PONDER.ER presented their Fall Winter 2021 at Paris Fashion Week in form of a digital presentation “Where a Man Belongs”. While it was selected by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode on the official calendar for the international fashion community to watch from around the world, we had the chance to attend the premiere in Paris hosted by HKFG and Fashion Farm Foundation.
This season we see the brand continue to explore the identities of cowboys in the modern context. Plaids, checks that make up western wardrobes are twisted and reconfigured in abstract forms with a certain level of playfulness. PONDER.ER’s signature “HUG” shirt is reinvented with distorted patterns and touches of faux leather.This season also saw the brand developing their ideas with sustainable materials, the pandemic has presented the brand the opportunity to reflect on the way they designer and create.
Credits Designers: Derek Cheng and Alex PO of PONDER.ER Videographer: Daniel Teo Stylist: Inggrad Shek Photographer: Roni Ahn
For the first time, the work of more than 60 artists who have lived and created at the TOM House will come together in FXLK PLAY: Mythmaking, Devotion, and Mischief, an exhibition opening September 12, 2025, at Long Hall in West Hollywood’s Plummer Park.
There’s something raw and electric in Last Exit on Bethnal, the new collaborative project between London producer/DJ Hannah Holland and filmmaker/photographer Lydia Garnett.
The Phantom of the Opera has chosen his designer. Nicola Formichetti has been appointed Director of Masks for Masquerade, the new immersive Phantom experience coming to New York.
Kwir Nou Éxist project, a photo installation conceived by model, actress and activist Raya Martigny and her partner Edouard Richard, is now on view until July 25 in the iconic Tuileries Garden in Paris.
The wait and speculation are over. Almost a month after Francesco Risso’s departure, Marni now has a new Creative Director: Belgian designer Meryll Rogge.
Spanish-Nigerian designer Wekaforé Jibril has made history with the opening of his first standalone boutique in Barcelona, becoming the first Black designer to establish a flagship store in Spain.
“It’s an honour to work with Burberry,” Wu said. “The brand’s dedication to its heritage and innovation results in pieces that never fail to amaze. I look forward to discovering what we’ll create together.”
C2H4® is slowing down. Instead of chasing seasons, their R011 Collection is built to last: one carefully crafted lineup per year, designed to stay relevant long after the trends fade.
HAIKURE’s SS26 collection, Come As You Are, is for people who want to feel good without the effort, who wear clothes that fit their lives, not the other way around.
Glass Cypress’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection, The Ones Who Flee, is a meditation on movement, not just physical escape, but the deeper act of resisting what binds us.
Turn the page. Breathe deep. Your pupils are already dilating. The high is coming.
Issue 26 brings together two electrifying covers that take the dopamine dive from Sadiq Desh captured by Cris Cerdeira to multidisciplinary visual artist and photographer Tomás Pintos’ cover story, Besos hasta agotar stock (Kisses Until Sold Out), developed from the live performance creating a space where glamour
meets exhaustion.
