BACK TO BLACK

CREATIVE DIRECTION: MARNE SCHWARTZ
PHOTOGRAPHY: PRIMOL XUE
FASHION DIRECTION: EVE LV
HAIR: WEIJUN LOU
MAKEUP: JIAJIA ZHANG
MODEL: JINYI NING

The late Amy Winehouse and her thick slick of liner once told a reporter that her mega track “Black To Black” was about how, at the end of a relationship, we all “return to what we know”. “The guy I was seeing went back to his ex-girlfriend and… I wasn’t working… so I didn’t really have anything to go back to. So I guess I went back to a very black few months.” For Winehouse, that translated into a descent into alcohol and the “silly things you do when you’re 22 and young and in love”. Here, we look to this year’s default colour and why the fallback guy – Black – can actually herald the resurrection of a sleeker, sexier self.