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The Real Gangsta Crip Walk V3

FADER TV Bops Through Chicago's West Side With Sicko Mobb

No matter the style, sound, or era, hip-hop lives and dies in the street. Kids taking in the sounds and spirit of their ten-block radius and spewing out art so seamlessly they don't even realize it's art? It's just another Friday night. Here at FADER, we've been obsessed with the dance culture pulsing out of Chicago's west side known as bop, an elastic whirlwind of elbows and knees that draws from uprock breakdancing, Black frat strolling, and genderless body rolls, all set to melodies so sugary that the most skilled practitioners do kids birthday parties as a side hustle. One of the movement's theme songs is Sicko Mobb's "Fiesta," so during a recent trip to Chicago, the FADER TV crew caught up with the duo to hear about the culture from the dancers living it.

Rick Owens Spring 2014 RTW VIDEO

Rick Owens thinks of himself as the classic American in Paris, mesmerized by the culture that surrounds him. So he wanted to give something back with his new collection, something from his world. But there was no way that Parisians—or anyone anywhere, for that matter—could be prepared for what Rick gave today.

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Lee Jeans Fall/Winter 2013 "Move Your Lee" VIDEO

Lee get all dance-off with their latest campaign introducing Fall/Winter 2013. A brilliant, high energy, full-on, denim clad scene, taking its cue from musicals and art house cinema, the seemingly possessed participants prove that a pair of Lee jeans are made with (much) movement in mind. Shot in LA, directed by Arnaud Uytenhove, choreography by Celia Hall “The video is presented as an almost hypnotic experience, the movie is talking to the very heart of your unconscious, sweeping you up into the intense moods set to a stirring beat laden soundtrack…” And all this before dinner time. Better start stretching.

Beyonce by Arthur Elgort for Vogue UK May 2013

CR Fashion Book  Issue 2 - "Transformation" VIDEO

In this CR Fashion Book exclusive short, Paul Maffi captured some of the Ballet Collective dancers on film as they go from the dance studio to the stage. They make impossible movements possible with their stretches, they ready their feet and their shoes, and practice those pirouettes, all in preparation for a breathtaking, beautiful performance. In the final scenes, fashion and ballet collide when the dancers don clothes from the likes of Rick Owens and Givenchy.

Karlie Kloss and Les Twins for 25 Magazine VIDEO

Fashion always loves a slow-motion dancing-model video, and the latest comes from Anja Rubik's new magazine, 25. Shot by Arek Tomiak in Paris, Karlie Kloss struts on a wet sidewalk with French hip-hop dancers Larry and Laurent Bourgeois, a.k.a. Les Twins, who have also performed with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Missy Elliot. 

Anna Selezneva photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Vogue Russia October 2012

The Just Kids Issue: Vogue NY VIDEO

For The Just Kids Issue, MikeQ takes i-D Music Editor, Princess Julia and Matthew Stone on a tour of NY’s Vogue scene.

Kanye West’s Dancers Flash Mob Airplane Mid-Flight VIDEO

Sébastien Tellier - Russian Attractions VIDEO

For the sumptuous “Russian Attractions” video, Parisian electro-doer Sébastien Tellier has teamed up with Vice and Air. No, not that Air, Air the beverage, which is alcohol and water. But the partnership is actually a stroke of genius, because after watching the dizzying and soggy video, you will feel both drunk and thirsty.

Rutger Hauer, The Dutch National Ballet and Amsterdam's creative community make brains from people, an Idea Worth Doing VIDEO