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NEEDLES x Brooks Brothers Collab: How Keizo Shimizu Reinterprets American Ivy Style Through Suit Logic
NEPENTHES founder Keizo Shimizu helms the NEEDLES x Brooks Brothers collaboration, with blazers and trousers sold as matched sets. Pre-orders open September 2, followed by wider release at Japan stores on September 9.
GDC and Malbon Golf Team Up for Denim Golf Wear, Bringing Chambray to the Course
Takashi Kumagai's Tokyo brand GDC has joined forces with LA golf label Malbon Golf on a four-piece all-denim capsule collection, rolling out in phases starting August 27.
SAN SAN GEAR FW26 "CABLE": Wearing the Invisible Threads Between Strangers
South Korean techwear streetwear label SAN SAN GEAR drops its FW26 collection "CABLE," weaving cable-like imagery through layered outerwear, structured knits, and modular bags, releasing in three waves starting August 24.
Freddie Mercury's Yamaha C3 Piano Heading to Auction, Estimated at $528,000
The Yamaha grand piano that recorded "The Game" and "Hot Space" at Munich's Musicland Studios will go under the hammer at Propstore, alongside Mercury's studio microphone and handwritten manuscripts.
Paris' New Spot Mannie: Beetroot Burgers That Don't Pretend to Be Meat, Letting Plant Technique Take the Lead
Opened in August 2024, Parisian street food burger joint Mannie skips meat, fish, and even soy-based meat substitutes. Its signature Double Cheese burger, priced at €12.90, brings together beetroot, legumes, and mushrooms—applying meat-cooking techniques to vegetables instead.
Pas Normal Studios FW26 Off-Race Collection: Bringing Cycling Details Into the Everyday Wardrobe
Copenhagen brand Pas Normal Studios unveils its FW26 Off-Race collection, translating the zippered pockets and reflective details of cycling jerseys into everyday pieces made from down, boiled wool, and corduroy.
BAPE x ©SAINT Mxxxxxx Team Up for a Distressed Take on '90s American Subculture
BAPE and ©SAINT Mxxxxxx are dropping a collab collection that reworks '90s American subculture graphics with a distressed treatment, spanning tees, socks, and a Can Stool. The release rolls out in two phases, priced roughly $42 to $333.
Justin Bieber Puts Out Call on X: Wants to Make a SKYLRK Phone
Justin Bieber took to social media to publicly announce he wants to build a SKYLRK phone, leaving behind a dedicated email address to recruit potential collaborators. The idea surfaced the same week SKYLRK has been rolling out a flurry of footwear and audio products.
Defender Dakar Unveiled: 635 HP That Outguns the Dakar-Winning Race Car Itself
Land Rover has unveiled the street-legal Defender Dakar, powered by a 635-horsepower twin-turbo V8 that actually outmuscles the Dakar Rally champion D7X-R that inspired it. Reservations are expected to open in early 2027.
Dead Kennedys' Archive Gets the Street Treatment, and UNDER R Isn't Playing Around
Japanese shop UNDER R teams up with San Francisco hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys for a capsule collection, putting album covers and gig flyers onto tees and jackets, dropping August 22.
Shohei Ohtani Goes Deep in Back-to-Back Innings Off Tomoyuki Sugano, Season Home Run No. 29 Powers Dodgers to 11-5 Rout of Rockies
Facing fellow countryman Tomoyuki Sugano on the road, Shohei Ohtani launched a two-homer game, going deep in both the 5th and 6th innings for his 28th and 29th home runs of the season, as the Dodgers went on to beat the Rockies 11-5.
South Korean BBQ Chain Hanam Dwaejijip Sets Up Shop in Vientiane, Laos, Opening Its 25th Overseas Location
South Korean barbecue chain Hanam Dwaejijip has opened its 25th overseas branch at Kok Kok Mega Mall in Vientiane, Laos, entering the Laotian, Cambodian, and Myanmar markets through a master franchise agreement signed with the Kolao Group.
VERDY Curates "In Good Company" at Tokyo's GYRE Gallery: Bringing 14 Artists Who Inspired Him Into One Room
VERDY teams up with longtime collaborator Paulo Calle for their first joint exhibition at GYRE Gallery in Shibuya — no solo show, no brand talk, just a lineup of artists who've genuinely shaped him. On view through September 27.
Macau's City of Dreams Unveils All-New "REM" — 149-Room Hotel Built Like a Dream World
Inspired by REM sleep, red tones, metallic finishes and light play create a surreal space—grand opening set for October
From OMA's Golden Pavilion to a Moroccan Palace: Foodie Picks Hong Kong's 12 Most Instagrammable Cafés
From Tsim Sha Tsui to Mui Wo, 12 Hong Kong cafés let spatial design steal the spotlight from latte art, spanning an OMA-designed cube pavilion and a flagship inspired by a Moroccan palace.
Hong Kong's 10 Best Tong Sui Shops: Where Old-School Loyalty Meets the New Fruit-Forward Wave
From the nightly queues outside C Dessert in Wan Chai to the almond tea at Green Wood Dessert in Sham Shui Po, this list rounds up ten Hong Kong tong sui shops, tracing what old-school signatures and modern fruit desserts each hold onto.
Time to Change the Frying Oil: Dune Brothers' All-American Twist on Fish and Chips, Using Beef Tallow to Fry Underutilized Fish
Dune Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island fries underutilized species like shark and skate in 100% refined beef tallow, adding crushed potato chips for extra crunch—putting three distinct twists on the classic fish and chips.
Lamborghini Revuelto SV: Packaging "Man and Machine as One" Into a 2.4-Second, 0-60 Monster Spec Sheet
Lamborghini has unveiled the SV version of its flagship hybrid supercar, the Revuelto — 0-62mph in just 2.4 seconds, matching the limited-edition Fenomeno, with pricing expected to reach as high as $750,000.
Phaidon's New Book Skips Chronology and Hierarchy, Lists 250 Women Photographers Alphabetically Instead
From Atong Atem to Pushpamala N., Phaidon's upcoming book *Great Women Photographers* brings together works by over 250 female photographers from 68 countries spanning nearly 200 years, organized alphabetically by name. It's slated to hit shelves on October 14, 2026.
Pereira Art Museum Shuts Down After Earthquake Damage, Exposing Colombia's Museum Funding Woes
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has left Museo de Arte de Pereira's building badly damaged, forcing a closure that lands right as Colombia welcomes in a new right-wing government vowing to slash spending—putting the museum sector's shaky finances under an uncomfortable spotlight.
No Gimmicks, Ten Years Strong: How Sakal Phoeung Turned Le Corto's Kitchen Into Saigon's Chef Nursery
From Sofitel to striking out on his own, chef Sakal Phoeung has spent a decade proving that a restaurant's longevity isn't built on reinventing concepts, but on discipline and cultivating people.
After a Stomachache, Tomoko Nagao Went Searching for Summer's "Mild-Tasting Drinks"
In the seventh installment of "Today's Kitchen Too," food writer Tomoko Nagao talks about how a bout of stomach trouble from an icy plum-shiso drink pushed her toward room-temperature, lightly flavored summer beverages—plus a kitchen habit of turning disposable chopsticks into stirring sticks.
Shanghai's Cold Noodle Map for Beating the Heat: Korean Hamhung Naengmyeon vs. Shaanxi Liangpi, How to Choose
The same bowl of cold noodles plays by different rules at Hongqiao's Koreatown, Northeastern-style joints, and Shaanxi liangpi stalls. We've rounded up seven spots to see how starch noodles, buckwheat noodles, and sauce-tossed noodles go head-to-head in Shanghai's summer.
The Artist Who Sells Neither Art Nor Produce: Inside Dan Colen's Zero-Revenue Farm Experiment
Visual artist Dan Colen made a career pivot into farming, giving away every harvest for free and funding the operation through his own apparel company. Located in New York's Hudson Valley, this nonprofit farm gave away nine tons of produce and over four thousand dozen eggs last year.
Metal Fabrication Boss Crosses Over to Pasta, Upending the "Mamma's Handmade" Doctrine
The Marche-based brand Metodo Massi doesn't name itself after a region or ingredient—it puts "method" front and center. Founded by someone from the metal fabrication industry, the brand applies industrial-grade precision logic to make pasta that's changing even seasoned foodies' minds.
Paris Pastry Chef Toshiya Takatsuka: The Paradox of French Dairy Is the Backbone of His Desserts
After a decade as pastry chef at "Restaurant KEI," Toshiya Takatsuka struck out on his own in Paris in 2025, crafting French desserts that are rich yet light using Brittany butter and Normandy cream cheese.
One Egg, 8 Minutes 40 Seconds, €8.40: Paris's First Bar Dedicated to Œuf Mayo
Ter., a restaurant in Paris's 11th arrondissement, has turned the most humble of French bistro dishes—œuf mayo—into an entire bar menu. Soft-boiled eggs topped with miso, soy sauce, and nori hint at the former head chef's time in Japan, plus a fun numerical coincidence.
Hitachi Beef, Hinuma Clams & Cantaloupe: 5 Tokyo Chefs' Ibaraki Solutions
Same Ibaraki ingredient shopping list, five different answers from five restaurants—teppanyaki beef tenderloin with clam-infused sauce, Korean-style charcoal-grilled rare cuts, chilled melon soup with sweetfish. Rolling out from July, with availability periods varying by restaurant.
Tate Modern's Frida Menu: The Chef Spent 10 Days Retracing Paris and Mexico Before Daring to Write It
Tate Modern is staging a major Frida Kahlo exhibition, and KOL's chef Santiago Lastra didn't just whip up some exhibition-tie-in dishes—he treated the menu as part of the exhibit itself, rewriting her entire life through a full course of food.
Shanghai Dining Monthly: Green & Safe Shuts Down, Le Bec Relocates to the Bund and Reopens
Six new spots opened in Shanghai this March, while Green & Safe closed after 26 years and Bistro 321 Le Bec relocated to the Bund when its lease expired. This month in Shanghai's dining scene, it's the lease—not the flavor—that decides who stays.