Bitter Sweet
coat SALVATORE FERRAGAMO
BITTER SWEET
Photography | Gioconda & August Fashion | Andrea Colace
(left) vest SALVATORE FERRAGAMO (right) t-shirt DSQUARED trousers VERSACE
sleeveless shirt ISSEY MIYAKE
(left) vest, trousers & belt GIVENCHY (right) scarf VERSACE
(left) jacket & trousers GIORGIO ARMANI (right) socks VERSACE, checkered underwear ERL
(left) shirt ISABEL MARANT (right) shirt VERSACE
jacket & trouser EMPORIO ARMANI
Photographer: Gioconda & August (@giocondaandaugust)
Fashion Editor: Andrea Colace (@andrea_colace)
MUA: Luciano Chiarello (@lucianochiarello)
Hair: Giovanni Iovino (@giovanni28iovino)
Talent: Nikita Stsjolokov (@origamilegs)
Special Thanks to Ristorante Fossati
Everything Will Burn Out
Photography: Dawid Rus (@dawid_rus)
Styling: Chantal Brocca (@chantalbrocca)
MUA: Gael Sastre (@gaelsastremakeup)
Model: Adeline (@adelina_lazarova)
Vulcano
“If you visit Sicily, you cannot leave without visiting the volcano. Etna is, like all active volcanoes, (in fact, even more due to its unique majesty) the meeting point between black and white, heaven and hell, beauty and terror.
Only those who have at least one window facing Etna can truly understand the primordial situation that it creates: today we are here because She allows us to do so. Here in this magical place where very little is needed to overturn the equilibrium. The locals (and even more the visitors) are very small and that’s how I wanted to picture them: like curious non-entities made of colours, smells and sensations of a land that boils from within.
Even more than any other photograph I made, the human element here is truly just a silhouette, a figure wandering around. I see them starting their walk with a promise to themselves to make, this time, a mystical journey and they end up, perhaps, talking of everyday things. Isn’t this what follows a moment of spirituality? Descending into everyday life while observing the climate and the landscape?
In this same way I imagine the inhabitants: the same ones which have at least one window facing Etna and meditate on those silhouettes that wander around, perhaps I consider them a little naïve for being there and just thinking of who knows what. But in the end, it makes no difference whether the thoughts at stake are deep or not, mystical or futile. It only matters the Volcano with its black and scorching earth.”
Photography: Giulia De Marchi (@giulia.demarchi) giuliademarchi.com
Nekros
NEKROS
Photography | Marco Gehlhar & Alice Fassi
The project “Nekros” was carried out in different sites through Greece, in particular on the island of Milos.
The Greek word “Nekros” , as employed in Omero’s Odissey, has two different connotations , meaning “corpse “ but also “defunct”, the latter representing something that has a life – after life itself. Something very much alive or at least vital although in a very different way from life as we think of it.
Once disowned and forgotten an object loses its purpose, letting itself go to be engulfed by the embrace of nature. – Abandoned – they abandon themselves to the flow of things, finding a new balance. It is the end of an existence, or a return to before “being”, a release from the the fatigue of meaning.
A sense of peace emanates from this loss of purpose. Buildings, vehicles and everyday objects sleep silently, camouflaged in nature as if wanting to go unnoticed, yet striking in their armony with the environment as if becoming a monument to a lost memory.
Photography: Marco Gehlhar (@marcogehlhar), Alice Fassi (@alice.fassi)
Phoenix Rising
Bohan Phoenix is an Chinese-American born musician that has been gaining traction in the Chinese Hip-Hop community, as well as the American market.
Bohan has a unique approach to his music – he blends Chinese culture with American Hip-Hop and connects the two cultures through his tasteful ear and impressive thought process.
Photographer Bryan Tormey and Bohan Phoenix took a trip from NYC to LA while listening, creating, and processing Bohan’s album and drawing connections their land shares with the Chinese way of life.
To their amazement – they found themselves immersed in Native Navajo land when arriving out west in America and stunned by their findings. The Native American culture was closely tied to Chinese life by way of Serbia and down through the Americas. They began learning about these close connections and found amazing people and stories along the way.
“Phoenix Rising” reflects their journey and findings of Native Navajo culture and their close ties to American-Chinese culture and how close they all are as a people. The story embodies the path Bohan has been creating, drawing parallels between American culture and his native Chinese background, with the hope to prosper despite our failures and rise from catastrophe – stronger, smarter and more powerful than ever.
Photography: Bryan Tormey (@bryantormey)
Talent: Bohan Pheonix (@bohanphoenix)
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(left) On Nick_hat AKBURA (center) socks CHUSETTE, shoes GUCCI
on Louis_necklace DIOR, trousers DIOR HOMME
brooch CHANEL
on Riley_rollneck UNIQLO, shirt GUCCi, tie, hat & shorts BURBERRY, socks CHUSETTE, shoes DRIES VAN NOTEN
on John_tie & trousers MISSONI
A cat in a VIVIENNE WESTWOOD bag
on Emily_dress BALENCIAGA, ring (worn as a septum) ALAN CROCETTI, earrings PETRA+JAIN, tights WOLFORD
(center) jeans DOLCE & GABBANA, (right) on Nasrin_shawl stylist’s archive, shoes ROCHAS
(left) turtleneck AGNÈS B, dress & belt GUCCI, tights WOLFORD, shoes PRADA (right) turtleneck stylist’s archive, dressGUCCI, tights WOLFORD
Photography: Nadeemy Betros (@nadeemybetros)
Styling: Carlos Mangubat (@carlosmangubat)
Creative Direction: Nadeemy Betros, Carlos Mangubat
Hair & Makeup: Jamie Richardson (@jamierichardsonhmua)
Models: Nic Oojes (@congjosie), Riley (@rileycartledg), Louis (@_louisthompson), John (@johnpaterson99), Nasrin (@nasrin.khalifa.dichak), Emily (@emilymilledge), Silver Dai (@7ilv3r), Davina Dai (@loifntve)
Special Thanks to Nicholas Ainscough
A Paper Forest
body GEORGIELA STUDIO, gloves VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, boots ANDRÉS ZURRU
total look GEORGIELA STUDIO
trench coat GEORGIELA STUDIO
top GEORGIELA STUDIO, boots vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR by John Galliano
catsuit ANDRÉS ZURRU, shoes STUART WEITZMAN
catsuit ALVARO MARS, shoes STUART WEITZMAN
Photographer: Sergi Fuster (@sergifuster)
Stylist: Chiara Legittimo (@chiaralegittimo_)
MUAH: Ruth Guerrero (@staygoldmom) using AROLAB Organic for skincare & Maria Nila Stockholm for hair
Model: Rebeca Marcos (@rebecamarcosroca)
Special Thanks to The Hub Studio (@the_hub_studio_)
Wind
WIND
Photography | Jordan Drysdale Stylist | Jade Leung
brocade jacket & pants MNDATORY, jacket BLAIR ARCHIBALD, earrings stylist’s own, chains SARAH & SEBASTIAN, shoes JIL SANDER
shirt PRADA
bunny headpiece CORDON SALON, hoody & shorts BLAIR ARCHIBALD, earrings stylist’s own, chain SARAH & SEBASTIAN, shoes JIL SANDER
shirt, kilt & hat BLAIR ARCHIBALD, blazer YOHJI 3, chain SARAH & SEBASTIAN, shoes JIL SANDER
(left) shirt BLAIR ARCHIBALD, knit CHRIS RAN LIN, pants MNDATORY
(right) chain, necklace & bracelet SARAH & SEBASTIAN, earrings as hair clip GOGO PHILIP
jacket COMME DES GARÇONS, snood CHRIS RAN LIN, shorts BLAIR ARCHIBALD
shirt COMME DES GARÇONS, snood CHRIS RAN LIN, harness BLAIR ARCHIBALD, pants MNDATORY, chain SARAH & SEBASTIAN
photographer: Jordan Drysdale (@jordandrysdale)
Stylist: Jade Leung (@jadeleungstylist)
HMUA: Phoenix Ly (@phoenixly.hairstylist)
Model: John (@johnpaterson99) @ People Agency
knit CHRIS RAN LIN, pants MNDATORY
νάστασις
coat KENZO vintage, shirt and bag custom made, skirt and pants vintage,
accessories stylist own, shoes CAMPER x KIKO KOSTADINOV
leather coat HELMUT LANG vintage, leather pants YOHJI YAMAMOTO, bag INCNRT, shoes HOOD BY AIR
Photographer: Alina Cherubin (@alina__cherub)
Stylist: Lea Simon (@l.ynot.l)
Art Directors: Alina Cherubin & Lea Simon
Model: Sebastian Schäfer (@nasty.basti)
You Know Everything and Nothing
shirt MAGLIANO
vest HG/LF, mask ALAN CROCETTI
(left) top & underwear HG/LF, boots WOJAS (right) total look HG/LF
(left) total look HG/LF (right) belt vintage
shirt MAGLIANO, pants MM6, boots WOJAS