Guen Fiore’s tender portraits of girls in the flux of adolescence

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Growing older brings a certain detachment from past versions of yourself, but they never fully leave you. As photographer Guen Fiore describes the resonances that linger in her portraits, “What was once loud softens, but it…

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Are you in a party-gap relationship?

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Anna, a 22-year-old in Vancouver, Canada, met her current partner at a party her ex-boyfriend didn’t come to. “He was someone who didn’t enjoy being around people at all, whereas I’m the complete opposite,” she says….

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‘We must find joy’: Pamela Anderson on her starring role at Valentino SS26

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. When the Institut du Monde Arabe was plunged into darkness and Valentino’s latest show was about to begin, a single, familiar voice cut through the silence. “On February 1, 1941, in a dark age, when the fury…

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‘Comic Con meets underground rap’: Photos from Eastern Margins’ day fest

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Are you a Lazada e-Girl? Or, a Geylang drifter? Perhaps you’re a Shabby Star, or a Mobile Legends bang out (or both)? If so, and you’re based in London, then there’s a good chance you were…

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