In an excerpt of the poem ‘the red sheaves’ from his forthcoming collection, ‘perennial fashion presence falling,’ the multihyphenate artist gives a sneak peak of an infinitely rich and more unruly freedom jam.
L.A.-based artist Panteha Abareshi speaks to a contradiction: Our bodies are the only things that we have, yet they are not us
With a new EP and outlook on life, the L.A. artist is reaching toward his truest self.
From the upcoming Yayoi Kusama X Louis Vuitton collab to Honor the Gift’s SS23 drop, the Drip Index got your calendar covered.
In celebration of the NBA All-Star Game, the La Brea fashion institution teamed up with the luxury performance brand to create a limited-edition capsule collection meant to layer, reverse, detach and expand the views of what outerwear can be.
Honesty is why the L.A.-based artist is the talk of Frieze: “If I paint something and it makes me sad, it’s f—ing sad. That is the barometer of the life of the piece, so to speak.”
In a city known for flipping the switch and letting the void do its thing, embracing darkness in your closet might be the sartorial special time you’ve been looking for.
The lowrider cyborg, a.k.a. rafa esparza, takes up space across seemingly different eras. In different time zones. In different cosmos. You need to see it to get the gist.
Inside the L.A. artist’s special collaboration with Image magazine, where esparza created ‘Corpo RanfLA: Terra Cruiser’ for Art Basel Miami.
Skateboarding legends pay tribute to the iconic stairway of iconic stairways — a historic landmark where the evolution of the sport has come into view.
Rick Garzon rewinds the tape on the legendary Riverside club and the many road trips from L.A. that it inspired
From Jerry Lorenzo’s legendary parties to Taco’s DIY New Era caps, Khalil Kinsey reflects on the inventive L.A. spirit that continues to define the culture
Artist Alan Nakagawa remembers the grocery truck of yesteryear that fed the city’s immigrant communities — and the stories it inspired.
Los Angeles is terrible at housing people. It’s better at warehousing cars. The concrete nautiluses where we temporarily abandon our Kias and Porsches and mopeds produce, reproduce and shelter dualities.
For people who have always felt connected to the looks and the stories they’ve told, Homies are a look book of art, culture and fashion.
For the L.A. artist, ‘Corpo RanfLA: Terra Cruiser’ is a hopeful work. ‘I feel like this piece has everything about building a lowrider car that’s exciting, like decisions about how you want your body adorned, how you want this car to look.’
Fabian Guerrero reflects on how the original ‘Corpo RanfLA’ performance shaped him: ‘I learned that ... my work is not only about me, it’s about other people.’
Karla Ekatherine Canseco on the many narratives the lowrider spaceship she helped create will be carrying into the future.
‘He knew that I airbrushed and was also thinking about how the mechanics of a car machine resemble parts of the human body — are kind of extensions of them in some way.’
The visionary fashion artist’s contribution to ‘Corpo RanfLA: Terra Cruiser’ has the feeling of something you’ve found.
At Elysian Park, the iconic designer and legendary photographer teamed up to commemorate the next phase of ‘Corpo RanfLA,’ with style.
From Veteranas and Rucas to Map Pointz, the East L.A. artist will show you what she means when she says the body is an archive.
Style is about channeling something from somewhere. The L.A. duo Sister Kokoro knows how to pull together the right threads
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