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Features, interviews, and essays.
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Kendall Jenner selling us adidas Superstars because we apparently still need celebrity endorsement to buy shoes
The Three Stripes taps the Kardashian-adjacent model for their latest Superstar campaign, because nothing says authentic street culture like a billionaire influencer in crocodile leather kicks.
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Marc Jacobs just reminded us why archival receipts matter more than trend cycles
At the Park Avenue Armory, Jacobs traded theatrical spectacle for introspective restraint, delivering a Fall/Winter 2026 collection that feels like both eulogy and resurrection.
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Paris Menswear Made Us Believe in Human Touch Again
From Willy Chavarria's Latin novella to Rick Owens' brutalist prayers, Paris menswear proved the most radical act right now is designing clothes that remember what humans actually need.
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Why Berlin Fashion Week Still Gets It Right
Berlin Fashion Week FW26 showcased emerging talent embracing creative freedom, with standout collections from Lou de Bètoly, SF1OG, and GmbH proving that experimental fashion and sustainability make perfect partners.
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Laura Gerte turns deadstock into power dressing for women who refuse to be good
Berlin designer Laura Gerte channels the cultural power of female villains into high-performance tailoring built from deadstock materials and deconstructed Dr. Martens boots.
Essay
We're Not Buying Canada Goose's Heritage Fantasy
Canada Goose wants us to believe their Chilliwack bomber still carries the spirit of 1980s bush pilots, but what we're really seeing is the inevitable transformation of function into fashion commodity.
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Margiela Built a Building and We're Not Sure How to Feel About It
Maison Margiela's debut residential project on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah translates three decades of deconstructed fashion codes into 25 bespoke homes, but what does it mean when radical design becomes another luxury commodity?
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We Watched Valentino Hand Out Free Flowers and Remembered Why Fashion Still Matters
Valentino just reopened their historic Milan flagship after a full renovation, but the real story happened yesterday when they took over a flower kiosk and handed out bouquets designed by Thierry Boutemy.
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We get it, Kate Moss doesn't need another fashion campaign, but this Self-Portrait collab feels different
Han Chong's latest collaboration with Kate Moss strips away the gloss to reveal something more honest about fashion, London, and the clothes we actually want to wear.
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Proleta Re Art
Horiuchi Yohei of the one-person upcycling label PROLETA RE ART on Kapital, boro denim, memes and why repaired clothes outlast trends.
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Why Fashion Press Is More Real Than Women's Press
Saveria Mendella argues that the label women's press should be abolished and that fashion should become the only identifiable media genre.
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Hanan Besovic
Hanan Besovic of @ideservecouture talks fashion memes, criticism the big magazines cannot publish, and why fashion should be democratized.
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Editor's Note: The Real Issue
Lenny Attab calls for radicality and an intersectional, political reading of fashion in the second issue of En Mode: finding the real issue.
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Anas Daif: Journalism and Revolution
Journalist and activist Anas Daif, founder of the podcast À l'Intersection, on race in France, journalism as a weapon and revolution.
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The Uprising
Lenny Attab on revolt, bread and circuses, and why fashion's darkest collections signal that something is waking up. The letter opening Issue 1.
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Louis Pisano
Louis Pisano on fashion waking up, racism in Milan, cancel culture, Telfar and Mowalola, and why the revolution will not happen online.
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Arturo Obegero
Arturo Obegero talks flamenco, Bernarda Alba, Balenciaga and why his label makes only ten pieces of each design, rejecting overproduction.