Fashion

This Exfoliating Wash Cloth Will Turn Your Shower Into a Japanese Spa

Tapping into a decades-old tradition, this soft woven Japanese towel gently sloughs off dead skin to smooth, silky effect….

In lockdown, showers have become my most sacred ritual, and for the first time ever, I’m sparing no detail for a complete mind and body reset. In my exploration of the most tried-and-true strategies, such as hanging eucalyptus and return to the humble bar of soap, I’ve landed on another time-tested accessory: The wash cloth. But not just any ol’ wash cloth: Since Goshi’s shower towel entered my life, it’s been hard to imagine my at-home beauty strategy, or the long winter ahead, without it.

Tapping into a decades-old tradition of Japanese exfoliating towels while harnessing modern designer elements, the soft woven Goshi towel, made in the region of Gunma, is a gentler alternative to its rougher predecessors, but no less effective at sloughing off dead skin cells to smoother, silkier effect. (I say this as someone who suffers from keratosis pilaris, the common skin condition that manifests as small, rough bumps—I’ve had to approach body exfoliation with figurative kid gloves.)

Goshi Exfoliating Shower Towel

With its two different threads, one thin and tight for lathering, and the other just textured enough to polish away rough patches, it strikes the right balance for my sensitive skin, buffing off the top layer of dead skin so that it looks and feels smoother, as well as helping the hydrating serums and lotions I’ll slather on later penetrate more deeply. (In the spirit of avoiding over-scrubbing, once a week is plenty.) Given that my days are much more stationary amid social distancing, I also appreciate that a gentle scrub stimulates blood flow and promotes lymphatic drainage. This is all to say that when I exit the shower post-Goshi treatment, cover every inch of my body in a rich hydrator, and slip into my pajamas, it’s like emerging anew.

On top of the results, what I love most about Goshi’s shower towel is the transportive experience it provides me in my tiny clawfoot tub shower at home. I think about the spa culture of Japan, built on centuries-old wellness practices. It may be a simple concept, but for me, a slow, deep scrub is an old-world act of self-care that yields an especially revitalizing full-body reset in this time. Not only will it have a permanent spot in my weekly rotation, but I’m looking forward to gifting it to loved ones this holiday season. If ever there was a time to shed the old layers, it’s now.

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

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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

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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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