Darren Styles OBEATTITUDE PUBLISHER
My late father, Ron, owned a newsagent for two decades, and I was the proverbial kid in a candy store. But my sugar rush was magazines. From sumptuous Vogue to automotive bible Autocar, from Country Life’s millionaire’s row to The Dandy gigglefest: something for everyone. Including, come 1994, me. Attitude changed everything. Wrestling with my sexuality, I’d sneak a copy from the shelf and peep into the world I wanted to inhabit. I’d never have imagined, one day, I’d buy Attitude outright, and become the title’s first gay owner. But it rocked my world then, and it still does, every day.
Katerina MuszanskyjSOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT
My first Attitude was a happy accident! My friends know I love Cher, and as a gift I was given a T-shirt with her giant diamante eyes on. I lost it at a party and tried to find it on the internet. The image was on the Attitude Awards 2013 Legend Award cover. That’s how I found and fell in love with Attitude and the beautiful human beings that come with it. So, in the words of Cher, and for something we can look back on when Attitude turns 50 (from my villa in France)… “My mom said to me, ‘One day you should settle down and marry a rich man.’ I said, ‘Mom, I am a rich man.’”
Vasilis RallisPHOTOGRAPHER
The cover of Attitude magazine that left a lasting impression on me is issue 92, featuring Elton John. I first encountered this issue two years ago at a friend’
