Alive - SIDE-NOTE

Edition N°2 ponders the vast notion of being ALIVE.

What it means to be ALIVE seems to be just as elusive as the meaning of life itself. While it doesn’t adhere to finite definition, what we know for sure is that touch, taste, sight and sound coalesce to form a visceral interpretation of the world around us. But is it simply a symphony of the senses? Or is there a little bit of magic and meaning hovering beyond the tangible experience? How does one delineate living from being alive? This edition tackles all the big questions.

LOST IN THE MOMENT BY JESS RUBY JAMES AND EMMA KALFUS

Lost in the Moment featuring Chanel Spring 2024 Makeup, Coco Crush Jewellery Collection, and Chanel Premiere Watch Collection by Jess Ruby James and Emma Kalfus.

IN HONOUR OF UNCELEBRATED LAST TIMES BY LAUREN BRUMLEY

When habits vary or trends fade, we’re not always aware of the change. Tastes may shift, but there is still a finality to them. We just may not notice the transition.

PEOPLE OF NOTE: ASHER YASBINCEK, WILL MCDONALD & TOM WEATHERALL BY ROBBIE FIMMANO

In the nineties, Australian drama Heartbreak High enthralled a generation of teenagers who saw their own lives played out on the small screen. Sure, those fictional teens may have been a little bit edgier, their clothes a touch cooler and their sex lives a lot more active, but there was an authenticity and grit to the characters that struck a chord. While not all the storylines from the Hartley High of the nineties remain relevant, first love and heartache are the touchstones of teenage experience making it ripe material to rework for a Gen Z audience via a Netflix reboot.

CHANEL IN HONG KONG – CRUISE 2024/2025 COLLECTION SHOW

From the beaming show lights erected throughout the ninth floor podium of the Hong Kong Design Institute, to the glistening backdrop of Hong Kong’s cityscape, it was hard to imagine a collection in any other context.

SHE’S LIKE THE WIND BY DIVYA BALA AND LEVON BAIRD

Once, summer meant endless feverish days bookended by the briefest winks of velvet night; a humming cicada song over a metronomic percussion of ice cubes against sweating glass; salt waves that washed overhead like a pulse and the echo of heat from every side and from below.

SEX, LIES, AND RED TAPE BY GRACE O’NEILL

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With a focus on photography and film, we celebrate the creative mind, the independent spirit and people with purpose.

SIDE-NOTE PROJECTS – may the best idea win. We work with best-of-breed collaborators to deliver and publish work that is both beautiful and results driven. Rejecting a typical advertising model in favour of content production, SIDE-NOTE acts as a trusted conduit between creator and client.

SIDE-NOTE is a platform that tells stories of style and substance, merging the gap between contemporary culture and fashion. With a focus on photography and film, we celebrate the creative mind, the independent spirit and people with purpose.

SIDE-NOTE PROJECTS – may the best idea win. We work with best-of-breed collaborators to deliver and publish work that is both beautiful and results driven. Rejecting a typical advertising model in favour of content production, SIDE-NOTE acts as a trusted conduit between creator and client.

SIDE-NOTE is a platform that tells stories of style and substance, merging the gap between contemporary culture and fashion.

With a focus on photography and film, we celebrate the creative mind, the independent spirit and people with purpose.