BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES FROM CHALLENGING THE NOTION OF A PHOTOGRAPH TO RECLAIMING THE BODY AS A HEAVENLY INSTRUMENT, THE CURRENT CROP OF IN-DEMAND ARTISTS IS RISING UP TO QUESTION SOCIAL NORMS. GET IN ON THEIR GAME

NEW SHAPES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL SEASONS, DESIGNERS HAVE BEEN INTENT ON PUMPING UP THE VOLUME. NOW FASHION'S QUEEN OF REDUCTIONISM, REI KAWAKUBO, HAS PROCLAIMED THE WORLD IS FLAT. HERE, SHE EXPLAINS THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE MOST TALKED ABOUT SILHOUETTE OF FALL

NEW FACES FROM A PAIR OF BRAZILIAN STUNNERS TO A RUNWAY THOROUGHBRED, THESE ARE THE FASHION INDUSTRY’S CURRENT CROP OF IN-DEMAND MODELS. GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH AVA, THAIRINE, KATI, STEF, AND DANIELA. YOU’LL BE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THEM

HEROES: CLIVE DAVIS A LEGEND AMONG LEGENDS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, CLIVE DAVIS POSSESSES POWER AND REACH THAT BORDERS ON THE INFINITE. THE KEYS TO HIS SUCCESS? HIS LOVE OF SONG, DISCOVERY, AND KEEPING HIS EAR “FROM GOING OVER THE HILL

POWERHOUSE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT BIG NAMES IN FASHION? THE CLASS OF 2012 ARE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. FIVE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ESTEEMED FASHION INSTITUTIONS INTRODUCE US TO THIS YEAR’S GRADUATES—FINISHED WITH THEIR FINALS AND READY TO WORK

MY FIRST TIME THE CREATIVE ICONS OF TODAY ALL STARTED SOMEWHERE. HERE, THEY SHARE THE IMAGES AND STORIES OF THEIR EAGER BEGINNINGS. LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT.

DREW'S ANGELS WITH A PROP STUDIO AS HER BACKDROP, THE PERPETUALLY SUNNY DREW BARRYMORE SHOOTS HOLLYWOOD’S SHINING NEW FACES, WHO LEARNED TO LIGHT UP THE SCREEN BY FOLLOWING HER LEAD

INSTAGLAM SOAK UP THE SATURATED STYLE OF THE SEASON WITH FASHION'S NEW FACES AND FALL'S FRESH FINDS. IT'S ALL THE NEWS YOU CAN USE - THROUGH ANY FILTER YOU CHOOSE

EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN WITH BLEACH-BLONDE AMBITION AND A PERSONALITY TO MATCH, LIZA THORN OF L.A. BAND STARRED IS READY TO REWRITE THE HISTORY OF ROCK-AND-ROLL INFAMY IN LOUCHE LOOKS AND FALL’S SUMPTUOUS FURS

FIONA APPLE: IDLING NO MORE WITH FEELINGS OF DESPAIR BEHIND HER AND INDIFFERENT ABOUT BEING JUDGED, POP’S MERCURIAL CHANTEUSE RETURNS FROM A SEVEN-YEAR HIATUS WITH HER MOST DIY ALBUM YET. HERE, SHE REUNITES WITH “CRIMINAL” DIRECTOR MARK ROMANEK EXCLUSIVELY FOR V

KAZAKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW THE EUROPEAN POP GROUP KAZAKY IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE BOY BAND. WITH THEIR DANCE-READY BEATS AND FASHION FEATS IN RAZOR-SHARP STILETTOS, THE FEARLESS FOURSOME IS CARVING OUT A NICHE ALL THEIR OWN

SCHOOL DAZE THE FASHIONABLE TEENS OF WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WEAR FALL'S EXAGGERATED SHAPES. FROM HOMEROOM TO THE PLAYING FIELD, THEY ARE ROAMING THE HALLS IN HIGH STYLE. CLASS IS IN SESSION

NEW SOUNDS THREE FEMALE MUSICIANS ON THE VERGE—SKY FERREIRA, GRIMES, AND CHARLI XCX—GET TOP-SHELF ADVICE ON NAVIGATING THEIR NASCENT CAREERS FROM INDUSTRY ICONS ELTON JOHN, GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE, AND GERI HALLIWELL. READ ON FOR THEIR VIEWS ON SEX, DRUGS, AND POP STARDOM

SOUL MAN A COLLEGE DROPOUT WITH MUSICAL AMBITIONS, PERFORMER AND PRODUCER THOMAS BARTLETT HAS BECOME A TRUSTED COLLABORATOR OF BOTH ROCK STARS AND RISING TALENTS

HEROES: RODNEY BINGENHEIMERVIEW STORY THE L.A.-BASED RADIO DJ WHO GOT BOWIE A RECORD DEAL AND INTRODUCED THE RAMONES TO THE WORLD TALKS ABOUT HIS ROCK-AND-ROLL LEGACY

EARNING THEIR STRIPES AFTER “IMA READ” SERVED AS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR RICK OWENS’S FALL RUNWAY SHOW, ZEBRA KATZ AND NJENA REDDD FOXXX ARE NOW TOURING TO “TEACH” THE MASSES

HEROES: RICK RUBIN THE LEGENDARY MUSIC PRODUCER WHO FOUNDED DEF JAM OUT OF A DORM ROOM TALKS TO AUTHOR TOURÉ ABOUT HIS CREATIVE PROCESS, HIS DEAR FRIEND MCA, AND THE ALBUM THAT GOT AWAY