A cursory scroll through a fashion influencer’s Instagram or the site of an on-the-pulse retailer will reveal that platform shoes have undeniably clinched the title as 2022’s front-running style. Their trending trajectory makes sense, too. Lofty footwear is an on-the-nose means of escapism, boosting both your spirits and silhouette. Think […]
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Phoebe Bridgers onstage at Coachella on Friday (15 April) (AFP via Getty Images) Most folk musicians don’t enter a festival stage to the pounding sounds of heavy metal, but Phoebe Bridgers isn’t most folk musicians. Brandishing a custom black battle axe of a guitar and wearing a glamourous, diamanté version […]
The Legion of Honor Honors Legendary Fashion Designer Guo Pei in ‘Couture Fantasy’ Exhibit
Who needs Paris Fashion Week when you can catch Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei’s pieces in the Bay? From April 16 to September 5, Pei’s lavish, meticulous and world-renowned designs will be displayed in San Francisco’s Legion of Honor art museum in an exhibition titled “Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy,” organized […]
The Story Behind The Sakagucci Brand In ‘Final Fantasy XIV’
Final Fantasy is one of the most influential franchises ever created. The long-running JRPG franchise is credited with not only turning Square Enix into the giant publisher it is today but also popularizing an entire genre in the western parts of the world. It’s possible that without games like Final […]
Daniel Roseberry and Christian Lacroix Discuss the State of Couture
DANIEL ROSEBERRY: Hello. Bonjour. CHRISTIAN LACROIX: Bonjour Daniel. ROSEBERRY: I’m very, very happy and excited to meet you. LACROIX: At last. ROSEBERRY: Thank you so much for doing this. It’s really such an honor. LACROIX: My pleasure. ROSEBERRY: I never get nervous before interviews, but I’m a little nervous. LACROIX: […]
Elena Velez Hand-Stitches Scraps and Makes the Woman of Today
The core of Elena Velez’s brand is in the family-run workshops and cool waters of Wisconsin. Her romantic dresses, in matte creams and sheer blacks, contrast with the sharp grittiness of the metal bars she molds into corsets and bra tops. It’s raw, industrial design at its most sensual, and […]
Fantasy Baseball: How to value Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Rodon after their dominant debuts
Clayton Kershaw didn’t end up with a perfect game Wednesday, but it’s hard to ask more than what we saw from him in his season debut against the Twins. Kershaw was overwhelmingly dominant, striking out 13 hitters over seven innings without allowing a baserunner, with the abbreviated spring training to […]
Guo Pei on Her Legion of Honor Exhibition and Dressing Rihanna
Ever since starting her fashion career in the 1990s, the Chinese designer Guo Pei has sought to evoke the meeting of East and West through her fanciful, otherworldly couture pieces. But her watershed moment came on May 4, 2015, when Rihanna wore Pei’s dramatic, bright yellow cape gown on the […]
A 16-Shirt Final Fantasy x UNIQLO Collection Got Leaked
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}  }  The mega-popular fashion retailer UNIQLO has a new Final Fantasy t-shirt collection for the series’ 35th anniversary, and we weren’t supposed to find out yet. The information was briefly present on the clothing company’s Vietnamese site, and included promo pictures of models showcasing a graphic tee for each mainline […]
Guo Pei Couture Fantasy at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Couture Fantasy invites visitors on a journey into Guo Pei’s creative universe with designs displayed throughout the permanent collection and special exhibition galleries at the Legion of Honor, transforming the museum into a palace of couture. Designer Guo Pei creates a couture fantasy that mixes the inspirations of China’s imperial history […]