artificial intelligence By Balenciaga meme is an amalgam of AI, Fashion & Pop Culture Andrew Yi

Jocelyn Wildenstein, famed for catlike cosmetic surgery, dead at 79 or maybe 84 Rob Beschizza

economics Why humans crave expensive things just because they're expensive: The science of Veblen goods Ellsworth Toohey

late stage capitalism Save yourself $925 by not buying Balenciaga's "towel skirt" Jennifer Sandlin

Clothes Ruined jeans yours for $2500 Rob Beschizza

Funny Artist hilariously re-creates editorials for high fashion brands Jennifer Sandlin

copyright Ozzy Osbourne rails at Kanye for using sample despite being denied permission: "he is an antisemite and has caused untold heartache" Rob Beschizza

fashion Balenciaga goes death metal David Pescovitz

health "Dieting is poison" – the anti-diet movement gains ground Mark Frauenfelder

late stage capitalism Buy this filthy, destroyed jeans-and-jacket combo for a mere $5600 Jennifer Sandlin

antisemitism The Holocaust Museum offered Kanye West a tour. It reports being "flooded with antisemitic messages" ever since Rob Beschizza

antisemitism Adidas ends Kanye West partnership Rob Beschizza

racism Kanye West dumped by fashion's Balenciaga after his many antisemitic remarks Carla Sinclair

fashion Clothes pre-stained with "ketchup" Jennifer Sandlin

late stage capitalism Buy a Balenciaga sack modeled after a plastic garbage bag for $1790 Jennifer Sandlin

makers How to make great-looking cardboard sneakers Mark Frauenfelder

late stage capitalism Something to buy if you have too much money: ratty designer sneakers from Balenciaga Jennifer Sandlin

late stage capitalism Couture high-heeled Crocs exist Rusty Blazenhoff

The age of living cheaply on Silicon Valley's money fire is over Rob Beschizza

tabloids How Mafia Killed the Pope, Meghan & Harry quit the Royal Family, and the Obamas divorce, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan