2025 has been a remarkable year for all things Fashion, Art, Music and Experiences. Our team at GoodGarbs, has had many outstanding opportunities that have helped shape our year and has helped place new desires to our 2026 wish list. A part of 2025’s intentions, we focused heavily on being present and partaking in experiences from many angles and points of views.
This year, we wanted to take time to highlight some of the best moments that took place during 2025 that happened in the entertainment industry and of course became topics of discussion on our platforms. Naturally, we focus on detailing what meant most to us in Fashion, Art, Music and even share some experiences that have made this year so special. Stand out designs from some of our favorite brands such as BrownMill Clothing, KITH, Aime Leon Dore, A Kind of Guise and so many other leading names in fashion. Similarly, Art played a huge role in influencing this year and showcasing a top tier of talent from around the globe such as Cj Hendry, Slawn, Ricky Shoebio and a list of added artists. The soundtrack for 2025 had the sweet melodies of Kehlani for her hit single “Folded” while be accompanied by some very notable releases such as the return of The Clipse, an outstanding Wale album and many amazing live performances such as Olivia Dean on the COLORS program. Rounding out our focuses of 2025 are the experiences we had the honor of attending. At the top of our list is our visit to Art Basel Miami for the renowned Art event that takes over Miami and Miami Beach area as millions of art enthusiast flood the lavish streets to take in the best in Art. Added to this list of experiences is events like BrownMill’s Block Party or the Juneteenth Festival “All About Us” that took place at Liberty State Park in New Jersey.
Today we celebrate an outstanding year and even invite you to our 2026 Wish List as we plan to have an even more eventful 2026.
FASHION
Here are some of our favorite fashion highlights from this year:
BrownMill Clothing x Malcolm Jenkins Collaboration
This special collaboration was extremely special to us as we have become extremely close to the BrownMill Clothing Co., family and have been able to partake in sharing in the development of the BrownMill x Malcolm Jenkins collaboration experience. Retired NFL Player, Two-Time Championship holder and now NFL Hall of Fame inductee, Malcolm Jenkins has had quite the year as his namesake and legacy has been cemented into National Football League history. To commemorate this moment, Malcolm called on the renowned fashion house, BrownMill to draft and design a special series supporting this moment in time. From this collaboration, we were delivered two unique designs that are placed on T-shirts, Hoodies and more. This release was already a marker for the year, but our team had the honor of capturing Malcolm Jenkins in Miami sporting the designs. The full circle moment made for a classic collaboration, brilliant partnership and clasp together a time of support and unity.
KITH Unveils 2025 Collection via Manhattan Outdoor Catwalk
A classic moment in fashion this year consisted on a major collection released by utilizing the city lights to host one timeless walk-way in the heart of The Big Apple (NYC). One of our favorite brands, KITH decided to bring their collection to the people rather than make them line-up awaiting the opportunity to see what the 2025 collection had to offer. Owner and designer Ronnie Fieg, presented his range to awe-inspired crowd through a mid-city catwalk that took over a strip of New York streets to present a multitude of models sporting many classic pieces and a few new customized releases. A plethora of favorites dropped and two signature brands were presented, &Kin and K-Tech which both play different aesthetic roles for the KITH branding. We can only expect 2026 will include more exclusives and special showcases.
ART
Cj Hendry Takes Over A NYC’s Rockefeller Center With A Floral Makeover
Art had a great year and one of the more impressive runs of 2025 came from the extremely talented visionary Cj Hendry, who took the plush floral world to new heights. For 2025, Cj had the honor to adorn the renowned Rockefeller Center with a cascade of her infamous plush flowers that were displayed across the venue floor for patrons to pick from to create custom bouquets. Joined by hand drawn artworks of the flowers that were placed on the walls, the full display was an artistic experience that was a viral sensation. Cj didn’t stop at this display, as the floral display even hit the streets in a corner store style placement.
Ricky Shoebio Gives An Artistic Touch To The BrownMill Block Party
During one of our favorite events of the year, BrownMill’s Block Party, we had the honor to help stage and assist one of today’s leading photographers and visual directors known as Ricky Shoebio. The once fashion based influencer has become an entire visual leader in the photography world and has been in charge of several major campaigns as a visual director. From BMW to Converse and other leading brands, Ricky is a reliable visionary who keeps culture at the forefront of his works. During the BrownMill Block Party, Ricky took signature style photos of many partons, talents and community leaders that attended the celebration. Collectively, the series became a notable campaign from the event and hosted as a artistic capturing of the city based experience. In a classy black and white series, Ricky captured the beauty of the people and the aesthetic of the community in Newark, Nj.
MUSIC
Waldo Drops His Latest Studio Album “Mahogany”
One of our good friends from the AGO Music collective, Waldo returns with his latest album dubbed “Mahogany”. The heavily Sango-produced project has been anticipated for a while and Waldo delivers his beloved bar heavy raps on ease-based production that gives AGO Music it’s signature. The 11-track project is a great source to understanding Waldo and the messages he carries of triumph and hardship. Features from his fellow AGO members alongside a few surprise creatures like Earlly Mac and others made the project full-circle.
Olivia Dean Debuts On COLORS and Steals The Year
A top-tier talent that many discovered late into 2025 was the vivid vocalist known as Olivia Dean. The out-pour of support became overly evident once Olivia delivered a jaw-dropping performance on the extremely popular music platform COLORS. With the soft-purple background and center-stage design, Olivia performed her hit single “A Couple Minutes” which has become a social media favorite and a classy record that the world has come to know.
Kehlani Continues To Take Over The World With Her “Folded” Performance On Colors
2025 marked a masterful year for the R&B sensation, Kehlani who had one of the most streamed, heard and utilized records of the year. “FOLDED” not only was a viral single from the singer/songwriter but in turn became a single that received a series of Remixes from fellow R&B talents like Toni Braxton, Tank, Brandy and many others. Rounding out the year, Kahlani took to the music platform COLORS to give one last performance for 2025 that has continued to confirm the success of the single.
EXPERIENCES
Art Basel Miami
The year consisted of some unforgettable events but one that stuck to us at GoodGarbs is Art Basel Miami. We have had the honor to attend a lot of groundbreaking events and some that were just way too much fun to be at but one that solidified the year for us is Art Basel Miami. The renowned Art event was extremely special for us as we were invited as official press for the experience and had the pleasure to enjoy the Art up close.
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