Results for: 'pop culture'
Why WAG culture is a thing of the past
WAGs still exist, sure. But no one’s doing it like the noughties OGs anymore.
Think you can survive in the wild? Not without this how-to camping guide
We need to talk about Fred… Again
Frederick John Philip Gibson hasn’t exactly built his career from the ground up, but his tunes are huge, he has a mega fanbase and he's just been nominated for the Mercury Prize. So, Clive Martin asks, is it really fair to paint him as the enemy of dance music?
If Lake Street could talk
One of the cultural hubs of Minneapolis is rebuilding after the riots, but some fear that outside investment will accelerate the neighbourhood’s descent into gentrification.
Escape to Dior Men’s funkified universe
Kim Jones’ AW21 collection will take you out of this world. Expect thumping house beats playing throughout and a DayGlo palette that illuminates even the greyest of years.
This film celebrates the adolescent magic of school proms
Over the past four years, London-born and based artist Lewis Khan has been documenting the city’s school leavers just before they step into the adult world in a deeply nostalgic, brilliantly exhilarating short film, Leavers.
How getting the Stone Island badge in became a way of life
Flashing your Stone Island for the camera has spawned a much-memed trend and a viral Twitter account. So what makes us go loco for the logo?
What I’ve learned in a year of interviewing drug experts
From legal antidepressants being sold on the darkweb to flushing your nose out after a sesh, here are some of the safety tips, warnings and surprises our drug columnist has picked up along the way.
Jeff Weiss’s Britney Spears book is based on a true story (allegedly)
The Los Angeles music journalist has put on his Von Dutch cap and delved into the alluringly sleazy world of '00s celebrity culture.
The Cobrasnake: the photographer who captured indie sleaze
Mark Hunter spent the mid-’00s documenting the era’s sauciest and naughtiest parties. 15 years on, his Y2Ks Archive book features Ye, MIA, Paris Hilton and more.
Karl Kani: “We gave the people what they wanted”
The don of hip-hop fashion talks Puffy, Nipsey Hussle and his new work with Études.
Freak show: 2022’s sexiest, silliest and most brilliantly strange musicians
Featuring horny singles, vaporwave vixens, smutty, sordid house cuts and gay electro-punk with a cynical sneer.
Kelis & André 3000
May, 2004: From bun-shakin’ Kelis to André 3000 twistin’ in jockey silks, flamboyance and fun have taken over.
Jil Sander’s take on the ’90s is anything but nostalgic
We speak to the luxury brand’s creative director duo, Luke and Lucie Meier, on their AW23 collection – a high-spirited ode to better days (just don’t expect smutty slogans or tie-dye).
Can Union Jack clothes ever be cool?
Head to head: the red, white and blue was unavoidable this Jubilee weekend. But with a history spanning Geri Halliwell and the far-right, can the Union Jack make a Cool Britannia return?
Our obsession with nostalgia is driving a trend revival spiral
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. We’re recycling eras so quickly in the 2020s that the 1990s might as well be a century ago. But if 2014 is already old hat, where do we go from here?