It’s a new era of opulence for menswear. Magpies, rejoice!
Side Hustles: Disco-in-furlough – from underground raves to the fabric factory, Keep Hush are the late-night events business now creating premium merch for artists sidelined by the pandemic.
Head to head: And just like that, the metaverse finds another way to grab our attention, with collections from some of the greatest fashion houses popping up in Zuckerberg’s Meta. But at what cost? Our sanity, perhaps.
Since getting kicked out of home in Venezuela, the curator and DJ has made his mark on Boston’s nightlife scene.
It’s been 30 years since the fall of The Berlin Wall. Since post-reunification subcultures bloomed like flowers growing from the rubble, the city has become a destination for EasyJet ravers who put millions of Euros into the economy.
Fifty years of making pictures, upsetting the establishment and sticking two fingers at the easily offended is no easy feat.
Beyond the true-to-form politeness, in the Swedish capital, they’re letting off steam in sexy tailoring, XL hoods and stomper boots. Stockholm’s got subversion in spades… even if the nightlife isn’t quite there yet.
There’s a fresh wave of alternative artists creating new styles, with Britain’s grassroots hip-hop scene brimming with mavericks and eccentrics.
From Naples nightclubs to the birth of London’s modern menswear, and from early Martine Rose shows to the emergence of Mowalola, Brooke McCord sketches out 20 years of Lulu Kennedy’s glorious Fashion East family.
Chal Ravens’ column collects the best DJ mixes and sets that have dropped in recent weeks.
Chiming neatly with men’s fashion week, club night Baile Preto lit Paris up until the wee hours last week, with welcome support from PUMA. We stopped by for a dance and a catch-up with scene saviour Beto Neri.
The Swedish artist merges trance, trap and jungle ahead of his tour with Drain Gang.
The serial collector took to the Catacombs of Paris to document youth culture and contemporary artefacts. Spoooooky!
The late singer is currently touring Europe as a ghostly digital reincarnation. It’s not right, but is it okay? Houston’s hologram stylist tells us more.
Fashion news of the week: Plus, Kiko Kostadinov heads to La La Land, Stone Island makes a film, and Haider Ackermann creates off-piste uniforms for Canada Goose.
After 27 years, the Belgian designer announced the closing of his namesake label. Here, stylists, photographers and designers reflect on the riot, rebellion and influence of Raf Simons.
The highs, highs and, er, highs of British nightlife have been immortalised with a new book of rave veteran Matthew Smith’s ’00s photography. Step inside, and leave your coats at the door.
