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… Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Moncler gown
Have you seen the weather outside? Protect yourself with this extravagant gown designed by Valentino’s Pierpaolo Picciolio for Moncler 1. Buy it here — one for everyone you know!
Snag… Glossier’s Cross Country Kit
Skincare icons Glossier have made the ultimate one-stop shop for every minty, fresh and hydrating product to prepare you for winter weekends away. Featuring a cute toothbrush and paste, a mint Balm Dotcom, a Milk Jelly Cleanser and the ultimate After Baume for all your slugging needs, you can grab it from their store here.
Exotic Originals posters
Existing only on Instagram, Exotic Originals specialise in rare and original Japanese and Thai movie posters. If you’re looking for a vintage Wong Kar-wai poster to hang in your flat, or want a unique Studio Ghibli original for a friend’s extra-special Christmas gift, check out their extensive selection that big name film directors are rumoured to be flocking to themselves.
Watch… Whiskey by Burna Boy
The Afrobeats king has debuted a new music video that doubles up as a documentary shot in his home town of Port Harcourt, addressing the issues of crude oil pollution in its water supply. An artist doing good.
Read… Does Snow Turn a Person White Inside?
Cameroon-born, Switzerland-based author Max Lobe interrogates the idea of a protagonist having a foot in each culture in his latest work, Does Snow Turn a Person White Inside?. A man who’s moved from Africa to Switzerland finds himself struggling to find work after he loses his job, but when he eventually lands at an anti-racist NGO, he finds himself torn between two homes. Pick up your copy here.
Listen to… Zinoleesky
Already a massive star in Nigeria, new artist Zinoleesky is making big waves outside of it now, racking up Billboard hits and hundreds of millions of streams. He’s back in the UK next March, with new music expected to drop before then. Keen to go? Tough, he’s sold the whole tour out already.
Go to… Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022
Plucking nearly 50 people from art schools and programmes from across the UK, the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition launches at South London Gallery this week. If you fancy getting a first look at some of the country’s most exciting names in art, all of them riffing on memory, spirituality and identity in some way, then head on down. You have until 12 March 2023. More information here.
Eat at… Straker’s
‘Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry, and right now, there are few chicer places in London to do just that than Straker’s in Notting Hill. The brainchild of Thomas Straker – yes, the dishy chef behind those bewitching butter quenelle ASMR reels – the West London eatery strikes a golden ratio between approachable-yet-directional dishes – think: deep-fried partridge the hue and crunch of a perfect autumn leaf; a girolles pasta that’s the closest you’ll come to experiencing a lover’s embrace in your mouth; milky sweetbreads that’ll tick the box for any discerning offal fan. Top it all off with an immaculate cocktail list, plus attentive though never overbearing service, and you’ve got a must for any bon vivant in the British capital. Chic, chic, chic!