With social media ever more present in our lives, blurring the barriers between ordinary and famous, for KENZO‘s Fall/Winter 2016 film Carol Lim & Humberto Leon have invited writer/director Carrie Brownstein to take a look at the invisible digital walls that separate us from our favorite personalities and icons, and the curious conceit of a dream come true. Carrie Brownstein’s short film for KENZO, The Realest Real, is a humorous exploration of the fickle and instant world of the internet.
The Realest Real stars, Laura Harrier, Mahershala Ali, Natasha Lyonne, Kim Gordon, and Rowan Blanchard and will premiere on Monday, September 12th during New York Fashion Week. The film is written and directed by Carrie Browstein, creator of the hit American TV show Portlandia and member of the band Sleater Kinney.
The campaign images by photographer Mark Peckmezian perform as film posters for The Realest Real, illustrating the stars of the campaign moving between a real office environment and into hyperreal landscapes.
With this collection, Ludovic de Saint Sernin crowns a new aristocracy. In this world, elegance is a form of liberation, sensuality is power, and the ultimate luxury is belonging.
Maison Kitsuné presents its SS26 collection, titled Voyage Vestiaire. This season marks the debut of the house’s new Creative Director, Abigail Smiley-Smith.
Alessandro Michele unveils his Valentino SS26 collection, “Fireflies,” a sartorial manifesto inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s writings on finding light and desire in the dark.
Ann Demeulemeester is known for creating a strong contrast between structure and softness, but for Spring/Summer 2026, it was the softer side that came out.
Artist Josué Thomas presents a photographic project titled I ♥ Paris (quand ce n’est pas la fashion week). It is a meditation on the city, focusing on the life that exists beyond its most famous events.
Guided by designer Daisuke Obana’s philosophy of deconstruction and reassembly, the capsule collection filters Baracuta’s British heritage through a minimalist and detail-oriented lens.
The fashion label grounds presented its SS26 collection in a raw, brutalist parking garage during Paris Fashion Week. The setting set the tone for what was inside.
The act of getting dressed is a personal audition for the day ahead. We create a silhouette and try on different versions of ourselves until the look fits the part we want to play.
Hugo Gonzalez, Sebastián Terranova, Miquel Villena and Nil Frago shot by Carlos Venegas and styled by Magda Rodriguez, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
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.
