Allow GQ's Noah Johnson to introduce you to A.Presse, Setinn, and the new class of labels shaping the future of men's fashion. (GQ)
New York Was a Shopping Town. Is It Again?
Small, medium and large: There seem to be signs of life for brick-and-mortar operations of every size in the city… once again. (NYT)
London’s massive estate is the last of its kind… and a masterpiece. (SNAKE)
Just a stone’s throw from the Strand and the glittering lights of the West End, you would be hard-pressed to find a flat as centrally located as the one Blondey McCoy, skater, artist, Kate Moss's first ever signing to her modelling agency, and THAMES brand founder, shares with his fiancée Jennifer Murray and their four children. (The Times)
The Greats: Jonathan Anderson
No other fashion designer today blurs the lines between the avant-garde and the commercial as imaginatively, or ruthlessly, as Jonathan Anderson, the creative director of Loewe. (NYT)
From Piece by Piece director Morgan Neville to No Malice, Sarah Andelman, founder and creative director of Colette to Pusha T; Hans Zimmer to photographer and fashion star Gabriel Moses, and so many more, we polled an elite crew of Williams’ friends and collaborators to ask a critical question: How does his brilliant brain work? (Highsnobiety)
“He Was the Centre of Attention”: Basquiat at Area, by the People Who Were There
Jean-Michel Basquiat's art and New York's nightlife collided often, no more so than at Area. Here, those who were there share their memories of a time when creativity was the reason to celebrate. (Interview)
Ghostface Killah Just Wants to Paint
Ghostface Killah is arguably hip-hop's greatest surrealist. We spoke to the Wu-Tang legend about learning songwriting lessons from Teddy Pendergrass, the importance of rappers cracking jokes, and why he feels an affinity with expressionist painters. (Stereogum)
Christopher Owens Won’t Be Defeated
As he releases his first solo album in nearly a decade, Owens discusses the project’s challenging conception and the loss of his former Girls bandmate, Chet “JR” White. (The FADER)
American Football on Their Accidental Midwestern Legacy
"Trying to do the same thing that we did in a vacuum 25 years ago, it's kind of a mind-fuck," says American Football frontman Mike Kinsella on the reissue of the band's classic self-titled debut. (Interview)
Public Listening: Hot Topic
The state of mall punk in the heartland. (John's Music Blog)
Radiohead’s Bassist Has Taken Behind-the-Scenes Photos for Years. Now He’s Sharing Them With the World
Colin Greenwood plays bass in one of the world’s most acclaimed bands, but he doesn’t view himself as a particularly public figure. In some ways, he retreats even further from the public eye in his new book, a collection of photographs called How to Disappear: A Portrait of Radiohead. (CNN)
Patrick O’Dell on the Release of New Epicly Later’d Book
Life and skateboarding from blog to book. (Monster Children)
My Internet: Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez
The Selling Sexy co-authors agree on the greatness of Industry. (Embedded)
Glenn Horowitz built a fortune selling the archives of writers such as Vladimir Nabokov and Alice Walker. Then a rock star pressed charges. (New Yorker)
