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.
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Det Blev Sent FW25 is Sartorial Psychoanalysis
Beyond the usual fashion experiment in deconstruction, Det Blev Sent’s Fall/Winter 2025 lineup, takes an almost scientific approach to its sartorial mission.
Luar FW25 El Pato Is a Queer Reckoning
Raul Lopez’s Fall 2025 collection for Luar, El Pato, emerges as both a personal manifesto and a cultural reclamation, steeped in the designer’s unique narrative as a Dominican-American artist growing up amidst New York’s turbulent streets.
Rick Owens FW25: Dark, Yet Deliciously Delightful
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.