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Denim Tears’ New Collection Is an Ode to André Leon Talley

Denim Tears’ New Collection Is an Ode to André Leon Talley

Published by Jenni Sidey

What made it feel like the right time to make this collection happen? The Denim Tears Cotton Wreath is based off of artwork I’d made, and I was making one for André [when he died in 2022]. I had met him at Marc Jacobs’ wedding, and I was wearing a cotton boutonniere that night. He saw it and said he loved it, and I had an extra one in my pocket, so I gave it to him. He held it in his hands like someone would hold, like, a precious stone or a child or something, and that was part of what pushed me to roll Denim Tears out into the world. I wanted to give him that full expression, the wreath, but ran out of time, and he passed away. I was being neurotic and too much of a perfectionist. So when I was offered the opportunity to work with the estate, I didn’t want to run out of time again. How did you go about fusing your sensibilities with Talley’s? That’s the whole …

The Viral ‘Warrior Cut’ Is an Ode to Tyler Durden

The Viral ‘Warrior Cut’ Is an Ode to Tyler Durden

Published by Jenni Sidey

David Fincher’s Fight Club is pretty influential. Take it from the number of guys still buying Tyler Durden’s red leather jacket and Hawaiian shirts. But tinted shades and fur coats aren’t the only thing men are biting from the 1999 movie. It also inspired a new type of cut: “the warrior.” And, like all ’90s relics, it’s been dug up and put on social media for a second wind. (There are currently thousands of posts on TikTok with the hashtag #warriorcut.) “It’s a good time to get a warrior cut,” says barber TJ Hunt of Time Shoreditch. He mentions that Austin Butler’s hair is the modern day equivalent—another pretty good reason why you should get one. “It feels like it’s a natural progression from the mullet, and to some degree, mod cuts as well. There’s still an element of a mod cut to a warrior cut, in the soft edges, the heavier back, and the sideburns that aren’t too crispy and neat. But at the moment, the warrior cut would be a bit more of …

Ode to Ashy Knees

Ode to Ashy Knees

Published by Daniella Wilson

Argan, shea butter, & castor. A thousand ways to soften, mist & moisture, but nothing to supple knees: crease immune to chemical peel & heel mask, instrument of pray & beg. I cough up aerosol in wet white clouds, bleach them into beauty slick as slobbered bone. The Greeks thought nymphs lived in the corrugated bark of ash trees, Oread beings who weaned baby Zeus on honey & goat milk— my own ashen trunks are all hair & fairy-less, demanding endless nourishment, as I did, striking the butt of my spoon on the table and willing my grandmother’s ladle to materialize from steam. My grandmother, whose knees are sandpaper, slabs of irrevocably hardened clay. Knees sturdy as the concrete guts of a house, purple as silk drapes spinning off mites through the open window. Knees of service kept her stomach and her siblings’ full, held her body afloat, two creaky wooden boats cast at the feet of chairs where foreign men sat, their heads tipped back as she lapped the spare change secreting from their …

Poetry, AI and Stephen Fry: New app Ode prescribes verse to lift your mood

Poetry, AI and Stephen Fry: New app Ode prescribes verse to lift your mood

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A new app backed by Stephen Fry can prescribe a poem to suit every mood, from Emily Dickinson for sadness to Walt Whitman for joy. Ode, which launched this week, uses artificial intelligence to supply users with the perfect piece of verse for their day. The free-to-use audio-driven experience is part of a wider movement exploring how AI might be harnessed to support mental wellbeing. Harriet Walter, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irons, and Indira Varma are among the other famous faces to have lent their support – and their voices in the form of poetry readings – to the social enterprise founded by William Sieghart and Amelia Richards. It builds on Sieghart’s work as the editor of the Poetry Pharmacy anthology, a series of books that organises works not by author or theme, but by feelings such as grief, heartbreak and anxiety. …

Ode to Miller Lite – The Atlantic

Ode to Miller Lite – The Atlantic

Published by José Betancourt

One of the many humiliations that arrive in your 30s is the grudging recognition that a parent was right about something. For some people, their parents were right about a financial decision they recommended, or a romantic relationship they disapproved of. My dad was right about a 96-calorie American lager produced in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “It’s hard to get in trouble drinking Miller Lite,” was my father’s advice, dispensed repeatedly throughout my young adulthood—usually after he’d spied me carefully tipping an over-hopped beer out of a florid can and into a stupidly shaped glass. For years, I wrote off his wisdom as the curmudgeonly philosophy of a man too stubborn to join the Craft Beer Revolution. Why would anyone still drink mass-produced piss water when you could stock your fridge with $21 four-packs made with love and genius by regional artisans? It was like watching a black-and-white boob tube in the age of 4K flatscreens. In my 20s, I turned enjoying craft beer—and booze in general—into a minor hobby. I stood in long lines to buy …

Happy Mother’s Day from De Los, plus an ode to Latina moms

Happy Mother’s Day from De Los, plus an ode to Latina moms

Published by Sam Flores

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, which also happens to line up with Día de las Madres — Mother’s Day in El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile and Mexico is celebrated annually on May 10 every year. It’s a beautiful eclipse for those of us who celebrate both and have a hard time deciding on one gift, let alone two. This double Mother’s Day, I’d like to shout out my mom, Patricia De Loera, for all the love and support she’s given me throughout the years. My mom and I have always had a special bond, being that we both suffer from “middle child syndrome.” Although she doesn’t believe in astrology, my mom has always been attuned to the fact that I am a Cancer through and through. The emotional intelligence she has displayed toward me and her other loved ones throughout the years is truly inspirational. I can only hope that my friends talk about me the way that my mom’s closest friends glowingly rave about her. I’ve always been keenly aware of all the sacrifices that …

Two excellent new sci-fi novels, Luminous by Silvia Park and Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Parker, tackle robots in very different ways

Two excellent new sci-fi novels, Luminous by Silvia Park and Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Parker, tackle robots in very different ways

Published by skeptic

Do we relate better to stories about robots with faces and bodies? Carlos Castilla/Alamy Ode to the Half-BrokenSuzanne Palmer, Daw Books LuminousSylvia Park, Magpie Robots and whether they will one day deserve to be treated like people – or destroy humanity, or both – have interested writers for well over a century now. In the real world, the robot threat appears to involve the uses of artificial intelligence in misinformation and more direct forms of warfare such as drone attacks. In the world of literature, however, many writers focus on individual robots. Maybe giving the AI a body and a face simply helps tell your story better to creatures with bodies and faces. Fictional robots have a lot going for them. They can be funny, cool or sexy. They can be nerdy and a bit depressed. Some represent “the other”, a test of how humane we are. They can also help us think about concepts of ownership that may apply to our treatment of pets or farm animals. And they can be terrifying killing machines. …

An ode to NYC in orchids, from the mysterious Mr. Flower Fantastic : NPR

An ode to NYC in orchids, from the mysterious Mr. Flower Fantastic : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

The floral designer known as Mr. Flower Fantastic wears a gas mask and gloves because he’s allergic to flowers. New York Botanical Garden hide caption toggle caption New York Botanical Garden Mr. Flower Fantastic has worked with some big names and brands: Serena Williams, Michael Jordan, Spike Lee, Nike, Louis Vuitton, Netflix. Recently, when the Chicago Bulls retired point guard Derrick Rose’s jersey number, Mr. Flower Fantastic covered an outdoor basketball court in a portrait made of roses and carnations. “It took thousands of flowers to pull this off — in the middle of winter. In Chicago,” the artist said, laughing. “It was really special.” Hundreds of people lined up in the cold to see it. The floral artist — who says he often goes by “MFF” or “Flower” — stays anonymous because he wants the focus to be on his work. Usually when he’s out in public, he wears a gas mask and gloves, which both hide his identity and protect his health (ironically, he’s allergic to flowers). But today, showing a reporter around …

An ode to slugs, the mascots of post-holiday laziness

An ode to slugs, the mascots of post-holiday laziness

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The winter months and post-holiday slump are notorious for their ability to turn even the most prepared person into a lethargic lump until the spring thaw. But if it makes you feel any better, you aren’t alone in the sluggish lifestyle. The staff at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland, recently extended a sympathetic hand to the slimy mollusks with a few bits of trivia on their neighborhood slug population, who they describe as the “ultimate slow movers.” For one thing, slugs will absolutely retreat into their homes if the conditions aren’t to their liking. In fact, the gastropods will often hide underground to ensure they avoid some of the coldest ambient temperatures. But it’s not always a death sentence when they can’t escape the frost. Studies have also shown that some species can endure extra-cellular ice formations in their tissues for at least some period of time. Meanwhile, their eggs have likely evolved to withstand …