#1 Denmark protest Qatar human rights record with faded World Cup strip
The Danish football team will wear faded World Cup kits in Qatar as shirt sponsor Hummel ‘don’t want to be visible at tournament that’s cost lives.’ The Danish sportswear brand has created “toned down” monochrome shirts as a protest against host nation Qatar and its human rights record.
#2 Bella Hadid has incredible dress spray-painted onto body during fashion show
Bella Hadid became the talk of Paris Fashion Week after having a “magical” dress spray-painted on her during the live show. Hadid stepped onto the runway for the Coperni show in nothing but a pair of heels and underwear. A team – led by Dr Manel Torres (inventor of the spray-on fabric) – set to work spraying the dress onto the model.
#3 Greenpeace gatecrash Tory Party conference
Two Greenpeace protesters were chucked out of the Tory Party conference this week, after heckling Lizz Truss. The eco-activists held aloft a small yellow banner with the words, “who voted for this?”.
#4 Horror movie hijacks baseball game with menacing Smile stunt
To promote the new psychological thriller, Smile, the marketing team behind the Paramount Pictures film have taken a terrifying approach. Baseball fans across America noticed something a little menacing lurking in the sidelines of the games they were tuning into.
#5 Why Lisa Snowdon is wearing a dress made out of loo rolls
Model Lisa Snowdon showcases a loo roll dress – its part of ‘The Gut Couture Collection’ in a bid to highlight the realities of irritable bowel syndrome and gut health issues.
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News, trends, blogs, culture and content that caught my eye this week.
⭐️ The science of why you have great ideas in the shower - it has nothing to do with getting clean - and everything to do with your state of mind. [Nat Geo]
⭐️ Is there more to internet memes than meets the eye? The science of these viral mash-ups reveals why they are so effective at spreading ideas and beliefs. [BBC]
⭐️ What happened to all the Plus-Size Influencers? [Refinery 29]
Following in the footsteps of Harry Styles, Jared Leto and Lana Del Rey, Ryan Gosling has teamed up with Gucci for a massive luggage campaign. [GQ]
⭐️ Why Positano - the Instagram capital of the world is a terrible place to be [Vox]
⭐️ There’s a delicate balance between platform culture and viral arbitrage — and most social networks are on the wrong side of it [The Verge]
⭐️ Steampunk: the world’s most derided subculture is ready for its comeback [Dazed]
Attention readers: This is a genuine film coming to cinema screens in 2023.
'After a failed drug smuggling operation, a black bear ingests a large amount of cocaine and goes on a drug-fueled rampage.'
Take my money now.
⭐️ Exploring your curiosity can be incredibly good for your mind, with benefits for learning, creativity and even job enjoyment. [BBC]
⭐️ Tom Hardy, Brad Pitt and the quiet art of the successful celebrity side career [The Guardian]
⭐️ How dating apps sold us an unromantic, dehumanising idea of romance [ID]
⭐️ RyanAir is a total troll on social media — and it’s working for them [Washington Post]
Mr Doodle: Artist Sam Cox (aka mr Doodle) has just finished doodling on every inch of his six-bedroom house in Kent, inside and out.
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
⭐️ A brief history of Kidults - To understand why so many adults are acting just like children, don’t blame Millennials – look to Japan in the 1990s [Aeon]
⭐️ Actor Bruce Willis becomes first celebrity to sell rights to Deepfake firm - or did he? [BBC]
⭐️ Tory MPs have criticised the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), accusing it of using claims of a government attack on nature as a “marketing strategy”. [The Guardian]
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