5 things you should know about the June issue of “Vogue Polska”
Queer is a way of life. “It is resistance against rigid boundaries and openness to diversity and critical thinking,” writes Filipka Rutkowska in her text written for the June edition of Vogue Polska, emphasizing that the contemporary queer is rooted in the centuries of struggle for respect for diversity. That is why one of the stars of our cover photo shoot in this special month is Alin Szewczyk — a model, actor, and artist, who tells Julia Właszczuk about growing up in the Warsaw district of Ursynów, coming out as a transgender person, and searching for his own place in the world of fashion and art: “Growing up, I started drifting towards the ‘male side’. My environment simply followed me. It didn’t matter for them if I was a girl or a boy. What mattered is that we were together,” says Alin, who is now thinking about slowing down a bit, after three intense years. The second star of the cover photo shoot of the new Vogue Polska edition is transgender model Dalton Dubois. The Canadian made her debut on the Burberry runway and later started collaborating with such brands as Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, and Acne Studios.
The 21-year-old actor who debuted playing Hamlet in the farewell play by Jan Englert in the National Theatre was immediately acclaimed as “an acting gem”. Hugo Tarres tells Anna Konieczyńska at whom he looks when searching for a direction of his acting career, declares whether he is seriously thinking about a career in music, and reveals how he had benefitted from psychotherapy: “I realized that my selfesteem should not depend on others and on how I am perceived by them. That is why I almost never use any smartphone applications anymore. If I were to make a proper use of my platform, I would tell young people to search for themselves. This is the purpose of the teenage rebellion,” says the actor. Angelika Kucińska asks Kuba Więcek, a saxophonist and producer, about his courage to reach for the simple and emotional truth in music: “Compliments are always nice, but I don’t get so emotional about signs of appreciation as in the past, although I would like to. My self-esteem is much higher today. I have proven quite a lot and I believe I have built strong foundations. It would be hard to break me today. I know how much I can do,” explains Więcek, whose next endeavour is a hoshi project, which combines all his musical interests.
