How The Matrix became fashion’s favourite film

This year, we finally got to dance together again. But due to dodgy drugs, concerns about women’s safety and the pandemic, it was tainted with a dark vibe.

Extreme colour blocking is back, baby. After a year of WFH fits, we went out out wearing a solo colour, from Bottega Green to Balenciaga’s hot pink. 

Not convinced? Be grool. We’re about to change your mind.

Fossil fuel companies have urged us to reduce our carbon footprint protect the planet. Yet, they haven’t managed to reduce their own. 

While Breakfast at Tiffany’s and American Gigolo are held up as blue-chip style classics, The Matrix might be Gen Z’s biggest fashion reference. 

Elsewhere on THE FACE, you’ll find an answer to whether masturbation in sex is ever okay , an interview with The Witcher ’s
Anya Chalotra , people who have never watched or read Harry Potter and a photo story on East London club night GutterRing.

This week’s newsletter is curated by Clem MacLeod , editor of literary magazine Worms . With a brand-new issue out, we recently caught up with uber-cool Clem on all things, yep – you guessed it, books! Read all about it here .

This is so hard because I’m always reading about five books at one time, but this week I got through Charlie Porter's What Artists Wear , which is SO good – it reads like a really passionate and informative lecture.

I’m also reading Lauren Fournier’s Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing and Criticism which has been blowing my socks off for months. It looks at different feminist artists and the way they use theory from a non-male perspective, often through their bodies, art and writing.

Fiction-wise, before bed, I’d recommend Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki, about a queer matriarchal utopia where men are extinct. I’m loving it. 

This video of a little boy talking about Komodo dragons. I’ve watched it about 50 times this week. 

It’s Christmas, it’s cold and everyone is getting Covid again, so I’ve got Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works II on repeat. It calms me down when things feel out of control.