Articles by Laura Havlin

Latest articles by Laura Havlin

Sex, scent and celebrity: what perfume ads of the 2000s reveal about consumer culture today

In All-American Ads of the 2000s, the latest instalment of Taschen’s book series chronicling print advertising across ten decades, a section on perfume is a striking precursor for consumerism in the age of social media

‘Just beneath the surface there’s another world’: How David Lynch used hair and make-up to create his singular universe

From Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive to Twin Peaks, David Lynch used hair and make-up in his films as a narrative device, writes Laura Havlin

By Laura Havlin Published 21 January 25
Agnès Varda, Luca Guadagnino and Wim Wenders: why Aesop’s love affair with cinema is more than skin-deep

Aesop’s new 2024 Christmas campaign celebrates its long love affair with cinema. Laura Havlin speaks with the brand’s director of global retail design Marianne Lardilleux to discover why film is inherent to its DNA

By Laura Havlin Published 4 December 24

Laura Havlin

Latest articles by Laura Havlin

Sex, scent and celebrity: what perfume ads of the 2000s reveal about consumer culture today

‘Just beneath the surface there’s another world’: How David Lynch used hair and make-up to create his singular universe

Agnès Varda, Luca Guadagnino and Wim Wenders: why Aesop’s love affair with cinema is more than skin-deep