EsDeeKid, Fakemink and more shut down Gucci’s AW26 afterparty

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. If you are remotely interested in fashion and are in possession of a phone, chances are that over the last 24 hours, you have seen countless images and videos from Gucci’s AW26 show. As Demna’s first…

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The 7 most bleak, hopeless and depressing Mitski songs – ranked!

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “Mitski has joined the war against seasonal depression on the side of seasonal depression” reads a now-viral post as singer-songwriter Mitski teased her latest album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (watch her preview the record…

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5 acts to know from Manchester’s musical underground

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This year, the Brit Awards is going to be hosted in Manchester – the first ceremony outside London in its 50-year history. However, judging from the nominees, you’d think the city was cut off from the…

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Antonio Marras wants us to stop and smell the roses for AW26

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Nature has been the muse of storytellers and artisans since the very beginning (see: the snails, frogs, and other funny little guys who occupied the margins of medieval manuscripts and ancient tapestries). Today, it can often…

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Gucci AW26: Everything you missed at Demna’s blockbuster runway debut

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. As is the customary practice for any 21st-century brand, Gucci’s new era began with a social media wipe down. At the beginning of the week, the Italian house stripped its Instagram page bare, and then proceeded…

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Tattoo inspiration: 7 cybersigilism artists to follow now

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In recent years, cybersigilism – the controversial, cyborgian tattoo style – has hacked its way into our cultural landscape. Defined by fine-lined, greyscale drawings resembling skeletal veins, these strange designs mirror the growing digitalisation of the modern…

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