If there’s one thing Johanna Brinckman‘s latest shoot Beautiful seems to wordlessly say, it’s that beauty and confidence go hand in hand. Not just confidence in one’s physical attributes but the confidence to be one’s self; to have attitude. In brightly coloured crochet bikinis and denim cut-off shorts, there’s little else needed bar for that confidence – and some bold takes on spring’s lipstick colours…

It’s impossible to imagine another time when superhero films has such prominence on the screen. Just about every caped crusader, mutant being, and mythical comic-book character has been dusted off and brought back out in front of a movie audience, from the dark (relative) realism of the rebooted Batman franchise to the multitude of other Avengers and Justice League precursors. Film influences fashion – a…