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2 weeks ago | 
theculturedswine.substack.com | Kyle Rice
Senator John Fetterman in his Senate office in Washington, D.C., May 2024. Italians have perfected the idea of sprezzatura—a kind of nonchalance that begins and ends with style. It’s a reverence for carelessness, the fine art of hiding the work it takes to appear like you haven’t worked at all. David Beckham is the poster child of this. But sprezzatura isn’t just about fashion. It’s the style in which you live your life while pretending you’re not trying too hard to live it.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
clubandspade.substack.com | Kyle Rice
If you haven’t seen Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979), pause here and question your life choices—I’m judging, not quietly. The film catapulted Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley into pop culture icon status, pitting her against a grotesque and genius-level apex predator: the Xenomorph. Stranded on a barren planetoid with her doomed crew, Ripley faces survival stakes that include face-hugging parasites, acidic drool, and a terrifyingly efficient alien ecosystem.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Kyle Rice
Rolling Stone and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. You can’t quite explain the feeling of being gifted jewelry — partly because it’s hard to quantify a personal sentiment but also because when gifted the right thing, it’s like the other person sees you in totality.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Oscar Hartzog |Kyle Rice
Rolling Stone and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Getting dressed during the winter is no easy task, with temperatures fluctuating daily and unpredictable rainfall. Parkas can sometimes feel like overkill, but sweaters just aren’t enough.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
clubandspade.substack.com | Kyle Rice
I can’t recall the last time a male celebrity’s hairstyle really stole my attention. Traditionally when it does, it’s always a fleeting moment. Timothée Chalamet's flaming mullet from 2022’s Bones and All?It could have been the start of something great, but it flopped as soon as he went back to his traditional shag of loose curls. Perhaps Tyler the Creator’s recent geometric cuts?
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
clubandspade.substack.com | Kyle Rice
A year ago, my depression came to a head. I was forced to either accept defeat or reconcile with myself. By fate, I chose the latter (more on that in another column). As part of setting new goals that were less about how the world perceived me and more about how I perceived myself, I fell deep into the rabbit hole of Kara Loewentheil’s podcast, Unf*ck Your Brain. One interview in particular, where bestselling author Mel Robbins explains the “High Five Habit,” changed my world.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
clubandspade.substack.com | Kyle Rice
It’s not presumptuous to say we’re exhausted from shopping. Partly because budgets are tight and we must make hard concessions. But also because cutting through the digital noise has become tedious. When was the last time you discovered something exciting that didn’t end up on a million other “for you” pages? Or bought a piece of clothing that wasn’t from a major label? How do you build personal style when you’re one of a million seeing the same content? Shopping used to be joyous and therapeutic.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
clubandspade.substack.com | Kyle Rice
Pop culture is the most considerable driving force in fashion. It’s why everyone wore crosses after Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” music video dropped or why nostalgia for pop icons has kept Y2K style in favor. Now, with the launch of Monsters season two, we have a new cyclone of influence: the Menendez brothers. In the show’s opener, we glimpse the boys in the back of a vintage Cadillac limo.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
clubandspade.substack.com | Kyle Rice
We’re walking around Manhattan’s West Village when a passing woman reaches out toward my shoulder. “That’s beautiful,” she motions at the angular brooch jetting across my lapel. I smiled and thanked her for the compliment before continuing on. She would be one of three to comment on my brooch that day. The brooch has made several attempts to return over the years. Harry Styles’ Gucci era reintroduced the idea of large floral bouquets decorating the front of jackets.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
clubandspade.substack.com | Kyle Rice
Outside 180 Studios, perhaps London’s version of the Spring Studios building or last season’s Starrett-Lehigh swap, she spots me on a bench observing. “I like your shoes,” she says, curiously looking at my toes wriggling in a pair of Vibram Five Fingers. “Are you waiting for the next show?” She wonders if I’m a student, and while those days are long behind me, I admit I’m in unfamiliar territory. I guess that makes me a student of sorts.
