Last week we traveled to Kyiv to attend the second edition of the International Young Designers Contest (IYDC), one of the largest and most influential international fashion events for emerging talents in Eastern and Central Europe.
Organized by the Ukrainian Fashion Council and IED-Istituto Europeo di Design, the event saw collections from 10 countries: Georgia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic. All of them are prize-winners of national competitions in their countries, which ensured the objectivity in the selection of the contestants and their high level of creativity.
Anastasia Padalka was the winner at this edition of the International Young Designers Contest, selected by an International Jury: Giovanni Ottonello – Professor, Creative Director of the IED-Istituto Europeo di Design (Italy); Riccardo Terzo – Vogue Italia contributor, member of the editorial team at Vogue Talents, freelance-stylist and fashion-editor (Italy); Liana Satenstein – senior fashion editor at Vogue.com (US); Yu Masui – LVMH Prize scout, Japanese journalist, contributor of leading international fashion media, blogger, known by his signature style (Japan); Adriano Batista – editor-in-chief at Fucking Young!, fashion editor at VEIN Magazine (Spain); Eduardo Garcia – founder and director at Fucking Young!, CEO at VEIN Magazine (Spain); Philippe Pourhashemi – fashion couch, journalist, stylist, Metal, Behind The Blinds, A Shaded View on Fashion contributor (Belgium). The prize includes a $10,000 grant for the development of her brand and a course in one of the programs at IED-Istituto Europeo di Design.
Take a look below at the menswear collections presented during this event:
Astrid Andersen presents the brand’s twentieth seasonal collection for Fall/Winter 2021 through their first digital catwalk, shot on location in the brand’s hometown of Copenhagen.
For its Spring/Summer 2021 campaign, Versace Jeans Couture captures a group of friends on a fun summer night out, for a collection that celebrates escapism and fantasy and was directly inspired by the irreverent style and attitude… »
In a cool and sporty style, among recycled and organic cotton, marine plastics recycled by the Seaqual Initiative, technological fabrics, and shades of coral, Duarte invites us to dive into this colorful world and discover the beauty of what has to be preserved.
The term “future shock” defines a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies; a personal perception of “too much change in too short a period of time”.
Aria is magical, nonsensical, and in some ways feels like part of a custom-made stimulation. If we are in a stimulator, this is only the beginning of the next one hundred years.
Crafted by trained artisans with the highest quality ingredients, the vegetarian “VETEMENTS BURGER” comes in a combo meal with sustainable iconic VETEMENTS monogram packaging.
Titled “Quero-te Muito”, the collection features materials from all over the world, Portuguese and Macau quilts, velvet carpets, and natural silks from French palaces.
For the Fall/Winter 2021 collection, the designer draws our attention to a collection entirely produced from deadstock fabrics, where the mistakes of the past are a renewed hope for the future.
Rich Brian photographed by Hengyi Liang for our most delicious issue
“Food is sex. Food is injustice. Food is insecurity. Food is security. Food is dialogue, it is even a confrontation of ideas. Food is memory”
This issue encompasses an extensive range of subjects from veganism to the time Paris ate its Zoo. Ghetto Gastro, Etienne Russo, along with designers Emily Bode, Masahiro Ino of Doublet, Mats Rombaut, and Priya Ahluwalia all join in on the conversation and share some of their favorite recipes!
