This is our 40,000th post. Yup, we’ve been doing this whole street-fashion and culture-blogging thing for A LONG A** TIME and, though the faces behind the publication may have changed over the years, SlamXHype has always been out outchea.

So, to celebrate 40 stacks worth of style, art and music articles, we’ve done a deep dive through our archive of interviews to pick out the best 40. If you’re unfamiliar, our “5 Minutes With” interview series features the movers and shakers of the creative world answering a series of questions about their origin story, their most recent creative work, and what the future holds for them. It’s quick, informative, and always illuminating.

Look through 40 of our favorite ’5 Minutes With’ interviews below. Click the pictures (or links at the bottom) to read your interview of choice.

Nick Wooster

Mark McNairy

Karl Lagerfeld

Dr Romanelli

Sky Gellatly

Chris Gibbs

Jerry Cohen of Ebbets Field Flannels

Matthew Chevallard of Del Toro

Greg Lucci of Gourmet

Kai and Sunny

James Bond of UNDFTD

Ari Marcopoulos

Michael Dupouy of LA MJC

Greg Selkoe & LeAndrew Robinson

J.J. Sedelmaier for adidas

Viktor Tell of Happy Socks

Javier Laval

John Margaritis of New York Sunshine

Fatsarazzi

Jakob Tornberg of TRÉS BIEN

Jörg Haas, 

Ryan Williams of Inventory, 

Ian Paley,

Karl-Oskar Olsen, 

Tony Spackman, 

Tommy O’Gara of DITA,

Paul Mittleman, 

Hannes Hogeman of TRÈS BIEN SHOP

Kenneth Cappello, 

Micky Factz,

Alex Drayer,

Daiki Suzuki, 

Jake Davis, 

Eugene Tong,

Emmelie Brunetti, 

Jarrett Reynolds, 

Rat Brain,

Al Moran, 

Stephane Ashpool, 

Misha Hollenbach

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