Through strong industry power plays and sheer personal charm, Jules Kim is quickly establishing herself among the fashion elite. In an industry defined largely by individual relationships, Jules's partnership with well known fashion industry personality Lorenzo Martone for their new brand Nycked is currently making waves as a true fashion-oriented swimwear line. FutureClaw was able to chat with Jules during Miami Swim Week about the introduction of Nycked.

RYAN McGINLEY and STANLEY WHITNEY are both artists represented by TEAM GALLERY. Their work was recently presented together in Team’s  booth at Art Basel Miami and both Stanley and Ryan will have solo shows at the gallery in 2010. The artists interviewed each other via email for FutureClaw.

PATTI SMITH is a national treasure. Though best known for her contributions as a musician, Patti is also a distinguished visual artist, poet, and social activist whose efforts have had a profound influence on contemporary American culture. In 1996 she met photographer Steven Sebring at a shoot and Steven proposed documenting Patti’s tour with Bob Dylan set to begin that same year. Patti agreed and the two began a collaboration that would eventually evolve into an intense examination and celebration of Patti’s exceptional life through film. 

Syd Mead has created many distinct visions of the future over the course of his career. Few have been able to string together superb draftsmanship, plausibility, zany artistry, and engineering prowess to create such comprehensive and enthralling conceptions of what tomorrow will look like. Syd’s iconic designs have transformed movies like Blade Runner and Tron into cult classics, and his unwavering forward movement has inspired several generations of creatives to be ambitious when it comes to dreaming.

Video directed by Ben Rayner for the FutureClaw Issue 4 cover shoot with Daisy Lowe.

A fashion video by Christopher Starbody, featuring model Julia Shvets.

Photographer Elias Wessel photographs a set of looks from the Betsey Johnson Spring-Summer 2010 collection presentation at The Plaza Hotel in New York.

Japanese designers Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe, and Issey Miyake are known internationally, but who are the next generation of Japanese talent?  In 2005, the Council of Fashion Designers in Tokyo formed Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, to create tightly scheduled, centrally located fashion week, and the shows have been running biannually ever since.

A new fashion story by Elias Wessel, featuring model Tatyana Usova, and styled by Storm Pedersen.

FutureClaw finds Elyse Kroll, chairman of ENK International, at the launch of ENK New York, a new tradeshow for menswear, and talks to her about changes in the trade show industry and other plans for ENK.