Sofia Coppola On Her First Documentary
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
Sofia Coppola On Her First Documentary
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Marc Jacobs and Sofia Coppola’s Very Stylish Friendship
At the Venice Film Festival, Sofia Coppola unveiled her first documentary, Marc by Sofia, an intimate portrait of her 30-year friendship with Marc Jacobs. The film captures the designer’s restless creativity as he builds his Spring 2024 collection, tempered by Coppola’s eye. Childhood memories, cinematic obsessions, and iconic friendships with Cindy Sherman to Chloë Sevigny, form a textured backdrop. More than fashion, it’s a study in enduring creative kinship, where Coppola’s cool restraint meets Jacobs’s exuberant candor in a stylish dance of trust.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Launching a beauty brand is rarely smooth, but for journalist-turned-founder Funmi Fetto, it’s a fight worth waging. With Goodifferent—a salon and product line debuting at Liberty—she reimagines Afro-heritage haircare with art, music, and style at its core. Working against the odds of underfunding for Black women founders, Fetto juggles design, investors, and ballooning costs while building a brand rooted in representation and joy. As the $10bn Black hair market surges, Goodifferent aims to be both a sanctuary and statement.
HOW TO SPEND IT
In Spring 2026, the Tate Modern will stage A Second Life, the most comprehensive Tracey Emin survey to date. Spanning four decades and over 90 works—from her iconic My Bed to new large-scale paintings—the exhibition charts Emin’s raw, confessional practice shaped by trauma, resilience, and survival. Deeply tied to her Margate roots, the show foregrounds subjects often excluded from public discourse while embracing her recent confrontation with illness. For Emin, it’s not just a retrospective, but, as she says, “a true celebration of living.”
ARTSY
Shu Qi, one of Asia’s biggest screen icons, is stepping behind the camera for the first time. Her directorial debut Girl, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, stars Taiwanese musician 9m88 in a powerful story about family, abuse, and resilience. Known for roles in Millennium Mambo, The Transporter, and countless Hong Kong hits, Shu now proves her talent goes far beyond acting, making a bold new step as a director to watch.
A RABBIT’S FOOT
In the 1950s, Lisette Model turned her sharp lens on jazz, capturing smoky clubs, rapturous crowds, and icons like Billie Holiday and Miles Davis. The book she planned with Langston Hughes never materialized—suspicion of her politics shut it down—but she left behind 1,800 unseen negatives. Model’s images radiate both glamour and grit: the ecstasy of the music, the unease in musicians’ eyes. Her work reminds us that jazz was freedom—and that even its brightest stars carried the weight of America’s contradictions.