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NUIT Clothing Atelier Launches Spring 2024 Collection
On March 21, 2024, Toronto-based clothing brand NUIT Clothing Atelier unveiled their Spring ’24 collection, titled “La Femme/Diable,” which translates to “The Woman/Devil” in English.
AI Fashion: When Machines Dream, Do They Dream of Couture?
In the midst of an influx of AI visuality, we dream in a digital utopia, a liminal space of possibility. Envisioning alternate realities and machinic dreams of AI Fashion, new media artist Cody Rooney asks, When Machines Dream, Do They Dream of Couture?
The Sensualities of Violette Hay
The knotting of recycled materials, the thin wovens of loose knits, the ribbons tying modernized boned corsets, and the spritz of perfume, are all producing a fantasy that leads us all back to Violette Hay.
Gahm: Toronto-Made Leather Couture
Toronto-based visual artist and designer Avleen Kaur‘s leather goods practice GAHM has reinvigorated her love of craft, both in their intricately bespoke production and in the freedom of their adornment.
Sofia Piras Reimagines The Suit
Often perceived as an element of constraint linked to the work environment, Polimoda Fashion student Sofia Piras reimagines the suit as a garment that unifies rather than subsumes.