Press features
Darian Darling's home, Barbie collection & Moschino archive on VOGUE.com, July 2023.
Personal style feature in Los Angeles Magazine. Print & Digital, July 2024.
Darian Darling’s career in the beauty industry profiled in On Makeup Magazine. Print & Digital, Fall 2023
Darian Darling & Justin Tranter's home in Architectural Digest, June 2023.
The rock n roll history of men in makeup for VOGUE.com, June 2022.
Cultural Spotlights
Darian Darling hailed by VOGUE as a NYC trans icon, Nov. 2020
Darian Darling makes Trixie Mattel's Top 10 list for the New York Times. Print & Digital, May 2024.
Justin Tranter names Darian Darling one of his LA essentials in SPIN Magazine, Sept. 2023.
a feature on Darian Darling's creative direction for teen pop rebel YDE in PAPER, Nov. 2020.
Darian Darling on the cultural history of hot pink in Jezebel.com, July 2023.
Darian Darling's collection of glaMOUR featured on XtraMagazine.com, Nov 2021.
Darian Darling celebrated on Hyperallergic as one of the downtown fixtures who embodied neo-Warholian allure on the NYC scene. July, 2011.
Darian Darling named one of PAPER Magazine's most fashionable digital tastemakers on the New York cultural scene, long before the influencer era took hold. Print, May 2010.
NME spotlighting Darian Darling as a central figure in the underground NYC glam-punk club scene, that launched a global pop icon. Print, March 2010.
Podcasts & video
Darian Darling on The Run-Through w/ VOGUE podcast, July 2023.
Darian Darling on The Bald and the Beautiful podacst, April 2021.
Darian Darling on the Craig & Friends podcast, Jan. 2022.
Pink Makeup Show & Tell w/ Darian Darling on TrixieCosmeticsTV, Feb. 2020.
Darian Darling on notorious Dutch TV series Spuiten en Slikken, highlighting her role as a cultural figure in NYC’s vibrant nightlife scene. July 2013.
Video interview/closet tour on StyleLikeU, April 2011
Signature Features
Darian Darling's NYC apartment featured on Apartment Therapy, Nov 2010
Darian Darling reminiscences on dressing up as Madonna on Halloween for Michael Musto's column in The Village Voice, June 2011
Darian Darling in WeTheUrban's pictorial feature on NYC nightlife royalty, 2014
Cover story on Darian Darling in VITRINE’s Blonde Issue. Print, A/W 2012
Darian Darling in On Makeup Magazine. Print, Spring 2013
Darian Darling's home and doll collection featured in Fashion Doll Magazine. Print, Spring 2011
Closet Tour feature with StyleLikeU, showcasing Darian Darling’s personal style and neon Barbie world, April 2011.
“Who Am I?” profile for NYC society photographer Patrick McMullan’s PMc Magazine (Jan 2011), spotlighting Darian Darling as a downtown nightlife muse.
Darian Darling on glam aesthetics, trans iconography and creative vision for Montreal’s leading queer cultural-art platform NeverApart, March 2016
Digital Archives
Darian Darling’s nightlife & culture columns for famed New York society photographer Patrick McMullan’s PMc Magazine (2011), a downtown WarholIan diary for the early 2010s
Darian Darling’s cult favorite blonde blog (2009-2012), an early digital chronicle of beauty, style, pop culture and downtown nightlife before the Instagram era.
Darian Darling’s JEM Grrrlz fansite (1997-1999), a pioneering online shrine to JEM and the Holograms that gained a devoted following, remains a touchstone in the fandom’s history, and was later recognized with her guest appearance at JemCon 2024 alongside the animated series’ creator and voice cast.