Talk of the end of streetwear has fuelled fashion discourse in recent years – but someone forgot to tell the kids that stand in line outside Soho stores in London for brands like Palace, Supreme and Stussy on every single “drop day”. It’s this culture – its good and its bad – that is the focus…
Trainers were once something bound to their activity – be it running, basketball or tennis. But, 40-odd years on from their first connections to style through hip hop culture, that feels like very old news. These shoes can now signify everything from their wearer’s cultural cache (a pair of Wales Bonner Adidas), to their knowledge…
In some ways, showing how rich you are with what you wear is the same as it ever was. See ridiculously priced items that goad the plebs made by The Row, or a Birkin owned by the actual Jane Birkin selling for an eye watering $8.6m at auction. But each turn of the news cycle brings…
My Beautiful Laundrette, the Stephen Frears directed, Harif Kareshi-scripted film, came out in 1985. The film is – rightly – remembered as a boundary-pushing queer multi-racial love story, with the breakout star of Daniel Day-Lewis. But, with it back in cinemas for the fortieth anniversary this month, it’s a time to look again, and look…
Anyone grown-up who sleeps with a cuddly toy has been vindicated this year, with various extremely clever and stylish women admitting they do so too. And now, such behaviour is set to be even more acceptable — nay, aspirational — with the arrival of Dolop. Described by its creator Ali Bradshaw as “a premium plush toy brand”, this takes…
It’s summer! That means we need to think about where we’re off to – not the actual holiday, you understand, but the mood, the vibe. For 2025, Substack’s unofficial style scene has already decided: this is Euro Summer, a take on what a dream European vacation might entail. It’s an idea that runs from sardine…
Fashion, as anyone who works in it knows, is all about the new. So, when it comes to those who symbolise any new moment — whether in advertising campaigns or on magazine covers — youth dominates. Or does it? That has shifted recently — with the drive to find the latest bright young thing replaced by…
When it comes to technology, we live in a world where the assumption is that newer is better, that we always need the upgrade, the latest gadget. So when a trend comes along that disrupts this truism, it feels amusing. It’s also, perhaps at a push, a little bit of resistance to Big Tech, a…