A celebration of identity, of the power of creativity, of art’s ability to transport. For SS21, Dior Men’s artistic director Kim Jones collaborates with the Ghanaian-born, Vienna-trained artist Amoako Boafo through an intimate, all-encompassing, and honest cultural conversation that began in 2019.
Their meeting at the Rubell museum in Miami was artistic love at first sight; Kim Jones and Amoako Boafo have a true mutual admiration for each other’s work. The African continent is a constant, infinite source of inspiration for the house of Dior, which for many years has woven steadfast bonds with artists and artisans from Morocco to the Ivory Coast. Kim Jones spent his childhood years across African countries: Botswana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana. To Kim Jones, Africa is home – the source of his formative images of life; a genuine connection, a real passion – its nature, its cultures, its people inspire him. And in reflecting that through clothes, Jones turned to Boafo, an artist who opens windows onto a contemporary African lifestyle – specifically of Accra, Ghana, which has a rich textile history – and transforms his every day into the extraordinary. Boafo’s celebrated black diaspora portraits are explorations of his own identity and perceptions of blackness – specifically black masculinity.
Already expressive of a cultural fusion, here those artworks are transposed – literally and metaphorically – onto garments expressive of the techniques and histories of haute couture. Exploring the world, without moving. each piece is a collaboration, a dialogue. Boafo’s artworks are an inspiration but also an essential foundation.
Ann Demeulemeester’s Pre-Spring 2026 collection is about listening. The designer steps back, not to dwell on the past, but to let the house’s own history speak, then moves forward without force.
Pitti Uomo’s 108th edition focused on daring fashion experimentation and creative exploration, showcasing inventiveness characterized by eclecticism in addition to a forward-thinking outlook of all things sartorial.
A$AP Rocky just redefined an icon. In collaboration with Ray-Ban, he’s transformed the classic Wayfarer into something entirely fresh, the Wayfarer Puffer.
The Polimoda Graduate Show 2025 kicked off Pitti Uomo’s 108th edition, presenting twenty collections from emerging designers that prioritized raw creativity over commercial appeal.
Pitti Uomo 108 in collaboration with Japan Fashion Week Organization takes us backstage at the first international runway show for Japanese brand Children of the Discordance.
On a sunny Paris day, we caught up with Damien for a little chat in a park, because talking poetry on a sunny day in Paris on a weekday feels more than right.
We talked with Ecstasya about her hiatus, the struggle of keeping Lisbon’s first queer hardcore night (Maythey) alive, and why the best tracks come from being “sad as fuck.”
Bikkembergs unveiled their latest collab for a new generation of fashion and street culture aficionados at Pitti Uomo 108 with designer Gosha Rubchinskiy reimagining the classic Soccer sneaker.
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.
