ARISE's Chukwunwike Obi selects the hottest culture blogs, news and videos of the week...
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Walter Van Beirendonck is back with another all-black cast for his AW12 menswear presentation in Paris, with a freaking sick collection to match.
www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2012MEN-WVB
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Please buy Lana Del Rey's album. Thanks.
www.lanadelrey.com
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Office favourite Azealia Banks performs for Karl Lagerfeld at his home in Paris as he launches his new line, Karl by Karl Lagerfeld, exclusive to Net-A-Porter
www.net-a-porter.com/karl?page=2
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Since Carol Lim and Humberto Leon took over the helm at Kenzo, there has clearly been something special brewing. A new menswear line (shown in Paris) is coming soon and the brand has cast some beautiful, cool girls in the SS12 campaign, which sees ARISE issue 10 girl Ajak Deng and Nairoby Matos re-inventing sports-lux.
www.kenzo.com
www.fashionologie.com/Spring-2012-Fashion-Ad-Campaigns-20732970?page=0,0,17
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Two of my favourite photographers – fashion power couple Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin – have (through publishers Taschen) released a retrospective tome aptly called Pretty Much Everything. The book is designed by M/M (Paris) and lists Olivier Zahm, Glenn O'Brien and Penny Martin amongst its contributing authors – a delectable array of creative luminaries all in one place. Sweet!
www.taschen.com