Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared + Lazy Oaf

The dark puppet series gets transformed into apparel, with inside references galore

Yellow Guy, Red Guy and Duck Guy: the adorable, innocuous-looking puppets of the darkly humorous original series “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” have become YouTube stars by taking viewers on unexpected “educational” journeys that go awry—involving bloody animal gizzards and catchy musical numbers. (This one is definitely not for the kids). In just five episodes, each of which explores subjects ranging from the internet to …

Juan Wauters: This Is I

After his band The Beets organically disbanded a few years ago, Uruguay-born, Queens-based eccentric singer-songwriter Juan Wauters has, armed with an acoustic guitar, been opening up over the course of two solo albums. In the uncomplicated ballad “This Is I,” he swaps out the guitar for some simple synth strings, but the overall tone of exposed honesty is still there; he’s good at bringing on …

Y-3 Space Apparel for Virgin Galactic

The adidas + Yohji Yamamoto collaborative brand will suit up the commercial spaceline's pilots and passengers

Within their respective industries, Sir Richard Branson and Yohji Yamamoto share a vision for chasing the future. Both have been progressive-thinking rule-breakers for decades—so it comes as not too much of a surprise that Branson’s Virgin Galactic worked with Y-3 (Yamamoto’s sportswear line with adidas) to develop space-appropriate uniforms. Functional, fashionable and—rather than futuristic—grounded in the “now,” the prototype designs for the pilot flight-suit and …