LGBT British Awards: Melanie C wins Celebrity Ally Award

Melanie C triumphed on Friday night as she led the celebrity winner at the British LGBT Awards at The Brewery in London.

Hosted by TV presenter Gok Wan, 46, and Ru Paul's Drag Race UK winner, Lawrence Chaney, 24, the event celebrated leading LGBT+ activists, allies and celebrity figures who have worked to advance the rights of LGBT+ people during the past 12 months.

Our very own Spice Girl won the Celebrity Ally award. Having worked closely with drag collective Sink the Pink, the singer has been vocal about what a privilege it is to spend time in queer, trans and non-binary spaces.

The pop icon beat off competition from the likes of Michelle Visage, 52, and popular host Dermot O'Leary, 48, to take home the trophy.

source: dailymail.co.uk

**The LGBT community proved their love to her last year by taking her latest album ‘Melanie C ‘at number eight on the UK Albums Chart on its first day of release ( the album has been released from her own independent Record label Red Girl Media).

MORNING BLUES

Produced & Photographed by Renato Santana

starring Ruy Andrade @ Q Models NYC

TEXAS STAR

A REY exclusive editorial, photographed in Texas, US.

Photography: Miguel Jose Flores
Art direction & Styling: Cinda Miranda

Starring Cooper Wilson @ Taylor Kelsaw Management

Digital Retouch: Fotográfica Films

Segev Arish

A REY exclusive Portrait Story, Produced & Photographed by Gilad Kavalero.

starring Segev Arish @ D’Management Group

queer mafia

A REY exclusive Fashion Editorial, photographed in Milan by Aldo Giarelli

Styling Olympia De Molossi

starring Julien @ MS Models Milano

Wardrobe by

Nove25, Versace, Dries Van Noten, Icon brand, Jill Sander, Etro


VTMNTS : Vetements' new brand for SS22

Vetements co-founders Guram Gvasalia and the Gvasalia Foundation have finally launched their “secret project”, a new brand called VTMNTS.

VTMNTS is making its debut with a Spring/Summer 2022 menswear collection featuring 100 numbered looks. “The number of looks is symbolically chosen to show our 100% commitment to the fashion industry. We want to make this industry a better place.” – said Gvasalia

VTMNTS is a brand for all genders, deeply rooted in traditional menswear. The idea of a traditional logo is erased and replaced with the barcode – a signature element of VTMNTS, that will only be recognized by those who know. The aim of the brand is to redefine traditional luxury for the next generation.

Check out below some of our favourite VTMNTS SS22 looks:

AWAY FROM DUTY

A REY exclusive editorial, photographed in Zagreb, Croatia.

Produced & Photographed by Gianluca Limongelli

starring Alberto @ Relatum Models

BRAZILIAN TRIBES

A REY exclusive series and is inspired by Brazilian & African ceremonies.

Photographed in London by Alex Charovas.

Grooming Iljeet Kaur

starring Fabio Quinet.

July's Favourite: LOEWE Paula’s Ibiza Eau de Toilette for men and women.

Jonathan Anderson presents the LOEWE short-film ‘Summer Daze’, an ode to freedom, youth and beauty.

A dreamlike picture that revolves around three young friends embarking on a Summer adventure in which they escape from everyday life in search of a sanctuary by the sea.

Filmed by Manson at Playa de la Casería in Cádiz, southern Spain

Starring Simone Ashley, Aron Piper and Fernando Lindez


LOEWE Paula’s Ibiza Eau de Toilette for men and women.

on the rooftop

A REY exclusive editorial via Zoom from Peru and Portugal to USA with actor & musician James Oblak.

Photography: Miguel Jose Flores
Art direction & Styling: Cinda Miranda

starring James @ Taylor Kelsaw Management

Best of Paris Fashion Week Men SS22

The Parisian fashion celebration is officially over and here are our favourite menswear shows for spring summer 2022.

DIOR MEN:

Strict tailoring and monochrome looks with total pink looks being the center of attention.

BURBERRY :

Burberry show was one of the big big surprises. Riccardo Tisci went total black with sense of goth and dark glamour.

Jacquemus:

One of our favourites, always. Colorful with powerful messages , mr Jacquemus is the best representation of the new fashion generation.

GmbH:

The Safari trend restyled, crop tops and denim all the way.

Richard Quinn: The Fall Winter 2021 extravaganza collection

Richard Quinn is back with his S&M aesthetic at its best. He reintroduced his Floral-fetishto fashion via a silver screen extravaganza.

Latex gimp-suited cats and dogs, ballerinas and ballgowns, a story that spiralled from a red-light, nightlife London Soho-on-steroids scene through manic Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella-ish twists and turns—it had it all.

Introducing Cecil B. DeQuinn and here are our favourite menswear looks:

REY Stories reimagined by Marco Kowalewski

Visual artist and illustrator Marco Kowalewski combined his favourite moments from our latest editorials and he recreated his own Pride Story.

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A REY exclusive editorial dedicated to Pride Month.

Photographed and styled by Antreas Alexandrou

Starring

Christos Alexiades @ VN Models

Giorgos Mitas

Milan Fashion Week Men: The SS22 Highlights

Milan Fashion Week is officially over and here are the best moments of the men’s fashion celebration:

PRADA:

Super short shorts, sleeveless knits and tailoring (as usual) on its best.

Dolce & Gabbana:

Party mood with metallic colors, embellishment and D&G DNA hero pieces on the runway.

FENDI:

Pastel green and lilac, Tailoring combinations with super short shorts and crop tops.

ETRO Men:

Metallics, neon colors and the iconic Etro prints presenting the new image of ETRO Man.




JACK London drops limited swimwear collection

JACK London is well known for its dark aesthetic underwear and latex products. Even though, its first swimwear collection changed the rules.

Creative and Artistic Director David Jack noted down everything you need to know about the new swimwear pieces:

“These Limited Edition swimwear pieces were created in celebration of our fourth year in business for Jack. Jack's darker brand aesthetic using black as a base for most of the products, has been a signature style. Over the years we have learned our customers do in fact enjoy colour, so the decision to create a very limited launch using prints in full color was the perfect combination. Swimwear, also a new direction for the brand this summer, knowing people can't wait to get away after the year we have all endured.

Diving into colourful ocean corals, these Limited Edition pieces are inspired by geometric snake skin patterns and sea and water dwelling snakes. Still able to encapsulate details of our darker aesthetic with Gunmetal skull drawstring ends, keeping things stylish. Irregular print design enables each pattern piece to be strategically placed and cut from the fabric creating non uniform pieces. This enables pattern variations so no two swimwear pieces are the same, each garment entirely unique. 100% made and constructed in the UK, even down to the fabric printing. We brought in local seamstresses to keep the production small enabling top notch quality control monitoring.”

Made with chlorine and lotion resistant fabric with UV ray protection, these unique pieces are a great addition to an edgy summer wardrobe.

SHOP THE SWIMWEAR COLLECTION ONLINE

Romeo Beckham is the new face of Saint Laurent

It seems that another Beckham is going to join the fashion world. Romeo Beckham, barely 18 years old, is lending his features this season to the new Saint Laurent campaign by Anthony Vaccarello.

These are the very first campaign images we have ( thanks to Instagram) and WE ARE LOVING THEM:



WE LOVE the Alan Crocetti x Jean Paul Gaultier collaboration

Jean Paul Gaultier invited five renowned designers to reinterpret the brand’s most iconic designs for Spring/Summer 2021 collection titled “Les Marins”.

One of the designers is Alan Crocetti, who was in charge to create beautiful accessories that expressed the essence of the Sailor and Gaultier’s universe.

The campaign features models Nacho Penin and Luis wearing the beautiful and jaw-dropping pieces, shot by Gorka Postigo and styled by Nono Vázquez.

The Queer Archive Festival #2 is coming back to Athens

After last year’s great success, The Queer Archive Festival is back again in June 2021 (03-06.06.2021), hosting a great celebration of Athens’ rich and vibrant queer culture, with the support of Onassis Stegi for a second consecutive year.

Designed to celebrate the very best of queer arts and culture, The Queer Archive Festival raises the curtain on another rich program of dazzling and provocative multimedia experiences from 3-6 June 2021. Open and accessible to all, our second festival edition remains focused on highlighting talent, encouraging creativity, promoting engaging and progressive contemporary art, which reflects modern queer culture, and ultimately creating a bustling hub that praises diversity and supports social inclusivity.

The festival is once again supported by the Onassis Cultural Foundation that considers culture as a meeting ground for human aspirations and freedom of expression, and supports the LGBTQIA+ community’s self-evident rights through its initiatives. This year, The Queer Archive Festival expands its partnership with the Onassis Foundation, as the Onassis AiR international arts research program offers hospitality and creative conversations for festival guests with the large and international family of artists who are creating through Onassis AiR research journey in the Arts.

Levi’s Pride Collection 2021

For Pride 2021, Levi’s aims to foster empathy and inclusion with an inspiring new Pride collection that celebrates the LGBTQIA community and explores the importance of learning and respecting the proper use of pronouns. Titled “All pronouns. All Love”, this collection is inspired by stories of love, understanding, and optimism.