new designer Takashi Nishiyama; Walter Pfeiffer is having a nice day; Shumon Basar shares an excerpt from his novel-in-progress and Jeff Clarke talks about his polka-dot guitar.

 

Coming out late March 2011, Dapper Dan 03 will be available worldwide at selected newsstands, bookstores and fashion boutiques.

Scatter The Germs Of The Beautiful

Dapper Dan’s first issue features Josh T. Pearson, among others, interviews by Damir Doma, Lucas Ossendrijver and Juergen Teller. Contributions by Amandine Alessandra, Alexandre Bettler, Jared Buckheister, Lauranne Corneau, Panos Davios, Mara Desipri, Angelo Flaccavento, Laurent Folcher, Dada Ioannides, Yorgos Kakanakis, Christos Kalafatis, Manthos Kaloumenos, Lydia Kamitsis, Peter Lyle, Will McBride, Socrates Mitsios, Emily Moore, Filep Motwary, Mariaflora Papapanagiotou, Jerome Rigaud, Andy Salzer, Frederic Sanchez, Eugene Souleiman, Jesper List Thomsen and Yianni Vassiliou.


Thanks to Genevieve Majari, Nikos Dimitros, Michail Adamis, Ben Palmer and Jonas Lehec.

The children of the revolution

Photographer unknown

Although I’m not too much into symbols or symbolisms, this is some date to publish the first post on Dapper Dan magazine’s blog: Twenty six years after the uprising against the Greek military junta, which ended up with a tank crashing through the gates of the Athens Polytechnic, in the early hours of November 17th, 1973. A day regarded as a heroic act of resistance against the military dictatorship and therefore a symbol of resistance to tyranny.

Well I guess this as an ideological overkill, considering that we are talking about a men’s fashion magazine—but I don’t care.

Everything that inspires us, every thought that motivates us to communicate our ideas and beliefs and to excite creative freedom, is to my mind, legit.