Welcome to your new safe space and Hypebae's first-ever sex and dating column, Ask a (S)expert. This new weekly series is led by Haitian-Chinese and LA-based sexpert Gigi Fong, our in-house sex and dating editor.Gigi is a former sex worker, boudoir artist and podcaster now hosting safe spaces for the Hypebae community. She specializes in all things sex-positive from unconventional dating to pleasure for lovers of all identities. To have your questions answered, visit our dropbox below and an...

In celebration of International Women's Day, Di Petsa taps its sex-positive edge with a "Masturbation Pocket" for women.Unveiled on the Fall/Winter 2024 runway, Di Petsa's cleverly placed pocket is a triangle pouch above the genital area, meant for pleasure. According to the brand, this once-on-the-hush technique has been "utilized for years and is Dimitra's [founder] ode to female empowerment and acceptance through her designs." The FW24 show memorialized dressing as a ritual, making its moment...

Chinese-American designer Chet Lo releases his sex-infused Spring Summer 2024 collection.Inciting his very own sexual liberation, Lo first presented his SS24 collection at London Fashion Week, as a love letter to the most repressed aspect of himself. Similar to most people raised in restrictive societies, Lo's environment was purely sex-negative, with Western ideals of beauty furthering the cognitive dissonance."At the time, Western media inundated our culture with a narrow, white, heteronormat...

The 96th Annual Academy Awards -- ahem, Oscars -- are almost here which means it's time to dish on the most talked about sex scenes in pop culture.Keep reading for our controversial takes on the best -- and most awkward -- sex scenes.Saltburn (2023)Where do we even begin? Period sex? Drinking your crush's bathwater? According to the film's creator, Emerald Fennell, pushing boundaries is what makes these scenes "hot" -- and she's right. "I just think it’s really hot,” Fennell spoke of Saltb...