Category: People
The wearing of spectacles is a statement of style and sophistication made famous in 20th century pop culture by icons Iris Apfel, Andy Warhol, Spike Lee, Elvis Costello, and movie characters Holly Golightly, Annie Hall and Lelaina Pierce. Today eyewear companies are falling over themselves to garner celebrity endorsement – Gigi Hadid for Vogue, Kylie […]
Will Snapchat Dude Tom Sainsbury be the undoing of Paula Bennett? Or is his satirical take on National’s deputy taking Paula’s popularity to previously-unseen heights? The life of a creative talent in NZ can be a struggle. Talk to many actors, writers or dancers and most have a part-time if not a full-time day job […]
express’ Ash sits down with William to discover the driving force behind his creative wisdom. 23-year-old William Fitzgerald has been dancing since he was eight and joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2014. He’s been in some of the company’s most notable roles including Martin Vedel’s staging of Coppélia, Mattress Suite by Larry Keigwin and Massimo Moricone’s A […]
The same year that New Zealand legalised same-sex marriage, Macklemore’s Same Love was blasting from our car stereos, going off at gay bars and it was also most likely what you listened to with tears in your eyes as you cooked dinner on a Sunday evening. Macklemore, real name Ben Haggerty, released the track with […]
express’s Elijah Michel connects with James Peters, Interior Designer and author of Fire and Brimstone: a personal journal of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill in New Zealand, to discover his secret for success. When did you first discover a passion for interior design? As an 8 year old. My Aunt owned an arts and crafts house […]
Ryvre Thompson first got involved with the LGBT+ community when he was around 16-years-old, as a member of RainbowYOUTH’s peer support group GQ. It didn’t take him long to take on a facilitator role in the group, before then joining the organisation’s Executive Board. Now the Board Secretary, the 21-year-old volunteers his time while working […]
It’s the Rainbow Youth ad that’s gone absolutely viral; a kiwi bloke stands in a farm paddock eating a pie, which he accidentally drops. His reaction is one that we’ve heard too many times “ugh gay…”. Nigel however, get’s called out for his casual homophobia by his mate who tells him “Look bro, unless that […]
Randa (Mainard Larkin) has been shaking up the music scene with their nostalgic pop-culture filled raps and colourful aesthetic. Taking out the Critics Choice Prize at the Vodafone Music Awards in 2014, they’ve been outdoing themself every year since. A big fan of the Tasteful Bakehouse PieFee, Randa is your soundtrack for summer. Your tracks […]