Microsoft “lobotomized” its chaotic chatbot—now, it’s rolling back those restrictions
When it’s not busy having an existential crisis or attempting to break up a marriage, the new Bing raises questions about the ethics of AI
Peter Phillips renders Fendi’s DIY elegance
The makeup artist takes Document backstage at Kim Jones’s Fall/Winter 2023 show, nodding to punk’s romance as inspired by the wardrobe of Delfina Delettrez Fendi
Peter Lowe snapshots London Fashion Week, capturing a creative landscape in motion
Labels like Erdem and Yufezi approached Fall/Winter 2023 in pursuit of innovation, pulling from the past and the future to inform fashion’s present
Moncler Genuis celebrates its evolution with 10,000 of its closest friends
At the Olympia London, the house underscored its reputation for cross-medium innovation, showcasing the designs of its latest creative class
For Luar, luxury lasts forever
Designer Raul Lopez’s Fall/Winter 2023 collection takes inspiration from the women of his childhood, creating heirlooms for generations to come
JW Anderson meditates on British culture and its fandoms
For Fall/Winter 2023, the label looked back on its last 15 years, splicing its radical iconography with that of legendary choreographer Michael Clark
In ‘Companions,’ Yana Wernicke traces tenderness
The photobook portraits the quiet pleasures of interspecies affection, unfolding from physical, intuitive communication among two women and the animals they live with
Livestream the Burberry Fall/Winter 2023 show here
Watch the stream live this Monday, February 20 at 8:00 p.m. GMT / 3:00 p.m. EST
Willy Chavarria is practicing presence
The designer met with Document following is Fall 2023 runway show to reflect on his first foray into the realm of eveningwear
How a coercive cult took hold at a college founded on free-thinking
The new docuseries ‘Stolen Youth’ traces the Sarah Lawrence scandal, revealing the fragility of human memory—and our collective vulnerability in the face of manipulation
For Soltera, music is a means of sovereignty
Upon the release of ‘TODO O NADA, VOL. 1,’ the LA-based songstress speaks on how she transforms chaos into catharsis
“A Cross-Section of the City”: Behind Heron Preston’s New York Fashion Week debut
In the aftermath of his Fall/Winter 2023 runway show, Document catches up with the designer reimagining the urban uniform
For Carlita, the art of DJing follows no rules
The Turkish multi-instrumentalist paves her own way through the nightlife scene—seeking to leverage her voice to better our world, and building new sonic ones in...
The Timberland yellow boot celebrates half a century of cultural impact
From Samuel Ross to Edison Chen, a collective of creatives form their take on the mainstay shoe, and join Document to expound on their designs
Mark Abegg captures the faces of Ukraine
The photographer’s stripped-down portrait series spotlights 30 women affected by war, who share their stories in an accompanying video instillation at Paris’s Oddity
A night out with DeSe Escobar at CELINE’s Winter 2023 runway show
Hedi Slimane chose Le Palace—Paris’s answer to Studio 54—as the stage and the playground for his latest menswear collection
For Betony Vernon, eroticism is a way of life
From sexology to erotic jewelry design, Vernon’s three-decade career draws on countless disciplines in the fight for our right to pleasure
Puppets and Puppets takes Cronenberg to the cafeteria
Following the fine-art label’s Fall 2023 presentation, designer Carly Mark joins Document to reflect on horror, romance, and the makings of a balanced meal
Five photographers’ impressions of love
For Valentine’s Day, Camera Club's Quinn Batley, Jiro Konami, Chiara Gabellini, Adam Zhu, and Rochelle Marie Adam offer moments of human connection
Perverted Book Club’s raunchy required reading
Co-founders Matt Starr and Zack Roif share a series of texts that any aspiring pervert should keep on their shelves
From heart-racing to heart-melting, Erika Lust’s Valentine’s Day film list will evoke your fantasies
For Document, the adult film director chooses the best romantic movies to watch together or alone—and a pornographic selection to match
Inside Document Journal and LOEWE Perfumes’s Fashion Week soirée
In the Sky Lounge atop New York City’s Virgin Hotel, Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson welcomed an array of friends and contributors for a night of revelry
CJ Harvey and Vivien Goldman champion the experimental stamina of David Bowie
The photographer and writer share images taken on Polaroid’s Bowie Edition film, meeting to discuss his unfaltering influence, and the ways it’s maintained today
Clothes for the Chronically Online: Irreverent DIY brands are carving out space in the fashion industry
Hollywood Gifts, Praying, and OGBFF are churning out tongue-in-cheek graphic tees. Why does the internet like them so much?
Wesley Joseph shares songs that feel like cinema
The polymath artist curates a transportive and transformative playlist of tracks that elicit memories, and form new ones of their own
‘WHO’S WHO’ maps out New York’s cultural players, from fresh faces to old-school characters
Rob Cristofaro and Puma’s joint coffee-table book captures the city's creative landscape through its innovators, across music, sport, food, fashion, art, and performance
How TikTok’s dark psychology trend rebranded emotional manipulation
“Toxic relationship coaches” promise to help women reclaim the power in their relationships—but these techniques are not as liberating as they seem
Daytripping: How dancing can make you gay
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes on the interpenetration of queer and straight spaces
‘FACES II’ subverts traditional forms of portraiture
The second iteration of a two-part exhibition at Hal Bromm Gallery explores the multifaceted nature of the face
‘This Will Not End Well’ positions Nan Goldin as a filmmaker first
The storytelling central to the photographer’s practice takes precedence in a book that features her multimedia artworks, mimicking the formatting of their source material
‘Mr Wonderful’ memorializes the street art of Richard Hambleton, and a culture in flux
Gallerist Ronald Sosinski and curator Joseph Bannan discuss the making of the retrospective, and the creative legacy of ’80s New York
Andy Shauf doesn’t play God
On ‘Norm,’ the Canadian singer-songwriter uses fiction to tackle dark themes—leaving it to the audience to make their own conclusions
Feeld is the dating app for the next sexual revolution
Document catches up with Ana Kirova, the radical platform’s founder, examining the roots, rules, and labels of the modern sexual landscape
‘Impossible Failures’ uncovers the shared fixations of Gordon Matta-Clark and Pope.L
At 52 Walker, the artists’ practices are examined through parallel motifs—the problematics of architecture, language, institutions, scale, and value
Moncler Genius looks beyond fashion, drawing from all corners of the creative landscape
The label presents ‘The Art of Genius’ later this month, featuring a lineup of co-creators from the realms of music, design, sport, and entertainment
Will transparency be enough to improve TikTok’s famously overzealous censorship policy?
The app is under fire for banning everything from educational content to videos about racial injustice. Now, they’re putting a new “strike” system in place
Cracks in the Facade: The shameful—and foundational—pursuit of pseudo-status online
The creator economy and influencer culture seemingly hinge on the authenticity industrial complex, but Photoshop fails challenge how real we actually want celebrities to be
Rita Ackermann’s ‘Vertical Vanish’ is anchored in ambiguity
The Hungary-born artist’s latest exhibition oscillates between abstraction and representation, with pre-drawn, half-erased scenes that peer through wild brushstrokes
Mayan Toledano’s portraits rest between the authenticity and fantasy of queer Mexico City
The photographer’s ongoing series ‘No Mamés’ takes the image-making process down to its bare bones, lending intimacy though immediacy
Deepfake porn isn’t just a consent issue, it’s a labor issue
Sex workers have been fighting for control over their imagery since the rise of the internet—and now everyday people have joined the fray
Marni’s Fall/Winter 2023 collection takes to Tokyo, proposing an open-ended approach to high fashion
Francesco Risso’s traveling runway is testament to the house’s global reach, and its alignment with Japan’s design affinities
The “non-work” of Felix Gonzalez-Torres finds new regard at David Zwirner
The pioneering’s artist’s abstraction is brought to the forefront at the gallery, joining the aesthetic and the political into one common body
In the eyes of photographer Axel Swan, the appeal of youth is its ease of fascination
A photo diary in Southern Australia tracks a lazy summer, and the the coming-of-age of local teens
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, and listened to in January
From fabric porn to self-help books to vegetable yeast bagels, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Champagne on Ice: Karen Binns muses on Fendi’s couture collection
For the first installment of her column for Document, the iconic stylist and fashion multihyphenate offers a poetic examination of Kim Jones’s showroom
Julia Fox’s “mascara” controversy illustrates the problem with algospeak
TikTokers have come up with code words to discuss sensitive topics without triggering the algorithm—but instead, they’re triggering each other
In ‘Infinity Pool,’ everything is as picturesque as it is perverse
Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi horror film ultimately falls flat, but teases at an innovatory career to come
15 sex workers on the joys and challenges of their line of work
Practitioners of the world’s oldest profession discuss the changes they want to see, and what sex work has given them
Bad Words: In defense of the faithless
In his monthly column for Document, sex writer and activist Alexander Cheves makes the case that cheating is human nature
