Music
Freakquencies was a debauched intro to New York Fashion Week
Take a look at all the action from The Dare's proudly hedonistic clubnight.
Indie sleaze
Music
“We were ahead of our time”: Le Tigre talk politics and fashion faux pas
Formed in the late ‘90s from the ashes of Kathleen Hanna’s riot grrrl band Bikini Kill, the reunited trio are now enjoying TikTok virality and credit for pioneering the so-called “indie sleaze” aesthetic.
Style
Celine just declared the “age of indieness”
Skinny jeans! Centre partings! Sunglasses! Hedi Slimane says “indie rights”.
Music
Meet Me in the Bathroom is a New York indie sleaze time capsule
London Film Festival: The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and LCD Soundsystem bare all in a brilliant documentary about the early Noughties scene.
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.
Culture
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?