Between the US Open, Challengers, and an endless stream of fashion collaborations, it feels like the whole world is rallying behind the sport and style of tennis. But, as GQ's Noah Johnson argues, sometimes popularity is a curse. (GQ)
Inside the Other Paris Fashion Week
In the shadow of Paris’s celeb-filled, headline-grabbing blockbuster runway shows, a growing movement of iconoclastic designers are forging a new way to think about menswear. (GQ)
J.Crew Fans, Get Ready: The Catalogue Is Back
The brand is reintroducing the nostalgic catalogue with Demi Moore on the fall cover and hoping to build on its sales momentum. (WSJ)
A Suitable Change for Chloë Sevigny
On the cusp of 50, the actor is pondering something different. (The Cut)
Ina Garten and the Age of Abundance
The Barefoot Contessa looks back at a career built on fantasies of comfort and plenty. (New Yorker)
Pioneering Graffiti Artist Futura 2000: "It’s Been Very Improbable, My Career"
The New York multimedia luminary celebrates five decades of groundbreaking work in a new retrospective exhibit. (The Guardian)
The British-Nigerian artist talks Esquire through his very first fashion collaboration. (Esquire)
From Biggie to Lil Yachty, Rappers Speak Volumes With Their Bling
Hip-hop jewellery does a lot of heavy lifting in a new exhibition in Manhattan. It signifies elite membership, romantic courtship and ambition for greatness. (NYT)
How the ‘Slamming Door’ Sound Became Embedded in Hip-Hop History
If you’ve listened to any rap or pop music made in the 21st century, you’ve heard John Lehmkuhl’s most famous creation, a thwacking metallic percussion sample named “Tribe". (Wired)
10 Years Later, Days Before Rodeo Is Still Travis Scott’s Best
Scott commemorated the milestone anniversary of his breakout mixtape with its first official release and an anniversary show in Atlanta. He’s right to return to his strongest material. (The FADER)
New Rave Was the Original brat
Charli XCX got her break playing warehouse parties as a teenager and the often-derided U.K. scene continues to shape her aesthetic. (The FADER)
What’s the Deal With The Dare?
Harrison Patrick Smith makes bawdy (and sometimes divisive) party music that has New York buzzing - and Charli XCX inviting him to collaborate.
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The Timely Dude-ology of MJ Lenderman
The in-demand sideman and Wednesday guitarist sharpens his tragicomic musical portraiture on a new solo album, Manning Fireworks. (NYT)
Mk.gee, an Unlikely Guitar God, Chases the Promise of Pop
At 27, he has a desire to rethink how music is made, and the confidence to do it. Stars including Eric Clapton, Frank Ocean and Justin Bieber are buying in. (NYT)
"We're Like the Black Bruce Springsteen"
The boys of Enumclaw have something to say. (Interview)
Efron Danzig on New Book, Diary #1
Diary #1 is the first ever photo book from the New York-based photographer, model and skateboarder Efron Danzig. (Monster Children)
Moods August 2024 (Moodmail)
