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8 Oct

How worms became this 12 months’s slimiest cultural obsession

How worms became this 12 months’s slimiest cultural obsession
From ‘would you continue to love me if I were a worm?’ memes to pop songs and TikTok parasite cleanses, worms are wriggling into popular culture – but why? Worms are in every single place. From the earth under our feet to the deep sea, the wriggling invertebrates are omnipresent, essential to our existence and ecosystems. In recent times, worms have also infiltrated the cultural zeitgeist with increasing prominence.  Last October, Heidi Klum caused a stir by turning as much as her annual Halloween celebrations dressed as an earthworm. Terms like ‘worm-pilled’, ‘wormcore’ and ‘worms for brains’ have also began to frequent our vernacular, and the everlasting query ‘would you continue to love me...
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5 Oct

Celebrating 60 years of Daido Moriyama’s visionary street photography

Celebrating 60 years of Daido Moriyama’s visionary street photography
Daido Moriyama is a relentless and restless photographer. “My body inevitably enters a trancelike state,” he once said, describing his devotion to image-making as an “infinite murmuring refrain”. Known for his unpretentious and democratic approach, the Japanese iconoclast has tirelessly documented the road for nearly 60 years, publishing his work in a whole lot of photobooks and countless magazines. He stays one among the world’s most prolific living photographers, using his lens to capture and comment on reality, capitalism, and the mass consumption of images.This weekend, an expansive retrospective of Moriyama’s work will open at The Photographers’ Gallery in London. It's the primary exhibition within the museum’s 52-year history to occupy your entire institution – from the gallery spaces on...
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20 Aug

Oribe’s Daniel Kaner on 15 Years of Luxury Hair

Oribe’s Daniel Kaner on 15 Years of Luxury Hair
After 15 years in business, luxury hair care brand Oribe continues to be full steam ahead. The brand has expanded to 42 countries, net sales are up 51 percent on its hero Dry Texturizing Spray, and sales are said to surpass $170 million in net sales this yr — nearly double what they were when Kao acquired the corporate in 2017. But Daniel Kaner, the president who cofounded the brand with megastylist Oribe Canales and Tev Finger and oversaw its sale to Kao in 2017, is as engaged as he’s ever been within the hair care business. “Regarding retirement, I hate the concept of it. Once you love what you do as much as I do, and you're keen on the individuals...
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17 Jul

At This Yr’s Cayman Islands Carnival, a Troupe of

At This Yr’s Cayman Islands Carnival, a Troupe of
“Within the Amazon, where I live, I feel that the Caribbean has a robust influence—on our music for instance, something that actually makes my body pulsate,” says Young. “The new and humid climate is filled with water that creates a reference to the body. The plants are also on this same context: how they form across the body and tell a story.”Photo: Christopher “Swurve” JohnsonThe storytelling element was key for Ames, who assigned each of the designers a micro theme to work inside. Fredrik Tjærandsen, the Norwegian designer whose giant balloon dresses achieved viral status at his Central Saint Martins graduate show in 2019, considered the phoenix; “exploring how the human body can metaphorically embody its transformative nature,” in his...
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