Vice Style

Beneath its veneer of elitism, the fashion world is just full of geeks. It may mean little to you which model's feet walked which heels up which catwalk in which season in 1986, but the industry thrives on such knowledge. Luis Venegas has made a career from being a guardian of these facts. Since 2004, he has self-published the biannual Fanzine137, which is a bit like fashion’s Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

In 2007, Luis set up teen-boy magazine Electric Youth! and late last year he launched transversal mag Candy. In Fanzine137 he's published interviews with everyone from Interview magazine's Bob Colacello to 70s supermodel Karen Graham, alongside work by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Lillian Bassman. The title has run exclusive portfolios by our boys McGinley and Richardson, as well as Jack Pierson and David Armstrong. You know The Knowledge – the grueling examination of London streets that black cab drivers have to pass before they can work? Well, Luis' brain is a bit like that, but with sequins.

Luis lives in a small flat in Madrid, from where he produces his three magazines. We went round to have a chat.