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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.

Rick Owens SS27

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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.

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EXPLORING THEMES OF ROMANCE THROUGH THE AVANT-GARDE

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

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PROTECTION FROM SOME ETERNITY

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CORROSION AS CRAFT: RETHINKING FASHION THROUGH DECAY

What if beauty wasn’t preserved, but allowed to rust? Justin Matringe turns decay into design, crafting garments that corrode the very idea of fashion itself.

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GROTESQUE BEAUTY

Dissecting fashion's relationship with distorted, dark, and deformed imagery

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IT'S NOT JUSTE JEWELLERY. IT'S MIA GOSSET.

Mia Gosset continually rethinks what jewellery and objects can be. Here, she shares her process, inspirations, and the vision behind her practice, uncovering what truly makes Mia Gosset, Mia Gosset.

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NIKOLAS SCHRECK - THE RENAISSANCE MONSTER

Artist, writer, filmmaker and former Radio Werewolf frontman, Nikolas Schreck has spent decades exploring the intersections of music, ritual, cinema and mythology. In this in-depth conversation, he reflects on the legacy of Radio Werewolf, his collaboration with Christopher Lee, the controversy of Charles Manson Superstar, and his vision of art as spiritual transmission in an age of digital distraction.

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.

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Why Personality Fades Without the Avant-Garde

Breaking the Consumer Mindset and Reclaiming Personal Taste

MISTAKING STONE FOR SKY

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THE INFLUENCE OF GOTHIC STRUCTURE ON FASHION

Gothic cathedrals were built to overwhelm the soul, and their shadow still lingers in fashion. From the monumental visions of Alexander McQueen to the sculptural darkness of Rick Owens and the poetic ruins of Ann Demeulemeester, designers have long translated arches, spires, and sacred geometry into garments. In avant-garde fashion, the body becomes architecture. A cathedral of fabric where beauty, darkness, and devotion collide.

Dark Fashion| Design| Fashion Theory| Medieval core

WHEN MODERNITY MEETS THE MERKIN

Why the Fashion World is Exploring Hair… Down There

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PETRA FAGERSTRÖM RE-INTERPRETS HOW CONDITIONED DYNAMICS IMPRINT ON WOMANHOOD

The Swedish designer presented her first London Fashion Week collection as an independent brand at Studio Smithfield.

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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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