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5 Times Gucci Collaborations Made the Luxury Streetwear World Stop and Pay Attention

Gucci collaborations have a habit of making history. From Harlem ateliers to anime drops, these 5 partnerships trace the full arc of how Gucci helped shape luxury streetwear into what it is today.

Fashion Times

11 black designers who have shaped fashion history

Here are 11 black designers who have helped shape the world of fashion.

The Independent UK

WNBA Players Turned Dimly Lit Corridors Into Cutting-Edge Catwalks

In the bowels of the league’s arenas, culture, style and high fashion are on full display as pregame arrivals have become highly anticipated rituals.

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Glamour trumps politics as ‘black style’ honoured at Met Gala

Kamala Harris snuck in back door leaving fashion icons at forefront as New York’s party of the year ran with the theme ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’

The Guardian - UK

Celebrating Black Dandyism: The best celebrity looks from the 2025 Met Gala

Stars like Zendaya, Colman Domingo, Diana Ross and a pregnant Rihanna delivered some unforgettable looks under the theme “Tailored for You.”

Euronews

This luminous gold was Sherwin-Williams' most unpopular color until they collaborated with Dapper Dan – now it feels unrecognizable

Dapper Dan is making his mark in the interiors world, partnering with Sherwin-Williams a barely-tinted paint color called Kingdom Gold

Homes & Gardens

Tailoring and the Black dandy: how 250 years of Black fashion history inspired the 2025 Met Gala

Fashion is one of the most powerful tools we have for understanding ourselves and the world around us. Nowhere is this clearer than in the story of Black American tailoring and the legacy of the Black dandy.

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The power of Dandyism at this year's Met Gala

This year's theme promises to explore a meaningful conversation about fashion's history and the often overlooked narratives within it

Marie Claire

Doechii’s Thom Browne look at the Grammys bridged street culture and luxury fashion

American rapper Doechii turned heads on the Grammy Awards red carpet on Feb. 2 in a striking Thom Browne ensemble: an off-the-shoulder corset suit dress with exaggerated hips, paired with a crisp white shirt and grey tie.

The Conversation

Sherwin-Williams has revealed its most unpopular color, and why we should actually be using this unexpected paint more

Paint brand Sherwin-Williams has launched The Loneliest Color – an elegant and 'overlooked' hue that's all about looking beyond popular paints for home decor

Homes & Gardens

Why Trump's gold sneakers are a failure

Before Trump tries to tank America as president again, he's attempting to tank sneaker culture

Salon

50 years of hip hop: Our culture producer presents four-part series

Our culture team has recorded a four-part series in New York and Paris to trace hip hop’s journey from the streets of the Bronx in the 1970s to becoming the most popular and lucrative music genre in the world. From meeting the godfather of hip hop, Grandmaster Flash in his…

France 24

Hip Hop at 50: Harlem Designer Dapper Dan on becoming a Gucci God (part 3)

Hip Hop revolutionised music but as you’ll discover in part 3 of our series – it also changed fashion forever. Hip Hop and fashion have been linked ever since the music started at the block parties in the Bronx in the 70s. As a voice for the marginalised, Hip Hop’s…

France 24

Shell Toes and hoop earrings: eight hip-hop fashion items that changed what we wear

New York exhibition traces style evolution: ‘These are intergenerational ideas of what it meant to be stylish’

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Sneaker Release Trauma is real

All I wanted was this particular pair of Jordans I couldn't have. Of course, a shoe is never just a shoe

Input

Gap taps Dapper Dan to rework its iconic logo hoodie

The legendary designer is helping Gap celebrate classic American style.

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