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Sorius Samura :: Living With Illegals
March 22, 2010 – 4:55 pm | No Comment
Sorius Samura :: Living With Illegals

Sorius Samura has directed a new documentary for channel four called Living With Illegals. It documents his experience living among illegal immigrants from Africa as they cross from Morocco into Europe for month, under dangerous and gruelling circumstance, for a chance at life in the West. By documenting this for a reality tv audience, he attempts to displace the vision of the voyeur by placating his own self - i.e. the viewer - into the lives of those he chooses to document - ironically those without any documents.

Worldtown Hearsay :: Complex Magazine’s Say on the 50 Most Racist Films
March 18, 2010 – 1:17 am | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: Complex Magazine’s Say on the 50 Most Racist Films

Movies you watched, might not admit to watching, and probably relish watching. Sorry to ruin it…in case you hadn’t already caught on, this is a list of Hollywood’s 50 most Racist Movies Ever. The ever …

Around Town :: One World: Glendower - CD Launch
March 14, 2010 – 3:07 pm | No Comment
Around Town :: One World: Glendower - CD Launch

One World: Glendower is a music/recording program conceptualized and designed in its entirety by youth in Scarborough’s Steeles L’Amoreaux neighbourhood :: Check out the CD Launch, and stay tuned for the full story!

LFW Coverage :: The UNTOLD Alternative
March 2, 2010 – 12:01 am | No Comment
LFW Coverage :: The UNTOLD Alternative

Lumped together, Autumn/Winter 2010 is readily told by the cast of London Fashion Week: who to wear, what to wear, and how to wear it - but who’s doing the telling? Adjacent to the utra-high fashion set in West-Central London’s setting of LFW headquarters at Sommerset House is an opening for amateur and Do-It-Yourself status budding designers. The “Untold” is a collective for designers and creatives that have limited access to entering the competitive world of high-fashion.

Call for submissions: MAMA SAYS GOOD GIRLS MARRY DOCTORS
February 27, 2010 – 6:29 pm | No Comment
Call for submissions: MAMA SAYS GOOD GIRLS MARRY DOCTORS

Contribute your story to a forthcoming volume: “Mama Says Good Girls Marry Doctors.” This book focuses on the pressures on South and East Asian women who have grown up in North America to be “good girls.”

Street Style Snapshots :: This Is Worldtown jumps in at LFW
February 21, 2010 – 11:49 pm | No Comment
Street Style Snapshots :: This Is Worldtown jumps in at LFW

:: Dispatches from London Fashion Week ::
This Is Worldtown joins the street style bandwagon, and is it ever fun!
We spotted these stylish and pulled together men and women in and around London Fashion Week venues.

Beam me up :: Backstage at Belle Sauvage
February 21, 2010 – 2:29 am | No Comment
Beam me up :: Backstage at Belle Sauvage

This Is Worldtown had the opportunity to backstage at the Belle Sauvage show for their Autumn/Winter 2010 collection. Check out the slideshow for all the action, from start to finish.

Notes from LFW :: Christopher Raeburn, Lu Flux, Holly Fulton, St. Erasmus, Sykes, MaxJenny
February 20, 2010 – 1:03 pm | One Comment
Notes from LFW :: Christopher Raeburn, Lu Flux, Holly Fulton, St. Erasmus, Sykes, MaxJenny

While the runway shows get the glitz & glam, Fashion Week is essentially a trade event.
The designer exhibitions are where to find some of the most interesting, innovative and stylish creations looking to express an idea and be available in a shop near you.
This Is Worldtown shares some notes on exhibitors that intrigued us.

Spectacle & redemption at Jena.Theo
February 20, 2010 – 10:22 am | No Comment
Spectacle & redemption at Jena.Theo

:: Dispatches from London Fashion Week ::
To see the Autumn/Winter 2010 collection from Jena.Theo come down the runway at London Fashion Week, it is difficult to believe that just half a year ago the duo behind the line, Jenny Holmes and Dimitris Theocharidis, were participating in their very first catwalk show as part of Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden.

Notes from LFW :: Elvis & Kresse Arts, KAYU, Fannie Schiavoni, Eternal Child, Craig Lawrence, Izzy Lane
February 20, 2010 – 6:55 am | No Comment
Notes from LFW :: Elvis & Kresse Arts, KAYU, Fannie Schiavoni, Eternal Child, Craig Lawrence, Izzy Lane

While the runway shows get the glitz & glam, Fashion Week is essentially a trade event.
The designer exhibitions are where to find some of the most interesting, innovative and stylish creations looking to express an idea and be available in a shop near you.
This Is Worldtown shares some notes on exhibitors that intrigued us.