All in fashion
Infamously known and described by the contemporary Italian fashion system as of bad taste and “tacky”, Monella Vagabonda is now making a bold statement towards its past, taking a whole new perspective on the ways of producing not just a product but an imagery that is conscious, fun, provocative and genderless. Monella Vagabonda reborn “as an act of resistance to a past that exists and echoes in the hearts of all of us”.
Ritual is about transition and rebirth, a hypnotic and inevitable dance that happens, swallows and then returns a new form. Inspired by the theme of ritual as a process of identity transition, Ritual is a project including an Editorial and a Fashion Film, born from the collaboration between Milan based stylist Chiara Trimigliozzi and designer Aurora Dolce.
“How does clothing, like yourself, get around from place to place? How do shoes or bags commute? Are humans vehicles? Are we their car? Private driver? Or could a group of us be equal to being something like a bus? Or are we their energy... like fuel, oil, gas? It is trippy to think but, is clothing the driver of us or are we the driver of our clothes?” – VeniceW
Who’s your Daddy? Papped Mag / Papa Fashion is wise-guys’ guide to being an Art Director – as explained by creative director Laura Vandenbergh herself. The Milan-based project stars DAD – Laura’s own father – as his introduction to the editorial scene becomes his modeling debut.
Cats, Charms, and Avant-garde jewelry: The pervasive whimsy behind Chinese label YVMIN’s highly sought after pieces.
“Human is mortal. And as new technologies develop, no wonder we are more and more fascinated by topics such as body enhancement and post-humanism. I find it so interesting and decided to treat my project as a sensory prosthesis augmenting the wearer’s senses” - Iga Węglińska
Do You Believe in Magic retells a story of natural disorder in nature’s bedrock and hillsides.
Textiles and tactics find new harmonies through the work of rising fashion designer Jules Bramley (they/them). With a deliberately developed in-brand universe and a strong sense of community and purpose, Bramley replicates natural uniqueness and earthly splendor.
“SCRY means ‘looking into the future through a crystal ball’ and I think this meaning made what we were doing very romantic.” - Zixiong SCRY Lab
Introducing Retail Pharmacy, your one-stop shop for aesthetic healing. Buy an outfit, fix your life.
“What got me interested in fashion was spending time with my grandmother who was a seamstress, and also watching foreign fashion TV channels that were illegal at the time and they still are! I started drawing fashions sketches together with practicing painting and Persian calligraphy whilst in school. Growing up in Iran, you don’t regularly have access to fashion magazines or books, there is no news about it in the media and then there is the ministry of guidance (and morality police) censoring the media and people.” - Gelareh Mofazali
An eye opening interview with Barcelona based Mar Guixa, founder of digital fashion brand Mar Guixa Studios gives us insight into what her brand is about and the promising future of the digital fashion world.
In the Integration of digital couture with cyberpunk aesthetics and concepts, Mengze is a Beijing-based digital couture designer working with intricate details through his lab called Supermolecule.
“It is really not a secret that our relationship with other animals totally sucks!! It is absurd! Of course, art is always influenced by worldly happenings and the outcome is a response to it, intentionally or not. Fear and depression, which I think every artist experiences at some point, surely shape the visual outcome.” - Sarah Mayer
Emerging Canadian designer, Kathryn Bowen unveils the alluring intricacies behind her namesake label.
Antonio Armani Leon’s collection ‘Alien Next Doors’ twists Chicanx people’s struggle to assimilate through the alien and green.
In a world evolving so quickly and efficiently with the rise of technology for function and efficiency, 3D artist and fashion designer Victor Clavelly assesses how the human body has a place in this process. They evaluate the hypothetical digital evolution of the human form, through designs and digital experimentation that morphs, distorts and explores our physical developments.
SKIFIDOL CAPSULE: how fashion design turns into a lab for fluid metamorphosis.
A visionary who reuses – but never reduces – vintage leather prints and textiles, Chiarissima Takeaway founder Chiara De Nigris creates one-of-a-kind pieces that speak to real people and stand out in every way possible.
Beyond being recognizable in any inflexible field, Gateano Stea’s 1nd1v1du1 is a sharp and irreverent declaration of love towards modular design but also a personal and universal tale on annihilation and retrieving of individuality.
