This year marks Gucci‘s 100th anniversary, and to mark the monumental year Alessandro Michele surprised everyone by making Gucci behave like Balenciaga. You could say it’s a “homage” or “reference”, but it’s definitely something we will be talking about for a long time, and don’t call it a collab. While many reactions were of surprise or confusion, I’m sure it was the same people who had an opinion on Snoop Dogg ft Willie Nelson, to everyone else, of course, they orbit the same universe.
Both houses are not strangers to collaborations (think Gucci X The North Face or Balenciaga X Crocs) and both Michele and Gvasalia have defined the zeitgeist of the past five years and changed fashion’s direction with a certain amount of satire. What we see in this“Aria” collection are Balenciaga’s shapes, squared shoulders, angular accessories, and oversized outerwear given the Gucci treatment, never afraid to embellish and add trimmings.
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.
Walter Van Beirendonck’s FW26 collection, SCARE the CROW / SCARECROW, is inspired by the designer’s deep love for Art Brut and the pure hope and raw energy from childhood.
The gallery Acne Paper Palais Royal has opened its first exhibition of 2026. It features new work by the multidisciplinary artist Jordan Hemingway, titled Angels with Dirty Faces.
Levi’s and Jordan have released a new collaborative collection. The centerpiece is a reimagined Air Jordan 3 sneaker, presented in four unique versions.
Burberry has launched its Valentine’s Day campaign. It features British model Jean Campbell and American artist Orfeo Tagiuri, who are a couple in real life and longtime friends of the brand.
For Fall/Winter 2026, 424 is rooted in the Italian word artigianale (artisanal). The collection prioritizes labor, time, and process over industrial speed.
With craftsmanship as an emotional language, Valette Studio presented its Fall/Winter 2026-2027 collection, The New Romantics, during Paris Fashion Week.
For FW26, Bluemarble sharpens its focus. The collection represents a point of synthesis, stripping back excess to reach a clearer, more durable expression of its identity.
We were in for a real treat this season as Creative Director Nigo invited us into Kenzo Takada’s former residence, where he presented the FW16 collection.
The collection acts as a milestone. It clarifies what to keep, what to refine, and how the subtle subversion of established codes keeps the brand’s identity feeling forever young.
This collection clearly reasserts the core of what KIDILL has built. It presents a vision of freedom and an unfiltered future, where destructive outcomes and unreal fantasies can also exist as a form of heaven.
Take a look at Études Studio’s Fall/Winter 2026 backstage, captured by the lens of Joonas S’Diri during Paris Fashion Week, in exclusive for Fucking Young!
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.
