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Trends

Fads—like, for instance, wearing a dead salmon as a hat—can spread within a trendsetter's pod and to other pods the group interacts with.

How Young Killer Whales Became Hooligans

Yes, orcas have viral cultural trends, too.

Shoshi Parks September 29, 2022

This poulaine, uncovered on the Thames, features an ankle strap and a sexy, plunging front.

objects of intrigue

Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes?

Going to foolish lengths for fashion.

Sabrina Imbler May 22, 2019

Colorful beach cabins in the dunes at Gouville-sur-Mer.

Gouville-sur-Mer, France

Gouville-sur-Mer Beach Huts

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

Often, crows were cooked with lard or butter.

When Eating Crow Was an American Food Trend

The birds briefly became a delicacy.

Anne Ewbank August 7, 2018

Curlers at a Seattle club.

How American Curling Clubs Ride Out Olympic Fever

Every four years, the country wants to curl.

Cara Giaimo February 22, 2018

Permanently Closed

Le Bachelor takes a break while arranging new merchandise at Sape & Co

Sape & Co

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

Rib options

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Herbivorous Butcher

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Was The Mood Ring A Gateway Drug To An Era Of Self-Obsession?

Tao Tao Holmes February 19, 2016

How Do Board Games Go Viral?

Sarah Laskow January 29, 2016