37 Comments

Reporting live from a public space in Milan, and i can assure you, we are still smoking

Expand full comment

Can you tell us how you feel about this ban

Expand full comment

“I really do think that the republicans are looser than the dems with these parties.”

Recency bias a bit due to Dems not having a proper Inaugural celebration in…12 years! The JB Pritzker Admin inaugural with Mark Cuban and Hasan Piker will go hard.

Expand full comment
12hEdited

the bain carhartt…same vibe as zuckerberg’s wardrobe upgrade (derogatory)

Expand full comment

accurate 💥

Expand full comment

This line is the beginning of a Netflix show (or a future season of The Diplomat) that I would watch the absolute hell out of: "Huge crowds of people freaking out over the Pauls while the president of Argentina stood alone at the bar."

Expand full comment

have you seen photos of that guy

Expand full comment

The resurgence of fur at this particular moment is interesting. I just bought a vintage fur from a consignment store in Palm Springs so I am part of the problem. (I live somewhere cold). I’m sure wearing a vintage fur is also bad morally but I wanted to use something that’s already been made. In my mind that was more sustainable than buying a new one that’s made of plastic but I understand why other people look at it differently. For what it’s worth when I wore it with my fake fur Russian hat the other day, five different people told me I looked like a movie star.

Expand full comment
16hEdited

Ok so I actually don't understand why people believe wearing vintage fur is bad morally / why other people look at it differently. Can you please share what that perspective is if you've heard it? I just don't really get it...it's so much better than a) it ending up in the trash or b) wearing plastic fur and I don't get what the c) option is if it's not one of those two?

Also I think the resurgence of fur is a confluence of several factors, including but not limited to, the return of maximalism (big furs are a statement) and the return of traditional aesthetics (I'm thinking of calling it 'regressive nostalgia'). We're heading into very 80s vibes aesthetically, mirroring the 80s era political/economic climate.

Expand full comment

I don’t even know why it makes people that mad—at this stage of the internet I guess I expect nearly anything I do to be offensive to someone somewhere lol. I often feel like I need to reflexively anticipate that someone will be upset with something I’ve done. (Yes, I am in therapy). Anyway I get why vegans won’t wear vintage fur or leather on principle—there’s a certain logical coherence to that—and I imagine that’s probably the population the most opposed it, but I’m not sure. For my part I’d rather use things that have already been fabricated and commit to taking good care of them so that they last as long as possible.

I think you’re right about the 80s being back. Corporate fetish felt like a bellwether for that too.

Expand full comment

It's giving Dynasty vibes, but I don't hate it. I blame it on Hailey.

Expand full comment

I lived a few blocks from the Quad and saw 9 1/2 Weeks there as part of a Mickey Rourke film festival (!) they were having. The movie is cringe, but I needed to see those amazing 80s fashions on the big screen--the oversized coat, the Comme, that octagon Cartier Santos! Plus they'd screen all the Oscar contenders for neighborhood Academy voters--how cool. Long live the Quad!

Expand full comment

We are also nearby and frequent the Quad and would hate to see it go down.

Expand full comment

they need to pay their bills!!! I'd suggest they hire an events person a la The Roxy and get brands in there more frequently to host parties

Expand full comment

Bain Carhartt has nothing on Blackstone Belt Buckle. Blue collar stolen valor has gone too far.

Avery Stone writing the Cut article about exercise/endorphins and saying that she played college hockey and 'lived in the rink' but I think I've only ever heard or said 'at the rink.' Is this the on line vs. in line argument?

Expand full comment

can someone provide photo evidence

Expand full comment

Blackstone belt buckle is my pride and joy

Expand full comment

Yeti golf bag is brilliant: indestructible, good wheels, holder for their cups, etc. Plus everyone who golfs has expendable income which is a pre-req for Yeti

Expand full comment

it was my fiance’s idea, he’s a genius

Expand full comment

do we get a fiancé reveal

Expand full comment

Co-signing DC’s food city status. There’s a lot here to discover and love

Expand full comment

How's Kwame's place?

Expand full comment

I went to the opening event but haven’t made it there for a formal meal yet. Was quite impressed with what we had but nowhere near ready to issue an official ruling of any sort.

Expand full comment

I might go tonight

Expand full comment

Would love to hear what you think if you do

Expand full comment

Okay stay tuned

Expand full comment

Speaking of q&a's Emily, are you working on getting one with Keith McNally? I mean the time is right!

Expand full comment

Ugh don't even get me started on my correspondence w that man

Expand full comment

quad is not my favourite independent theater but i hate hate hate to see a small indie cinema close down. i saw the african desperate there when almost no theaters in NY were playing it <3

but i guess you gotta pay dem bills

Expand full comment

The back log of money due may be too much to overcome! 😩

Expand full comment

I usually enjoy Dazed but this article feels guilty of the same thing it’s trying to call out the tabloids for.

It simultaneously tries to, clumsily, protect the agency of the OF models participating in the challenges while suggesting the space where they may be victim to their amateurism is taking on too much responsibility in the facilitation of them.

Also tabloids are the original rage baiters, exploiting these issues and others since their inception.

Expand full comment

Sorry I just cannot imagine dc will ever be a food town! No one there is interested in food. Also sorry but not a fan of baked and wired-space is awful, coffee mediocre and service lacking! But we had few options in gtown!

Expand full comment

Ahahahah right I grew up outside dc and I’m like pls stop trying to make fetch happen. DC WILL NEVER BE PEERS WITH NYC or anywhere near it.

Expand full comment

On the tabloidifacation of sex, I refer you to Amber Hull who writes Under The White Coat. We did a collaboration post last week and she haas become my go to on all sex questions.

Expand full comment

would love a Q&A with one of the coveted sex worker friends

Expand full comment

and a warm introduction

Expand full comment