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Barbara Hulanicki, OBE
Atom Egoyan on Reorient
The Least-Known Most Influential Man in Fashion
The New York Times, 2017
Photograph: Tony Secunda
Aesthetica
Basilico Before Basilico
AnOther
Melissa Auf der Maur’s Photographs of the ‘Last Analogue Decade’
John Malkovich Speaks on Recreating 61 Seminal Photographic Portraits
The Unseen Polaroids of Linda McCartney
Another Man
A ‘Modern-Day Gomorrah’: Capturing the After-Dark Activities of Studio 54
Unseen Photos of David Bowie at the Height of His Fame
A Masterclass in Songwriting from Johnny Marr
Keith Richards: Rock and Roll’s Ultimate Style Icon
Remembering Johnny Thunders Through Those Who Knew Him
Why Iran’s Impact on Rock and Roll Is Criminally Overlooked
Forty Years on, Marc Bolan Remains the Prince of Glam Rock
Anthropology of the Middle East
Review: Tasfiya
Volume 10, Issue 2
Apollo
Divine Mysteries at Asia House
ArtAsiaPacific
Moving Still: Performative Photography in India
Siah Armajani: Follow This Line
Issue 111
Yoko Ono: the Riverbed
Issue 108
Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians
Issue 107
Artsy
A Lebanese Artist’s Nude Photographs Spark Scandal and Inspiration
The Art Newspaper
Capitalising on its Acquisition, Art Gallery of Ontario Unfurls a Diane Arbus Retrospective
What Kanye West Has Gotten Wrong So Far in His Opera About Nebuchadnezzar
Ai Weiwei Show Brings Out Tensions Between Canada and China
A Love Letter to a Grittier, Punk-Accented New York
Shirin Aliabadi, Known for Depicting Rebellious Iranian Women, Is Dead
In a Troubled Iranian Era, Art Defied Darkness
Obituary: Abbas (1944 – 2018)
At Large
Concreet
April 2018 issue cover story
BBC
The Story of the ‘Queen of Flowers’
Iran’s Ingenious Delivery Solution
A Thirteenth-Century Persian Poet’s Lessons for Today
Why Was a Floral Fabric Banned?
The Trippy Music Posters That Defined the Counterculture
Why Are the French So Chic?
What Does it Mean to Be ‘Camp’?
The Electric Spark That Changed the Guitar Forever
Iran’s Fascinating Way to Tell Fortunes
The Book of Kings: the Book That Defines Iranians
Iran’s Ancient Engineering Marvel
What Iran’s Dazzling Art Tells Us About its Civilisation
The T-Shirt: a Rebel with a Cause
The Rubaiyat: History’s Most Luxurious Book of Poetry?
The Ancient Symbol That Spanned Millennia
The Timeless Appeal of the Persian Rug
The Ancient ‘Arabic Kama Sutra’
The Mystics Who Found Meaning in Solar Panels
The Iranian Religion That Shaped the West
Benji Knewman
The Place to Which I Shall Return
Volume 2
Blanc Magazine
Paria Farzaneh
Bright Lights Film Journal
Marc Bolan and Born to Boogie: the Great Unsung Rock and Roll Film
The British Library
Tagore Meets an Old Friend in Iran
Untold Lives
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Tehran Bazaar
Issue 14
Campaign
Art and Iran
The Iran Report
Canvas
A Show About Nothing
March 2015 issue
The Chicago Review of Books
Wonder and Wine in The Robaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Christie’s
Ramhani, Deconstructed
CNN
Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood: Painting Is My ‘God-Given Talent’
Vintage Photos Show the Realities of Life After World War I
Dust
Children of the Revolution
SS 2016 issue
The Economist
Shiraz in Shiraz: Why Wine Is Integral to Persian Culture
Encyclopaedia Iranica
Hushang Irani
Translated from the Persian
The Financial Times
Spotlight on Guitar Heroes (and Heroines)
April 12, 2019 edition
‘A Prayer for Mecca’: Ahmed Mater’s Portrait of a City in Transition
December 9, 2018 edition
Forbes
What Exactly Is the ‘Islamic’ World?
Frieze
Shift
Issue 190
GQ (British)
Twelve of Keith Richards’ Strongest Looks to Embrace This Year
The Beatles’ Most Fashionable Moments
Yes, You Should Start Dressing Like Freddie Mercury
Why You Need to Start Dressing Like Johnny Marr
How to Recreate the Rolling Stones’ Most Stylish Moments
World Cup 2018 Kits Ranked: From Worst to Best
How to Recreate Paul Weller’s Most Stylish Moments
Whole Lotta Style: Led Zeppelin’s Sartorial Legacy
The Guardian
Pink Floyd’s Burning Man: Aubrey Powell’s Best Photograph
August 13, 2020 edition
Glitter and Curls: Marc Bolan and the Birth of Glam Rock Style
What an Iranian Film About a Leper Colony Can Teach Us About Coronavirus
On the Shoulders of Giants in Southwest Iran
Harper’s Bazaar Art
Home, or Something Like It
September-October 2015 issue
Cold Turkey
March-April 2015 issue
i-D
The Unspoken Iranian Influence on Western Fashion
The Independent
‘I’m Sure You Can Do Better, John’: the Story Behind the Rolling Stones Logo
Marc Bolan — an Overlooked Fashion Icon
The LA Review of Books
Iran Under Pressure, Again: What a Fifty-Year-Old Persian Classic Tells Us About the Country’s Predicament Today
Little White Lies
Gheisar vs Get Carter: the Iranian Precursor to a British Crime Classic
The Strange Case of the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus
The London Magazine
Layli and Majnun: ‘the Romeo and Juliet of the East’
The Warlock of Love: Revisiting Marc Bolan’s Forgotten Poetry Book Fifty Years On
The LSE Review of Books
Why Companies Should Let Employees Work from Anywhere
Metal
Keanoush Da Rosa – Persian Heritage in Contemporary Fashion
Metro
Leonardo DiCaprio Can’t Play Rumi Because He Wasn’t White – Or Was He?
Monocle
By Royal Appointment: Postcard from Iran
Winter Weekly (Issue 3)
The New York Times
How the ‘Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World’ Got its Logo
April 14, 2020 edition
The Least-Known Most Influential Man in Fashion
September 21, 2017 edition
Nin
Prurience in Persia: the Lascivious World of Qajar Iran
April 2018 issue
Paper
Inside Thierry Mugler’s World: Where Women Dominate Men
PRI
Mr Trump, Lovers of Iran Would Like to Thank You for Helping Our Cause
The Public Domain Review
The Persian Mâr-Nâmeh, or, the Book for Taking Omens from Snakes
Qatar + Arts
Straight Outta Samarkand
A/W 2026 issue
The Rake
Keith Richards: Elegantly Wasted
Issue 55
Reorient
Reorient Radio — Episode 3: Shirin Neshat
Reorient Radio — Episode 4: Marjane Satrapi
+ Mentioned by TIME
Rolling Stone
In Defence of Celebrities Wearing Ancient Iranian Symbols
Royal College of Art
Sin City
IAAC Exhibition Reviews Annual 2014-15
Slate
Disney’s Aladdin Is a Fake
The Telegraph
From Elvis Presley to Patti Smith and the Stones, Rock Music Is Built on Racism: Why Don’t We Care?
TIME
Marjane Satrapi Always Defied Convention
The Times Literary Supplement
Kiss My Lips: Female Poets in the Persian Language
February 21, 2020 edition
Travel Plus
Travelogue: Tehran
Vanity Fair
A Walk Through Anna Sui’s Rock and Roll World
The Washington Post
London Museum Exhibition Focuses on Frida Kahlo as a Style Icon
July 8, 2018 edition
The White Review
No One Here Gets Out Alive: Kaveh Golestan’s Prostitutes Series
Special Thanks
(Selected Interviewees)
Melissa Auf der Maur
Agnès B.
Faris Badwan
Zowie Broach
Alan Edwards
Blake Gopnik
Albert Hammond, Jr
Katharine Hamnett
Salma Hayek
Barbara Hulanicki
Christian Lacroix
Agnès B.
Faris Badwan
Zowie Broach
Alan Edwards
Blake Gopnik
Albert Hammond, Jr
Katharine Hamnett
Salma Hayek
Barbara Hulanicki
Christian Lacroix
John Malkovich
Isabel Marant
Johnny Marr
Glen Matlock
Sandro Miller
Thierry Mugler
Shirin Neshat
Terry O’Neill
John Pasche
Aubrey Powell
Iggy Pop
Zandra Rhodes
Marjane Satrapi
Paul Smith
Chris Stein
Anna Sui
Parviz Tanavoli
Kenzo Takada
Dries Van Noten
John Varvatos
Nigel Waymouth
Ronnie Wood
Marjane Satrapi
Paul Smith
Chris Stein
Anna Sui
Parviz Tanavoli
Kenzo Takada
Dries Van Noten
John Varvatos
Nigel Waymouth
Ronnie Wood
Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood: Painting Is My ‘God-Given Talent’
CNN, 2019
Photograph: Mirrorpix