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What’s the Secret, Keanu?

Guy’s always working—sixty-eight movies in thirty-five years. Playing killing machines, doofuses, romantics, messiahs, and devils. But always Keanu. Which always means something more.

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The Making of Black Ivy Style

A new book examines how Black civil rights leaders, jazzmen, artists and writers rewrote the sartorial codes of a largely white elite.

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lenscape / fjallsárlón — vincentleroy.com

lenscape fjallsárlón, iceland / 2021…

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Dover Street Market Aims to Reinvent Retail (Again)

PARIS – Comme des Garçons CEO Adrian Joffe is bouncing around the 17th-century hôtel particulier that is the epicentre of his latest project: a platform designed to blend luxury shopping and his growing roster of young brands with cultural events at a time when Covid-19 has increased pressure on physical…

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At a Distance: 100 Visionaries at Home in a Pandemic | The Slowdown – Culture, Nature, Future

At a Distance: 100 Visionaries at Home in a Pandemic…

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Games of Taste

“My enjoyment of Bolaño wasn’t quite real, my new acquaintance said, and the part of it that felt real was a function of American ignorance,” writes David Kurnick.

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The Road to Radiohead’s “Kid A”

Tracing the many sounds and influences of Radiohead’s classic LP.

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Fond Perdu – Vol. II – Ilyes Griyeb

Fond Perdu Vol. 2, brings attention to the discourse around belonging, cultural differences, and socially constructed ideals imposed from the above, showcasing it is time to put emphasis on what communities (should) value about their own history, and how those rise to the level of social identificat……

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#6 Radio Tenue de Nîmes – Adriana Galijasevic

Lads, Gak and Union Jacks: The Oral History of ‘Cool Britannia’

“The thing is, so much of it was about bullshit.”…

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FUORI!!! |

Con una potente esclamazione e una bomba fumetto in copertina, il volume rimette a disposizione del grande pubblico le rarissime pagine della rivista FUORI!, storico organo di stampa del Fronte Unitario Omosessuale Rivoluzionario Italiano e primo mensile di rivoluzione sessuale del Paese.

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Lack of Guidance Is the Football-Inspired Brand That’s Powered by Nostalgia

The brand’s founders on creating a new space in the sport-streetwear market.

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The Uniform Cool of Charlie Watts

With his Savile Row suits, custom shirts and jazzman’s assurance, the Rolling Stones drummer staged his own quiet rebellion.

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W. David Marx — The Culture of Fashion in Japan

W. David Marx and I talk about his book Ametora, Japanese culture, and books in translation.

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Lab Sunglasses

The world’s first CO2Made® lenses Who would think you could turn carbon dioxide into eyewear? Carbon transformation technology meets cutting-edge design to develop our first PANGAIA LAB innovation —CO2Made® polycarbonate lenses made partially from CO₂. These carbon lenses are rimless in design, set……

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MODEM — OFFICE FOR DESIGN AND INNOVATION

Modem is an office for design and innovation. Working as a hybrid between a think tank and design studio, we design for resilience.

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Bernard Arnault – ‘Paris is booming’

With the Cheval Blanc hotel, the LVMH chairman and CEO is cementing his influence in the French capital – and his confidence in its renewal…

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Martin Margiela Is Back

The influential designer walked away from fashion in 2009, but he didn’t stop creating. Here’s a first look at his new career.

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What Fashion Can Learn from Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped

Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, reminds fashion and its consumers that leaving something to the imagination is a potent act.

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Solange’s Saint Heron Unveils Free Library of Rare Books and Art by Black Creators

Solange’s Saint Heron studio and platform has announced the launch of its free library of “esteemed and valuable” books by Black creators for research, study and exploration. Each reader will be in……

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Zodiac: Paul Avery’s Layered Corduroy and Denim » BAMF Style

As the Zodiac case takes a more personal toll, Avery’s wardrobe grows more chaotic like this gray corded jacket layered over cutoff fatigues and denim.

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Dover Street Market Aims to Reinvent Retail (Again)

PARIS – Comme des Garçons CEO Adrian Joffe is bouncing around the 17th-century hôtel particulier that is the epicentre of his latest project: a platform designed to blend luxury shopping and his growing roster of young brands with cultural events at a time when Covid-19 has increased pressure on physical… [ Continue reading ]

Games of Taste

“My enjoyment of Bolaño wasn’t quite real, my new acquaintance said, and the part of it that felt real was a function of American ignorance,” writes David Kurnick. [ Continue reading ]

Fond Perdu – Vol. II – Ilyes Griyeb

Fond Perdu Vol. 2, brings attention to the discourse around belonging, cultural differences, and socially constructed ideals imposed from the above, showcasing it is time to put emphasis on what communities (should) value about their own history, and how those rise to the level of social identificat…… [ Continue reading ]

FUORI!!! |

Con una potente esclamazione e una bomba fumetto in copertina, il volume rimette a disposizione del grande pubblico le rarissime pagine della rivista FUORI!, storico organo di stampa del Fronte Unitario Omosessuale Rivoluzionario Italiano e primo mensile di rivoluzione sessuale del Paese. [ Continue reading ]

Lab Sunglasses

The world’s first CO2Made® lenses Who would think you could turn carbon dioxide into eyewear? Carbon transformation technology meets cutting-edge design to develop our first PANGAIA LAB innovation —CO2Made® polycarbonate lenses made partially from CO₂. These carbon lenses are rimless in design, set…… [ Continue reading ]