What it's Actually Like to Be an Instagram Model
It's a Wednesday morning in July and I'm watching a relatively unknown woman get ready for a photoshoot at her flat in northeast London. There's no backdrop, no team for hair and makeup, and aside...
View ArticleWe Asked Old People What 'Youth Fashion Trend' Should Die
Youth fashion moguls, Kylie (left) and Kendall Jenner (right). Image viaEven in my meagre 22 years on this planet, I've seen a lot of questionable fashion trends come out of nowhere, suddenly be...
View ArticleMeet the Dedicated Hypebeasts Who Camped Out for Kanye Merch
Two legends, one pop-up store. There's a Kanye West pop-up store in Melbourne right now, selling Life of Pablo merch. I know this because I was just there, talking to the hypebeasts and the hypebaes,...
View ArticleHow The Burkini Democratised Summer Time
The year's most discussed item of clothing gave Muslim women freedom on the beach.
View ArticleKanye West’s Yeezy Season 4 Show Was (Literally) Too Hot
Kanye West doesn't get bogged down in details. He doesn't trap himself in the weeds with semantics or political correctness. He's like Donald Trump in that way: He says his big idea and hammers out the...
View ArticleRaf Simons Is the Future of American Fashion
Photo via Victor Boyko / Getty This article originally appeared on VICE USNow that Calvin Klein has appointed Raf Simons to the position of chief creative officer, the Belgian designer's name is on...
View ArticleNever-Before-Seen Richard Kern Polaroids
Polarized is an archival treasure trove of the transgressive East Village portraitist's seductive short films, experimental zines, and test photos of his downtown NYC cohorts.
View ArticleDesigners Are Trying to Make Fashion Week Great Again
Audience enjoying a runway show. Photo by Camilla via Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, Ralph Lauren's spring/summer 2017 runway show for New York Fashion Week tried something it had never done before in...
View ArticleRihanna's New Fashion Line Is Like Marie Antoinette at the Gym
In 2014, Rihanna launched a veritable full-court press on the fashion industry at Paris Fashion Week. She partied with Olivier Rousteing at Balmain, cheesed with Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, and sat front...
View ArticleAn Oral History Of Schwipe, Melbourne’s Favourite 2000s Label
For a decade Schwipe was the city's loosest, weirdest and most loved offering. We look back on the brand worn by everyone from Kanye West to your first housemates.
View ArticleGender in Fashion Is Dead
A model rocks a Sharpe Suiting blazer. Photo courtesy Sharpe Suiting Get the VICE App on iOS and Android Leon Wu entered UCLA with a sorority girl's wardrobe, left wearing a military uniform, and found...
View ArticleThe Uncomfortable History of Hoodies
How the most basic and beloved of American garments became both a symbol of racial injustice and an exclusive runway collectible.
View ArticleHow New Balance Shoes Got Co-Opted By Neo-Nazis
Some New Balance trainers (Photo: Flickr user sling@flickr, via) Last week, people across the world took to social media to lament an American tragedy. A smaller number took their sadness to the...
View ArticlePeople Tell Us About the Clothes That Make Them Feel Cute
Everyone has at least one thing in their wardrobe that they know they look good in. The thing that, even if you're debilitatingly hungover and have open sores on your face, you can throw on in the...
View ArticleThe True Story of a Young Female Mass Murderer in 70s Prague
i-D sat down with Michaline Olszanska, the breakout star of a new film about the last woman to be executed in former Czechoslovakia.
View ArticleI Started Wearing a Fedora to See if it Would Ruin My Life
Me, wearing a curse. All photos by Sean FosterFedoras used to be cool. Didn't they? I mean, Indiana Jones wore one, not to mention 90 percent of prohibition era gangsters, and all the suave leading men...
View ArticleMeet The Husband And Wife Drag Stars Of New York
Queen Sateen and Exquisite are a typical hetero married couple, who just so happen to enjoy dressing up in drag.
View ArticleAcne Studios Withdraw Sandal After VICE Raises Similarities to Charity Design
Acne's "African-inspired" sandal (left) and The Shoe That Grows (right) You might not think it, but children's shoes are a major problem in the developing world. Comfortable shoes are expensive, and...
View Article2016: The Year Vetements' Gvasalia Brothers Conquered Fashion
2016: The Year Vetements' Gvasalia Brothers Conquered Fashion
View ArticleThe Stories Behind Your Favorite 90s Music Videos, From Nirvana to No Doubt
From Gwen Stefani's polka-dot dress in "Don't Speak" to Nirvana's suits in "In Bloom", we get the scoop on how costume designer Nancy Steiner designed a generation.
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