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This Collection Exists Somewhere Between Reality and Imagination
Somewhere between softness and strength, intimacy and distance, reality and imagination, there is a space that doesn’t need to be explained. It can simply exist. This space became the starting point for In Between Forms, a collaborative fashion editorial that brings together the work of three designers: Songlan Wu, Alice (Tingyu), and Yang Yang Xu.…
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The Tokyo Fashion Week SS/27 Diaries Part 2: Days 3 & 4
All images on this article appear as a courtesy of Japan Fashion Week Organization and Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo. DAY 3 – SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026 EITARO – 脱 The word “datsu” in Japanese means “remove”, and the textile layering that was at the core of this collection suggested that there was something waiting to be…
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VENIA’s “Dear, Sincerely” Finds Beauty in What We Carry Forward
For VENIA, fashion begins with a question: what do we carry with us when we leave, and what do we leave behind? With its SS27 collection, Dear, Sincerely, the Los Angeles-based sustainable luxury atelier turns that question into a meditation on migration, memory, belonging, and the continuous exchange between past and future. Founded by Christine…
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The tokyo fashion week ss/27 diaries part one: days 1 & 2
All images on this article appear as a courtesy of Japan Fashion Week Organization and Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo. DAY 1: AUGUST 31ST, 2026 YOSHIOKUBO – Natural Born Nomads The opening show for this edition of Tokyo Fashion Week was YOSHIOKUBO’s SS/27 collection Natural Born Nomads, inspired by an alternative universe where the designer reimagines…
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Peilin Chen Explores Migration and Identity Through Fashion
For Peilin Chen, this question began with something very ordinary: three suitcases. For the past seven years, Chen has moved between China and the United States every few months, carrying her life back and forth between two places, two languages, and different cultural expectations. Over time, packing and unpacking became more than a practical routine.…
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How Natali Yegudayev Turned Faith, Hope, and Purity Into Bridalwear
For Natali Yegudayev, fashion began at home. Both of her grandmothers used to sew wedding dresses, while her mother passed down a knowledge of handcraft techniques including embroidery, knitting, and hand sewing. At 15, Yegudayev bought her first sewing machine and began experimenting. What started as curiosity gradually became a way of understanding herself and…
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Lilian Alvarez Uses Fashion to Celebrate Ecuador’s Natural Landscapes
For Ecuadorian designer Lilian Alvarez, fashion is more than making garments. It is a way of understanding the world. Through her emerging label, Lilial, she combines fashion, photography, and creative direction to tell stories rooted in memory, landscape, and identity. Rather than treating nature as visual inspiration alone, Alvarez invites people to experience it with…
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Fashion as Modern Mythology: Inside PLUSH Maison’s LUNA CODE
Fashion often looks to history for inspiration. Few collections, however, transform those references into a fully immersive narrative. With LUNA CODE, PLUSH Maison creates a world where Scandinavian minimalism, medieval symbolism, and contemporary couture exist together. Rather than recreating the past, the collection explores timeless ideas of strength, duality, and humanity’s connection to nature. Every…
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Inside Megan Chapman’s Armor-Inspired Collection
Fashion has always been more than clothing for Megan Chapman. For her, it became a way to process grief, resilience, and personal growth. Her graduate collection at the Fashion Institute of Technology is inspired by the phrase “she wore her scars like armor.” Through handcrafted metalwork and flowing textiles, Chapman explores how strength and vulnerability…
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Sam Jiang on Masculinity, Tailoring and Finding His Voice as a Designer
For Sam Jiang, He’s Ready is more than an exploration of menswear. Developed at Kingston School of Art, the collection is rooted in a personal journey from Beijing to London and in the process of understanding who he is and who he wants to become. Through tailoring, deconstruction and floral details, Jiang creates a vision…
