‘Casual culture’ may once have been associated with the unsavoury side of football fandom, but big-name brands that previously would have nothing to do with the movement are now wanting a piece of the action. Why are both shoppers and luxury labels buying back into this cultural phenomenon?

From Run-DMC’s ‘My Adidas’ to Migos’ ‘Versace’, hip hop has a long-standing relationship with fashion. But where rappers once vied to get recognition from haute couture houses, today it’s the labels that are doing the courting. How are luxury brands tapping the cultural cachet of rap royalty?

Cities worldwide are ridding themselves of ‘visual pollution’ by limiting or banning outdoor ads. But in the US, Colossal Media has another solution – its hand-painted billboards live at the intersection of art and advertising, and are just as popular with locals as the brands that commission them.

Thanks to their rarity and uniqueness, prized bootlegs can often cost more than the real thing. Gucci is no stranger to the bootleg’s appeal, which is why as part of its 2018 campaign, it teamed up with Dapper Dan – Harlem’s bootleg tailor to hip-hop royalty – who was once a luxury outsider.