Nicolaia Rips, Freelance Journalist Profile

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Overdosing on Glitter and Auras with Addison Rae

3 weeks ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

I am on my way to Addison Rae’s surprise super secret, live Spotify performance for her elite fans (did I mention it’s secret?) the night before her debut album drops. It’s 88 degrees in New York City. I’ve already showered five times. I’m asking myself the essential, eternal question: Can deodorant marks on a tank top ever be sexy? It’s at The Box, a downtown NYC club known for its raunchy and often taboo performances. I’ve never been to The Box.
Harmony Tividad Tells Us “Anything”

3 weeks ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

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You Want to Guess The Brand of My Underwear

1 month ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

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The Girls Are Wearing Neon

1 month ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

Spring Breakers 2. Candy-colored Balenciaga City Bags. Addison Rae announcing her album debut via a pair of pink underwear under a diaphanous white dress at Coachella. The summer zeitgeist is building towards one thing and one thing only (and if you say a recession, you can take your ass to Bloomberg): neon!Last month the i-D editors gave our picks for the vibe of the summer, and I humbly offered neon girl summer.
My View From Inside a Potted Plant at The Mark Hotel

1 month ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

Come a little closer and make sure to hit The Mark! From the photo call at the Met to the mini red carpet outside of the hotel housing the night’s biggest stars, the Met Gala has its own cottage industry of content. So what’s it really like to stake out The Mark, that Upper East Side joint known for providing some of the night’s most viral photography? (It is where Doechii feuded with a box, after all.) This is one writer’s intrepid reportage.
Suki and Immy Waterhouse on Sisterhood, Fake Boobs, and “On This Love”

1 month ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

Suki Waterhouse, sporting a fantastic pair of fake breasts, signature blonde hair swept up in a Pamela Anderson do, jogs after an old man speeding around on a sparkling red motorized scooter. In the music video for the new single “On This Love”, Suki indulges in the humor and opulence of a love that might be a little bad for you.
Adam Faze Hosted A White House New Correspondents'

1 month ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

When you think of the White House Correspondents’ dinner, you might envision the media elite gathering to honor the third amendment and discuss the catastrophic barriers facing contemporary journalism. You don’t necessarily think of TikTok, YouTube, and Substack, despite the role new media platforms may play in information distribution. Unless, of course, you’re Adam Faze—the producer behind TikTok creative studio Gymnasium, and general guy about town (just look at his dating history).
A Hot Tub in Hell

2 months ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

Horny cyborg girls, biker fairy chicks and other luminescent creatures: one thing is certain, artist Emma Stern’s work is “Hot As Hell.” Stern uses 3D software popularized by porn creators and video game developers to fabricate her beings, adeptly straddling the line between fantasy, fetish, and futurism. Her new show at Almine Rech Paris, which marks her third solo show with the gallery, is on view now until June 2025. Stern stopped by to answer some of our burning questions.
Chloë Sevigny, a Horse, and a Wolff-Behind the Scenes of Amalia Ulman’s “Magic Farm”

2 months ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

For Amalia Ulman’s sophomore film Magic Farm (in theater at the Angelika in New York starting this Friday)Chloë Sevigny goes gonzo. Sevigny stars as head girlboss in charge of a Vice-like documentary crew of hapless narcissists— Ulman herself, Joe Apollonio, and Alex Wolff—who, when deposited in the Argentine town of San Cristobal, are forced to come up with a subject for their film on the fly using the actual lives of the locals (Guillermo Jacubowicz, Valeria Lois, and Camila del Campo).
Is Coachella Fun Again?

2 months ago | i-d.co | Nicolaia Rips

Dear Diary,I hopped off the plane at LAX with a dream and my cardigan. Made it to the land of fame and sex…am I going to fit in? This was the question troubling me as I waited for my checked bag. The beautiful brunette behind me is eager to network. She asks me what I do, and I say writer, and she says, “Where?” and I say, “i-D magazine” and the light is snuffed out from behind her eyes, and she says, “Oh, I thought you meant a writer writer like a screenwriter.” Not even one hour in LA.