Nicolaia Rips

1 week 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.

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

For her Saturday Coachella set Beabadoobee brought cherry blossoms to the desert. Currently the Filipino-British artist is on tour, taking that same lo-fi cool girl energy around Canada and North America. We caught up with the artist to hear all about her first time playing the Coachella main stage, being the face of Guess Jeans, and her music festival do’s and don’ts.

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

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3 weeks ago | afterschool.substack.com | Nicolaia Rips |Jessica Bennett

MrBeast starts a new chapter as a James Patterson co-author; the new Hunger Games book “Sunrise on the Reaping” sold 1.5M copies in the first week; Sabrina Carpenter is coming to Fortnite; and Gabbriette landed a horror film role. WHAT’S IT LIKE BEING A GIRL IN AMERICA?, i-dIn a wide-ranging snapshot of Gen Z girlhood across America, eight teenage girls opened up to about identity, style, and the rituals that shape their daily lives.

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

In 2023, stylist Nancy Kote posted a slo-mo video of herself using her feet to paddle a large round purse in the air like a kitten. On them, she wore a pair of vintage white Vibram FiveFinger shoes with grey striation. The video, mysterious and off-kilter, sent me into a fit! Now, the freaky shoe is everywhere. Basically: wherever there’s something sartorially cool going on, Kote was on the scene at least a year before.