Venus Superstar moves within a space where beauty and horror coalesce, entangle, shift, and dissolve into one another. The performer, part drag queen, part performance artist, part auteur” hailing from the San Francisco underground, is the type of queer creative whose work is as much passion as it is intrinsic to their very being.
“There are no paved roads here to follow. There is no road map.” (p. 151) This quote from Grace Nichols, the former chief executive of the Victoria’s Secret stores division, sums up the revelations shared by Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez in Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon.
It is always a pleasure to watch someone chase a dream, harness it, and wrestle it to fruition. For Vancouver-based designer Alexandra Dean, the dream was to start her own outerwear brand.
It’s hard to imagine how romanticism could succeed in a place like a factory or coal mine. Most of what we know of them are gruelling, dehumanizing labour, a profound lack of inspiration, a suffering working class, and a landscape more suited for machines than men.
The cherry on top of the Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami ad campaign that debuted earlier this month is undoubtedly the odd soundtrack choice of “Immaterial,” the hyper-pop anthem by the late great Sophie.
In recent months—and particularly the last few days—the luxury fashion industry has experienced a domino effect of transformative leadership changes. Welcome to what we’re calling ‘The Great Fashion Reshuffle.
In a heartfelt and reflective Instagram post, John Galliano, one of the most revolutionary figures in modern fashion, announced his departure from Maison Margiela.
In 2020, amid the uncertainty of a world paused by a global pandemic, Olivia, a Toronto-based creative, began piecing together a digital archive of a bygone era.
Balenciaga’s Pre-Fall 2025 campaign for its Automobili Lamborghini collaboration, styled as a “leaked” series of photos from creative director Demna Gvasalia’s camera roll, at first glance feels like a casual glimpse into the creative process rather than a meticulously curated luxury campaign.
To close out Fashion Art Toronto’s 1664 Fashion Week, Liminul Magazine joined forces with Matières Fécales, Fashion Art Toronto, Lignes de Fuite, and Combo Breaker Toronto to present NEVER CONFORM II, an afterparty that exhilarated Toronto’s underground fashion community.