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Samet Akkus Turns His Grandfather’s Migration Story Into a Graduate Collection
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Bella Matarese Turned Her Love of Sailing Into a Collection
For Bella Matarese, the sea has always represented something larger than a landscape. Growing up two minutes from the ocean in Rhode Island and later living on a sailboat, she developed an intimate relationship with the water, one shaped by freedom, curiosity, and a fascination with the world existing just beneath its surface. Those experiences…
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Inside Aida Aqilla’s Bridal Lingerie Collection Inspired by Lampung Culture
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 her work as a designer.…
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Hoi Nam Wong and the Rise of Dystopian Label ‘Antinamic’
In the quiet halls of the Hong Kong Design Institute, a chilling new world has taken shape. Hoi Nam Wong, the creator behind the brand ANTINAMIC, is doing more than just making clothes. Indeed, he is building a survival kit for a future we hope to avoid. His collection, What If War Never Stops?, serves…
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Peytie Sarfeh on Human Nature, Whimsy, and Reimagining Knitwear
There’s something a little mischievous about Peytie Sarfeh’s work, and that’s exactly the point. The London-based designer creates knitwear that feels playful, characterful, and slightly theatrical, but underneath the whimsy is a deeper fascination with human behavior: how we present ourselves, how we perform for each other, and how strange that performance can sometimes be.…
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This Collection Challenges Why Women Are Taught to Shrink
In Modern Madonnas, Chicago-based designer Dovile Riebschlager of DoviArt Fashy rethinks what feminine strength looks like today .Through bold shapes, layered textures, and meaningful details, she explores both power and softness in equal measure. Rather than presenting the Madonna as a distant religious figure, she brings her into the present, as a modern woman who…
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A Fashion Collection About Girlhood, Rage, and Control
In Monstress, Amanda Pérez looks at femininity without trying to clean it up or explain it away. Instead of treating it as something fragile or symbolic, she approaches it as something physical, something that can be pushed, reshaped, and tested. The collection took form while she was studying at CENTRO, during a time when anger…
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The wolf reveals itself in Sunniva Olavsdatter’s HYKLER
When Sunniva Olavsdatter began developing her debut collection, HYKLER — Ulv i Fåreklær (Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing), she wasn’t simply exploring silhouettes or textiles. She was asking a harder question: what does it mean to wear another body, and why are we so quick to disguise the true costs of fashion? “The metaphor of a…
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Abigail Sarikas Turns Van Gogh and Kandinsky into Fashion
In a fashion world ruled by quiet luxury and minimalism, Brooklyn designer Abigail Sarikas offers something richer and more daring. Her label, Mater Suspirium, blends surrealism, quilting, and the paintings of Van Gogh and Kandinsky into striking, wearable art. Each piece is designed to start conversations and inspire boldness. The name reflects this sense of…
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Dyeing with nature through the botanical alchemy of Yuanyuan Sun
In Manchester, designer Yuanyuan Sun is quietly shaping a design language that feels both ancient and new, rooted in the natural world yet entirely her own. Her brand, YuanyuanSun, takes inspiration from the Wood phase of the Five Elements, a philosophy that embodies growth, renewal, and upward movement. For Yuanyuan, this philosophy is not simply…
