Last month, Disney announced that it would be purchasing Comcast’s one-third stake in Hulu before the end of the year. Following the deal, Disney would become the sole owner of the streaming platform. Disney has already begun ideating ways to carry over some of Hulu’s content onto its own platform. Disney already operates its own streamer, Disney Plus, and will […]

NIGO‘s personal archive sale, a joint venture with Pharrell‘s digital auction house JOOPITER, consists of a careful curation of the KENZO creative director’s most captivating and sought-after – some never seen-before – pieces. Now just about 24 hours ahead of global bidding’s opens on Nigo: From Me To You, Hypebeast has compiled a closer look at some of the auction’s […]

Take a glimpse at the pantheon of Air Jordan 1s, and you’ll see the full roster of original colorways from 1985. There’s the classic “Chicago,” the brooding “Bred,” the bold “Black Toe,” the stealthy “Shadow,” and the no-frills “Neutral Grey,” among others, but one of the finest of the bunch is the “Royal.” Though the “Royal” is about as polar […]

Jamal Braimah’s legacy label Western Elders has teamed up with American outerwear label Alpha Industries for a utilitarian collection, dubbed the “African Diaspora Defense Group.” The collection takes cues from a famous lyric in the Public Enemy song, “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos”: “I got a letter from the government the other day / I opened and read […]

We’ve all seen nameplate jewelry, whether it be on the neck of a loved one, at a jewelry store, in a music video, on an Etsy shop or even in the mirror on yourself. Although nameplates are both extremely popular and accessible, their wide-reaching history has seldom been chronicled from a macro perspective. That’s what brought authors Isabel Attyah Flower […]

It’s been another exciting year for Pokémon and the Pokémon TCG. The game joined the franchise in stepping into the world of Scarlet & Violet with the debut of the new TCG series going down back in March. Since then, the launch of Obsidian Flames was followed by the much-anticipated release of Scarlet & Violet–151. In celebration of 151‘s release, Hypebeast […]

Famed B-movie filmmaker Charles Band is helming a low-budget Barbenheimer film — a comedy take on the cultural phenomenon of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The Hollywood Reporter states that the film will have a budget of just under $1 million USD, and will begin filming next year. Barbenheimer will follow the story of scientist doll Dr. Bambi […]

Elon Musk has left his mark on cars, outer space, social media and now, he’s moving on to AI. The X CEO revealed plans for his AI company, xAI, in July with court documents registering the corporation. In a post to X, he officially announced the company, describing it as AI that “understands reality.” In interviews at the time, he […]

London-based designer Kiko Kostadinov has been teasing his

Hong Kong-based brands NEEDLESS and 432Hz have come together to release a collaborative capsule set to promote the traditional Chinese lion dance culture and to unravel the allusions of the big-headed Laughing Buddha. The collection features a variety of tops and bottoms as well as a limited edition FRIDAY KENDAMA branded Japanese ball toy, decorated with unique images of the […]