Welcome to Local Hype, a travel diary where we compile a curated list of our "Hometown Heroes" for you to enjoy. Featuring the buzziest hotels, restaurants and local treasures that we’ve experienced for ourselves suggested by the city's locals.Next on the agenda? Paris, the fashion week edition.The chic French city is one that's fun to visit all year round, and for many of the fashion crowd, it becomes somewhat of a second home the four to six times a year that we frequent it. As a result, you...

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 podcast producer 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...

I can't believe I'm saying this, but the holiday season is almost upon us. Yes, I know we haven't even gotten to Halloween yet—bear with me! I'm already looking forward to holiday parties, which are always great excuses to dress up and have fun with fashion. This year, I predict we'll be seeing one trend in particular all over the party circuit: silver heels. We've already reported on the trend this season, but it's all the more relevant now that it has Olivia Rodrigo's stamp of approval. To...

Every year, the time to shop for my birthday dress creeps up on me, and I'm either spending way too much time scrolling through pages and pages of dresses and jumpsuits or rush-ordering whatever will get to my apartment in time for my celebrations. After all, your birthday is the one day a year that it's all about you, so you better bring it with your look (no pressure, of course). This year when shopping for my birthday dress, I decided to round up the best of the best when it comes to birt...