Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 505 i GAY TIMES

FASHIONABLY SAFE. A case for a case? Of course, all in the name of fashion. For their Cruise 2020 collection, Gucci has designed the ultimate casing to keep your AirPods safe from disappearing. The Ophidia GG AirPods case is made with the beige/ebony GG Supreme canvas, complete with brown leather trim. To add some real designer power into the mix, it also features the line’s distinctive oval enamelled Double G detail. Add to that a snap button closure (for extra protection), and a keyring which means it can be attached to your bag and your AirPods will never feel so safe from going missing. Available from gucci.com, priced £170 FASHIONABLY WILD. Considering Loewe’s signature elephant bag is a fashion hit, it comes as little surprise that the design has been…

Location The Dream Factory Studio, LA. “Not to sound cocky, but I truly believe I was born with my talent to do hair,” says Tokyo Stylez. We’ve managed to catch the hairstylist-to-the-stars in between a session with rap’s hottest thing Cardi B - other clients include Kylie Jenner, Naomi Campbell, Rihanna, the list goes on - and she’s rightfully confident in her ability to turn out a wig like no other. If you’ve been gagged by a red carpet serve or magazine cover over the last five years, chances are Tokyo’s had something to do with it - or at least inspired whoever’s behind it. Kylie’s black bob at her Met Gala debut? That was Tokyo. Rihanna’s iconic grey hair on the cover of Tush? Tokyo. Cardi’s yellow pussycat wig…

‘Nice motor, mate!’ says the lorry driver in the car park of the services halfway down the M2 from London to Dover as we stop off for a Gregg’s vegan steak bake on the way to The Pig. Oh, is it? we say blithely, like we hadn’t noticed. We know it is, of course – in a stealth wealth kind of way, even if it is worth a cool £200,000 – but you want to see the looks you get when you’re driving a drop-top of that calibre. In fact, the loveliness of the car makes you wish there was more than just a little over an hour between east London and the brand new Pig at Bridge Place, a hop and a skip from Canterbury in Kent. You can,…

Want to know what the super-rich skier is wearing this year? Well, reporting live from the VIP enclosure at the Maserati Snow Polo at the legendarily well-heeled ski resort of St. Moritz, we can reveal that the vibe seems to be mainly labels, fur and then more labels. Oh and metallics, mainly bronze. Chanel slouch salopettes with lots of interlaced Cs and CHANEL written right across it (in case you didn’t pick up on those subtle Cs) paired with a Givenchy sweater and a Davy Crockett hat probably by Fendi? And so much fur that PETA would have a fit. In fact, there are so many arresting looks (big chunky metallic ski boots seem to be a bit of a thing, especially if they have CHANEL writ large across them),…

Location Rose Studios, LA. With her alternative anthems and avant-garde sensibilities, Canadian singer-songwriter Allie X has made a name for herself as an icon for queer music fans. Her songs have always embraced the big pop sensibilities – as far as irresistible hooks and beats you want to bump in the club go, she’s got it down – but there’s always been something slightly off-the-wall and unconventional about Allie’s music. Early dark-pop standout Bitch with its distorted vocals and eery synths sounded like it belonged in a low-budget 80s sci-fi series, while the sugary-sweet That’s So Us celebrated a relationship between two people who “wear black at the beach, looking pale, feeling chic” while struggling with anxiety together. But when she kicked off her new era with Fresh Laundry, many…

Artist Residence, Bristol. Finding a decent niche in the boutique hotel world is tricky business, and we applaud the pluck of those who keep on tryin’. And every so often, you stumble on a little collection – chain just won’t do here – that makes you feel like you’ve been kept out of a very gorgeous secret. Artist Residence is said gorgeous secret. And if you’re already in the loop, we salute you. MC’d by husband and wife team Justin and Charlie, the schtick is simple and wonderful: gorgeous old buildings in gorgeous places done up to the nines, tens and so forth by hugely talented artists and craftspeople, throw in gorgeous food and plonk, et voilà. A Georgian pile in Brighton was their first, Penzance, London and rural Oxfordshire…

All clothing Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture SS20 The legendary designer reflects on his revolutionary career as he bids farewell to the runway. Whether it’s the dreamy lovelorn sailor, or the female warrior goddess decked in an armoured bustier… inhibited fantasy and pure imagination radiate infectiously from the sublime haute couture world of Jean Paul Gaultier. The visionary closes the curtain, and bids adieu to the runway one final time. But if you thought Monsieur Gaultier was going to take his final bow quietly, you had better think again. In a kaleidoscopic tornado of fashion, hundreds of looks stormed down the runway, all referencing chapters and eras of Gaultier’s 50-year career. “I wanted to be true to my obsessions: jeans, corsets, sailor shirts, androgyny… but I wanted to take them…

A QUIET PLACE PART II (in cinemas 20 March) Horror sequels rarely live up to their predecessors, so when a follow-up to A Quiet Place was announced… we were hesitant, yes. But when a film becomes one of the most lauded of the decade, grosses over $340 million on a $20 million budget and ends like that… we get it. Fortunately, part two doesn’t come across as a quick cash grab. It expands the story and creates a much-bigger universe than audiences witnessed in the original, taking inspiration from The Walking Dead to show that human-eating creatures aren’t necessarily the biggest threat in an apocalyptic society. Thankfully, Emily Blunt reprises her role as Evelyn Abbott, and proves this time around that she’s much more intelligent than a woman who decided…

When you’re in a wooden box perched on a very tall stick on an island at 67°N 13°E looking out to sea and all the sea beyond that, you probably won’t sleep. Though when that box has ecclesiastical tendencies – windows pointing to Jesus, sucking in the wonder of life and all that – and heated floors and sways, proper sways, in the breeze/wind/gales lapping the world outside, you might actually nod off. But then you’ll probably get one of the custodians of this magical-mystery place to wake you up at intervals, ‘cause you’ll be well miffed if you miss the show. Because when you’re at 67°N 13°E – the Arctic Circle in old money – on a cluster of islands called Fleinvær in sustainable cabins dreamt up by a…

Where is it? Where the full-on Miami Beach circus of Ocean Drive peters out into… aaaaah, that’s more like it. Stylish, sedate, sophisticated, it’s a jewel of a hotel facing the beach and back-dropped by the rinkiest, dinkiest stretch of South Beach. Right in the thick of all that Art Deco ritz and close enough to any sort of action you’re after, yet, someway, somehow in an elegant world all of its own. Why so lovely? Funny you should ask, as The Betsy is – and we know our schizz – the loveliest hotel in all of South Beach. It doesn’t bother with that carnal showiness that defines a lot of/most Miami hotels, instead opting for charm and laid-back swish – with a whole load of very good art thrown…