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to Be is a digital platform that publishes twice a year, highlighting a new wave of creative talent from the fashion, music, arts, and cultural sectors. Our goal is to showcase both lesser-known and well-established artists in every part of our magazine, emphasizing the impact of words, visuals, film, and design. We strive to bring together the diverse communities we discover online, featuring the work of those we admire.

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In the Clouds with Arvida Byström

1 week ago | tobemagazine.com.au | Arvida Byström |James Dyer

Arvida Byström is a multi-hyphenated artist working in photography, digital media, performance and sculpture.Since starting as a proto-influencer in the early 2000s, Byström’s work has come to deal with problems of self-representation in new technologies and platforms, from Tumblr to selfie sticks and now AI.
It’s Denma, Bitch!

3 weeks ago | tobemagazine.com.au | Sara Hesikova |Daphné Gosselin |Sean Gilbert

0 $0.00 0 items It’s Denma, Bitch! For one final ready-to-wear hurrah marking a decade at the helm of Balenciaga, Denma resurrected his signature silhouettes to seal his tenure this Spring ‘26 season. This wasn’t a solo farewell. With pleasure, he called on none other than Britney Spears.
Boy Harsher Reaches Outward

3 weeks ago | tobemagazine.com.au | Hugh Barton |Sophie Martin

Boy Harsher is the dark electronic duo that requires no introduction, for most. The ethereal and hauntingly beautiful voice of Jae Matthews, layered with an underbelly of impeccably produced minimalist synth-punk beats by Augustus Muller, creates a sound that is near-impossible to define. Equal parts cinematic, intense and gritty, Boy Harsher has become one of the most beloved acts in the experimental electronic music landscape over the last decade.
Alix Higgins Presents a Dream Deferred

1 month ago | tobemagazine.com.au | Hugh Barton |Carwyn Mcintyre |Mark Chu

“I was thinking about a kind of childish freedom. When you are young, you can live in a fantasy. Painted faces, being a character, pretending—that's what I wanted,” said Alix Higgins in the lead-up to his fourth Australian Fashion Week show. For the Sydney-based designer, bohemian ecstasy became a touchstone.
Amy Taylor and the Power of Australian Ferality

2 months ago | tobemagazine.com.au | George Howarth |Ryan Delaney |Jonah Orbach |Hugh Barton

“Ferals […] raise hackles. They transgress our fences, our ways of thinking. . .” Fiona Probyn-RapseyHumans cannot control the feral. Ferality is a subversive force that burrows beneath boundaries, denies signification and refuses to be fenced in by categorisation. The anarchic potential of ferality is a central preoccupation in contemporary feminist theory and praxis.
Going Clear with Duckwrth, an All American F*ckboy

2 months ago | tobemagazine.com.au | Hugh Barton |Amelia Szabo |a French Monastery

Duckwrth (real name Jared Leonardo Lee) is an American rapper and singer whose sonic influences span from emo to hip-hop. His bold self-styled aesthetic is firmly footed in the fashion world, having featured in campaigns for the likes of Loewe, Camper and adidas. He is also no stranger to the runway pews at major fashion weeks. His new album, All American F*ckboy, is an exploration of reckless desire and self-destructive impulses and the painful journey to self-love.
Harrison Ritchie-Jones Has Never Had a Tantrum

2 months ago | tobemagazine.com.au | Claire Summers |Mahmood Fazal |Lameah Nayeem

It took Harrison Ritchie-Jones about eight weeks to respond to eleven questions about his latest performance, TANTRUM for 6, which debuted at Darebin Arts Centre last February. When your work is as intense and immersive as his, emails understandably fall down the priority list. We will let it slide!Ritchie-Jones is known for his unconventional approach to dance, combining a range of styles and techniques with a focus on physicality, surreal storytelling and experimentation.
Golden Plains, Experience Positive

Mar 17, 2025 | tobemagazine.com.au | Ella Katz |Val Dechev |Aaron Weinberg

While the quasi-apocalyptic state of the festival industry looms, Golden Plains, the younger sibling of cult favourite Meredith, continues to inspire madness among its acolytes. If the manic desperation of ticket-begging and soul-bargaining on its Facebook group is anything to go off, the two-day festival is a fortuitous event that marks the Labour Day weekend. From alt-rock darlings to electrified weirdos—Golden Plains has it all.
Chanel's Exercise in Preservation

Mar 13, 2025 | tobemagazine.com.au | Anisha Khemlani |Billy De Luca |Charlie Engman |Tara Robinson

0 $0.00 0 items Chanel has revealed little that we did not already know. As the Maison awaits the highly anticipated arrival of Matthieu Blazy—set to take over as creative director this September following Virginie Viard’s departure last June—the brand has found itself in an extended period of transition.
Paris, Texas at Schiaparelli

Mar 10, 2025 | tobemagazine.com.au | Carwyn Mcintyre |Lola Mccaughey |Briony Wright

In 1952, Elsa Schiaparelli ventured to Fiera de Santana in Brazil, where she described being “dressed in a cowboy outfit embroidered with white butterflies... in [her] hands held a lasso to catch an invisible cow!” Shortly after the cattle drive, the Vaquieros, or cowboys, rode with Schiaparelli back to the corral. It was here that she was awarded the ‘Order of the Vaquieros,’ something she likened to a primitive rite. Why the cowboy discussion?