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Lady White Co. Spent a Decade Proving That Less Is More 

Lady White Co. has spent a decade paring American sportswear to its stylish ideal. On its 10th anniversary, LWC talks using restraint to shape good design. (Highsnobiety) 

Workout Gear Has Never Looked Swaggier

But does it actually work? We put the 10 buzziest brands to the test, raw milk included. (Highsnobiety)

This Hoodie Is Perfect for a John Hughes Villain

Brian Davis, owner of the vintage store Wooden Sleepers, thinks this is the ideal sweatshirt - even though he’s never shoved anyone into a locker. (Esquire)

Part-Time Models, Full-Time Skaters

An afternoon in South London with the skaters who wear the ’fits, eat the food, take the falls - and make it all look easy. (i-D)

The Middlebrow Podcast: Coolhunting With Noah Johnson

Noah Johnson, Editor in Chief of Highsnobiety, has quietly shaped what you've worn over the past decade. We dive into projecting hobby expertise, being a menswear grim reaper, the exquisite corpse era of fashion, Substack, foodie culture, A24 as an adjective and Evan Kinori. (Spotify)

Herb Sundays 147: Zoe Latta

The Eckhaus Latta co-founder gets sad: “sometimes I would take the “best” (saddest) songs and gate keep them for myself… this is an attempt to compile those songs, and share them this time around.” (Herb Sundays)

On Tour With Oasis in ‘94: “Liam Threw All the Furniture in the Pool”

Legendary photographer Kevin Cummins takes us through his new book which lifts the lid on the wildness around Oasis in the year they broke through. (The Standard)

Inside the New Floorpunch Book

Read an interview with the authors of the new Floorpunch oral and visual history, and vocalist Mark Porter. (Brooklyn Vegan)

Mark Ronson Is Releasing a Memoir About Djing in the ’90s

The former FADER podcast host’s new book will capture “the music, characters, escapades, and energy of Ronson’s DJ days in 1990s New York.” (The FADER)

Northern Gothic: Rainy Miller Interviewed

In the first interview about his new album, the Lancashire producer Jack Bowes talks to Fergal Kinney about Preston grime, absent fathers, and why he’s exhausted with the discussion about class in British music.

(The Quietus)

Why Ruff Sqwad Should Be Taught in Music Education at All Levels 

(TRENCH)

Atlanta Rapper Young Scooter Dies at 39

The musician worked with Future, Young Thug, Zaytoven, Gucci Mane, and many other luminaries of his Georgia hometown. (Pitchfork)

Who Doesn't Know KAWS?

Brian Donnelly has taken his art to Arkansas to get more eyes on his work. In an interview with Esquire, he speaks about expanding his reach (as if he isn't already a household name). (Esquire)

Patrick O'Dell: People I've Known

Despite describing himself as the “C-List” staff photographer at the mag, O’Dell’s been in the field with the game’s most enigmatic figures. Who talked shit on Jerry Hsu? Who slept while Heath rowed the Sea of Cortez? Read on for the official accounts from the Epicly Later'd host. (Thrasher) 

Shot-List: Waylon Bone

Perspective can be tricky. Shot-List asks strange and talented people to show us what they see, and the way that they see it. For a photographer and filmmaker like Waylon Bone, the answers are better seen than heard. 

(Monster Children)

How the ’70s Radicalised the Landscape of Photography 

Half a century ago, visionary photographers including Nan Goldin, Joel Meyerowitz and Larry Sultan pushed the envelope of what was possible in image-making, blurring the boundaries between high and low art. A new exhibition revisits the era. (Huck)

Capturing the Soul of the City: Arlene Gottfried’s Lens on New York

While everyone knows Gilbert Gottfried, the loud squawking comedian who became a household name, few know that his sister, Arlene Gottfried was one of New York’s greatest photographers. (ANIMAL)

Shawn Hausman Reflects on AREA, a Club in Constant Reinvention

In this exclusive interview, the legendary designer discusses shaping immersive worlds before cell phones, knowing when to walk away, and what it really means to design with a point of view. (gr8 collab)

Graydon Carter on Guest Lists, Dress Codes, and Meghan Markle 

Publishing overlord and celebrity ringmaster Graydon Carter shares his gut reactions to today's most pressing matters. (Interview)

Fran Lebowitz on Why Our Concept of “Now” Is Broken

The writer and public speaker sounds off on nostalgia, AI, the news, and why revenge is “horrible” in politics but “totally satisfying” in her personal life. (Harper's BAZAAR)

Keep It Going

Alexa Chung defined the pop-culture imaginary with an intoxicating recipe of looks, charisma, and wit that transcended the self, spinning into a sort of infinity persona all its own. It’s a two-and-a-half-decade spell that she’s not afraid to break. (Family Style)

Why Print Magazines Will Never Die

GQ columnist Chris Black talks to Fantastic Man co-founder Gert Jonkers about the magazine's latest milestone issue, why he won't photograph people wearing sunglasses, and what the algorithm can't. (GQ)

Take a Seat! This Online Magazine Is Dedicated to the Wackiest Chairs Out There

Challenging the chair’s conventional form, Chair of Virtue features furniture from emerging and established designers that sits at the intersection of art and design. (It's Nice That)

How to Live in the Mall

Want your living space a stone’s throw from the Aéropostale and Hot Topic? A new documentary, Secret Mall Apartment, will show you the way. 

(NYT)

NAN SWID'S APARTMENT

The Upper East Side home of artist and collector Nan Swid, photographed by Cobey Arner for the latest issue of Neptune Papers. More here.

RAINY MILLER - VENGEANCE.

Featuring Graham Sayle of High Vis.

FLOORPUNCH: NO EXCEPTIONS

“FLOORPUNCH: No Exceptions 1995 - 2000 is the definitive oral history of the most important straight edge hardcore band since 1989. 340 pages containing interviews with every member and key individuals of the time - in their scene and others - the book also shakes out as an illuminating document of a revelatory time in hardcore, and describes the sea change in the scene in the 1990s which Floorpunch brought on.” More here.

DAN WITZ

After moving to New York in the late 1970s, Dan Witz spent his nights playing raucous concerts and his days strolling through museums and studying art. He merged his two loves and began creating mosh pit paintings, capturing people at their rawest and most primal selves.