Fashion often celebrates self-expression as though it has always been available to everyone. Emerging designer Felicija Kaciulyte questions that assumption. Her graduate collection at ESMOD Paris explores what happens when individuality exists within a culture that encourages conformity instead. Drawing on family photographs from Soviet-occupied Lithuania, she uncovers the quiet
Growing up in China, designer Effe Qi HE spent much of her childhood wearing school uniforms and sports jerseys. Those garments encouraged equality through sameness and rarely invited individual expression. At the time, they felt ordinary. Years later, they became the starting point for a much deeper creative investigation. Today,
We often think a garment is at its best the moment we buy it. It is clean, untouched, and exactly as the designer intended. After that, every crease, stain, repair, or faded patch is often seen as a sign that something has been lost. For Tianyun Lan, those changes tell
Photo by Fiamma Noto for SCAD Fashion Before Wonderland became a fashion collection, it was an escape. Not an escape from reality entirely, but from the feeling of existing slightly outside of it. For emerging designer Zoya Polivchak, imagination has always been more than a creative tool. Originally from the
All images in this article appears as a courtesy of Camilo Álvarez. In the last couple of years, the conversation about what sustainable fashion should be has become a hot topic in the industry. Beyond what standards brands should comply with to be truly eco-friendly, an important question is how
For Aida Aqilla Marsaben, this collection began long before sketches, fabric swatches, or fittings. Instead, it began with home. Growing up surrounded by Lampung traditions, stories, and values, Aida never viewed culture as something distant. Rather, it shaped her identity from an early age and eventually became a foundation for
For Sohyun Jeon, fashion grew from a desire to tell stories in a more tangible way. Before studying fashion design in New York, she trained as a graphic designer in South Korea, focusing on motion graphics. She loved the way design could communicate through line, composition, colour, and movement. Over
Fashion often reflects the world around us. For Ofek Danino, it also asks us to question how we respond when that world begins to change. Created during his studies at Shenkar College, his latest collection explores chaos as a state where familiar order collapses and people must redefine their relationship
For Georgian designer Elisabed Amiredjibi, fashion serves a purpose beyond aesthetics. Through clothing, she preserves memory, documents political realities, and protects cultural identity. Her collection, Fight or Flight, emerged from a deeply personal struggle with distance, belonging, and the events unfolding in her homeland. Developed at Parsons School of Design
All images on this article were taken as the campaign for IKARUS S/S 27 and appear as a courtesy of Agnoli. It’s undeniable that artificial intelligence is changing the world we live in at a dizzying speed. Many industries are undergoing a full restructuring process, or being wiped out. In
