Issue 505

GAY TIMES

Amplifying Queer Voices.

GAY TIMES4 min readPopular Culture & Media Studies
A Note From Us.
Whether it is high energy catwalks or backstage catfights, the sassy gay assistant shading your new look, or the feared ice queen Editor, it’s not surprising that fashion has gained a reputation for being the land of chaos, caffeine and superficialit
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The Love List.
(in cinemas 20 March) Horror sequels rarely live up to their predecessors, so when a follow-up to A Quiet Place was announced… we were hesitant, yes. But when a film becomes one of the most lauded of the decade, grosses over $340 million on a $20 mil
GAY TIMES3 min readDesign
Tech, But Make It Fashion!
A case for a case? Of course, all in the name of fashion. For their Cruise 2020 collection, Gucci has designed the ultimate casing to keep your AirPods safe from disappearing. The Ophidia GG AirPods case is made with the beige/ebony GG Supreme canvas
GAY TIMES8 min readDesign
TAN FRANCE & ALEXA CHUNG.
Workroom challenges don’t get much bigger than this. Netflix’s new series, Next In Fashion, sees 18 talented designers compete across 10 episodes for a prize of $250,000 as well as the opportunity to sell their own collection on global retailer Net-a
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Rina Sawayama.
“There’s no references to heteronormativity or heteronormative love on this album,” Rina Sawayama refreshingly admits down the phone. “I’m just… very bored by it.” (She’s not alone.) This April, the British singer-songwriter will release her longa-wa
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Allie X.
Location Rose Studios, LA. With her alternative anthems and avant-garde sensibilities, Canadian singer-songwriter Allie X has made a name for herself as an icon for queer music fans. Her songs have always embraced the big pop sensibilities – as far a
GAY TIMES8 min readFashion
25 Years Of Dsquareo2
In 1995, a new menswear brand burst into the fashion world. Created by twin brothers, Dean and Dan Caten, Dsquared2 had been years in the making. “We found a little factory and we paid for everything, made the samples, and we sewed them,” Dan tells u
GAY TIMES7 min readLGBTQIA+ Studies
The Rise Of Tokyo Stylez
Location The Dream Factory Studio, LA. “Not to sound cocky, but I truly believe I was born with my talent to do hair,” says Tokyo Stylez. We’ve managed to catch the hairstylist-to-the-stars in between a session with rap’s hottest thing Cardi B - othe
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Vanessa Williams.
“I’m sure she’d probably vote for Trump just because she was probably at the wedding and he owes her a favour,” Vanessa Williams says of her iconic Ugly Betty character, Wilhelmina Slater, to a room full of disappointed Mode-obsessed gays. “She proba
GAY TIMES3 min readDesign
Santa K.
Model and DJ Santa K is a part of the movement in fashion which is doing away with all that has come before. In embracing their genderfluid body and being unashamedly themselves, Santa is helping to reject the rigidity of a system previously so hung
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Fleinvær, NORWAY.
When you’re in a wooden box perched on a very tall stick on an island at 67°N 13°E looking out to sea and all the sea beyond that, you probably won’t sleep. Though when that box has ecclesiastical tendencies – windows pointing to Jesus, sucking in th
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The Pig at Bridge Place, KENT,
‘Nice motor, mate!’ says the lorry driver in the car park of the services halfway down the M2 from London to Dover as we stop off for a Gregg’s vegan steak bake on the way to The Pig. Oh, is it? we say blithely, like we hadn’t noticed. We know it is,
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Check In.
Finding a decent niche in the boutique hotel world is tricky business, and we applaud the pluck of those who keep on tryin’. And every so often, you stumble on a little collection – chain just won’t do here – that makes you feel like you’ve been kept
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The Betsy, MIAMI.
Where is it? Where the full-on Miami Beach circus of Ocean Drive peters out into… aaaaah, that’s more like it. Stylish, sedate, sophisticated, it’s a jewel of a hotel facing the beach and back-dropped by the rinkiest, dinkiest stretch of South Beach.
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Dressed To Distress In St Moritz.
Want to know what the super-rich skier is wearing this year? Well, reporting live from the VIP enclosure at the Maserati Snow Polo at the legendarily well-heeled ski resort of St. Moritz, we can reveal that the vibe seems to be mainly labels, fur and
GAY TIMES2 min readPopular Culture & Media Studies
BRING IT TO THE RuNwaY
Acidic, paint splashed tie-dye has been around for decades, and the trend hasn’t always had the best reputation. But thanks to the killer tailoring at DIOR and BERLUTI, the trend steers away from outdated festival stereotypes and becomes the perfect
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Gcds
All clothing GCDS SS20 In a futuristic land, where Care Bears roam the wild waters of Jurassic Park, and Hello Kitty lets down her bow with Pikachu (and that cute pink puff, Jiggly) is where you’ll find the brains behind GCDS co-founder, Giuliano Cal
GAY TIMES4 min readFashion
THE FINAL SHOW FROM Jean Paul Gaultier
All clothing Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture SS20 Whether it’s the dreamy lovelorn sailor, or the female warrior goddess decked in an armoured bustier… inhibited fantasy and pure imagination radiate infectiously from the sublime haute couture world

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