Eco-friendly, organic, and sustainable practices don’t mean you have to compromise on style. With designers such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, and Charlotte Ronson pledging not to use fur, Stella McCartney’s fierce fight against cruelty to animals, and Marni’s quirky recycled vinyl bangles, the fashion industry’s determination to become more aware of the environment we [...]

Who: Hélio Morais Where: Lisboa/Portugal What he does: Musician What’s on his mind today: Updating my touring agenda and late rehearsal with Linda Martini What he is currently working on: PAUS has a new record, so I’m touring with them and promoting it. Linda Martini is writing new stuff and still touring the last record- [...]

As our first printed edition launched just before the holidays, we wanted to share with all our readers a little preview of the issue. Check out the video from the cover shoot, featuring the beautiful Ulla wearing clothes from Louis Vuitton, Sonia Rykiel, Hussein Chalayan and more. ENJOY! Fashion Video for The Wild from Chloe [...]

Who: Jane Aldridge Where: Dallas, TX What she does: Blogger at Sea of Shoes What’s on her mind today: Christmas cheer-my little sister came home after 5 months away last night so nothing could ruin my mood. Trying to draw a little before I go out and take some pictures. What she is you currently [...]

Who: Jessica Mitrani. What she does: Short films, performance, objects. Where: Franklin Street, studio one, NYC Photos by: Britt Kubat What’s on her mind today: Today I am editing a new video called “headpieces for peace” about an imaginary non-hierarchical, nomadic organization on a tandem that seeks to initiate free political action from all unitary [...]

An aquatic extravaganza for Chanel’s Spring Summer 2012. Under the irreplaceable glass ceiling of the Grand Palais, a magical « under the sea » world was created for the occasion. The models strolled through a bubble tunnel, corals, shells, and sea horses, all pure white, while Florence Welch sang “What the water gave me” as a shimmering [...]

As NYC roasts in some of the hottest weather in history (Newark, NJ hit 108 degrees!), it’s a good time for all of us to think about our planet and it’s slowly climbing temperatures. Climate change is a problem that is affecting people and the environment. Greater energy efficiency and new technologies hold promise for reducing [...]

This week the interdisciplinary cultural center and exhibition space Exit Art is sponsoring a screening of Los Herederos, a Mexican documentary touching on the daily toil of migrant child labor in Northern Mexico and the cycle of poverty inherited from the previous generation. To gain access to this private terrace screening, enter the raffle for a [...]

Who would have thought Belgium had so much soul… © Hans Spooren Raised in the Belgium town of Leefdaal, Selah Sue embodies the heart of a lion, with her acoustic sounds accompanied by the spirit of reggae. Her music is infectious. She herself is a conversation piece with her misleading looks; her angelic features contrasts [...]

Recognizing their shared goals, bringing people together, The Very Best included an Invisible Children video synopsis with their Super Mom Mixtape which can be downloaded for free at their site. The Very Best have dropped a paragon of cross-cultural jams that spread social awareness. The Super Mom Mixtape takes the sounds of traditional Malawi music [...]

The dynamic duos behind party paraphernalia purveyor Confetti System and the ever-innovative fashions of United Bamboo have teamed up once again to grace us with their special brand of creative wonder. Photo courtesy of United Bamboo For their first collaborative effort, Nicholas Andersen and Julie Ho’s crystal piñatas modeled alongside artist Terence Koh in Miho [...]

Not to Be Missed, No Matter the Cost. Tonight is your last chance to catch the debut of BENT by SSION. Certain to be remembered, BENT is the long awaited next chapter in the endless mutation of art-production, pop decadence and post-punk/ pop hit-making that is SSION. Cody Chricheloe, the head of the serpent, has [...]

Who: Alexa Winner Where: New York, NY Does: Whatever feels right that day. stylist, designer, artist and photographer by definition though. Photo Britt Kubat On her mind today: Wondering why the cloud formations in Thailand are so different than those in New York/Where the hell am I going to find a men’s size 46 pair [...]

A few days ago, Salvor Projects’ Ross Menuez, an industrial designer before jumping into fashion, opened his first retail store in NYC’s Lower East Side. Working with designer Nick Dine, Menuez created the entire store without paint, sheetrock, or visible brick. “We wanted it to look like we carved the space out of one material,” [...]

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Thousands of Mexicans have marched into Mexico City, the capital, to protest against the wave of killings that has claimed 38,000 lives since Felipe Calderon, the president, launched his war on drug gangs in late 2006. The march started on Thursday about 72km from the capital in the tourist city of Cuernavaca, which has been [...]

How do kids react to the knowledge of being in the 11th hour? Well, some take action! Photo (c) Tom Giebel On may 5th, sixteen year old Alec Loorz filed a lawsuit against the United States of America, for allowing money to be more powerful than the survival of the next generation, and for making [...]

The Wild loves sexy Rick Gonzales in the Lady Gaga Judas video! The video was shoot in 2 days on the Universal lot, and directed by Laurieann Gibson and Lady Gaga. Rick Gonzales, a 31 year old Brooklyn born (of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent) reveals in a MTV interview, he was impressed with how [...]

In this beautiful track, PJ Harvey explores themes of war and conflict between nations over a jumpy xylophone riff. In an interview earlier this year with the AV Club, she discussed her writing style and the inspiration for her album Let England Shake. “I wanted to tap into the emotional quality [of war],” she said. [...]

This week New York’s IFC is playing BEAUTIFUL DARLING, a documentary about downtown icon, Candy Darling. Born James Slattery in Massapequa, Long Island, she made herself into a stunning blonde underground star, her own greatest creation, with Warhol and Tennessee Williams among her fans—until succumbing to cancer at 29. Vintage footage, excerpts of Candy’s letters [...]

Last month, Egyptian blogger and activist Maikel Nabil Sanad was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting and publishing false news about the military. His crime was writing a recent blog post that criticized the lack of transparency in the military. This month, more than 800 participants from around the world are converging in [...]

Mark your calendars, on June 21, Sufjan Stevens‘ label Asthmatic Kitty will release Scott Ogden and Malcolm Hearn’s documentary MAKE on DVD. It takes us on a journey into the lives of American self-taught artists: Prophet Royal Robertson, Hawkins Bolden, Judith Scott, and Ike Morgan. All consumed by obsessive art making, their interwoven stories reveal [...]

President Obama just spoke from the white house to confirm this breaking news: “Last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice,” Obama says, looking straight into the camera. “Today, at my direction, the United States launched a [...]

Gladstone Gallery will present their first exhibition of works by Jack Smith, opening on May 6th. Following his arrival in New York in 1953, Smith became one of the most influential members of the American avant-garde and a central figure in the cultural history of the film, performance, and art of downtown New York. Curated [...]

For years, I have been following Ms. Galembo’s tireless documentation of rituals and religious culture in Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti. Her recent work focuses on the spiritual masquerading of groups in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa and is, I believe, her strongest yet. There is a strange quiet to the human [...]

Discover the latest video for Lykke Li’s “Sadness Is a Blessing”, from the BNM’d Wounded Rhymes. The clip was directed by Tarik Saleh, an Egyptian-Swedish television producer, animator, publisher, journalist and film director, who in early 90s was one of Sweden’s most prominent graffiti artists; and features Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård (Good Will Hunting, Mamma [...]

JAPAN: RISING, a silent art auction and fundraiser, will be held on tomorrow, Thursday, April 28, at Milk Gallery to benefit the survivors of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster. The benefit auction will feature the work of renowned and emerging artists in the arts, fashion, and design and photographers such as : Jon Santos, [...]

Any band named after a short story by Leo Tolstoy’s great-grand-niece is bound to intrigue us. “Okkervil River,” by Tatyana Tolstaya, follows the plight of a middle-aged bureaucrat and his obsession with an obscure singer. When the vocalist turns out to be a timeworn shell of her former self, the story becomes a meditation on [...]

Ai Weiwei, an internationally known Chinese artist and critic of the government; Wen Tao, his friend and assistant; Zhang Jingsong, his cousin and driver; Hu Mingfen, his accountant; and Liu Zhenggang, a designer, are all detained incommunicado in China at unknown locations. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. The detention of Ai [...]

April 22nd marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement, which was first celebrated on this day in 1970. Founder Gaylord Nelson, a senator from Wisconsin, declared this day one of reflection for the Earth and a ‘national teach-in on the environment’ bringing an amazing 20 million Americans to streets to demonstrate [...]

The design duo Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto work together in such a unique way. They address issues and interests in a project-by-project manner, sometimes working on interiors while other times making products or graphics. In a completely responsible way, they work on whatever strikes their fancy. Enter the Origin series, which is an exploration into [...]

We love this new video by Chicago based Scattered Trees. To be featured in the next issue of the WILD, coming very soon…