2021: whew, what a year.
It’s impossible to sum up everything that happened over the past 12 months in one coherent thought — and I’d dissuade you from trying, because we’ve had a pretty dystopian year.
In the Highsnobiety universe though, things looked a little different.
Between fashion industry shake-ups, the rise of designer NFTs, and the puzzling popularity of one comedian who shall not be named, we’ve had a lot to discuss.
But what you, our readers, clicked on is far more important than what dominated the news cycle this year.
Below, Highsnobiety’s 20 most-read news posts of 2021, ordered by pageviews. (For variety’s sake, we’ve omitted anything Kanye West-related.) Happy scrolling!
Prankster art collective MSCHF flipped the bird to Chick-fil-A’s policy of shuttering on Sundays (because religion) by re-selling the chicken joint’s famous sandwiches on the most pious day of the week.
Hot off Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy, “Way 2 Sexy” is a ridiculous track with an equally ridiculous — and unsettling — music video to match.
This year in questionable tech, Apple might be working on a foldable smartphone.
French couturier Jean Paul Gaultier put the fashion world on alert with a cryptic Instagram post simply reading, “The end.”
What’s a bigger flex than getting invited to inauguration? Wearing a pair of Dior Air Jordan 1s to inauguration.
Jordan Brand dropped Michael Jordan‘s fourth sneaker in blue, a rare colorway for the model, cementing the shoe as a collectible.
Every August, Nike celebrates the anniversary of the SNKRS app with a slew of special drops and giveaways, the subject of much speculation in the lead-up to the event.
Artist Ekow Nimako constructed a 30-square-foot cityscape from 100,000 LEGOs — no small feat.
4/20 + South Park + adidas = a trio guaranteed to birth one the year’s buzziest shoes.
Nike paid homage to Michael Jordan’s alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with an Air Jordan 1 rendered in the school’s colors.
A round-up of the celebrities who missed the assignment completely.
The French football club channeled its fourth kit with a purple-y pink AJ1.
Another testament to the genius of Virgil Abloh, the late designer melded two cultural symbols: Nike’s ever-popular Air Force 1 and Louis Vuitton‘s monogram.
Playboi Carti‘s latest tour, wrapping up on December 23, is an outing that seems to have zero purpose.
With a resumé that’s anything but superfluous, Frank Ocean pleasantly surprised fans with the launch of Homer, a luxury jewelry line.
The secret to Pete Davidson‘s prolific love life might just be his style.
Justin Bieber requested a pretty bizarre makeover for his $330,000 Rolls Royce Wraith.
Adding to the hype surrounding Aimé Leon Dore‘s New Balance 550, the sneaker coincided with the news that Teddy Santis would take over as creative director of the dad shoe giant.
The disgraced rapper’s chicken nugget-shaped body pillow was not a hit with customers, to put it lightly.
The launch of Nike By You, a sneaker customization program, was a godsend for fans of the Swoosh.
