TITLE x adidas Originals: Celebrating Dance and Originality
Along with dancer, performer and poet Flockey Ocscor, TITLE and adidas Originals hosted a soirée last Saturday in Köln. Here a sneak peek.
TITLE x adidas Originals: Celebrating Dance and Originality
What my husband wants, my husband gets: About Nara Smith and Toxic Tradwifes
Traditional role models are trending among young women on TikTok, with the "tradwife" movement gaining popularity. This trend sees women embracing ultra-traditional gender roles, focusing on homemaking and rejecting feminist ideals of independence. Influencers like Estee Williams and Nara Smith showcase a life centered on cooking, cleaning, and caring for family, sparking debates about the glorification of 1950s housewife roles. While some view this as a personal choice, others raise concerns about its connections to conservative ideologies and the alt-right movement. The hashtag "tradwife" has amassed millions of views, reflecting a significant cultural shift on social media platforms.
More Than My Ethnicity, Yet Always a Foreign
PART I: Living the Best of Both Worlds, Until Society Told Me Not To Title Image by: Şeyma Sarıyıldız, @_bysusu “Once welcomed with open arms, now met with disdain, we seek to fulfill their dreams and justice in their name.“ Around the age of eight, I first realized that I was different from my white […]
Ukrainian Brand DZHUS Reasserts the Power of Transformation During BFW
Irina Dzhus SS25 Collection Is a Festive Celebration of Trauma This season’s Fashion Week in Berlin has astonished many with elevated designs, intricate concepts, and shows that defy norms and expectations of what fashion presentations look like. If every fashion show is about curating a world on its own, Irina Dzhus, the creative mind behind […]
Beyond Pink & Blue: Unveiling the Modern Myth of Gendered
Men wear blue, women wear pink. Dresses and skirts can only be worn by women, whereas ties are a men's attire. These are some of the many ideologies most people grew up believing, and not only practicing on themselves but also imposing on their own children. But when did we, as a society, ever decide that someone's gender or sexual orientation can be correlated with a piece of clothing? Let us delve into the history and break down some myths that might even have contributed to the severe sexism we are currently experiencing in modern-day society.
More than just clothes: the Palestinian designers sharing their culture through fashion
Discover Palestinian history and resistance through fashion. Beyond conflict, artisans and craftsmen use clothing to tell their stories. From the keffiyeh scarf to Tatreez embroidery, Palestinian fashion symbolizes resilience. Designers like Yasmeen Mjalli and Zaid Farouki blend tradition with innovation, showcasing the beauty and power of Palestinian culture in every stitch.
What We’re Reading This Summer
But since summer is always over before you know it, you don’t wanna waste those precious days of sun on a disappointing book. You need the perfect summer read. So; what makes a book a perfect summer read? The most obvious trait might be a summery setting, perhaps by the ocean or a romantic Mediterranean village. Surely, romance works best in the summer, so you might find yourself enjoying a steamy love story to add to your own summer adventures. But for me, the biggest and most crucial part of the perfect summer read, is transformation. Whether it’s a coming-of-age story or a character study, the best novels confront their characters with situations and obstacles that require them to change, adapt and learn. These books can help us reflect on our own lives and the transformations we are going through.
FEMALE GAZE – Reclaiming the Power Through Self-Portraits. From Cindy Sherman to Harley Weir
„In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure, which is styled accordingly. In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness…“
Naples’s 2000 years of architectural history are still standing
Naples has had many incarnations throughout history: land of conquest, capital city, icon. The city earned its status as the ladder by wearing its heart on its sleeve. It's all on display: its history, idiosyncrasies, and scars. The way the city reveals itself is not just through its unique language and culinary traditions but through its architecture.
Is Hopecore Gen Z’s Cry for Help?
I have a complex relationship with TikTok, believing it to be both terrible and brilliant, a paradoxical belief that has caused me to exhibit contrasting behaviors towards it. Quite similar to a situationship you can’t quite cut loose from. So I sit there perched on my sofa, back hunched, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. I am inevitably […]
Hot, Gay, Italian. How these films question ideas about sexuality and masculinity.
The allure of the Italian summer through the lens of queer cinema. Explore how films like "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Call Me By Your Name" challenge traditional notions of masculinity and sexuality against the breathtaking backdrop of Italy.
