Medieval imagery is turning up across pop culture, from chainmail-wearing musicians to high-fashion catwalks. This week in east London, two men staged a joust on Lime bikes using PVC pipes. Artist Corbin Shaw's Feast of Fools, shown alongside Frieze, drew on a medieval festival where peasants could mock the wealthy, and Troye Sivan plays a knight in his Party video.
Nike SB has added Tokyo to its Air Force 1 "City Pack", working with Instant Skateboards. A first limited run came out on October 9 in black suede with royal blue Swooshes and Instant branding. A second version with no logos follows on October 31, sold exclusively overseas and joined by polo shirts, laces and stickers, while Nocturnal, Fly Streetwear and Ben-G are set to release their own pairs soon.
Nike has announced the Kobe Dunk Low Protro Mamba Eterno, a lifestyle shoe tied to a global initiative with the Bryant family honoring Kobe and Gianna Bryant through sport, youth basketball and design. It puts Protro performance technology into a low-top Dunk shape, with a deep orange jacquard weave and black leather overlays. Details include Mamba Eterno lettering on the insoles, Kobe's logo on the tongue tab and his signature on the heel tabs.
A Monocle columnist in Lisbon recounts friends dropping by on a Monday evening with only a short phone call as warning. It prompts him to recall the spontaneous visits of his childhood in Canada and London, and to wonder why they faded in big-city life. The evening turned into drinks, snacks and talk of France, Europe, cinema and Portugal's prospects.