Dress Code: Lexa

Dress Code: Lexa

Dress Code is a new photo-interview series exploring identity and personal narrative through fashion, style, and self-expression. This installment features Lexacon, a drag artist based in NYC.

Photo Diary: Zolita and Jacqueline

Photo Diary: Zolita and Jacqueline

Following Zolita beyond CRUSH, the “Fight Like a Girl” musician sits down with her girlfriend, filmmaker and photographer Jacqueline De Gorter, to talk sexuality, inspiration, and The L Word, accompanied by a photo diary.

Weekend Roundup: Bushwig 2017

Weekend Roundup: Bushwig 2017

This past weekend saw the return of one of Brooklyn’s biggest drag festivals, Bushwig. A two-day Drag extravaganza established in 2012 by Brooklyn Queens Horrorchata and Babes Trust, Bushwig featured performers from all over the world, as well as incredible artists, music, and food.

[PREMIERE] Dylan the Gypsy’s ASTROLOMIX SERIES: VIRGO

[PREMIERE] Dylan the Gypsy’s ASTROLOMIX SERIES: VIRGO

Any playlist that begins with Beyonce’s 2003 classic “Signs” is doing it for us. In the latest installment of Dylan the Gypsy’s ASTROLOMIX series she honors her favorite musicians born under the sixth sign of the zodiac, Virgo.

R/Evolution: dapperQ Hosts Their 4th Annual NYFW Show

R/Evolution: dapperQ Hosts Their 4th Annual NYFW Show

On September 14th, hundreds of queers gathered at The Brooklyn Museum for dapperQ’s 4th annual NYFW show, R/Evolution. The largest presentation of queer and nonconforming fashion in New York, R/Evolution celebrated queer and non-binary ingenuity and highlighted the intersection of gender nonconformity alongside race, ethnicity, and culture.

The Beautiful, the Ugly, and the Decadent: Kim Shui S/S 2018

The Beautiful, the Ugly, and the Decadent: Kim Shui S/S 2018

Fashion Designer Kim Shui showed her Spring/Summer 2018 collection on September 7 at Century 21 Studios. An exploration in dichotomy, the collection investigates the stark contrasts between ugly and beautiful, excess and minimalism, and what is silent and what is loud, in a series of garments made to evolve with each wearer.

Fashion Week, DRØME Style: REVOLUTIONERE

Fashion Week, DRØME Style: REVOLUTIONERE

REVOLUTIONERE, DRØME's inaugural NYFW show and Volume II launch, was a power grab back from an oppressive administration. Featuring twelve designers dressing the who's who of the young art community in New York City, REVOLUTIONERE showed that Artists' voices are heard the loudest when threatened by powers that are meant to protect. DRØME took this as an opportunity to amplify their work in a context of dramatic systemic oppression.

DRØME presents: REVOLUTIONERE

DRØME presents: REVOLUTIONERE

DRØME presents REVOLUTIONERE: an exciting take on NYFW, highlighting the designers that outfit the who’s who of the young artistic community in New York City.

REVOLUTIONERE also doubles as the Volume II launch, featuring Gabrielle Richardson (a.k.a Frida Cashflow) on the cover shot by Lumia Nocito. Other features include Kate Nash, Madame Gandhi, Emma Sulkowicz, Lizzy Plapinger, OSHUN and many others. Volume II is all about self-starters who move, shape, form, and reform culture.

A Eulogy to Artist Project Sad Asian Girls Club: Esther Fan and Olivia Park

A Eulogy to Artist Project Sad Asian Girls Club: Esther Fan and Olivia Park

After leaving art school and realizing that their project wasn't living up to what they had dreamed it could be, Olivia Park and Esther Fan, the founders of Sad Asian Girls Club, parted ways. Gone but not forgotten, we took a look at the lasting impact of the ill-fated artists' collective.

DRØME Presents CRUSH: JIL

DRØME Presents CRUSH: JIL

Get to know the City’s hottest up-and-coming group in the second episode of DRØME Presents CRUSH. Meet JIL, the psychedelic electronic soul trio (and sometimes quartet) who’s lush sound sends us to another world.

Dress Code: Brandon Tan

Dress Code: Brandon Tan


Dress Code is a new photo-interview series exploring identity and personal narrative through fashion, style, and self-expression. This installment features Brandon Tan, a photographer and writer from New York City.

Meet Lipslut, the Anti-Trump Brand Creating Socially Conscious Cosmetics

Meet Lipslut, the Anti-Trump Brand Creating Socially Conscious Cosmetics

Can a lip gloss inspire a movement? A new makeup brand called Lipslut has set out to prove just that. The label is here to help consumers put their money where their mouth is by shaking up the cosmetics industry while combating the United States’ faulty political system.

Weekend Roundup: Princess Nokia, SZA, Solange, and more from AFROPUNK 2017

Weekend Roundup: Princess Nokia, SZA, Solange, and more from AFROPUNK 2017

On August 26th and 27th, every inch of Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park was filled with love, dancing, warmth and spirituality. If you missed out on this year’s amazing AFROPUNK festival, be sure to check out our exclusive photo recap above to vicariously experience it all.

Dress Code: Hobbes Ginsberg

Dress Code: Hobbes Ginsberg

Dress Code is a new photo-interview series exploring identity and personal narrative through fashion, style, and self-expression. This installment features Hobbes Ginsberg, a photographer, filmmaker, and model who lives in Los Angeles.

At Home with NYC-Based Future-Funk Band, BITS

At Home with NYC-Based Future-Funk Band, BITS

Rex and Blu Detiger are more than brother and sister—they're bandmates! The dynamic duo is taking NYC by storm with their future-funk project, BITS. This month, we caught up with the Detiger's at their family home on the Lower East Side. Shot by Rachel Cabitt.

Dress Code: Luca D'Angelo

Dress Code: Luca D'Angelo

Introducing Dress Code, a new photo-interview series exploring identity and personal narrative through fashion, style, and self-expression. The first installment features Luca D'Angelo, a 20 year-old student and activist who lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.