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Thursday, 2 July 2015

yeezy's denim, white guy dance moves and good hair: what i'm feelin this week

(I've optimistically given this post a title that indicates that I may one day turn this into a recurring feature when I almost certainly won't lol)

The best part of any trashy fashion magazine is their "What's Hot?" "What's Not?" lists. It's oddly enjoyable to read a highly subjective list of someone's own petty likes and dislikes, especially when they're expecting the general public to be manipulated by it. So here's what's hot for me this week:

1. Yeezy's Glastonbury Double Denim

So I don't know if anyone heard but some dude called Kanye West headlined Glastonbury last week... aside from gorgeous lighting, stage invaders, a ride in a cherry picker and a truly troll cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, (Kanye > Freddie always) Kanye unleashed THE BEST OUTFIT EVER.


Double denim has never looked this good before. Performance and politics aside, kudos to Kanye.

2. Josh Tillman's dance moves

In an uncharacteristically spontaneous move, I went to go see Father John Misty on my own last week in Bexhill. Yes, the music was good, but the dance moves? Glorious. I've been into I Love You, Honeybear ever since it came out earlier this year, but the main reason I knew I had to go see FJM live were the dance moves he dropped in this performance on Late Night a couple of weeks ago. (I am incompetent at working blogger so I can't post the performance here, but enjoy some slightly less impressive moves he displayed on Later with Jools Holland below:)





Just when I think I am over my penchant for white dudes that sing indie music and dance good, I get pulled back in. Thanks a bunch, Josh. 


3. Ben Mendelsohn's coat in Slow West

I thought I wanted to see Slow West because of Micheal Fassbender, but it turns out it's because of THIS:


Not did Mendelsohn make two of the worst films I saw last year (Starred Up and Lost River) vaguely watchable, he now rocks the strongest sartorial look in film this year. Bonus pic: he loves this coat as much as I do. (Still no idea if the film is any good though)


4. Tracee Ellis Ross's hair

I started watching Black-ish, an extremely pleasant and watchable sitcom in the same vein of My Wife and Kids (this show was the best please back me up here) this week, and the undeniable MVP of the show is Tracee Ellis Ross's (daughter of Diana, go figure) absolutely gorgeous natural hair. From a casual up-do to cute braids to just loose and natural, it's Ross's hair that I spend most of my time paying attention to when I'm watching the show.


5. Micheal B Jordan and Tessa Thompson being devastatingly hot together in the Creed trailer

Do I care about boxing? No I do not. Do I care about Sylvester Stylone and his deeply confusing steak-like face? (Where the hell is the film where he plays Channing Tatum's estranged father???) Definitely not. But what I DO care about is hot young black actors, and here are two of the youngest, and the hottest, playing what already looks like the cutest couple. Also, B Jordan's physique in this film is what the fire emoji was invented for.









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