Eustace lives off the land, in a teepee, in the hills, on horseback and in the woods. He rode across the country in 103 days, setting a world record that he probably didn’t even know about.

He has immersed himself in nature since he was four years old, roaming the woods behind his suburban house near Gastonia, N.C. At age 10, he purposefully walked deep into a nearby forest, alone and empty-handed, and survived off the land for a week. After high school, Eustace canoed down the Mississippi River and kayaked across Alaska, honing his backcountry skills. Later he lived with primitive indigenous tribes in Guatemala. When he returned to the Blue Ridge in his early twenties to attend Appalachian State University, he lived in a handmade tipi, cooked squirrels over a fire, and wrote papers by candlelight.

Soon after graduating with honors (majoring in anthropology and English), Eustace found the wildest, most rugged land in Appalachia—a 1,000-acre chunk of mountain near Boone, N.C., and gradually bought parcels of it. To pay for the land that he now calls Turtle Island Preserve, he spent years traveling the country on speaking tours teaching primitive skills and revealing the natural economy hidden behind dollar bills—like where food and water comes from, where waste goes, and how clothes are made.

For the past two decades, Eustace has lived self-sufficiently at Turtle Island, growing his own vegetables and raising goats and chickens. He built a log cabin using trees from the property, and it is powered by an off-grid micro-hydroelectric system along a creek. He travels primarily by horse, occasionally riding into crowded downtown Boone on horseback to get supplies. To make ends meet, he offers educational enrichment camps for youths, adults, and organizations, as well as horse-drawn carriage rides through the deep, lush woods of Turtle Island.

If you’re looking for something to read, might be a good idea to check up on Eustace.

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Taking inspiration from throwaway materials and Frankenstein’s legendary monster, Dazed & Confused this month presents its ‘Franken-Fashion’ masks project… a unique creative collaboration with some of the world’s top designers, including such names as Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh, Martin Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Roberto Cavalli, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Riccardo Tisci.

Each of the 13 designers involved created a mask especially for Dazed, using scraps lying around the designers’ studios – look out for rubber gloves, leather offcuts and even an old lampshade! Modelled by the fabulous Guinevere van Seenus, shot by Daniel Jackson and styled by Dazed senior fashion editor Karen Langley, while more Franken-fashion comes from Richard Burbridge, Magnus Unnar, Mark Pillai and Max Farago.

Turning green on the Hackney streets, Dazed also meets Laura Mulleavy of fast-rising label Rodarte to talk horror chic, while talented British actress Rebecca Hall take a break from theatre to discuss Dorian Gray, Woody Allen and sex dolls. Dazed also freaks out with the next generation of psychedelic artists, cutting up internet graphics and 80s TV ads to create mind-bending new works that reflect our media-saturated age. Meanwhile, the scuzzy musicians at the heart of the underground lo-fi music scene get real about whether it’s a movement or just a bunch of people making noise – with Wavves, Blank Dogs, Times New Viking, Woods, Kurt Vile, A Grave With No Name and many more.

Elsewhere in October’s Dazed, notorious installation artist Nancy Kienholz, cult comedy duo Tim & Eric, the world’s first black supermodel Donyale Luna, the Slits’ Ari-Up, Brigitte Bardot dressed as a superhero, and the most snappily dressed 60s apocalypse cult you’ll ever see.

The Dazed & Confused October ‘Franken-Fashion’ special issue is on sale on Thursday September 17.

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