Fashion
Brent Neale’s Whimsical Jewelry Makes Wonderful, Luxe Presents
The New York jeweler’s designs aim to put a smile on your face….

A person of our acquaintance—no names please!—has been loudly hinting to her husband for at least the last year that what she really, really wants this holiday season is an iconic three-stone ring from the New York jeweler Brent Neale. Our friend is not alone in her desire. Neale’s fans are like that: fiercely covetous, wildly appreciative, and when it comes to gifts, eternally hopeful.
“I find that our clients are looking for special pieces that they can’t get everywhere, something that puts a smile on their face. We need all the smiles we can get,” Neale says. The designer, whose creations have quickly elevated her to cult status, is a woman of distinct moods. There are those stunning three-stone rings, of course, but there are also many designs that hark back to the sunny, pop-art aesthetic of the 1960s—gem-studded magic mushrooms, enamel doors-of-perception portal pendants, and even a cannabis tiara that employs gold, diamonds, and malachite. (Kooky winter wedding head-piece, anyone?)
There is a cheerful sophistication to Neale’s work, maybe because a love of New York permeates her designs. “All our pieces are made here. Could we make our pieces overseas and make a larger margin? Yes, we could. But the amount of people that work on them and the businesses we support by keeping our production here I find is so gratifying. So when you are buying a piece from us you are in turn supporting the New York City jewelry industry.”
Wherever you live, Neale thinks her Hamsa earrings and mushroom pendants make perfect presents—and may we also suggest tiny bejeweled unicorn studs! Hummingbirds in flight! Gemstone heart signet rings! Turquoise star pendants with pink sapphire centers! Or maybe something from her latest collection—a panoply of Frank Stella-influenced rainbows, both sober and optimistic. “It’s not a candy-colored rainbow,” Neale explains, “because I think we still have a lot to work through. But it’s still a rainbow nonetheless. Good things are coming—I truly believe that.”
Yes, good things are coming—not just, if you are in luck, a Brent Neale gift this December, but a wonderful new era inaugurating in 2021.
Entertainment
A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout
A$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.
Entertainment
Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack
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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