ABOUT DAVINA

Davina is a contributing editor for Vogue International and new biannual title, Violet, having also written for leading publications including the FT, Evening Standard and Interview.

With a grandfather working in film during the golden age, Davina has grown up on filmsets and has recently written/directed a short film and written/directed/presented a documentary, which was launched in UK independent cinemas to favourable reviews and online at Curzon Home Cinema.

She is regularly speaks on a programme called Fashion and Cinema, which hosts screenings and in conversation events looking at the intersection of style and film.

Davina has been written about and featured in many leading publications for her body of work, including Harpers Bazaar, Interview, Vogue Italia, ID, Lula magazine. She has been photographed by famed lensman Rankin amongst others and starred in campaigns for designers such as Lara Bohinc jewellery, Vogue Italia.

Davina is passionate about supporting small, independent designers with limited production runs and authentic stories.

Website www.davinacatt.com

Instagram @davina.catt

PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE

Her background, strong connections to the French Riviera, via literature and her grandfather in the Golden Age.

AI implications on society, culture, fashion at large

The interlinking between media art fashion

The return to handicraft, bespoke, hopeful vs. AI tech.  

Fashion & politics – is fashion inherently political?  

Her relationship to clothing.

Diversity, body image, and the visual impact of the images/standards we grew up with.

Couture as a form of art - Is Couture still relevant today?

Mental health & neurosciences development in a filtered world driven by image.

Journalism in a no-time-to-think time?

Generational gaps & impact on society’s culture & politics at large.

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