Phoenix Rise is a self-produced visual storytelling narrative from bespoke slow fashion designer and costumier, Jessica Rowell, in collaboration with artist and blues musician, Madame Flame, that expresses a journey in becoming. “Drawing upon archetypal symbolism and teachings of the warrior, the sage, and the wild woman, a story is woven into a tale of […]
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Dream World is a photo collection of alternate imagined universes. It aims to paint a picture of a reality that is alternatively felt with brighter and more vivid expressions. Dream World comes from a place of ordinary monotony and creates an expansive atmosphere for different possible realities and narratives. It is a collection for curiosity […]
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‘Oh my GOD i hate you, BUT i love you!’ is a story about two gay lovers lusting over each other’s beauty while also showcasing their ups & downs throughout their relationship, which outsiders can’t seem to understand. The two lovers run through Koreatown in Los Angeles to express their lusty ways and crazy love […]
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‘Daddy + Pup’ is a photo series inspired by rose-tinted, old-timey wedding photographs from the old Wild West days, the form and style refreshed for a modern depiction of a non-traditional expression of love, kink and submission between two idiosyncratic lovers. Credits Director/Photographer: Bart Seng Wen Long @antibart Stylist: Bridget Finn @sir.daddy.longlegs Photo Assistant: Millie Hardigham […]
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‘Punks and Pollution’ (2018-2019) is a photographic response to the detrimental and possibly irreversible effect climate change and fast fashion is having on the environment, society and people living within that society. This editorial presents an anti-establishment punk attitude and the demonstration of how destructive capitalist consumerism is for the environment and society. Photographer Phoebe […]
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‘War for Peace’ is inspired by vintage military uniform and the stories they represent. “I found this old military jacket in a second-hand store in Sweden. It was fitted with custom darts and hand-stitched interiors. This belonged to someone with a story to tell. I imagined the nature of combat and its power to consume, body […]
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Melian and Kalyn are two LA-based multifaceted artists who collaborated on a reconstructed denim collection titled ‘Individuality’, under the umbrella of Melian’s current bespoke fashion label ByMelianJ. Both artists take pride in drifting between multiple fashion platforms from styling to modeling and even live performative art as well. Join me in conversation with Melian and […]
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‘The Way Social Media Make Me Feel’ explores dark matters in bright depictions. Poor mental health doesn’t only come in forms of wearing all black and sad faces. For social media in particular, we tend to put on a happy face and only show our best self to the world constantly portraying happiness and wealth with […]
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Clothed Captions or CC_ is a clothing store and platform for underground and mainstream artist features that responds to the intrinsic natures of emerging geniuses of this time. The founders Malissa and Donni present their own unseen and sophisticated view of underground culture while selling carefully hand-picked pieces. Malissa Wilkins, or Velvet @afrovelvet and Donnisha Hebert, or Donnie @unfazedbeauty […]
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The inspiration used for ‘Womunsual’ was the questioning of “Why does a woman still need to dress in a ‘feminine’ way to reaffirm her position as a woman? What is beauty? Is beauty in clothing? Is beauty in the appearance of people?” We believe, as queer people, it is our duty to question and confront […]
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