Where Philip Plein goes, others will follow. Back in August 2021 the beloved designer officially started accepting cryptocurrency, meaning shoppers could buy leather jackets spray-painted with the scowling face of a tiger for the equivalent of £138,600.00. Off-White soon followed in April and, today, Gucci has become the first blockbuster fashion house to allow its clients to pay with Bitcoin, Ethereum, […]
At the start of the new trailer for Don’t Worry Darling, Florence Pugh and Harry Styles are living in a 50s utopia. They host house parties, they kiss while driving recklessly in the Californian desert, they kiss in their spotless mid-century modern kitchen, they kiss in their cosy bed, and they kiss each other goodbye as Styles leaves for his […]
Last night, Portishead made an appearance at the War Child UK benefit gig for Ukraine at O2 Academy in Bristol, performing live for the first time since 2015. The Bristol trio performed five songs – “Mysterons”, “Wandering Star” and “Roads” from 1997’s Dummy, and “Magic Doors” and “The Rip” from 2008’s Third. The band last played at Benicàssim Festival seven years ago. Elsewhere on […]
Alexander Wang is facing new allegations of sexual assault. The New York Times reports that high-profile victims’ rights lawyer Lisa Bloom is representing 10 men with allegations against the designer. David Casavant is one of the men represented by Bloom and he has spoken out against Wang on record. Casavant is a 30-year-old fashion stylist and […]
Back in June, TikTok user Mariel Guzma took a set of fabric scissors to a pale blue pair of size 44 men’s denim shorts. She put together a set of brief instructions, detailing how she went about tailoring and distressing them to her liking, in a TikTok that amassed upwards of 500,000 likes and 3,000 comments — some considerably […]
FKA twigs and Getty Images have collaborated on an initiative that will see thousands of photographs of Black history made available for free and non-commercial use, with the aim of elevating the visual narrative of Black history. Getty Images will donate visual content from its Hulton Archive (the world’s largest privately held commercial archive) and […]
The first trailer for the much-anticipated upcoming movie adaptation of the Mortal Kombat video games has landed, offering a closer look at plot points teased in the promotional posters so far. The film, which stars Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, and Josh Lawson, is due for release on April 16. The story follows Cole Young (a new character created for […]
Rihanna‘s visual autobiography The Rihanna Book is now available in a gigantic “Queen Size” hardback format. The coffee table book measures at a huge 25 7/8 by 19 3/4 inches — almost the size of small-scale TVs — and features 1,050 illustrations of the musician and fashion icon. Hand-sewn and bound in bespoke padded Japanese-designed fabric, Rihanna: Queen […]
After making Billboard Hot 100 history with Megan Thee Stallion on “WAP,” Cardi B achieved another chart feat with her latest single “UP.” According to Chart Data, the No. 2 entry of “UP” marks the highest debuting solo track by a female rapper in the 21st century. The last artist and track that achieved this feat was Lauryn Hill in 1998 with the No. 1 debut […]
Netflix is offering a fresh look at the life of the great Notorious B.I.G. with its upcoming documentary, Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell. Releasing after the celebrated rapper’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ahead of what would have been his 50th birthday this March, the documentary was created alongside Biggie’s estate and was executive […]