Schön! Magazine - Wendy Bevan Musician / Photographer

editor’s letter
Sun, sea, sand...
Cover /
Sean O’Pry @ VNY Model Management
by Jack Waterlot
Fashion / Andrew Holden
Sunglasses / Finest Seven
Vest / Brioni
Shirt / Dries Van Noten
Swimming brief / Charlie by Matthew Zink
Trousers / Kenzo
Leather wrap bracelet / RRL
Cover /
Rihanna by Zoe McConnell @ Chilli Media
Fashion / Mel Ottenberg
The Summer is finally upon us and to celebrate Schön!
brings you its 21st issue, which is packed with all things
hot, hotter and positively volcanic.
Who could be hotter than Rihanna, smouldering on our
pages in Smokin’? She is joined (on a covetable collection
of covers) by the world’s top male model Sean O’Pry,
modelling legend Tony Ward and blonde bombshell
Cassandra Smith, who welcomes you to the land where
it never rains – Los Angeles. Keep turning the pages
to find iconic model Irina Lazareanu adopting a poetic
approach to the Summer months, while photographer
Wendy Bevan delves into the darker side of the season
in Voodooville.
Bodysuit / Adam Selman
Earrings / Alexis Bittar
For this issue, we are joined by talented design duo
FYODOR GOLAN, whose eclectic and exotic influences
have informed the amazing artwork they have created on
our pages.
Cover /
Tony Ward @ Nest Model Management
by Paul Scala
Creative Direction / Raoul Keil
Fashion / Kay Korsh
With the advent of Summer, our minds turn to travel.
It’s the time for adventure, exploration or simply
chilling around the pool. Join us on a trip around the
world to discover a diversity of culture and creativity,
from the photographic talents of Yin Chao in China to
groundbreaking cinema in Iran; sartorial tribespeople in
Namibia to street art in Russia. Then get away from it all
on a digital detox, one of the many travel trends explored
in this issue. Not enough adventure for you? Then try an
extra terrestrial trip courtesy of Space Adventures, who
can literally fly you to the moon.
Top / Dior Homme
Jacket / Rick Owens
Gloves / Honour @ honour.co.uk
Cover /
Cassandra Smith @ Next Models
by Miguel Starcevich
@ De Annesley Agency
Producer / Annabel Schofield @ Bella*Bene
Productions, De Annesley Agency
Fashion / Luke Storey
Wherever you’re heading, make sure you’re kitted out in
the latest gear. We bring you the coolest sunglasses from
hip young brand Finest Seven and speak to Matthew
Zink about his sexy, Seventies-inspired swimwear label,
Charlie. From the markets of India to Brazil’s latest
luxury shopping malls, if it’s hot, you’ll find it here.
Get set to sizzle with this sultry, steamy and scorching
#hot
edition of Schön!
Jacket / Stella McCartney
Dress / Moschino
Sunglasses / Grey Ant
Earrings / Courtesy of Palace Costume Co.
Ring / Loree Rodkin
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editors
raoul keil
creative director / editor-in-chief
huma humayun
fashion & features editor
contributing fashion editors
kay korsh
laurent dombrowicz
marianna frannais
junior fashion editor
beatrice roggero fossati
assistant to editor-in chief
fashion assistants
jade douse
li yin soh
vincent pons
emma white turle
beauty editor-at-large
elias hove
contributing beauty editor
jade thompson
online editor
writers
jade thompson
roxanne golding
contributing writers
lucinda beeman
kate white
anna brown
harriet charity verney
rebecca chuks
ihunna
lukas grout
graphics
raoul keil
ria petridou
ellie spencer
bryony sammons
collages
fyodor golan
press & marketing assistants
manja mackowski
ana zoria
press china
yunlei ma
researchers
caroline schmitt
schuyler sorensen
commercial & advertising manager
olga selivanova
olga@schonmagazine.com
general contact
team@schonmagazine.com
special thanks
luis munoz-rodriguez ♥, fyodor golan, steve @ chilli media, jesse stevens, ainjali fine,
matthew zink, wolfgang joop, edwin lemberg, antonia benecke, claudia klein, yashin
radhakrishnan, chad martin, troxy, mandarin oriental hyde park, sofitel london st james
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voodooville
photography. wendy bevan
fashion. marianna frannais
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Lizzie wears
Jacket / Jane Bowler
Dress / Etro
Face Sculpture / Yunus & Eliza for Fyodor Golan
Feathers / National Theatre
Skyscraper rings / Yunus & Eliza
Wing finger pieces / Maria Piana
Hat / Piers Atkinson
Cillian wears
Jacket & trousers / Roberto Cavalli
Shirt / Karl Lagerfeld
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Headpiece / Yunus & Eliza
Bodysuit and shoes / Kokon To Zai
Rings / Maria Piana
Lizzie wears Dress / Missoni Top / Phoebe English Hat / House of Flora Jewel on hat / Erickson Beamon
Bangles / Folli Follie Arm pieces / Maria Piana Rings / Pebble London
Cillian wears Blazer / Mugler Glasses / Bjørg Jewellery Brooch / Portobello Market Hat / Piers Atkinson
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Dress / WORTH Couture, price upon request @ worthparis.com Harness top / Erickson Beamon
Knuckle ring / Dominic Jones Stone rings / Pebble London
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Dress / Giles
Hat / House of Flora
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Total look / Maison Martin Margiela Couture
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Head piece / Philip Treacy Dress / Gucci Cuffs and rings / Pebble London
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out of this world
Schön! delves into the magical, mysterious photography of Wendy Bevan.
When I meet Wendy Bevan at The Groucho Club in Soho during London Fashion Week, she is dressed
with an aura and style that harks back to the days of Hollywood glamour. My immediate reaction is to ask
her about the catwalk shows she has been to and is going to, but Bevan – like her photography – deviates
from the norm and, although she has been to a few shows, explains that the circus that is LFW doesn’t hold
much appeal for her; an unexpected answer and also an indication that there is a lot more to Bevan than
meets the eye.
Lizzie wears Jacket / Jitrois Bustier / Wunderkind Trousers / Ten Gur Skirt / Jane Bowler
Bracelets / Matthew Campbell Laurenza Necklace worn as a headpiece / Fannie Schiavoni Shoes / United Nude
Cillian wears. Suit / Roberto Cavalli Gilet and shirt / Jean Paul Gaultier Cuff worn as neckpiece / Yunus & Eliza Shoes / Gucci
Photography / Wendy Bevan Fashion Editor / Marianna Frannais
Hair / Keiichiro Hirano @ DW Management using Bumble & Bumble Make Up / Michelle Webb @ 1st Option using MAC Pro
Models / Lizzie Tovell @ Tess Models, Cillian Sheil @ Elite Models
Illustrator / Izzie Klingels Set Designer / Eoin Dillon www.eoindillon.com
Production Manager / Phillip Prokopiou Photographer’s Assistants / Scott Archie and Tean Roberts
Fashion Assistants / Michael Sarais and Sophia Eirini Imsineski Hair Assistant / Masami Hou
Make Up Assistant / Greg Kara
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A few minutes with Bevan is enough to sense she is an
intriguing character, and the longer we converse, the more
you begin to realise her dreamy images are very much
an extension of herself. Her stunning work portrays
enchanting femme fatales in ways that do not play up to
generic ideas of feminine beauty. The sometimes disturbing
images encourage you to enter a surreal world enveloped in
nostalgia. However, Bevan says this nostalgic feeling was
not something that was steadfastly sought after: “It was
never meant to be too nostalgic, but I think it’s just that
naturally I love that feel of images, so my imagery that I
create – it’s not super glossy and hard and digital – it is
really other worldly. It’s capturing something that you can’t
put your finger on; it’s creating a world.”
an ambition, and a feeling, and a world that I try and create,
both with imagery and the way that I perform.”
In a realm of digital cameras and the mighty titan of
‘Photoshop’, Bevan is something of an anomaly as she
creates her images solely using Polaroid cameras, a skill
she honed early on in her career. “I did work with film
for a long time,” Bevan explains, “but I was always taking
pictures on my Polaroid.” The pivotal point in her career
occurred during her first commission, when she was asked
to shoot the entire fashion editorial with her Polaroid: “I
built up quite a collection of work on Polaroid and they saw
this work and said actually maybe try and shoot like this.”
This is apparent within Bevan’s music and personified
through the character she plays while on stage: her alter
ego (nicknamed Olga) could have stepped right out of
any one of Bevan’s Polaroids. Laughing, she explains this
persona further: “Actually the name kind of became a bit
of a joke really. It was more of an instinctive development
of character. She’s very theatrical and very dramatic and
she feels pain deeply. She’s an absolute femme fatale and yeah,
this character just really developed with the music that I
was writing and it instinctively felt really right to perform
in this way.”
Bevan soon realised this was the direction in which she
wanted to take her work. “It answers the instinctive kind
of nostalgia in my work and also I feel like there is still a
pure magic to it,” she says. “You know… literally having
something in your hands after you’ve taken a picture. It
seems kind of encapsulated in this square format and you
can watch it develop. I really love the magic of it. It amazes
me every time, it’s exciting you know? I think [with] digital
now, we sort of got rid of that excitement.”
Fast forward to 2013 and Bevan’s client list reads like a
fashion photographer’s dream. However, her talents do not
start and end behind the camera. When she is not creating
dreamy editorials Bevan fronts a band titled ‘Temper
Temper’, something she says she has always wanted to do.
“It’s always been a goal,” she explains. “I studied music and
[I’ve] performed and sung since I was a kid. I kind of have
One of the strengths of Bevan’s work is the authenticity
behind it, and it is another reason why the same themes
seem to effortlessly work their way into her many different
endeavours, something that she consciously acknowledges:
“I think with my photography I’ve spent time creating and
styling these women – sort of these femme fatale characters
– and I’m really interested in that. I love the theatre of
photography and the theatre of performance and music
and so I really saw a world within that, that I wanted to
understand and develop. I guess it’s a soundtrack to the
images and the world that I create with the photographs.”
Although Bevan’s images provide viewers with a distinct
sense of a time gone by. She is not one for intoxicating
nostalgia (“I think some people can really get caught up in
the past, I don’t really do that, I’m interested in the idea”),
and moving forward, Bevan begins the year with various
performances and exhibitions of her work. So as a nonPhotoshop card carrying member, how exactly does she
create the atmosphere seen in her photographs? “I can’t
tell you that!” she laughs. “A lot of hard work… and hocus
pocus.”
If her track record is anything to go by, Bevan definitely has
the magic touch and, whether through harmony or instant
camera, we look forward to what her next unique offering
will bring.
Words / Jade Thompson
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