By the time Justin Bieber took the stage Saturday night at the first weekend of Coachella, the festival was already running on Bieber energy. His set delivered exactly what the music festival thrives on: nostalgia, spectacle and a crowd fully aware they were watching a cultural reset in real time. Beyond Justin Bieber’s music career, …
Today’s Coachella is a bona fide “influencer Olympics,” where TikTokers, vloggers and even goldendoodles with VIP wristbands compete to produce the flashiest sponsored content and secure the biggest poolside mansions. However, it was not always this way, and the consumerist glitz of today’s festival is antithetical to its late ’90s countercultural origins. Coachella began as …
With just ink and a needle, tattoos unite the abstract world of visual art with the physical body. Tattoos are beautiful, vulnerable and permanent. Yet sometimes, even more interesting than the tattoos themselves are the aesthetic and emotional impact associated with having them. To investigate the decision-making behind this unique art form, I interviewed three …
Dear reader, Transport yourself to 100 years ago in Italy. Go ahead, pack a bag, but don’t bother packing any black or brown shirts. Your welcoming committee is Benito Mussolini himself. His Roman Empire? The Roman Empire. His aspirations? To resurrect an Italian Empire amidst global economic and political instability by any means necessary. In …
Have you ever wondered what it was like in the early 1990s? How it felt to stroll down busy streets, hand intertwined with someone else’s, approaching a classic theater as the colorful glow of a marquee lights the way? In Chapel Hill, that fantasy is still a reality. Varsity Theatre, tucked between a lounge and …
For every lover of fashion, the first Monday in May is our Super Bowl. There are no words to describe the amount of excitement we feel tuning into “E! News Live from the Red Carpet” and refreshing our Instagram feeds to see what every celebrity is wearing to the Met Gala. This year is particularly …
There is a distinctive sound coming from some of fashion and pop culture’s biggest faces today. It is the delicate clinking — or sometimes, the deeper clanging — of a stack of bangles.
While projects like Saint Heron highlight their visibility, there is still tension around who gets to tell stories and who gets to read them. After all, don’t all stories deserve to be demanded and seen?
Although the recognizable pattern was not born in Africa, it was undoubtedly given a life of its own through its practicality and social significance on the continent. It is safe to say that the carryall bag is a cultural signifier for the trials and tribulations different groups faced in migration.