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Harlem has always been more than a neighborhood; it is a living, breathing inheritance. From the electrifying heights of the Harlem Renaissance to the contemporary street corners that dictate global fashion and art, it remains a sanctuary where culture is forged, tested, and passed down. Drawing inspiration from the iconic narrative of The Wiz, a […]
Certain sensibilities are necessary not only for what they reveal about the era in which they belong, but because their influence extends far beyond their physical presence in the world. In this sense, Italo Calvino was a forerunner of something that is now glaringly obvious: we are increasingly unable to find points of reference within […]
The film originated as David Fiene’s idea, born when he pointed a camera and asked a question that proved surprisingly difficult to answer properly throughout the entire shoot. Over the years, many explanations had been offered for why someone would choose to rise early to run, endure leg kicks that leave them unable to walk […]
In modern society, identity is rarely a fixed or singular entity. Instead, we exist in a state of constant metamorphosis, continually reshaping ourselves to navigate the complex social roles we inhabit. We shift effortlessly—and sometimes painfully—between the professional, the familial, the vulnerable, and the rebellious. The Shifting Shapes of Self is a conceptual photographic series […]
By engaging with the history of the Jewish fashion industry in Germany and its systematic, forced Aryanization during National Socialism, the project examines what remains hidden or forgotten, yet continues to be passed down subconsciously through generations. The original dress carries the physical traces of these political transformations, visible in its pattern, fabric, and construction. […]
Ontologically, the “thing” is an elusive category—so broad and expansive that it seems to belong more to the realm of ideas than to that of material reality. Yet we live in a culture obsessed with naming, classifying, and pigeonholing every object into a specific function, stabilising its charge and disarming its potential. With 25KG, his […]
KOILOS—derived from the ancient Greek word κοῖλος, meaning hollow, concave, or cavity—serves as the foundational concept for a fashion story photographed by Marcello Ferri and styled and art-directed by Mariia Khrebtova. Rooted in a minimal visual language, the project pivots away from loud, performative expressions of femininity, choosing instead to explore softness, silence, and sculptural […]
There is a moment on the road to Furore when the Amalfi Coast ceases to resemble geography and begins to feel like vertigo. The road coils above the Tyrrhenian Sea, villages appear improbably fastened to cliffs, and the water below seems less like something one might swim in than a vast blue atmosphere. By the […]
You know the type before you know his name: two big fish in each hand, a well-earned look of pride, sun-kissed skin, golden hair, a boat idling at the dock, and a beautiful girlfriend. The type of boy who reliably appears along the South Florida coast. In certain places, it’s always June. It’s always summertime. […]
The first glimpse arrives before the island does. From the ferry, as Ischia draws nearer in the afternoon, the Castello Aragonese appears to rise directly from the Mediterranean: a mass of stone crowned by pale buildings, suspended between the blue of the water and the blue of the sky. At that hour, the sun falls […]
