GAD Magazine Issue 02
Global Art Daily (GAD) Magazine, Issue 02, All Girls Are Spicy Fall 2018 Editor-in-Chief: Sophie Arni Contributors: Achrakat El Fidori, Ev Zverev, Blair Cannon, Christopher Benton, Naiting So Mo, Julia Saubier, GK Graphic contributions by GK, SANTIAGO TAUZIN Cover shot by HEATHER HAZZAN Interviews with SHIRIN NESHAT, MICHELE LAMY, MARIA KOCH, and FARAH AL QASIMI 110 pages Bilingual: English - Japanese Printed in Tokyo, Japan
Global Art Daily (GAD) Magazine, Issue 02, All Girls Are Spicy
Fall 2018
Editor-in-Chief: Sophie Arni
Contributors: Achrakat El Fidori, Ev Zverev, Blair Cannon, Christopher Benton, Naiting So Mo, Julia Saubier, GK
Graphic contributions by GK, SANTIAGO TAUZIN
Cover shot by HEATHER HAZZAN
Interviews with SHIRIN NESHAT, MICHELE LAMY, MARIA KOCH, and FARAH AL QASIMI
110 pages
Bilingual: English - Japanese
Printed in Tokyo, Japan
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Shoes: Jessica Kessel’s upcoming Fall 2018 collection. Photo: Courtesy of Jessica Kessel.<br />
@jessicakessel<br />
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When and how did you start<br />
creating?<br />
When I was a little girl, I would<br />
stand in front of stained glass<br />
windows and stare at shoes, mostly<br />
the ones that made a statement.<br />
However, that stopped happening<br />
over time. What I saw became<br />
boring.<br />
different spices, according to my day,<br />
humor and cravings.<br />
Salt and pepper are a must. Curry,<br />
sweet paprika, nutmeg and mustard<br />
are some of my favorites.<br />
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How do you define yourself?<br />
I pursue my goals and I don’t think<br />
there are impossible things. I do not<br />
sit idly. I knock on doors. I walk<br />
forward. I make mistakes and try<br />
again. I’m also always wearing a<br />
good pair of shoes. My designs<br />
reflect who I am. I take risks by<br />
making combinations between<br />
textures and colors. I play with the<br />
preset limits as to what a shoe should<br />
look like. I work a lot in comfort. My<br />
idea is to take down the idea of a<br />
shoe as an obstacle, so to be used<br />
both day and night without ever<br />
losing elegance. I don't need to make<br />
a serial production. I'd rather have<br />
each shoe to be considered a unique<br />
piece of art.<br />
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I deeply felt the need to make a<br />
change. I studied with a master<br />
shoemaker, Fernando López Bizcaíno.<br />
When I tried on the first shoe<br />
that I had put together with my bare<br />
hands, the desire to create a full<br />
collection was immense. A genuine<br />
love was born and it still grows day<br />
by day. I have a lot to say, a lot to tell<br />
and making shoes is the way I found<br />
to put it out there.<br />
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Bizcaíno <br />
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What is your favorite spice?<br />
I love cooking and when I do, I use<br />
Did you face any difficulties<br />
being a woman artist in<br />
Buenos Aires?<br />
Personally, in the fashion design<br />
world, it has not been a problem for<br />
me to be a woman. I have had good<br />
experiences. I think nowadays it is an<br />
environment where both women<br />
consumers and women designers<br />
have a strong participation.<br />
Although the conversation is slowly<br />
changing, I sadly can’t speak for<br />
every one of them.<br />
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Who is your favorite Spice<br />
Girl?<br />
I would combine the comfort of Mel<br />
C and the extravagance of Ginger<br />
Spice.<br />
MelC<br />
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