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Valentino Partners with Casa Magazines on a New Book Project

New York’s most beloved magazine shop will benefit from the sales of Valentino’s new Vlogo Signature book….

The COVID-19 pandemic forced Casa into an untenable situation. With no e-commerce and no foot traffic, it was another beloved New York institution struggling to keep the lights on. David set up a GoFundMe and a social media campaign in April. So far they have raised almost $30,000 for the store. “It’s like a family,” says Ahmed between sales. “Everybody is helping each other because of COVID. We got together with model agencies and the fashion industry and they are helping us.”

The latest who are helping keep Casa Magazines afloat is Valentino.The brand is releasing its Vlogo Signature Book, chronicling the way its logo design has been interpreted by 16 magazines, at Casa Magazines with a store takeover. A portion of proceeds of sales from the book will be donated to Casa Magazines.

pA window showing imagery from the Valentino book at Casa Magazinesp

A window showing imagery from the Valentino book at Casa Magazines

Photo: BFA / Courtesy of Valentino

Lots of people come to Casa for partnerships, but many are turned away. The reason Valentino got Ahmed and Wasim’s stamp of approval is because some of the brand’s New York employees are regular customers. “I think it was Blair [Trader, the director of public relations and advertising] or Bianca [Sleight, the manager of special events and partnerships] who first wrote to us—and they’re actually customers at Casa,” David explains. “Obviously it was exciting.”

The store’s windows will be papered with imagery from the book, replacing this week’s Joe Biden display. (That’s partly out of necessity—Ahmed and David report that most Biden covers sold out quickly.) Of the many images, Ahmed chooses a picture by photographer Amber Pinkerton and fashion editor Nell Kalonji that ran in Love as his favorite. “This,” David says, pointing to the Polaroid snap with a red heart scrawled on the page, “is so Mohammed. Ali is fond of more of the crazy graphics and overt [style]. Mohammed is a bit more conservative.”

The pair expect the Valentino book to sell well, noting that during the past year it’s the innovative, thoughtful publications that have performed best. “As long as there is a magazine business we will be in the business,” assures Ahmed.

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A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout

A$AP Rocky at South by Southwest 2019
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A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.

The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.

There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.

The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.

Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.

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Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack

Quavo photographed in 2019
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Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.

The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.

None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.

Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.

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