The Atlanta crooner, who died last week, bridged the gap between melodic street rap of the past and present. (Pitchfork)
"My Old Label Said I Was More Annoying Than Lucrative": Painter-Musician Issy Wood on Her Singular, Insular World
The British-American artist has turned down gallery mogul Larry Gagosian, walked away from a deal with Mark Ronson - and earned a big fanbase for her uncanny, intimate work. (The Guardian)
The Second Wave of Jamie xx
An influential DJ and producer returns with In Waves, an album ready for the dancefloor. (Esquire)
A Herb-That-Didn't-Happen™ by Sam Valenti IV. (Herb Sundays)
The Beastie Boys Edition
On eclectic taste, defining cool, and Nevermind. (Why is this interesting?)
The Soho Kids: A Timeline of Timeless Cool
We chart the New York stoop dwellers and the stores, sounds, and streetwear trends that defined them. (Highsnobiety)
Is New York Still Cool? Just Ask Them
Photographing a collection of musicians, artists, and writers who are keeping the city alive. (SSENSE)
Hypebeasts Rejoice! Martine Rose X Supreme Is Officially on Its Way
The buzzy London and New York labels are collaborating for the very first time. (Dazed)
Inside Ralph Lauren’s Glamorous Hamptons Fashion Blowout
Ralph Lauren, Usher, Lucky Blue Smith, and more speak on a major American fashion moment. (GQ)
In Conversation With Industry’s Konrad Kay & Mickey Down
I spoke to Konrad Kay and Mickey Down about their favourite fashion moments on their very finance heavy show, stepping behind the camera to direct as a duo, what makes corporate graphic design so attractive, wearing big suits, their favourite brands and stores to shop at, and so much more.
(Director Fits)
Town & Country Says Dimepiece Newsletter Is a “10”
But this is Brynn’s first one... (Dimepiece)
Live from the streets of the East Village, Ben talks to returning guest Brynn Wallner, founder of Dimepiece, the femme-forward watch media start-up, which just launched its newsletter via Substack. (YouTube)
The Outsiders
How The Business of Fashion became an unlikely insider’s guide. (CJR)
OffBall Launches as New Sports Culture Brand
The new outlet’s homepage directs users to posts on X and Instagram and to other websites, rather than its own pages - which its founders see as an alternative to ubiquitous, low-quality aggregation. (Semafor)
Print is dead. The internet killed the magazine. (Monster Children)
When people say “is print dead?”, we point them towards The Fence (and us, obviously). As the London-based quarterly turns five, we speak to editor Charlie Baker. (The Face)
The endangered pleasures of inefficiency, inconvenience, and ecstatic boredom in the Dark Digital Abbondanza Era. (Blackbird Spyplane)
