

Mr Don Letts has lived the kind of life that could only have happened in a very specific place and time. Now 65, he was a product of the period in London when the Windrush generation met white working-class leisure time; when pop grew from a fad to an art form, where the counterculture flipped to shape mass communication.

“I was forever reinventing myself” – now 65, the filmmaker, DJ and Big Audio Dynamite co-founder on what the Windrush generation brought to London’s punk movement

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Long before street style. Long before the ‘Gram. And long before athleisure, there was Mr Ricky Powell. A photographer by trade and a hustler by reputation, Mr Powell was the sort of born-and-bred New Yorker who walked the streets by day and party-crashed his way into the demi-monde by night, always brandishing a Minolta point-and-shoot camera.

Sadly, Mr Powell was found dead in his apartment on 1 February this year. He was 59. He left behind a treasure trove of images from the 1980s – pictures of early rap royalty including LL Cool J, Run-DMC as well as era-defining artists such as Messrs Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. His pictures feel incredibly relevant for how we dress now, the sort of thing one expects to find on a fashion designer’s mood board – tracksuits, bucket hats, and graphic tees. The difference being that Mr Powell’s subjects were style pioneers, laying down sartorial tracks for future generations. They were hip-hop’s answer to the Rat Pack.

Long before street style. Long before the ‘Gram. And long before athleisure, there was Mr Ricky Powell. A photographer by trade and a hustler by reputation, Mr Powell was the sort of born-and-bred New Yorker who walked the streets by day and party-crashed his way into the demi-monde by night, always brandishing a Minolta point-and-shoot camera.
Sadly, Mr Powell was found dead in his apartment on 1 February this year. He was 59. He left behind a treasure trove of images from the 1980s – pictures of early rap royalty including LL Cool J, Run-DMC as well as era-defining artists such as Messrs Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. His pictures feel incredibly relevant for how we dress now, the sort of thing one expects to find on a fashion designer’s mood board – tracksuits, bucket hats, and graphic tees. The difference being that Mr Powell’s subjects were style pioneers, laying down sartorial tracks for future generations. They were hip-hop’s answer to the Rat Pack.


Photographer Mr Ricky Powell’s iconic images of 1980s hip-hop royalty provide a masterclass in how to dress now

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MR PORTER first set up shop, the act of getting dressed was littered with hoary diktats that have since been rendered old hat. You can’t wear white after Labor Day, don’t wear brown in town, never eat Shredded Wheat – all rules made to be broken. But throughout our lifespan, there has always been one thing that you can be sure of: you can pair a pair of pared-back Common Projects sneakers with absolutely anything.

Reintroducing the Achilles, the shoe that helped kick-start the luxury sneaker sector, and all the places the brand’s latest roster will take you

What’s New: Which Pair Of Common Projects Should You Wear Where?



Like half of Americans and 47 per cent of Brits, you probably hoped to improve your fitness in 2020. Will you actually do it in 2021? Spending the GDP of a small country could help you get there.

Just ask Seattle Seahawks quarterback Mr Russell Wilson, who last year signed a $140 million contract. In October, he revealed on Mr Bill Simmons’ podcast that he spends $1 million optimising his body every year. One. Million. Dollars. NBA superstar Mr LeBron James reportedly spends $1.5 million on his. Even Mr Donald Trump spent $70,000 on hairstyling in 2016, according to _The New York Times_.

Like half of Americans and 47 per cent of Brits, you probably hoped to improve your fitness in 2020. Will you actually do it in 2021? Spending the GDP of a small country could help you get there.
Just ask Seattle Seahawks quarterback Mr Russell Wilson, who last year signed a $140 million contract. In October, he revealed on Mr Bill Simmons’ podcast that he spends $1 million optimising his body every year. One. Million. Dollars. NBA superstar Mr LeBron James reportedly spends $1.5 million on his. Even Mr Donald Trump spent $70,000 on hairstyling in 2016, according to The New York Times.


If money were no object, how much would it cost to keep your body in the best shape for as long as possible?

Why Superstar Athletes Spend Millions On Their Bodies (And Where The Money Goes)



Ask your financial manager what you should do with this year’s bonus and they’ll doubtless tell you to invest it. Ask MR PORTER and we’ll offer much the same. It’s just that our definition of an investment might differ. 

You may question why you’d ever come to us with such a request. Look, we get it. We may not have all of the necessary qualifications to offer financial advice – to be absolutely clear, we have none – but hear us out. If you were lucky enough to have landed a sizeable bonus or raise this year – and by all accounts, you did have to be quite lucky – then there is certainly an argument in the current climate for exercising a degree of fiscal responsibility. 

Ask your financial manager what you should do with this year’s bonus and they’ll doubtless tell you to invest it. Ask MR PORTER and we’ll offer much the same. It’s just that our definition of an investment might differ. 
You may question why you’d ever come to us with such a request. Look, we get it. We may not have all of the necessary qualifications to offer financial advice – to be absolutely clear, we have none – but hear us out. If you were lucky enough to have landed a sizeable bonus or raise this year – and by all accounts, you did have to be quite lucky – then there is certainly an argument in the current climate for exercising a degree of fiscal responsibility. 


Done well this year? Treat yourself to a luxury watch from MR PORTER’s top bonus-season watch picks, featuring Breitling, Montblanc, Ulysse Nardin and more

Five Luxury Watches To Blow (A Fiscally Responsible Percentage Of) Your Bonus On



The virtual Golden Globes took place last night, which meant that many nominees and presenters attended from their homes. The broadcast therefore featured spouses, children (_Minari _director Mr Lee Isaac Chung accepted his award with his daughter in his arms), pets and a few technical mishaps, such as Mr Daniel Kaluuya’s muted acceptance speech.

The virtual Golden Globes took place last night, which meant that many nominees and presenters attended from their homes. The broadcast therefore featured spouses, children (Minari director Mr Lee Isaac Chung accepted his award with his daughter in his arms), pets and a few technical mishaps, such as Mr Daniel Kaluuya’s muted acceptance speech.


From colourful palettes to pussy bows and wide lapels, here are the best looks of the 2021 Golden Globes

The Five Best-Dressed Men At The 2021 Golden Globes

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Our story begins in 1980, although you could argue it began eight years earlier. The 1970s were a turbulent decade for the Swiss watch industry; quartz watches had been industrialised for the first time in 1969 and their ease of production wrought irreversible changes on the business of making mechanical watches. At the same moment, the leading watch brands faced rapidly changing tastes from their well-heeled customers – men who had been driving curvaceous E-Types or Ferrari 275s were now behind the wheels of wedge-shaped Lamborghinis – and needed something radical.

Chopard’s Alpine Eagle collection is now available on MR PORTER, with the Alpine Eagle Chronograph at the centre of the range: a high-end chronograph housed in a truly unique design

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