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. If there’s one brand making relaxed activewear and everyday staples feel effortlessly elevated, it’s Adanola. The brand has become known for their  clean silhouettes, neutral palettes and activewear designed to move easily between workouts and daily…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Just when we thought the great fashion shakeup was settling down and creative directors were getting comfy in their roles, it has been announced today (January 30) that Pieter Mulier will be leaving Alaïa after five…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. February’s shows raise questions of power, memory, labour, image-making, and who gets to be seen. Moving between archive and absence, spectacle and refusal, we see fashion stripped of performance, photography untethered from truth, monuments pulled from…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Is your nervous system regulated? It’s the question on everyone’s minds these days – at least, it seems that way on TikTok, where a growing wave of wellness routines aimed at “resetting” our systems is sliding…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In April 2024, Vincenzo Camille rebranded from 9090gate to fakemink. Since then, the Essex-born rapper-producer has released around 100 singles, become the breakout star of the UK Ug movement, and topped Dazed’s best tracks of 2025 list….

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Last summer we caught up with the queer collective Sextou as they celebrated their first birthday, capturing all the “raw and real” looks the London rave had to offer. Now, we return to the Sextou dancefloor…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. As Madonna once said in her seminal work “Die Another Day” – from the motion picture soundtrack of Die Another Day – “Sigmund Freud… analyse this!” While not a single day goes by that I’m not…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Athleisure has long been a staple of modern wardrobes, but a quick scroll through TikTok right now points to a specific revival. The influence of 90s and early 2000s fitness culture is everywhere, from vintage-fitted tanks…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The ongoing ICE operations and the killings of citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents have upended the Minneapolis community. The events have sparked widespread protests, as the city confronts the unchecked violence of…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Luster is the quality of shining – the way light catches on a surface and holds your attention. It’s through this shimmering lens that Maria Somerville reflects on her Irish homeland in her debut album, Luster….