In the early 2000s, the frenzy around capturing Osama bin Laden and punishing the Islamic world for 9/11 had major repercussions for the lives of innocent Middle Eastern civilians, in both the Middle East and America.
FASHION & BEAUTY
High-femme escapism at Le Palais Vintage
With vintage shopping’s rise in popularity, new curated stores are constantly proliferating in Montreal’s trendiest neighbourhoods. But not all vintage stores are made equal, and in the process, part of what we love most about vintage shopping is lost: the personal connection forged when a shop-owner shares the provenance each garment, or the delight of stepping into a store that feels more like an alternate reality; cluttered, idiosyncratic, and alive with character.
Peter Do’s Return to Vietnam Is a Reclamation of Stillness
When Peter Do stepped away from Helmut Lang last November, the move signaled something larger than the difficulty of reviving a legacy house.
Valente Premieres FW25 “Viva Per Sempre” Collection in Los Angeles
At Mile 44 in Los Angeles this pas week, VALENTE unveiled its FW25 collection Viva Per Sempre in a fashion film premiere and pre-sale experience that blurred the lines between cinema, memory, and design.
Updates on Textile Repurposing at TMU: Fashion Reconstruction & Sustainable Initiatives
The Branded Transition Material Project (BMTP) began in 2022 in response to Ryerson’s transformation into Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Thanks to the efforts of Indigenous leadership, the Standing Strong Task Force and allies across campus, the campus has been going through a massive overhaul and revival.
FINE CHAOS SS26: POST MORT3M
Marc C. Møllerskov has long mined dystopian subcultures for their capacity to reframe survival as style, yet POST MORT3M marked a shift from his earlier, more chaotic presentations toward something tighter in its narrative arc and more deliberate in its construction.
LM Chabot’s The Cult Turns Beauty Rituals Into a Fever Dream
Self-care carries with it a particular tension: the quiet promise of repair and the creeping sense of ritual. The Cult, the new short film from Montreal-based directing duo LM Chabot, sits entirely inside that space.
Mugler, Alaia and Worth: The Fashion Exhibits to See in Paris Before Summer Ends
It’s rare to find a story of friendship as the binding force behind an exhibition, as is on full display in Azzedine Alaïa, Thierry Mugler 1980/1990: Two Decades of Artistic Affinities.
AFLOAT
A snag in the season’s grip, cool points of precipitation on glassy skin, glistening like blips of light in the distance that take us where we want to go.
Designer Shivajothi Makes Fine Tailoring For All
Since her first capsule collection in 2022, Canadian designer Sujitha Shivajothi has been producing finely tailored garments from her one-woman studio in Vancouver.