Black Magazine emerged in a flurry of black and white as a quarterly fashion, beauty, arts and culture magazine back in 2006. It is published from New Zealand, created by a network of friends and contributors around the world and in 2008 the publication went bi-annual. People often ask Rachael Churchward and Grant Fell, the founders of the magazine, about the title ‘Black,’ and their thinking was simple; “Black is the colour of New Zealand, black is the staple colour of fashion, black is the colour of the sand on the beach where we live at Muriwai, West Auckland, Aotearoa. Our national rugby team is called the All Blacks and our cat Oscar is, you guessed it, black. As Rad Hourani said in issue 9 of the magazine ‘Black is mysterious, chic, sleek, modern, simple and eternal.’ Yet, the title wasn’t our motivation. We wanted to create a magazine that was fiercely independent and not beholden to existing editorial templates or styles. Black is first-and-foremost a New Zealand publication but it is very much a magazine that reflects the talents of our much-loved contributor friends, wherever they may be in the world. We wanted it to be a magazine that sits side-by-side with the magazines we admire, and most of all, we wanted to create a magazine for people like us.”

The fashion and beauty contributions are all commissioned (Black does not take submissions) exclusively for Black Magazine. New Zealand, Australia, USA, UK and France are the primary locations for the magazine’s editorial content although stories have come from; Thailand, India, Italy, Japan, Polynesia, Holland, Canada, Hong Kong and many other places. Photography is king at Black Mag and current or past contributors include; Robert Erdmann, Derek Kettela, Michael Schwartz, Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca, Paul Empson, Arthur Belebeau, Johnny Gembitsky, Seiji Fukamori, Toshihiro Takaoka, James Demitri, Derek Henderson, Russ Flatt, Tim White, Craig Owen and many more. Fashion, Beauty and Creative Director Rachael Churchward’s strong stylistic ethic ensures that Black’s fashion editors are always at the top of their game – current or past fashion editors include: Alex Slavycz, Christian Stroble, Dean Voycovich, June Nakamoto, Kimi O.Neill, William Gilchrist, Katie Felstead, Zoe James, Imogene Barron, Wil Ariyamethe, Anda & Masha, Atip W, Karen Inderbitzen-Waller and more. Beauty is also high on the Black agenda and past or present contributors include: Sam McKnight, Kerry Warn, Sharon Dowsett, Valery Gherman, Ashley Javier, Dennis Goutsolous, Leon Gorman, Greg Murrell, Stefan Knight, Virginia Carde to name a few. Last but not least, Black has always sought quality models. Whilst quality isn’t always easy to come by down under, the magazine’s New York, London and Paris teams have ensured the list of models appearing in Black is of a high standard. Cover girls include: Valentina Zelyaeva, Ali Stephens, Heather Marks, Siri Tollerod, Constance Jablonski, Heidi Mount, Kemp Muhl, Rachel Alexander and Rosie Huntington-Whitely.

Black Is not gender-specific equally featuring women’s and men’s editorials and the past two issues have also featured a male cover. The magazine has a number of sections; Blackhearts and Blacklist (profiles), Black Beauty, Black Fashion, TalkBlack (interviews and features) and The Black End (page artworks, photography, travel). Black 11 is on sale NZ in October,  Australia in November and UK, Europe and eastern USA pre Christmas and you will also see it here on F-Tape in October.

Rachael & Grant

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DAVID NY
Photographer: David Shields
Fashion Editor: Victor Vargas
Hair: Nikki Paton
Make-up: Robert Greene @ See Management, New York
Model: Dorian @ DNA Models NY & Armando @ IMG Models, New York

WESY COAST
Photographer: Tim White
Fashion Editor: Rachael Churchward
Hair: Greg Murrell @ Ryder Salon
Make-Up: Virginia Carde
Model: Megan @ 62 Models & Talent, Auckland

WHEN BLACK MEETS JACK
Photographer: Sam Crawford

DOPPLEGANGER
Photographer: Toshihiro Takaoka
Creative Director: Dhav Naidu
Hair: Ivan Constable
Make-up: Dhav Naidu
Model: Sophie @ Scene Model Management, Melbourne

ARNALDO
Photographer: Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca
Fashion Editor: Christian Stroble
Art Director: Jesse Valentine
Hair: Peter Lennon @ Defactoinc.com
Make-up: Valery Gherman @ Defactoinc.com
Model: Andressa Fontana @ Supreme, New York

CAT
Photographer: Tim White
Fashion Editor: Rachael Churchward
Hair & Make-up: Virginia Carde
Model: Cat Edwards @ 62 Models & Talent, Auckland

HANDS
Photographer: Tim White
Fashion Editor: Rachael Churchward
Hair & Make-up: Virginia Carde
Model: Ngahuia Williams @ 62 Models & Talent, Auckland

DEAN V
Photographer: Johnny Gembitsky
Fashion Editor: Dean Vokovich @ Streeters, New York
Hair: Dennis Devoy @ Jed Root
Make-up: Gina Crozier @ Ray Brown
Simona McIntyre @ Marilyns, New York

ERDMANN
Photographer: Robert Erdmann
Fashion Editor: Dean Vokovich @ Streeters, New York
Hair: Raymond McLaren @ Kramer & Kramer
Make-up: Gina Crozier @ Ray Brown
Models: Trish Goff @ IMG, Tim H @ LA Models

REBUILD
Photographer: Shaun Pettigrew
Art Director: Fletcher Vaughan, Auckland

K&W
Photographer: Christopher Abbott
Fashion Editor: Karen Inderbitzen-Waller
Hair: John @ Headcase, Sydney
Model: Scotty @ Priscillas, Sydney


CASH
Photographer: David Shields
Words: Karen Walker
Fashion Editors; Atip W & Rachael Churchward
Hair: Greg Murrell @ Ryder Salon
Make-Up: Virginia Carde
Models: Auckland musician Tom De Borst & TV presenter Camilla Martin

VINNIE
Photographer: Damien Van der Vlist
Fashion Editor: Atip W 
Grooming: Stacy Lee Ghin
Model: Vinnie Woolston @ 62 Models & Talent, Auckland

SEIJI
Photographer: Seiji Fujimori
Fashion Editor: Alex Slavycz @ Magnet, New York
Hair: Dennis Gotsoulos @ Magnet, New York
Make-up: Valery Gherman @ Defactoinc.com
Model: Natalia D @ Women, New York

BOOTBOYS
Photographer: Russ Flatt
Fashion Editors: Rachael Churchward & Atip W
Hair: Greg Murrell @ Ryder Salon
Make-up: Aimee Graham
Models: Michael Whittaker & Elliot @ Clyne Models, Auckland

CIVIL RIGHTS FEATURE
Photographer: Marcqui Akins

CHURCHWARD
Photographer: Tim White
Fashion Editor: Rachael Churchward
Hair & Make-up: Virginia Carde
Model: Zuzanna @ 62 Models & Talent, Auckland

DEMITRI
Photographer: James Demitri
Fashion Editor: Wil Ariyamethe @ DLM, Sydney
Hair & Make-up: Nigel Stanislaus @ Look, Sydney
Models: Emma Karlsson, Michaela @ Chadwicks, Sydney

RAD
Photographer: Michael Schwartz
Fashion Editor: Alex Slavycz @ Magnet, New York
Hair: Ashley Javier @ Art & Commerce, New York
Make-up: Valery Gherman @ Defactoinc.com
Model: Bruna Tenorio @ Women, New York

AARON DE MEY
Photographers: Ines Van Lamsweedre & Vinoodh Matadin