The Buff games
Society’s gut of consumption droops down, dragging on the floor until it can no longer be carried. The environment’s arteries are clogged. Production and distribution of commodities has expired. Enraptured by self-improvement, the bloated and doted on generation of 2049 now relies on instinct to seize the most alluring possessions left on Earth.
Plastic stretches and bends in thudding texture, imposed scintillation and slipping gradients. The grotesque body bathes in vibrance. As a 2049 delicacy, it is multi-tired and adorned in frills, fur trimming, netting and custom prints. A claw-nail scoops a taste of each champion and determines our winner with a beaded scratch.
blouse MATILA ABERG pants PHOENIX LI WU earrings DOMINIQUE RENÉE. dress LIZA KAIN tights BRUNA IGNATOWSKA earrings DOMINIQUE RENÉE shoes and belt STYLIST’S OWN.
jacket LIZA KAIN earrings DOMINIQUE RENÉE ring MODEL’S OWN. dress and hat BRUNA IGNATOWSKA tights and shoes STYLIST’S OWN.
““Each year they compete in ‘The Buff Games’, modifying their bodies in order to present their most beautiful selves to the world and fight for the title of No.1.””
blouse and hat BRUNA IGNATOWKSA earrings DOMINIQUE RENÉE. corset MODEL’S OWN bodysuit LYDIA FUNG tights STYLIST’S OWN shoes and bag MODEL’S OWN glasses BY ROGUE
art direction ELLA ALDERSEY-WILLIAMS
styling ELSIE MATILDA
photography AMELIA SONSINO
makeup ALICE DODDS
models ZOE SCHNEIDEREIT DJENABA DAVIS-EYO LAUREN CHEETHAM
words KATE BISHOP
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