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Charli xcx kicked off the UK leg of her Brat Tour in Manchester yesterday evening.

Paloma Elsesser for @balenciaga ‘Le City Bag’. Photography: @greenfield_lauren Styling: @melzy917

Charli xcx Grammy nominations.

Björk in a reflective dress from Helmut Lang’s A/W95 collection.

Huxley Selects is a directory of inspirations from our friends. This week’s selects is by @elakazdal - Artist, Filmmaker and Video Editor at @mubi. ‘Making, Repeating’ 1. In Francis Alÿs’ Paradox of Praxis 1 (Sometimes making something leads to nothing) (1997) Alÿs is filmed pushing a block of ice through the streets of Mexico City. As the ice slowly melts over time, nothing remains of it. 2. Alvin Lucier’s I Am Sitting in a Room (1981) features Mary Lucier’s Polaroid Image Series on its cover. Mary’s pictures, which are copies of copies originating from a photograph, offer a visual equivalent to Alvin’s sound work, where each recording is repeatedly re-recorded until it reaches abstraction. 3. The cooking scene from Head-On (2004) by Fatih Akin demonstrates each step of making dolma, which is flushed down the toilet at the end of the scene. 4. Dreamwork (2001) by Peter Tscherkassky briefly features the making of itself, with Tscherkassky’s hands on a lightbox, using a scissor, film strips and tacks. @petertscherkassky 5. Jan Švankmajer’s Dimensions of Dialogue (Možnosti dialogu) (1983) is a stop-motion film featuring endless reuse of objects and materials until they turn to clay. @jan.svankmajer 6. In The Rehearsal (2022) by Nathan Fielder, real-life scenarios are recreated with actors and highly detailed replicas of the buildings in which they occurred, allowing participants to rehearse their responses over and over again as close to reality as possible. 7. Annabel Nicolson’s Reel Time (1970) is a performance in which Nicolson ran one loop of film (depicting herself sewing) through a sewing machine and then through a film projector, creating a pierced image that got destroyed by the end of the performance. 8. Turkish prison beadwork is an intricate craft developed by inmates in prisons. The process involves weaving tiny, colourful beads into patterns to create items like keychains, pouches and cigarette cases. @thisismothertongue

Anok Yai for Vogue’s December 2024 digital cover.

@asics_sportstyle presents @ladiesmusicpub quiz, held yesterday evening.

Max Richter performing at Luxembourg- the final stop of his European tour.

Offset drops ‘Swing My Way’ artwork with Anok Yai. Tomorrow, just a day before his birthday, Offset will drop his new single “Swing My Way” via Motown Records. The track comes with a polished yet rugged video directed by Kid Art and stunning album artwork — both featuring supermodel Anok Yai. Check out the artwork premiering exclusively today on PAPER. “Working with Anok for ‘Swing My Way’ was great,” Offset tells PAPER. “We matched each other’s vibe and style. This is one of my favorite cover artworks. I’m looking forward to sharing the new song and video I created with Anok tomorrow ahead of my birthday.”

@ghettogastro presents Brown Sugar Hill. Ghetto Gastro: @ghettogastro / @ghettogray @chefp and @cheflesterwalker Director: @scottie_cameron Photographer: @joshuawoods Creative Director: @ghettogray , @malcolmxmcneil , @scottie_cameron

A. G. Cook for the cover of @kinfolk, 2024. Photographer: @emmanmontalvan Styling: @carlee_wallace Set Designer: @kfond

Jack Antonoff has received 5 Grammy nominations ahead of the 67th Awards, which will take place 2nd February 2025. Nominations include: 1. Song Of The Year for Please Please Please with @sabrinacarpenter 2. Song Of The Year for Fortnight with @taylorswift ft. @postmalone 3. Record Of The Year for Fortnight with @taylorswift ft. @postmalone 4. Album Of The Year for Short n’ Sweet with @sabrinacarpenter 5. Album Of The Year for THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT with @taylorswift