Category: Think Pieces
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![Copy Magazine [@TheCopyMagazine] & Absolut [@absolutvodka] team up to challenge biases in AI Fashion](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9840CD09-74B6-41F7-9B06-010F5E89CBC4-1140x850.jpeg)
Copy Magazine [@TheCopyMagazine] & Absolut [@absolutvodka] team up to challenge biases in AI Fashion
written by : Uwati Okojie At the start of May, Absolut Vodka announced it was teaming up with Copy Lab, an AI- centric creative agency, to release a series of AI-generated images. The images, featuring both in Copy Lab’s AI fashion magazine and on stock image platform Unsplash, have an ambitious goal: to challenge prevailing…
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When 2023 became the self-proclaimed year of the girl it turned our world upside down. Be it hot-girl-walks, feral-girl summer, girl-dinner, girl-math, pink, bows, Barbie… no matter where you live or who you are, girlhood has likely touched your life. Finally, women hold the mic to represent the complexities of our identities and to shape…
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Co-founded by Jack Harper and Nosa Aiworo, the streetwear brand AELIZA has quickly become one of fashion’s leading choices for contemporary, everyday clothing. The London based duo get their inspiration from their individual philosophies, creating collections that spark contemplation, creativity and introspection. AELIZA’s sleek aesthetic has got it into spaces such as the Hypebeast Flea…
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Long gone are the days when music fans passively listened to the songs of their favorite artists. Now, with platforms like TikTok, audiences are remixing and transforming music in novel ways. AÅ The most recent example is Skepta’s ‘Take Me Back’. Released over seven years ago, the song has begun to resurface as fans have swapped…
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![ON OUR RADAR: the soulfully sweet PopnB world of Äyanna [@ayanna]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/getting-to-know-ayanna-uk-musics-new-ray-of-sunsh-3-4494-1694793071-2_16x9-1140x675.jpeg)
Äyanna is an artist who brings all the Pop/R&B vibes with her soulful voice and nostalgic music videos, and she’s here to show everyone just what she is about. East Londoner Äyanna comes from a background of performing arts & theatre and was always surrounded by an array of music like gospel, R&B, 70s pop,…
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Damson Idris hosted an all-beige birthday party for his 32nd – but was it in rivalry of familiar all-white party traditions? The outfits were coherent yet varied: Idris’ fit consisted of a simple three button beige suit; Lori Harvey wore a bodycon zipped dress; Tyler the Creator showed up in his quintessential puffer jacket, but…
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![Lucy Letby, content creation and Twitter [@simply_sayo] [@jasebyjason] [@ayoceaser]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-01-at-12.59.50.png)
Lucy Letby, 33 years old, is a former neonatal nurse and now Britain’s most prolific child killer in modern history. Her name has overwhelmed news outlets and social media since November 2020, when the police charged her with murder. Between June 2015 and June 2016, Letby murdered at least seven babies and attempted to murder…
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Women across the Internet have long dreaded the sassy men apocalypse. Whether it is men using full stops during arguments, giving their partners the hard shoulder, or trying to have the last say with a comeback, women have flocked to our socials to lament. But, as always, the term’s repeated use sometimes revealed a more…
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The iconic Barbie doll first debuted in 1959 and, within 64 years, has undergone a significant transformation. She was white, thin, and half-dressed within her first release, inspired by an adult gag gift. In the 1980s, Barbie became Black and Latina, and now, in the 2020s, Barbie has been used to represent women with Down…
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COVID-19 stole socialization from us. Night after night, we’d stay home, slowly forgetting what painful heels feel like and the social cues needed to survive a night out. But, for a collective like the Daytimers and the more significant British-South Asian diaspora, the pandemic forcing us to pause and eventually restart presented a new opportunity. Come September…