A Royal wedding of taboo breaking proportions, a designer’s debut mark on David Beckham, and the white/gold blue/black dress camaraderie repeats itself in 2018. Here’s what you missed out worldwide last week in this episode of The Weekly Recap!
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Tie The Knot
The momentous occasion happened last Sunday at St. George’s Chapel whereby a new era in the Monarchy is ushered in that’s all the more inclusive than ever in the history of the Royal Family. For the first time in the history of the world, a person of African-American descent is welcomed into the enclave by way of marriage to Prince Harry, who’s 6th in the line to the throne. While there are many words to say on how the marriage completely dispels tradition, one Denise Crawford, a stenographer from Brooklyn summarised it nicely. “One of the children of slaves is marrying a royal whose forerunners sanctioned slavery; the lion is lying down with the lamb.”
Many A-listers were present during the ceremony, from the likes of the Suits’ cast, of which Markle plays a paralegal, to the Clooney’s, Serena Williams, as well as Britain’s favourite power couple, which brings us to…..
David Beckham debuts Dior Homme suit designed by Kim Jones
Practically Jones’s debut on the world stage, Beckham peeks at the new direction that the fashion house is taking. Much unlike Dior’s recent takes from the likes Kris Van Assche’s design, whom perpetrated a very aggressive styling front, Jones takes a much more elegant and streamlined appeal to Dior’s design DNA, translating it well into what can only be described as a modern classic. If this is any indication, Jones’s debut runway show should unveil the full picture of where he’s helming the fashion house.
Grimes legally changes her name to ‘c’
Of which she was encouraged to do so by tech and rocket entrepreneur, Elon Musk. While she’ll still perform under the Grimes moniker, her real name however will be changed from Claire Boucher to ‘c’ Boucher. Grimes dubs the ‘c’ as a nod to the annotation used for the speed of light, but it’s also because according to her, Claire has been the bane to her existence ever since she became sentient. If you’ve never heard of Grimes, click on the link below to know more about her music.
The internet goes batshit crazy for ‘Yanni’ or ‘Laurel’
Y’all remember once upon a time people went apeshit over the the difference in colour of the dress, whether it was black/blue or white/gold? Yeah, it’s happening again, this time with a text-to-speech translation of laurel, which also sounds like yanni. According to psychologists, the difference is all down to the technical properties of the sound, of which is focused on the higher frequencies, Yanni would be heard. However if the lower frequencies are focused, Laurel is heard instead of Yanni. The sound is an ambiguous one, and is influenced by many factors, most notably in regards to the reproduction of it through the individual’s speakers or headphones and the variations in pickup from the listener’s ears.
Mastermind JAPAN collaborates with Converse On The Jack Purcell Model
Minimalism, refined. Mastermind imbues its iconic crossbone skull graphic to the Jack Purcell Canvas, clad in standard black and cream detailing. Much of the accents are present on the tongue, where the Mastermind logo is printed, and Mastermind wording on the toe cup. This version of the Jack Purcell comes equipped with an extra thick rubber tooling, and shallow metal spikes on the top eyelets for a more accented feel. Unfortunately, the collaboration is exclusively available in-store and online in Japan, so get ready to dry your bank account on the resell market for a pair of these.
