“The vision is to show that craftsmanship is neither nostalgic nor static, but a living language that can evolve alongside contemporary design.“ Galib Gassanoff, founder of INSTITUTION, presented his debut runway collection at Copenhagen Fashion Week, as this year’s winner of the Zalando Visionary Award 2026 – in a pair of wool socks.
At Diaspora Calling!, Ms. Lauryn Hill transformed the Milton Keynes National Bowl into a meeting point between generations, geographies and cultural lineages, bringing together Wyclef Jean, Erykah Badu, Dave Chappelle, Fireboy DML, Giggs, YG Marley, Zion Marley and more than 35,000 people. Thirty years after the Fugees’ The Score, the gathering proposed diaspora as a living network – capable of reconnection, return and collective healing, while pointing towards a different vision for the future of music and culture.
Photography LUKE ABBY
Whether it be headbangers such as “Gangsigns“, prayer-like reflections in “Ghetto Gospel“, or energetic features with Souly in “Igotthisfeeling“: Boondawg saw what Germany’s rap scene was missing and, without further ado, created it. In conversation with Numéro Berlin, he talked about becoming a father, Godspeed and why he doesn´t chase dreams anymore.
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“Everytime” relentlessly zooms in on what it means to deal with the hole left behind after great loss, what it means to be haunted by the ghosts of the past and a future that will never be fulfilled. Or, as director Sandra Wollner put it herself: “Life doesn’t have the decency to pause when something terrible happens.”
During WorldPride Amsterdam 2026, Levi’s® highlighted its ongoing support for LGBTQIA+ communities through a series of collaborations with local organisations, artists and creators across the city.
“MAN HAS CREATED HIS OWN MASTER, ONLY SO THAT HE MAY EVENTUALLY DETHRONE HIM AGAIN.”
