ALEXANDRA LEESE / Kiko in Heaven (signed)

Alexandra Leese
Kiko in Heaven 2022
softcover, unpaginated 
25 x 18cm
Marc Jacobs

Condition: Very good

This publication is a sensual, joy-fuelled zine made in collaboration with Gen Z favourite Heaven by Marc Jacobs, which documents Tokyo through the eyes of Japanese-American star Kiko Mizuhara. Inviting Alexandra into her apartment and touring her through her favourite spots in the city, the zine offers a glimpse into the actress, designer and model’s personal idea of ‘heaven’. Shot in dreamy soft-focus, we see her curled up naked with her cat in her bed, slurping down ramen at her favourite restaurant in Shinjuku, and diving with her friends at a picturesque seaside town called Izu. In some shots, she’s clad in Heaven’s nostalgic girly-grunge pieces; in others, she’s bare and in command of her sexuality. A unifying feeling throughout the zine, though, is that of contentment: a portrait of Kiko precisely the way she wants to be seen.