Maison Margiela‘s 2024 Artisanal Film Premiere, Nighthawk, explores memory, illusion, and the enduring power of haute couture. Directed by Sasha Kasiuha, the film is based on an original story by John Galliano and features a star-studded cast including Kim Kardashian, Gwendoline Christie, and Monica Bellucci.
Nighthawk delves into the themes of reality versus illusion, central to Galliano’s practice at Maison Margiela. The film blurs the lines between fiction and reality, intertwining the show’s original cinematic precursor with behind-the-scenes footage. Through a silent film lens, previously unreleased moving imagery from the show is re-contextualized, offering audiences a fresh perspective. Narrated in part by Galliano, the film reflects on the inspirations, storytelling, and experimental dressmaking that shaped the 2024 Artisanal universe.
Nighthawk also introduces Count and Hen, the protagonistic muses from the 2022 Artisanal Collection, Cinema Inferno. Through parallel universes created by four-dimensional storytelling, the characters appear on screen and in real life, walking through the hallways of Cinema Le Balzac.
Played by Lulu Tenney and Leon Dame, the muses embody the illusion versus reality theme. Frederic Bittner, another muse, appears in a POV sequence and physically in person, further blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
We sat down with Barragán to talk about the collection, the difference between fashion weeks, and why the DIY approach still matters as the brand continues to grow.
A$AP Rocky has added his own chapter to the PUMA Suede story, reviving the ’94 silhouette with a collection of details that pull from New York street culture and the era that shaped him.
Aimé Leon Dore has teamed up with New Balance on a SS26 Performance Running Capsule, bringing together the brand’s technical innovation with Aimé Leon Dore’s design perspective.
Take a look at John Lawrence Sullivan’s Spring/Summer 2027 backstage, captured by the lens of Sasha Zhu during Berlin Fashion Week, in an exclusive for Fucking Young!
Following Maison Mihara Yasuhiro’s SS27 show during Paris Men’s Fashion Week, we caught up with Mihara to discuss why his creative process has no true beginning or end and the importance of imperfection.
Saint Laurent Montaigne has opened its first exhibition, 1980 – 2023 – 2025, a selection of works by French artist Martine Bedin, curated by Anthony Vaccarello.
Aesop has introduced the Parsley Seed Purifying Cleanse Protocol, a three-step ritual designed for those living in urban environments and facing the friction of city life.
After making stops in Berlin and Milan, the Eastpak Travel Agency arrives this weekend in Barcelona, transforming the city’s beachfront into an immersive pop-up.
Since founding DAGGER, designer Luke Raine has quickly established the growing brand as one of Berlin’s most exciting independent fashion labels while rooted in resilience.
Paris has never been short of artists capable of blurring the lines between fashion and fine art, but Gustavo Nazareno brings something altogether more hypnotic.
RHUDE’s SS27 collection, Contra Mundum, explores the moment after achievement, when discipline gives way to freedom and freedom becomes a test of character.
GmbH marked ten years with a collection that looks back at what sparked the brand in the first place, and in doing so, unearthed a largely forgotten fashion history.
For Issue 28, TRANSPARENCY, we explore the shifting relationship between what is revealed and what remains concealed, questioning ideas of authenticity, identity, vulnerability, and self-expression in an increasingly exposed world.
