Priya Ahluwalia has collaborated with film director, Samona Olanipekun, to create Ahluwalia’s first short film, “Joy”, which is part documentary, part fly on the wall, and part fashion film.
Joy is a kaleidoscopic love story that celebrates the “everyday beauty and strength of the Black existence” and features community leaders, matriarchs, poets, athletes, and political activists. The film is a snapshot of Black liberation through Afro-Caribbean rituals, something of importance to both Ahluwalia and Olanipekun who both have Nigerian heritage.
Through Joy, rituals so important to Black communities such as food, hair, sports, and church are explored and celebrated in nuanced ways. Frequent Ahluwalia collaborator Troy Casting worked with Ahluwalia and Olanipekun to find a wide array of people from London’s Black community and Ahluwalia’s personal network to bring important experiences, thoughts, and actions to life in this beautiful short-film, presented at #GucciFest.
The line includes backpacks, totes, accessories, and travel items featuring Haring’s iconic imagery, including his signature heart and the Radiant Baby artwork.
Innovation you can feel. We traveled to Milano during the Winter Olympic Games to speak with Danielle Kayembe, Expert Apparel Product Innovation Manager at Nike, who has been closely involved in bringing this vision to life, about the journey behind the innovation — and how a jacket powered by air became a real change.
Inside Spazio Maiocchi, a gallery space in Milan, something unfamiliar is happening. A 150 meter loop of off road terrain has been constructed indoors.
Ami Paris has released a special selection for Valentine’s Day. Continuing its ethos of celebrating love in all forms, founder Alexandre Mattiussi has designed exclusive pieces.
Willy Chavarria has launched a new line called BIG WILLY. It is presented as a core, evergreen workwear collection infused with the brand’s energy and humor.
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.
