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… Saint Laurent slingback heels
Party season is upon us! No excuses to not look iconique this year, as Saint Laurent’s footwear reaches lethal levels of sexy. Case in point: these vampy, blue velvet slingbacks. Buy them from MatchesFashion.com here.
Snag… Dust Off’s charity print sale
An initiative launched this year by Nancy Rohde and Elizabeth Norris to help raise funds for global humanitarian causes through photography, Dust Off have launched their first print sale, with all profits going to War Child. With dozens of photographers taking part, including Willy Vanderperre, Harley Weir and Jamie Hawkesworth, this is your chance to own a piece of art history while also helping those in need. Check out the full selection until the end of November here.
Watch… The Banshees of Inisherin
Martin McDonagh of Three Billboards… and Seven Psychopaths fame returns with a downtempo and lyrical comedy about a man on an isolated Irish island reckoning with a fraying friendship. Smart and compelling stuff. It hits cinemas on Friday 21 October.
Read… I Will Die in a Foreign Land
Kalani Pickhart’s debut novel takes us back to 2014, when the rumblings of war in Ukraine first began following mass protests at the then-president’s associations with Vladimir Putin and the subsequent annexing of Crimea. From the perspective of four characters — doctors, protesters, “warriors” among them — we see this conflict unfold. Pick up your copy here. Alternatively, check out the eBook.
Listen to… Dylan
Ahead of her mixtape, The Greatest Thing I’ll Never Learn, pop act Dylan has dropped a new track “Blue”, which excavates those deep emotions felt when you leave someone and can’t see past them. Stream it above and follow Dylan on Instagram here.
Go to… Eight Artworks by Kohshin Finley
In Various Small Fires’ Dallas gallery, the LA artist Kohshin Finley is presenting his first body of work exhibited in America’s southern states. Kohshin’s artworks start with camera portraiture, creating references — often of family and close friends — that he then translates into oil paintings onto the canvas. The results are heroic. See Eight Artworks at VSF Dallas from 8 October – 12 November. More information can be found here.
VELVET FINGERS by Chadwick Tyler and Niall O’Brien
A joint venture between two photographers with geographically different routes, VELVET FINGERS sees American Chadwick Tyler and Irish Niall O’Brien come together to showcase their shared qualities. Both are a deft hand at capturing beauty from the moments that would pass most of us by. You can see their work at the BRIDDDGE Gallery in Orlando, Florida.