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L'Abbeye Issue I : the first chapter of the archive is now open for pre-order

A 400+ page coffee-table object documenting avant-garde fashion as philosophy, not trend. Standard edition 55€, Collector x Isaac Sellam 395€, 200 numbered copies.

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7 PAIRS OF AVANT GARDE KILLER FOOTWEAR

Stepping on necks in terrifyingly beautiful shoes by designers like Rick Owens, Myah Hasbany, and Comme Des Garçons

Accessories| Dark Fashion| Emerging Designers| Futuristic| Japanese Designers

The Photographer Who Made Avant-Garde Fashion Visible

How Nick Knight transformed fashion photography into a world of imagination and possibility.

Art| Fashion Theory

CELEBRITIES DRESSING ON THE EDGE

Cemented at the forefront of the avant-garde, here are some looks from icons like Björk, Lady Gaga, and FKA Twigs that we cannot stop thinking about.

Dark Fashion| Eco Fashion| Emerging Designers| Fashion Theory

THESE FURNITURE AND DECOR BRANDS WILL HELP YOU LIVE INSIDE A WORK OF ART

Think of homes that feel more like installations, minimal to the extreme, anti cozy, sometimes even intentionally disorienting.

Art| Design| Fashion Theory

CTRL + ALT + FASHION : HOW DIGITAL CULTURE IS SHAPING AESTHETICS

While the fashion industry has drawn inspiration from the internet for years, a new wave of digital-first aesthetics is accelerating the evolution of trends.

Art| Emerging Designers| Fashion Theory| Futuristic

SILENCE IN A LOUD INDUSTRY: THE RISE OF ANONYMOUS FASHION

Anonymous fashion is quietly reshaping the industry. Inspired by the legacy of Martin Margiela and embodied by designers like Carol Christian Poell and Aleksandr Manamïs, this movement rejects celebrity culture and returns focus to craftsmanship, material, and form.

Dark Fashion| Emerging Designers| Fashion Theory

EXPLORING THEMES OF ROMANCE THROUGH THE AVANT-GARDE

Why gothic romance literature and media are at the root of the avant-garde scene

Art| Dark Fashion| Fashion Theory

Is There Such a Thing as a “System of Fashion”?

Why modern runways stopped being a text to read, and became a sensation to feel.

BEAUTIFULLY BIZZARE AND UNFORGETTABLE: 5 ARTISTS TO DISCOVER

If you are into the surreal and the macabre, this list might be for you.

Art| Design| Fashion Theory| Grotesque Beauty

THE GOTHIC REBIRTH OF MINIMALISM

THE GRACE OF WITHDRAWAL

QUEERING THE UNIFORM : SUBVERSION, KINK AND THE MILITARISATION OF STYLE

Uniforms were meant to discipline bodies and erase individuality. Yet in the hands of avant-garde designers, they become something else entirely: instruments of desire, rebellion, and identity play. From the fragile adolescent tension of Raf Simons to the hyper-queer provocations of Walter van Beirendonck and the sleek militarised sensuality of Helmut Lang, the uniform is no longer a symbol of obedience but a stage where power, vulnerability, and eroticism collide.

Dark Fashion| Fashion Theory

EXPLORING THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF FISH SKIN FOR FASHION: INTERVIEW WITH ISABELLE TAYLOR

Isabelle Taylor is a beautifully unconventional surrealist fashion designer specialising in fish leather, a sustainable material made from the byproducts of smoked salmon, which she uses to create garments through her brand, Skinned Potential.

Eco Fashion| Emerging Designers| Fashion Theory| Interviews

TCHUR, AN ARTISANAL BRAND EXPLORING THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN REALITY AND DREAM

Rooted in the echoes of Orthodox Christianity, Russian literature, and forgotten silhouettes of the early 20th century, the brand TCHUR constructs garments as fragments of an alternate reality : somewhere between ritual, memory, and dream. Drawing from the mystical meaning of “chur” as a boundary between worlds, each piece becomes a quiet incantation: a way to reveal what culture hides, and to dress the invisible.

Dark Fashion| Editorial

UPCOMING AVANT-GARDE JEWELLERY DESIGNERS YOU NEED TO KNOW !

Meet the Next Generation of Avant-Garde Jewellery

Accessories| Emerging Designers| Futuristic

TOP 10 ARTICLES :

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INTERVIEW : VICTOR CLAVELLY'S SURREAL FASHION LORE

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CORROSION AS CRAFT: RETHINKING FASHION THROUGH DECAY

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THE GOTHIC REBIRTH OF MINIMALISM

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THE EVOLUTION OF AVANT-GARDE IN FASHION

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THE PASSERBY

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HOW MCQUEEN MADE THE FASHION INDUSTRY DESCEND INTO MADNESS

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WHAT "AVANT-GARDE" REALLY MEANS IN FASHION

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EXPLORING THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF FISH SKIN FOR FASHION: INTERVIEW WITH ISABELLE TAYLOR

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LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH: 6 TIMES DAVID CRONENBERG INSPIRED RUNWAY DESIGNERS

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The "Next Door" of Life

Rewriting the Code

MM6 Maison Margiela SS27 and the Havaianas Collaboration

Is There Such a Thing as a “System of Fashion”?

Why modern runways stopped being a text to read, and became a sensation to feel.

The Shape You Are Pressed Into

What’s in Store: Inside Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme AW26/27

Japanese Designers

Why Personality Fades Without the Avant-Garde

Breaking the Consumer Mindset and Reclaiming Personal Taste

GWERTHWYD (SOLD)

Final Collection - Home, A Self Study

The Roman Empire of Etymology

A History of Goth

What L'ABBEYE Keeps

Dover Street Market - AW26

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