Style
Looks like they made it: the Trapstar story
The streetwear label once shunned by the fashion world, is now synonymous with youth culture.
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Life
Merch Service: making garms to help the dance community survive
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.
Music
Shaun Ryder: “I’d forgotten I had made this album”
After making it big in reality TV, Madchester’s Mad Hatter is back with his first solo album in 18 years – a “delusional ADHD Sgt. Pepper”. His words, not ours.
Style
Watch a Hedi Slimane directed film of Celine’s winter 23 show
Fashion news of the week: Plus! Gucci’s archive exhibition hits London, Dr. Martens’ Alternative Platform, Nike x Martine Rose, Chopova Lowena and Patta AW23.
Culture
Crowning glory: Faithless remix the theme to Netflix’s regal drama
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Culture
Cracking Up: skateboarding gets a bit political
In Jacob Barnes’s latest exhibition in Battersea’s Grove Gallery, skaters are shown doing what they do best: taking the city into their own hands.
Society
Extinction Rebellion: can they still make us care?
The environmental protest group reboots this week with a new round of actions. But in a time of Covid-19, looming recession, mass unemployment, deteriorating mental health and racial trauma, is it enough to recapture our attention?
Society
A month(ish) of the royal family trying to prove they’re not racist
On 9th April, after this article was originally written, Prince Philip died at the age of 99. It’s caused an outpouring of support on a human level. But until issues are addressed, it remains unlikely that many will be persuaded the institution is not racist.
Style
Celine Homme winter 23: an ode to the stylish kids in the riot
For his third in a run of shows exploring “indieness”, Hedi Slimane joins the dots between the proto-punk of Suicide, the rock scene of the ’00s, and the new gen of Paris nightlife.
Music
Review: FKA twigs live in Los Angeles
On the first night of the avant-pop performer’s new tour at LA’s Palace Theater, twigs unveiled a hypnotic new show.
Style
Fashion news of the week: Balenciaga objects, Kendrick Lamar and alt-Xmas
Bringing you the best in fashion, hot(ish) off the press, every Friday.
Style
Dior’s spellbinding ode to fairytales
Maria Grazia Chiuri embraces fantasy for the house’s AW21 collection, exploring the magical themes and twisted tales of the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault.
Music
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
Review: From the head-spinning heights of the Champagne Supernova years to the collapse of Beady Eye, As It Was follows the comeback of the decade.
Style
Celine’s savage parade for AW21
Hedi Slimane presented an electric womenswear show, set against the idyllic backdrop of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, near Paris.
Culture
Geezers need excitement: a history of drugs in football grounds
Violence, racism and verbal abuse are on the rise in Britain’s football grounds. Many blame cocaine. But a number of illegal drugs have been popular among fans at one time or another, with each having an impact on the atmosphere around the sport and the country. Sam Davies takes a deep dive into footy’s druggy underbelly.
Style
In with the old: Pra-daddies make everything sexier
Sunday’s AW22 show was a big hit, thanks to the tailoring, fur-trims, shoulders and men over 40. A decade after Willem Dafoe and Gary Oldman marched for AW12, Prada finds the power of the daddy for a new generation.
