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Vogue Singapore
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue Singapore
Why a 'Lorde Summer' is already influencing what we wear
'What—was— that !' If you're anything like us, you simply cannot get Lorde's new banger 'What Was That' out of your head. Her song of the summer (is it too early to declare that?) is building up major hype for her forthcoming album, Virgin , out on June 27th—her first full-length record in four years. Sure, summer 2024 may have been Charli XCX's Brat Summer, but fans are officially declaring 2025 a Lorde Summer—and a sartorial vibe shift is already afoot. It all traces back to Lorde's new music video for the track, which was released back in April. In the new clip, the singer parades around New York city on a bike wearing a very normcore outfit: A crisp white dress shirt, baggy jeans punctuated with a carabiner and keys, and taped-up clunky shoes. At the end of the video, she unbuttons the mensy top to reveal a shiny black patent bra top, as she dances and performs for her crowd of fans assembled in Washington Square Park. We can't stop thinking about her outfit. It's rather basic—bland, even. And yet, it feels fresh, and also reflects exactly where fashion is headed. Take a look at the recent spring 2025 runways. That normcore Lorde look—a simple dress shirt, loose-legged jeans—was all over the high-fashion catwalks. At Balenciaga, a striped polo was paired with baggy jeans (Lorde even wore this exact look recently); At Tommy Hilfiger, an extra-long dress shirt was also paired over slouchy denim, while Casablanca showed a printed bra top with its swishy jeans. If summer 2024 was all about sexy and raunchy dressing (very Brat!), 2025 seems to be much more sober in aesthetic—a deliberately plain and classic mood. It is both rigid (dress shirt), yet undone (baggy jean)—a combination of finance bros meets Lower East Side creatives. Balenciaga spring 2025. Isidore Montag Tommy Hilfiger spring 2025. Courtesy of Tommy Hilfiger Casablanca spring 2025. Daniele Oberrauch Bottega Veneta spring 2025. For Lorde, the new look mirrors where she is creatively and artistically. In a recent interview, the singer said she is 'in the middle gender-wise,' adding, 'I'm a woman except for the days when I'm a man.' Her 'What Was That' outfit reflects this intentionally: It blurs the lines of masculine and feminine, and plays up a more androgynous feel. Of course, one could also look at the political and culture landscape of the moment to inform such a choice of fashion, too. With many human rights under threat with our current administration—including LGBTQ+ rights and resources for trans youth—a more nondescript and label-free uniform can act as a form of protection, or even a form of rebellion. In other words: Maybe it's not just about wearing a dress shirt and jeans, but about resisting something bigger—a form of armor. A Lorde-esque street style look. Getty A Lorde-esque street style look. Getty Lorde Summer may just be kicking off, but we have already seen the nondescript uniform appear on plenty of street style stars during Fashion Month. (The combo is also everywhere in New York City; I saw four iterations of the look on my commute this morning alone.) And when Lorde kicks off her tour in September, we are calling it now: One can expect plenty of Lorde Outfit cameos there, too. The good news is, the outfit is easy to replicate, should you be a fan of the movement. Get a classic button-up (or steal one from your partner), and throw on your baggiest pair of jeans. Voila! (But don't forget the carabiner adorned with keys and charms.) This article was originally published on
New Indian Express
08-05-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Thiruvananthapuram's Sea Hawk brings back memories of 1971 war
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy which participated in the 1971 Indo-Pak War is the pride of Thiruvananthapuram city. The Hawker Sea Hawk IN-174 sits majestically on the Jawahar Bala Bhavan premises facing the busy Palayam-Vellayambalam stretch. The carrier-based plane was used for ground attacks. The Sea Hawk, perched on INS Vikrant,was part of the squadron that bombed the Chittagong Port in present-day Bangladesh. Chittagong was a crucial eastern base of the Pakistan Navy then. The weapons it carried included four 40 mm guns, two 1000 LBS bombs, four 500 LBS bombs and 24 rockets. The subsonic aircraft's ceiling height was 40,000 feet. The board near the aircraft reads: 'In 1971 Indo-Pak war the aircraft was launched from INS Vikrant for attack on Chittagong Port'. During 1980s, the Navy donated the aircraft to the Jawahar Balbhavan which offered a course on aeromodelling. Originally, the aircraft was kept in the open, left to elements. It was the intervention of the then President APJ Abdul Kalam that helped the aircraft regain its glory. In 2006, Blessen Siby, a Tiruvlla resident wrote to Kalam seeking his intervention. Within a week, the President's Office wrote to the chief secretary seeking follow-up action. Unfortunately, in a classic case of red-tapism, the state government acted on it after 10 long years. In 2016, the government and the Indian Navy jointly conducted the repair works. The Navy repainted the plane and erected a board displaying its details.
Daily Mirror
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Inside troubled Peaky Blinders star Paul Anderson's chaotic life as actor looks unrecognisable
Paul Anderson, best known for his role as the gangster Arthur Shelby in Peaky Blinders has sparked concern from friends and fans over his health and brushes with the law While he's best known as a well-dressed and quick-witted criminal in Peaky Blinders, away from the cameras, Paul Anderson, who plays notorious gangster Arthur Shelby, has had a turbulent time. Starring in one of the nation's most favourite TV shows, Anderson's sharp-suited character has amassed fans all over the country, but in real life, he has been plagued by health issues, alleged career setbacks and criminal charges. The 46-year-old has sparked concerns in recent years after fans were shocked by images of the actor looking dishevelled and caught with crack cocaine on him. Close friends have also shared their worries the father-of-one was on a "downward spiral" after breaking the law and had reportedly gone missing from his million pound London home. He was recently charged with riding a motorbike without insurance near Lord's Cricket Ground last August, shortly after he shared a snap of himself next to the impressive BMW bike on Instagram. However he failed to attend the hearing for driving without insurance where he was found guilty - despite claims he is "untraceable". Anderson was also unreachable when he was meant to meet with a social worker after pleading guilty to possessing crack cocaine in January last year. The Sun reported in December 2023 how the actor, who has had plot lines involving drugs on Peaky Blinders,was caught with crack cocaine on Boxing Day in Camden. He pleaded guilty to possessing the Class A drug, as well as Class B amphetamines and two Class C prescription substances. He was fined £1,345 after appearing in front of magistrates. An arrest warrant was issued, but it was reportedly withdrawn several weeks ago because Anderson could not be traced. Scotland Yard told the news site inquiries were ongoing. However despite being "missing" he has recently given a rare interview to a local Scottish newspaper ahead of a planned appearance in Dundee in June. In the interview, he hinted at a new series of Peaky Blinders set to begin filming this summer, as well as sharing details on his friendship with Tyson Fury. Last summer the actor also detailed he was "struggling" in a clip shared to Instagram, which sparked concerns of a "downward spiral" from close friends who said he was "living like he is on another planet." In the clip, Anderson said: "Just like you, search inside, find it for yourself, overcome the struggles, the tribulations, the pain that you are feeling. Because there is no story without struggle." He continued: "Take it from me, I have struggled, and I struggle today, the same way you do, and we deal with it. If I can help you deal with your struggles, then let's do it together, let's make this the first of many conversations, because you can't do it on your own, you need help. "And I will say this one more thing to you, you can help others, in turn, it will help you. It's called service. So turn around my friend, look for somebody else who also is suffering, and hard as you may find it, help them, because you'll find it helps you more, believe it or not. Remember this, we are amazing. You are unbelievable." Around the same time, friends have also shared worries for his health, and a local shopkeeper, who considered Anderson a friend, told MailOnline: "It's heartbreaking. He's a mess. But his erratic behaviour is causing real problems. He often seems dazed and not with it." He claimed the actor had been arguing with locals and was struggling to walk. "He looks out of control. It's tragic," the friend said. But this wasn't the first time the star was looking unwell. In February last year, he took to Instagram to reassure his fans after he was pictured looking unrecognisable. A far cry from his sharp suited Arthur Shelby look, he was spotted shopping at a London bakery wearing a chunky cream fleece and a leopard print hoodie, looking pale and downbeat. In response to concern, he took to Instagram to explain his unrecognisable appearance. "Back to business and back on set today! Thank you for all your love and concern to everybody. I was and have been absolutely flattened by the flu."
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Thinking About Divorce in a New Way
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors' weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Recently, I attended a media lunch hosted by a book publisher during which, just as salads were served, the conversation turned to marriage and murder—more specifically, how the first can lead to the second. While discussing a forthcoming novel about the killing of an estranged husband, several guests felt liberated to share their darkest fantasies about an angry ex-spouse or a meddlesome family member suffering a well-timed car crash or heart attack. Books about divorce are all the rage, and so, it seems, are divorce stories shared around communal tables. The challenge for a writer entering this crowded field is to say something new on a subject that has become so common over the past few years that it's been relegated to small talk. First, here are five new stories from The Atlantic's Books section: When Robert Frost was bad 'Domestic,' a poem by Rachel Richardson 'Jethro's Corner,' a poem by Reginald Dwayne Betts Hanif Kureishi's relentlessly revealing memoir A novel that boldly rethinks the border No Fault, Haley Mlotek's new memoir and history of divorce, finds fresh material in part by refusing to traffic in the usual anecdotes. As Rachel Vorona Cote wrote this week for The Atlantic, 'No Fault is not a love story, or even a life story, because it refuses to tell a story in the first place. It is neither chronicle, nor testimony, nor confession.' Mlotek's book is relatively scant on personal details, Cote writes, when compared with recent books such as Leslie Jamison's Splinters or Lyz Lenz's This American Ex-Wife. Mlotek does try to explain her reticence: Her divorce narrative is opaque, she says, because it is obscure to her. She's dedicated to the idea that, as Cote puts it, 'no person can ever fully know her own mind,' and feels no anxiety about it. 'My friends and I are alike in that none of us had any idea why my marriage ended,' Mlotek writes. 'We are different in that they think they can find the answer, and I know I never will.' Mlotek was fascinated by divorce long before she wed her boyfriend of more than a decade—only to end the marriage a year later. Her mother was a divorce mediator, she shares, and when she was growing up, 'all the adults I knew were getting divorced, or should have been.' In No Fault, she provides a sweeping survey of the novels, nonfiction books, and films about love on the rocks that she turned to during and after her divorce. For Mlotek, Cote writes, marriage is 'an ill-fitting arrangement' that in many cases fails to squeeze the unruly experience of love into a relationship escalator that culminates in unchanging bliss. Last week in The Atlantic, Mlotek shared her appreciation for the varieties of love via a list of her favorite books on the topic. Among them are The End of the Novel of Love, Vivian Gornick's lament for the decline of the romance plot; Susan Minot's Rapture, which contemplates a destructive affair in the course of describing a single sex act; and A Year on Earth With Mr. Hell, Young Kim's memoir of a dalliance with the punk musician and writer Richard Hell. Describing Fanny Howe's novel Famous Questions, about a love triangle that upends a family, Mlotek observes that 'the only reassurance two people can give each other is that they share a story, and to agree on what that story means.' Mlotek's memoir represents an attempt to chronicle what happens when that shared outline breaks down. Was the story true? If not, how can the story of what comes next—the story of divorce—be reconstructed from the wreckage? The more honest report, she seems to say, is that neither love nor divorce are subject to neat timelines and rational explanations—even if they do make for some very entertaining mealtime conversations. A Divorce Memoir With No Lessons By Rachel Vorona Cote Haley Mlotek's new book provides neither catharsis nor remedies for heartache, but rather a tender exploration of human intimacy. Read the full article. , by Jeff Guinn In the early 20th century, the media and Hollywood turned Bonnie and Clyde into infamous bank robbers, inflating their often-fumbling exploits to super-gangster status. As Guinn explains in Go Down Together—a book that aims to move past the myth and paint a more accurate picture of the two—many Americans eagerly bought into the image the press created. Reality didn't matter: The story of the couple became a touchstone for people's frustrations. 'In 1933 bankers and law enforcement officials, widely perceived to have no sympathy for decent people impoverished through no fault of their own, were considered the enemy by many Americans,' Guinn writes. 'For them, Clyde and Bonnie's criminal acts offered a vicarious sense of revenge.' In reality, Clyde—who had been serially raped by another inmate in prison—'was more interested in getting even than in getting ahead,' and Bonnie wanted a life filled with fame and adventures, and 'was willing to risk arrest to have them.' What their legend truly shows is just how badly the American public wanted to crown a hero who stood up to the establishment on its behalf—an impulse that persists, dangerously, to this day. — Vanessa Armstrong From our list: What to read when the odds are against you 📚 Show Don't Tell, by Curtis Sittenfeld 📚 The Strange Case of Jane O., by Karen Thompson Walker 📚 Crush, by Ada Calhoun The Fantasy of a Nonprofit Dating App By Faith Hill Spending time on dating apps, I know from experience, can make you a little paranoid. When you swipe and swipe and nothing's working out, it could be that you've had bad luck. It could be that you're too picky. It could be—oh God—that you simply don't pull like you thought you did. But sometimes, whether out of self-protection or righteous skepticism of corporate motives, you might think: Maybe the nameless faces who created this product are conspiring against me to turn a profit—meddling in my dating life so that I'll spend the rest of my days alone, paying for any feature that gives me a shred of hope. Read the full article. When you buy a book using a link in this newsletter, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting The Atlantic. Sign up for The Wonder Reader, a Saturday newsletter in which our editors recommend stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Explore all of our newsletters. Article originally published at The Atlantic
Atlantic
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Atlantic
Thinking About Divorce in a New Way
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors' weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Recently, I attended a media lunch hosted by a book publisher during which, just as salads were served, the conversation turned to marriage and murder—more specifically, how the first can lead to the second. While discussing a forthcoming novel about the killing of an estranged husband, several guests felt liberated to share their darkest fantasies about an angry ex-spouse or a meddlesome family member suffering a well-timed car crash or heart attack. Books about divorce are all the rage, and so, it seems, are divorce stories shared around communal tables. The challenge for a writer entering this crowded field is to say something new on a subject that has become so common over the past few years that it's been relegated to small talk. First, here are five new stories from The Atlantic 's Books section: When Robert Frost was bad 'Domestic,' a poem by Rachel Richardson 'Jethro's Corner,' a poem by Reginald Dwayne Betts Hanif Kureishi's relentlessly revealing memoir A novel that boldly rethinks the border No Fault, Haley Mlotek's new memoir and history of divorce, finds fresh material in part by refusing to traffic in the usual anecdotes. As Rachel Vorona Cote wrote this week for The Atlantic, ' No Fault is not a love story, or even a life story, because it refuses to tell a story in the first place. It is neither chronicle, nor testimony, nor confession.' Mlotek's book is relatively scant on personal details, Cote writes, when compared with recent books such as Leslie Jamison 's Splinters or Lyz Lenz's This American Ex-Wife. Mlotek does try to explain her reticence: Her divorce narrative is opaque, she says, because it is obscure to her. She's dedicated to the idea that, as Cote puts it, 'no person can ever fully know her own mind,' and feels no anxiety about it. 'My friends and I are alike in that none of us had any idea why my marriage ended,' Mlotek writes. 'We are different in that they think they can find the answer, and I know I never will.' Mlotek was fascinated by divorce long before she wed her boyfriend of more than a decade—only to end the marriage a year later. Her mother was a divorce mediator, she shares, and when she was growing up, 'all the adults I knew were getting divorced, or should have been.' In No Fault, she provides a sweeping survey of the novels, nonfiction books, and films about love on the rocks that she turned to during and after her divorce. For Mlotek, Cote writes, marriage is 'an ill-fitting arrangement' that in many cases fails to squeeze the unruly experience of love into a relationship escalator that culminates in unchanging bliss. Last week in The Atlantic, Mlotek shared her appreciation for the varieties of love via a list of her favorite books on the topic. Among them are The End of the Novel of Love, Vivian Gornick's lament for the decline of the romance plot; Susan Minot's Rapture, which contemplates a destructive affair in the course of describing a single sex act; and A Year on Earth With Mr. Hell, Young Kim's memoir of a dalliance with the punk musician and writer Richard Hell. Describing Fanny Howe's novel Famous Questions, about a love triangle that upends a family, Mlotek observes that 'the only reassurance two people can give each other is that they share a story, and to agree on what that story means.' Mlotek's memoir represents an attempt to chronicle what happens when that shared outline breaks down. Was the story true? If not, how can the story of what comes next—the story of divorce—be reconstructed from the wreckage? The more honest report, she seems to say, is that neither love nor divorce are subject to neat timelines and rational explanations—even if they do make for some very entertaining mealtime conversations. A Divorce Memoir With No Lessons By Rachel Vorona Cote Haley Mlotek's new book provides neither catharsis nor remedies for heartache, but rather a tender exploration of human intimacy. What to Read Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, by Jeff Guinn In the early 20th century, the media and Hollywood turned Bonnie and Clyde into infamous bank robbers, inflating their often-fumbling exploits to super-gangster status. As Guinn explains in Go Down Together— a book that aims to move past the myth and paint a more accurate picture of the two—many Americans eagerly bought into the image the press created. Reality didn't matter: The story of the couple became a touchstone for people's frustrations. 'In 1933 bankers and law enforcement officials, widely perceived to have no sympathy for decent people impoverished through no fault of their own, were considered the enemy by many Americans,' Guinn writes. 'For them, Clyde and Bonnie's criminal acts offered a vicarious sense of revenge.' In reality, Clyde—who had been serially raped by another inmate in prison—'was more interested in getting even than in getting ahead,' and Bonnie wanted a life filled with fame and adventures, and 'was willing to risk arrest to have them.' What their legend truly shows is just how badly the American public wanted to crown a hero who stood up to the establishment on its behalf—an impulse that persists, dangerously, to this day. — Vanessa Armstrong Out Next Week 📚 Show Don't Tell, by Curtis Sittenfeld 📚 The Strange Case of Jane O., by Karen Thompson Walker 📚 Crush, by Ada Calhoun Your Weekend Read The Fantasy of a Nonprofit Dating App By Faith Hill Spending time on dating apps, I know from experience, can make you a little paranoid. When you swipe and swipe and nothing's working out, it could be that you've had bad luck. It could be that you're too picky. It could be—oh God—that you simply don't pull like you thought you did. But sometimes, whether out of self-protection or righteous skepticism of corporate motives, you might think: Maybe the nameless faces who created this product are conspiring against me to turn a profit—meddling in my dating life so that I'll spend the rest of my days alone, paying for any feature that gives me a shred of hope. Read the full article. When you buy a book using a link in this newsletter, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting The Atlantic. Sign up for The Wonder Reader, a Saturday newsletter in which our editors recommend stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight.
