Fashion depends, to some degree, on the disappearance of its own labour. By the time a garment is presented as finished, the traces through which it was cut, fitted and assembled have usually been removed.
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MRKNTN Reimagines SAINT-MAURICE Through a Gothic Dystopia
Last September, Montréal-based label MRKNTN unveiled SAINT-MAURICE, a collection rooted in the textures, silhouettes, and cultural mythology of Québec’s working-class identity.
ISECAI’s “Metamorphosis” Rejects Perfection in Favour of Process
In a fashion landscape increasingly defined by polish, completion, and algorithmic refinement, Toronto-based ISECAI’s latest presentation proposes something far less resolved.
The Best Alexander McQueen Looks of Lady Gaga’s Career
Lady Gaga’s relationship with Alexander McQueen has always been more than celebrity styling, it’s a creative symbiosis between a pop auteur and a fashion house built on performance, futurity, and the spectacle of becoming.
Second Skin
There is a particular intimacy that happens when fashion enters the home, especially a home that feels slightly wrong. Our December cover starring Rebecca-Jo Dunham-Baruchel and featuring garments by Atelier Artifact leans fully into that unease.
Fashion Art Toronto FW25 Highlights
Fashion Art Toronto has always been less about polish and more about possibility. It is one of the few platforms in the country where designers can experiment without the weight of commercial expectation, where collections feel closer to performance, gesture, or emotional artifact than seasonal product.
DZHUS “ABSOLUTE”: A Study in Grief, Survival, and Transformative Design
With “ABSOLUTE,” Ukrainian designer Irina Dzhus transforms trauma into a stark, sculptural language. The project began during a period when Dzhus, having fled war and survived family abuse, entered what seemed like a safe chapter that quickly unraveled.
Semaine de la Mode Montréal FW25
Semaine de la Mode Montréal FW25 unfolded less like a week of runways than a palimpsest, layers of history, material memory, and cultural contradiction inscribed into each collection.
How Matières Fécales’ ‘Hannah’ Extends Montréal’s Avant-Garde Legacy
At Place Vendôme this past week, Matières Fécales unveiled Hannah—their sophomore Paris Fashion Week collection, and a love letter to co-founder Hannah Rose Dalton.
The Dreamer is Still Asleep
To dream is to hover between presence and absence, to drift into the liminal space where the body is neither fully there nor fully gone.