Hero Magazine, Issue 34 (Patrick Schwarzenegger)

Hero is our antidote to the stuffy and over-thought cultural dryness that has gripped menswear publishing.

We strive to make a magazine and website that are not afraid to be visually led and arresting – have beautiful photography, amazing fashion and great, informal interviews with actors, designers and friends – and for that to be something to celebrate and revel in.

Our emphatic definition of the season is a joyously curated vision of what we love. No filler news pieces or fluff articles, just pure and bold statements. We are read by taste-making men in their twenties, thirties and forties who love fashion and culture, and want to be excited by it again.

Our approach to fashion is celebratory and zealous. Embracing the styling, foregrounding the clothes.

In this issue:

Explore HERO 33 featuring Patrick Schwarzenegger in conversation with John Owen Lowe, discussing his role in The White Lotus, Season 3. Plus, Willy Chavarria talks fashion and politics with Rick Owens, while Sam Nivola shares his career journey with Eve Hewson. Dive into stories with musicians Sam Akpro and James Massiah, photographer Alain Levitt’s New York City archive, and portraits of Seth Lee by Fabien Kruszelnicki. Plus, insights from Harvard’s Avi Loeb and Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian in our Notes on Time.

PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER

In conversation with John Owen Lowe Star of The White Lotus’ highly-anticipated third season, Patrick Schwarzenegger is the five-star resort’s resident douchebag – a role allowing him to hone a character you love to loathe. Who better to grill Schwarzenegger on his new role than life-long friend John Owen Lowe?

WILLY CHAVARRIA

In conversation with Rick Owens celebrating his brand’s tenth anniversary by showing in Paris for the first time, Willy Chavarria’s FW25 show was a palpable and political translation of the designer’s Latino-Americana spirit. For our cover story, two American designers discuss West Coast upbringings and uncompromising sensibilities.

ALSO IN THE ISSUE:

As the star of Netflix’s The Perfect Couple, Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, and now The White Lotus, Sam Nivola is no stranger to portraying a “teenage loser” – he tells co-star and friend Eve Hewson as he charts his career so far. South London musician Sam Akpro’s debut record Evenfall tells of friendships forged in skate parks and days spent chasing the night – the album is released alongside a manifesto written by musician and wordsmith James Massiah – the duo are in conversation for HERO 33. US photographer Alain Levitt delves into his archive to produce a Slice of Life photography series, documenting New York City in the early 2000s. Peghah Maleknejad and Sungmin Kim spotlight the best looks from the FW25 runways in our AMAZING story and HERO Editor-in-Chief Fabien Kruszelnicki captures a striking portrait series of American actor Seth Lee. In our Notes on Time section, we speak to Harvard’s Galileo Project founder Avi Loeb and founder of the International Space Orchestra, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian – two intellectuals changing the way we interact with the universe.