Category: Lifestyle & Culture

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Fashion week is as much about trading gossip as it is editors, writers, influencers, and celebrities laying eyes on and critiquing the latest collections. Secrets are whispered with wild abandon on the front row as guests…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. On the cusp of her 20th birthday, Lorde shared a post to Facebook titled A Note from the Desk of a Newborn Adult. The text was a meditation on the sparkling ephemerality of adolescence and the…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This shoot is taken from the summer 2025 issue of Dazed. Buy a copy of the magazine here. Hair Gabriel de Fries at Saint Germain, make-up Leana Ardeleanu at Artlist Paris, nails Sylvie Vacca at Call…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. While the VMAs has essentially become a starter event for newly hatched influencers to walk their first carpet, MTV often invites some actually famous people, which is nice. Though there weren’t tonnes of standout red carpet…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Mariah Carey, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat and others performed at Long Island’s UBS Arena Source: pitchfork.com — original article published 2025-09-08 03:22:05. Read the full story on pitchfork.com → [source_url]

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. London-based best friends, stuntwoman Ayesha Hussain and director Jade Ang Jackman, first met via Instagram. Jackman had been a fan of Hussain’s from afar and so slid into her DMs – not to flirt, she clarifies,…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In 1979, Ian ‘Flipper’ Ross opened a roller skating paradise in the heart of Los Angeles. Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace was the purple and blue-painted hotspot for California’s youth, including famous faces like Elton John, Nile…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. As summer winds down, most of us slip back into routine. Street-side tables and rocky coastal cliffs are swapped for office desks, inboxes, and the daily commutes. But for those who want to hold onto the…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. 2025. –  I have just returned from watching the trailer for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights – starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, with music by Charli xcx. This is certainly a controversial adaptation! In all Hollywood,…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. On a sticky summer night in August, some 40,000 people poured into central Edinburgh for Chappell Roan’s Summer Session. The Midwest Princess has quickly become pop’s most loved maximalist, known for her camp, over-the-top beauty looks…