HERO (fashion magazine)

HERO is a men's fashion magazine based in the United Kingdom and distributed worldwide.

Overview

HERO is a British fashion magazine, founded in 2009 by Editors in Chief Fabien Kruszelnicki and James West and distributed globally.

The Editor is Dean Mayo Davies and the Senior Fashion Editor is Gro Curtis. Senior Contributing Fashion editors are Elizabeth Fraser-Bell and Christopher Preston.

The magazine is published twice a year in April and October and also has a Chinese and Japanese EDition, published at the same times.

The latest issue's cover and main story is shot by Hedi Slimane (HERO 11: SHIFT ZERO) and features actor Bill Skarsgård.

Recent interviews include Roberto Cavalli, Maison Martin Margiela, Tommy Hilfiger, Italo Zucchelli (Calvin Klein), Kris Van Assche, Christian Louboutin, Silvia Fendi, Adrian Joffe (Comme des Garçons)

Contributing photographers include Hedi Slimane, Matthew Brookes, Chad Pitman, Paul Jasmin, Danielle Levitt, Pierre Debusschere, Michael Avedon, Doug Inglish, Sebastian Mader and Christian Ferretti.

Contributing fashion editors include Nicola Formichetti, Gro Curtis, Elizabeth Fraser-Bell Elgar Johnson, Anders Sølvsten Thomsen and Jean-Michel Clerk.

Contributing writers include Rod Stanley (ex-Editor of Dazed & Confused) Murray Healy (LOVE, Industrie), Matthew Schneier (style.com), Lou Stoppard (SHOWstudio), Anders Christian Madsen (i-D).

Covers:
  1. Issue 1 (Summer/Fall 2009): Ryan Koning
  2. Issue 2 (Winter 2009/Spring 2010): Paddy Mitchell
  3. Issue 3 (Summer/Fall 2010): Isaac Weber
  4. Issue 4 (Winter 2010/Spring 2011): Luka Badnjar
  5. Issue 5 (Summer/Fall 2011): Simon Nessman
  6. Issue 6 (Winter 2011/Spring 2012): Colton Haynes
  7. Issue 7 "DARK + STORMY" (Summer /Fall 2012): Arthur Gosse
  8. Issue 8 "VOLATILE OPULENCE" (Winter 2012/Spring 2013): Matt Ardell
  9. Issue 9 "SUBURBAN HEAT" (Summer /Fall 2013): American Cowboy by Hedi Slimane
  10. Issue 10 "CALIFORNIA FUTURE" (Winter/Spring 2014): Cover: Dane DeHaan shot by Hedi Slimane
  11. Issue 11 "SHIFT ZERO" (Summer/Fall 2014): Cover: Bill Skarsgård shot by Hedi Slimane