With so many issues and wars around the world, watching a modern day heist go down has a refreshing spirit to it. Recently, the Louvre in Paris was robbed in broad daylight. About $102 million dollars worth of French crown jewels were stolen by 4 suspects dressed as construction workers.
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JonBenét Ramsey captivated the public long before her tragic death with a carefully curated image from her success in child beauty pageants. By the age of six, she had already earned an impressive collection of titles, including Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Charlevoix, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, America’s
If you’re caught wearing a Hells Angel vest by a real member, there’s a good chance you’ll end up in the infirmary. Within the club, the insignia symbolizes years of loyalty, labor, and violence. The vest–or “cuts,” as members call them–carries a quasi-religious weight, signifying not just identity, but initiation.
When America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) first hit the screens in 2003, it wasn’t just any reality TV show; it was a cultural phenomenon. Famous fashion model Tyra Banks promised viewers a front-row seat to the making of the next supermodel, a mix of fashion shoots, emotional meltdowns, and runway
In the early 1990s, mega toy company Mattel struggled to sell Ken dolls and searched for a solution. They began with a focus group of Barbie’s target demographic, young girls, who were asked if they thought Barbie and Ken should break up. The consensus was that the Barbie fans still
There are so many styles of art and techniques used to paint that, there are no paints that are alike. Well almost. You have so many styles to choose from Expressionism, Abstract, Realism, Cubism, Surrealism, and so many more. There are artists like Van Gogh who had their own style,
Drug traffickers will go to any lengths to evade law enforcement. The smuggling of drugs—illegally transporting objects, substances, etc.—has been occurring for decades. However, major drug dealers have become increasingly inventive in how they transport these so-called “drugs.” Narco ambulances have been discovered carrying both cocaine and marijuana. Additionally, the
Detournement is the revolutionary act of changing around the structure of an item to express a new meaning and its true colors. For example, imagine you’re walking down a busy street cluttered with graffiti and your attention is grabbed by a collage of a beautiful woman dressed very fashionable and
In 2014, a German heiress by the name Anna Delvey moved from Germany to New York City and quickly worked her way into the exclusive circle of the Big Apple’s upper class elites. She quickly established herself as an up-and-coming New York socialite, and even created the Anna Delvey Foundation
In March of 2023 the popular high fashion corporation Balenciaga was under fire for an ad campaign that featured children holding sex symbols. More specifically, teddy bears in bondage costumes. While the ad was widely condemned and a major controversy, it did the very thing child exploitation aims to do: