Vipology Staff Writer

Balenciaga’s Winter 2025 Campaign is Star-Powered

actress Nicole Kidman

Balenciaga just dropped its new Winter 2025 campaign, lensed by none other than Juergen Teller. Reimagining his “The Clients” series from 1999, the photographer captures Balenciaga’s A-list brand ambassadors and friends through a series of stark portraits. As Hypebae reports, the new campaign, shot within the stairwells and salons of a Biarritz hotel, features Hollywood […]

Kendrick Lamar Unveils Project 3 Agency to Encompass Fashion, Sports and Art

Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar has launched Project 3 Agency, a branch of Lamar’s parent company, pgLang. The agency was started in conjunction with the rapper’s longtime creative partner and manager, Dave Free. Project 3 is described as a full-service creative firm. Creatives will receive guidance and services in branding, content production, design, and strategy. The services are offered to both corporations […]

ChatGPT Removes Option to Have Private Chats Indexed by Google

ChatGPT app on smart phone

Following publication of a story that PCMag published, OpenAI removed all chats from Google search results, along with the checkbox in ChatGPT that enabled users to make them discoverable. As PCMag initially reported on July 31, chatbot users seemed to be unintentionally making their private ChatGPT conversations publicly available in search results on sites like Google, Bing, […]

515 Mile-Long Lightning Flash in Southern Region Confirmed as New World Record

Derecho severe lightning storm over midwest field

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that a 515-mile-long “megaflash” of lightning that struck the southern region of the United States back in 2017 is a new world record. As AccuWeather reports, the flash, a term for lightning inside a cloud that does not hit the ground, moved from northern Texas into Missouri and was part […]

SKIMS Launches Shapewear for the Face, and Anthony Hopkins Invites Kim to Dinner

Kim Kardashian at Vanity Fair party

Last week, SKIMS unveiled a $48 Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap, a new addition to its shapewear line, which is like a bra for the face. According to SKIMS website, the wrap is their “first-ever face innovation.” “This must-have face wrap boasts our signature sculpting fabric and features collagen yarns for ultra-soft jaw support,” the product description […]

The Beyoncé Cocktail Kit That Sold Out Within Hours Is Finally Back in Stock

Beyonce at Mufasa premiere

Tickets for Beyoncé’s recently concluded Cowboy Carter Tour tended to go quickly, but sales of her new cocktail kit were even faster. Thankfully for whiskey-inclined members of the BeyHive, it’s getting a restock. As Food & Wine reports, SirDavis American Whisky — the brand helmed by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, in partnership with Moët Hennessy — launched its […]

Measles are at their Highest Reported in 33 Years, while Child Vaccine Rates Drop Amid Record Exemptions

Child's hand covered withh measles rests on adult hand

The percentage of kids who didn’t get their recommended childhood vaccines rose to a record high during the last school year, continuing a post-pandemic trend of Americans opting out of vaccinations. As CNN reports, a record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for a required vaccination last school year, and coverage for all reported […]

Is Your Pup Supermodel Material?

Yorkshire Terrier dressed as a dandy with sunglasses, beret, and coat

Have you ever looked at your pup and thought, they deserve to be famous? Now’s your chance to make it happen. Vogue magazine has announced the launch of the Dogue competition, where one lucky hound will land their very own digital Dogue cover—appearing alongside some of our favorite celebrity canines later this month. Applying is easy: just download the Vogue […]

Right After Trump Tariffs go into effect, Nintendo Announces Switch Prices are Going Up

Nintendo Switch with Mario action figure in front

Nintendo has raised the price of the original Switch “family of systems and products,” the company announced on Friday, the same day that President Trump’s wide-sweeping tariffs went into effect. As The Verge reports, along with the first-generation Nintendo Switch, the price change also affects the Switch OLED, Switch Lite, and “select” accessories. Nintendo hasn’t confirmed […]

‘Fire Clouds’ over Arizona and Utah Wildfires have Created their own Erratic Climate

A pyrocumulus fire cloud in the sky

Two wildfires burning in the western United States — including one that has become a “megafire” on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon — are so hot that they are spurring the formation of “fire clouds” that can create their own erratic weather systems. As AP News reports, since igniting on July 4, the Dragon Bravo […]