Patta has followed up last year’s series of Nike Air Max 1 collaborations by launching its Spring/Summer 2022 collection. The new collection is inspired by the Patta team, reflecting ideas drawn from team members’ personal experiences, environments and culture.
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The Gentle Monster: Eyewear as Spectacle in the K‑Fashion Era
South Korean eyewear label Gentle Monster has turned sunglasses from a basic accessory into a full‑blown performance, blending K‑fashion, luxury branding, and gallery‑level retail design. Founded in Seoul in 2011, the brand built its identity on oversized frames engineered for Asian face shapes, then scaled globally with highly recognizable silhouettes. What began as a niche response to Western‑biased eyewear sizing is now a status symbol stocked in dozens of flagship stores and hundreds of reta
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Never-Released Air Jordan 6 Infrared Set for Valentine’s Day Debut
A version of the Air Jordan 6 that never reached stores in the 1990s is set for its first public release in early 2026. Jordan Brand announced that the Air Jordan 6 Infrared “Salesman,” inspired by an unreleased 1999 sample, will launch Feb. 14 on nike.com and at select retailers. The release comes during the 35th anniversary year of the Air Jordan 6. The shoe traces its origins to a seasonal preview catalog from 1999, where an Infrared colorway appeared before being removed from production. T
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Second Federal Agent Killing in Minneapolis Sparks Uproar
The killing of a US citizen by federal immigration agents on Saturday — the second in Minneapolis this month — sparked new protests and impassioned demands by local leaders for the Trump administration to end its operation in the city. Federal agents shot dead Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, while scuffling with him on an icy roadway, less than three weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed Renee Good, also 37, in her car. The Trump administration
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Valentino’s Rome Funeral Draws Fashion Royalty and Hollywood Stars for a Final Farewell
The fashion world gathered in Rome this week to say a final goodbye to Valentino Garavani, turning his funeral into a rare, old‑Hollywood‑style moment of collective mourning. The service was held at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, where crowds filled the piazza outside as editors, supermodels, designers, and actors filed past cameras and into the church. Mourners leaned into Valentino’s legacy with sharply tailored black coats, archival gowns and flashes of his signature
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Vanna White Marries Longtime Partner John Donaldson in Low-Key “Surprise” Wedding
Vanna White has quietly turned her 14-year relationship with John Donaldson into a formal marriage, revealing that the pair recently wed in a low-key ceremony. The 68-year-old Wheel of Fortune icon shared the news in an Instagram post on January 21, writing “Surprise! We got married!” alongside photos of Donaldson carrying her in a white gown and a carousel of throwback pictures from their years together. She told followers that the pair, who first met at a barbecue in 2012, decided “a little wh
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A$AP Rocky Talks Candidly About His Strained Relationship With Drake
A$AP Rocky is using the Don’t Be Dumb rollout to finally unpack his long-rumored issues with Drake, turning side comments and subliminals into a clearer, if still messy, story. In a new run of interviews, he’s said there’s “no real smoke” but also admitted “I just don’t f–k with him,” describing their relationship as strained rather than outright nonexistent. He frames it less like a traditional rap beef and more like lingering personal tension that never really got resolved. Rocky has pointed
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