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Oct 26 2019
A Weekend in the Hamptons Featuring Helmut Lang, Lanvin, and Calvin Klein 205W39NYC
The Hamptons have long been a weekend getaway destination for the upper echelon of New York City residents. Flocking to sandy stretches of beach like wasps to fresh cracked lobster claws, and away from the chaotic everyday. Just like the devices we tote around with us as extra appendages, so too must we recharge, reset, pause. Our needs have evolved into customs. We plug in, in order to tune out.
Market Research: Bao Bao Issey Miyake’s “Black Small Carton S Messenger Bag” Tony Tulathimutte Handles His Baggage, a Big Breakup, and Unbearable “Lightness” Full disclosure: I generally look like total shit. My main criterion for shirts is that their shapelessness will conceal my own, and for pants: “roomy pockets.” I have the fashion sense of a stand-up comedian with 38 Twitch followers and recently I realized that you don’t need to shower if you wear a hat. I could fake the fluency for this essay, but it’s easier to just admit upfront that I have no context whatsoever regarding couture. 
Introducing 032c Resist: Where Freedom and Fantasy Meet Friends Forever DJ Peggy Gou and 032c Designer Maria Koch Are Speaking All the Same Languages It’s rare that two people come together and effortlessly fall into a bubbly whirl of anecdotes, dreams, and favorites. When Peggy Gou and Maria Koch first met, they proved that friendship at first sight really does exist. After harboring a long-time girl crush on the South-Korean DJ—whose live sets at Berghain in Berlin and latest EP have made her a fixture in the club and festival scene—032c Apparel designer Koch decided to stop admiring Gou from afar. 
Kiko Kostadinov Temperate States of Undress with the Designer’s New Collection Ibiza is the archetypal site for self-indulgence. Temperate, flanked by the Mediterranean ocean, nearly 3000 hours of sunlight per year. It is here in the haze of hedonism where Barbet Schroeder’s cult classic was filmed—and where designer Kiko Kostadinov has chosen to portray his 00052018 collection in homage.