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Presence, the world’s forgotten currency My place is claimed. My belly tingles. Now it comes. Here it starts. The lights focus on the heart of the runway. Rows aligned, perfectly parallel. Silence sweeps the room. From one fold to the next. My eyes trace every detail. From dress cut to pearl. Consumed by the craft…
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Zlata is a painter who merges fine art, fashion, and Japanese mythology. Her black-and-white world is built around a hauntingly lovely figure on Nō masks. Influenced powerfully by avant-garde fashion, she makes many garments in her work, blending history with present-day expression. While embracing digital media, she is still committed to traditional artistry, resisting AI-generated…
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Stop for a while and close your eyes. Close them as wide as possible and ask yourself: what does fashion mean to you? Reflect, think, imagine. In one of Rick Owens’s latest interviews for the System Magazine from his Parisian Fall/Winter 2025 show, I heard that for him, fashion represents “communication.” He said, “I am…
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Leo Prothmann, a London-based fashion designer, reflects back on his memories of the past referring to his origins and traditions to encapsulate the core elements of the Finca Collection. Growing up in Spain, and later adulting in Germany, Prothmann sustains his core beliefs as the foundation for his creations. Finca indulges in self-discovery and reinstating…