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Whitney Houston’s Palace Skateboard Collection Will Make You So Emotional

The late music legend’s estate and the iconic skateboard brand join forces for a nostalgia-inducing charity collection….

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Photographed by Richard Avedon, Courtesy of Palace Skateboards 

Since Whitney Houston’s tragic death in 2012, the music legend’s cultural impact has only grown. Houston’s game-changing career yielded chart-topping albums, hit movies, and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most awarded female artist of all time. An inspiration to performers like Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Jennifer Hudson, Houston set the standard for vocalists from the 1980s onward. This year that legacy was honored with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside acts like The Notorious B.I.G., Nine Inch Nails, and T. Rex. At the virtual ceremony on Saturday, Houston’s impact was outlined by lifelong fan Alicia Keys, but such a milestone moment deserved to be immortalized in real life. Enter Palace Skateboards, the London-based brand known for its skater clothing and unique collaborations. After teaming with everyone from Ralph Lauren to Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Palace has paired up with Houston’s estate for a unique capsule launching this Friday.

If the idea of power ballads and skateboarding doesn’t make total sense, that’s perfectly fine with Palace’s creative team. Their connection with Houston’s Legacy Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to issues impacting children and at-risk youth is a means of continuing their philanthropic drops. Earlier this year, they created a capsule in honor of Britain’s National Health Service for COVID-19 relief, and in 2019 they joined forces with Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust to combat racial and class inequality. Houston’s status as pop music’s GOAT didn’t hurt either. “[She] is one of the all-time greats: we are so stoked and so honored to continue our charitable commitments this year with a line that celebrates such an incredible pop star and human being,” the brand shared via a statement.

Comprising an Ebbets varsity jacket with Houston’s name splashed across the front, t-shirts featuring the Richard Avedon-shot cover of her eponymous 1987 album, and logo-ed crewnecks, the collection aligns with Houston’s casual off-duty style. Though she favored glamorous Dolce & Gabbana dresses and crystal-covered Marc Bouwer catsuits onstage, when she was with family and friends during rare moments away from the spotlight, her wardrobe consisted of jeans, bomber jackets, and t-shirts. According to her aunt Pat Houston, who accepted the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honors alongside the star’s mother, Cissy, the Palace collection’s spirit is pure Whitney. “No doubt she would have loved to have worn it herself!” she shared via email. “Nippy always loved wearing a cool sweatshirt when she was away from the spotlight. This collection reflects her fun and easy going personality—she would have been proud to wear it knowing it was for a good cause.”

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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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