Happy Monday! The new week is here and with it comes the chance to delve deep into some fresh culture and fashion. Here’s your latest look at the i-D Guide.
Wear… Homer’s ‘Dogs’ collection in Alpine, Léonide and Vans | Kith x Brooklyn Blooms slip-ons
Frank Ocean’s luxury company Homer has just dropped a new colourway of its iconic Dogs collection, as he continues to carve his own space in the jewellery and accessories field. The Dolly, Weezy and Iggy pendants (consider them all different breeds) are available now, alongside the so-called ‘H-Bone’ series of bone-style rings and bracelets, which are available with or without American lab-grown diamonds. His stuff shifts quick, but if you head down to the bricks-and-mortar store in New York (70-74 Bowery), or visit Homer.com, you can see what’s still available. DG
Named after the West Indian great-great grandmother of its founder Lesley Charles-Félicité, Léonide is a freeing and classic way of building your essentials wardrobe, inspired by everything from American basketball cultures to Caribbean seascapes. There are just six items, so it’s the antithesis of overproduction, and you can cop them all by visiting the Léonide website here. DG
A new Love Thy Community initiative from skatewear kings Vans and the cool retail spot-turned-brand Kith sees them link-up with small, minority-owned businesses. What’s more, Kith and Vans will give 100% of the profits from their collaborations to the smaller businesses. One of our favourites is this slip-on collaboration with Brooklyn Blooms, a New York-based florist. Buy them for a limited time here. DG
Snag… Ultra Violette and Umbrellas
Just because the sun has gone doesn’t mean UV rays can’t catch you out. SPF is a year-round commitment, and no one does it better right now than the Aussie gods at Ultra Violette. Super sleek packaging contains some of the most versatile sun-protecting formula on the market. Mattifying, hydrating, lightweight, sensitive, there’s something for everyone. Head to Cult Beauty to buy yours now. DG
With the sun ducking out, rain has arrived in its place. It’s chucking it down pretty much everywhere. So why not protect yourself with a Balenciaga brolly? Or a McQueen graffiti umbrella? Or a classic Burberry check one? DG
Listen to… Stolen Nova
Once upon a time, Josh Landau was the frontman of The Shrine, a band through which he accompanied many of the teenage dreams he manifested growing up in LA’s west side. So after opening for Slayer, making skateboards with industry legends and playing sold out gigs the world over, he stripped everything back, moved to London and couchsurfed in an effort to discover his new sound. His new track “Lauren Bacall” is just that: a song about, as Josh puts it, “the trials and errors of being single and love at first sight”. Stream it above and follow his Instagram here. DG
Read… One Kensington: Tales From The Frontline of the Most Unequal Borough In Britain
Emma Dent Coad, the author of this book, has a been a councillor in Kensington and Chelsea since 2006. During that time, she’s observed and tried to combat the severe wealth inequalities that exist within the borough, one in which areas just a 20 minute bus ride apart can have a life expectancy disparity of nearly 30 years. So what can be done to solve this problem? And how, in the first place, did a world of Harrods food courts and billionaire properties come to sit in such close proximity to some of the worst poverty in the United Kingdom? One Kensington: Tales From The Frontline of the Most Unequal Borough In Britain examines that. You can pre-order the book here. DG
Go to… Unyoked
While cinema has taught us that remote woodland cabins are a terrible idea, we’re pretty certain that our favourite movies have it wrong this time. Long proven to have positive health benefits, getting out into nature and re-connecting with the earth (and ourselves) can also be a real salve for that creative block you’re pretending not to have. Aussie startup Unyoked, for one, are huge advocates. With retreats right across Australia and New Zealand, they’re branching out to the UK with their “ancient remedy for modern times”, aka a number of chic shacks in stunning, off-grid locations. Unyoked also have their own Field Recordings record label, a writer’s residency and a regularly published anthology of wilderness-based works. You see? Worlds away from The Evil Dead. Plan your escape here. FD