Why the Girlies Want to Be Like the Gangsters
It started as another micro-trend on TikTok, now it’s made it onto the runway at Fall/Winter 2024 Fashion week. Examining the mob wife trend and its cultural meaning.
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The New Air Max Dn Revolutionises Nike’s New Iconic Air Technology
Every year marks a new chapter, and on this year’s Air Max Day, Nike’s new Air Max Dn heralds a new generation of footwear cushioning that ensures a smooth heel-to-toe transition—just like walking on air.
From Memes to Deepfakes and Digital Humans: Silvia Dal Dosso’s Hyperrealist Future
“Fakes are among us, and the future ahead will be weird as fuck”. Welcome to the post-post-post-truth AI world.
From Dolls to Droids: Our Fascination with AI Fembot
As we entered the doll era, technology and intimacy collided creating the so- called AI sex dolls. Is this obsession with fembots already giving the “ick” or should we keep opening new frontiers of human-robot interactions?
On’s First Store in Germany: Performance and Community in Berlin—Mitte
With the Gorpcore trend, brands like On are boosting the leisure sector and informing the current aesthetics of urban style — in addition to informing the movement of our body from head to toe.
How Moodboard Accounts Are Making their Comeback in 2024
Apart from the square-dominated Instagram feed and Twitter's (now X) 140-character limit back then, the 2014 Tumblr era brought us a new iteration of moodboards.
Lucid Dreaming: Can We Train In Our Sleep?
Lucid dreaming holds the promise to control your dreams—while sleeping. But does this method really work? And how does it affect our overall health?
Go Big or Go Home: Highsnobiety Opened its Store in Berlin’s Unter den Linden
Headed by designers coming from some of the biggest brands of the industry, their releases bring excitement with every drop. But what can come next?
‘Panty’ by Michaela Stark: for the Female Gaze
“I put an obscene amount of time into making lingerie that makes fat desirable.”
L.A. Women and California Girls: Eve Babitz’ Radiant Legacy
Another indisputable member of the L.A. Woman category is singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, who’s been shaping ideas and visual representations of California with her music for over a decade. Babitz’ legacy is embedded into the cultural fabric that all of these portrayals are made of.
