Results for: 'pop culture'
Reduce, Reuse, Re-Nylon!
Prada’s new Re-Nylon drop is packed with sustainable pieces made from bits of ocean plastic. Yorkshireman Danny Lomas talks us through the coat that’s giving him superpowers and the “Prada bad boy” that’s set to save him 5p on the reg.
How Accra’s first skatepark galvanised a community
Set up by Sandy Alibo, Freedom Skatepark’s initial goal was to empower Ghana’s youth. These days, it has the support of Daily Paper, Vans and Virgil Abloh, with no plans of slowing down.
Life on Lockdown in Bangkok
A cancelled new year festival. Idling pad thai vendors and tuk tuk drivers. Deserted bars and massage parlours. No tourists. For one teenage resident, Thailand’s capital is a ghost of its vibrant former self.
EsDeeKid and Fimiguerro show Liverpool some love on 5am
Also on Rated by THE FACE: Lorde, PinkPantheress, Dexter in the Newsagent and Multiscreen.
Photographing the modern-day dolce vita
In Sam Youkilis’ debut book, Somewhere, the photographer dials up the realness of everyday Italians in all their bronzed glory.
Ms Ray will soothe your heartache with her gentle synthpop track, Miss You
Also on the Rated by THE FACE playlist: Charli xcx, Ledbyher, Central Cee & J-Hus and Baba Stiltz & Okay Kaya.
Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño: the first-time actor shortlisted for the Oscars
We speak to the welder-turned-star of I'm No Longer Here: the mesmerising Spanish-language Netflix film praised by Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro.
Dua Saleh curates: Minnesota’s best underground acts
Minneapolis-based, Sudanese-American artist Dua Saleh celebrates the most exciting performers coming out of their hometown.
The best new tracks, picked by our staff
Rated by THE FACE: a playlist featuring Charli XCX, John Glacier, Homixide Gang and Pretty Sick.
Abby Roberts on LA, lockdown and long-distance love
She has 11.5 million followers on TikTok and is dating one of the app’s swoon-worthy e-boys, Noen Eubanks. Now the Yorkshire teen is readying to up sticks to Los Angeles to carve out a space as YouTube’s Gen Z voice on beauty.
How spelling names wrong became the ultimate dig
From Miki Minach to panoramic, the new rules of the internet dictate that if you chat shit (or, you know, halt life as we know it with a deadly virus), you get the typo treatment.
Heir, Spare and Bear: how Paddington became an Establishment figurehead
Writer Róisín Lanigan charts Paddington's dizzying ascent from humble plush toy to symbol for national royal mourning, via Hollywood stardom and a sprinkle of Tory-leaning ventures. Strap in.
Designer Petra Fagerström on tradwife tropes and the perils of AI
The Gothenburg designer took home the CSM L’Oreal Prize earlier this year. Now, Charli xcx is wearing her clothes and she’s turning her attention to the elephant in the atelier: AI.
Crystallmess is all about Edging
The Parisian DJ and artist is bringing her sexy new club night to East London this weekend, would you believe.
The French trio bringing queer club culture to ballet
They’ve thrown punches with Madonna, got down and dirty with Sam Smith and turned ballet dancers into ski-masked street fighters. Meet (LA)HORDE, the French trio who, as the directors of Ballet national de Marseille, have a vision of modern dance that might just be the future
The Chemical World
1997: They’re Number One pop stars and the architects of Amyl House. They’re Dr. Ed and Mr. Tom, and they’re ready to unleash more weird science on you. Be afraid. Be very afraid.