Most of us would agree fashion resale is generally a good thing. It keeps clothes in circulation, it’s a way to earn extra cash, and it has the potential to displace the purchase of more newly made stuff. But what about when the most notorious fast fashion brand out there does it? After a Channel […]
Personal style is hard. It seems like everyone and their mother has a stylist these days, from tech gurus to celebrities, which means every look is carefully calculated (and intentionally branded), from grocery store runs to red carpet events. “Bella Hadid street style” is an OG Pinterest search, and for the past few months, her […]
Kevin Michael Brophy Jr. is suing Cardi B for $5 million USD over the cover art of her 2016 mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1, which sees a man seemingly giving the rapper oral sex in the back of a vehicle. According to reports, Brophy Jr. claims that the artwork “ruined” his private life, as the […]
Netflix has announced that it will start charging password-sharing fees in early 2023. The streaming giant broke the news during its recent quarterly earnings call, confirming that Netflix will put an additional fee on top of the user’s monthly subscription price if they share the account’s password with those who do not live in the […]
It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for Ye. His appearance at Burberry in London, followed by walking the runway at Balenciaga Summer 2023’s “The Mud Show” and his attendance at Givenchy’s Paris Fashion Week show brought potential hope to the rapper-turned-fashion designer; implying Ye could be here to support the industry. However, his more-than-controversial […]
Artificial intelligence has allowed us to simulate all kinds of situations through computer systems. Some of its main applications are language processing and speech recognition, and now, through play.ht and podcast.ai we’re actually able to see how far the technology has come by experiencing a conversation with someone who is not even on Earth anymore.
My friend Daisy asked for some help with setting up her Hinge profile the other week. “Are there too many pictures of me with a drink – do I look like an alcoholic?”, she asked, sliding her phone over to me and our other friend, Holly. “No,” Holly said, wrinkling her nose. “But it’s too […]
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the art world is rife with crime, from fakes and forgeries, to fraud, sketchy tax workarounds, and – on the more glamorous end of the spectrum – daring heists. Recently, though, New York City galleries witnessed a string of robberies that reduced the art hanging on their walls […]
A24 and Halina Reijn’s new slasher movie Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), based on a story by Cat Person writer Kristen Roupenian, begins with Bee, played by Maria Bakalova, travelling with her girlfriend Sophie (The Hate U Give’s Amandla Stenberg) to meet her friends — a bunch of wealthy kids in their early twenties with big […]
At the core of Alexandra Leese’s work is a sensitivity for her subjects. Not a forced kind of sensitivity for the sake of an image, but a genuine care which is felt in every portrait she takes. Exploring themes of identity and the body, the Hong Kong-born, London-based photographer has worked throughout her career to […]