Internationally-celebrated body architect Lucy McRae teams up with acclaimed Harvard biologist Sheref Mansy, to create Swallowable Parfum: a digestible scented capsule that breaks entirely new ground in the science of human instinct.
Swallowable Parfum is a capsule that enables human skin to emit a genetically unique scent about who we are, and how we perform our identities. IIn a status-driven world where we are free to make our own choices, have access to infinite knowledge and information, and where anything is seemingly possible, we constantly seek out new ways to communicate our uniqueness and express individuality.
Once absorbed, the capsule enables the skin to become a platform, an atomizer, a biologically enhanced second skin synthesized directly from the natural processes of the body.
Fragrance molecules are excreted through the skin’s surface during perspiration, leaving tiny golden droplets on the skin that emanate a unique odor. The potency of scent is determined by each individual’s acclimatization to temperatures, to stress, exercise, or sexual arousal.
About Lucy McRae
Lucy McRae is an Australian artist straddling the worlds of fashion, technology and the body. As a body Architect she invents and builds structures on the skin that re-shape the human silhouette. Her provocative and often grotesquely beautiful imagery suggests a new breed; a future human archetype existing in an alternate world.
Trained as a classical ballerina and architect her work inherently fascinates with the human body. The media call her inventor, friends call her a trailblazer. Either way, she relies on instinct to evolve an extraordinary visual path that is powerful, primal and uniquely Lucy McRae.
NUMO is the kind of place that works equally well for a proper summer holiday or one of those late-season escapes where you can make summer last just a bit longer.
Presented during Berlin Art Week 2026 at The Foundry, The Overview Effect brings together an international group of artists and designers whose practices ask us to reconsider our relationship with the planet, with materials, with memory and, ultimately, with one another.
Tommy Hilfiger staged a personal New York celebration at The Plaza Hotel, presenting Spring 2027 in the legendary address where he once lived with his family.
The partnership continues to explore the universe of the London label founded by Sofia Prantera, which has built its identity by combining classical art references with counterculture and an irreverent attitude rooted in urban culture.
The shift comes with a new identity, a new headquarters, and a corporate reorganisation in which Águeda Amiano and María Fitz-James Stuart remain at the helm.
From skate culture and American suburbia to a new campaign for Bershka and Aries. Ed Templeton is taking over Barcelona with “Tomorrow Never Comes”, less a retrospective than an ongoing conversation between past and present. Free to visit from 10–20 September at Espai Metrònom.
Ann Demeulemeester unveiled its Fall/Winter 2026 campaign, shot by Nikolai von Bismarck, styled by Elodie David, and creatively directed by Stefano Gallici.
We sat with the talented Amsterdam-based designer to discuss the inspiration behind his latest collection, promoting tolerance through clothing, and why fashion still has such a problem with larger bodies.
Camiel Fortgens returned to Amsterdam Fashion Week with a Spring/Summer 2027 show set in an unexpected but familiar place: an Albert Heijn supermarket after closing hours.
Acne Paper Palais Royal has opened Rodeo, an exhibition of seventy-seven vintage photographs by Bruce of Los Angeles, curated by Vince Aletti and drawn from his private collection.
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.
