Someone once told me that when they see their favorite artist work with a brand, it kind of ruins it for them. In many ways, fashion does ruin art. Today we hear a lot of the Metaverse, streamlining, innovation, visionary. Sometimes we look so far ahead that we forget what reality looks like. Call Ye what you want, but he has managed to merge the Heaven and Hell music video release as a YEEZY X GAP debut tv commercial for their new hoodie drop on ESPN during the college football national championship. If the goal was brand awareness, my dad now knows.
Last week YEEZY GAP engineered by Balenciaga was announced with their commitment to delivering a utilitarian design for all. The imagery conjured up at the Donda listening parties comes alive in the video with dark visuals and masked individuals amongst the swirl of floating bodies in the sky.
Next month also sees the release of the new Kanye three-part documentary on Netflix. Hoping to see more into the controversy and complications surrounding Kanye than just a three-part commercial. We are now entering a new era of marketing. Everything you will see now will be on sale, augmented, VR, or physical. Like Gen Z not knowing the world without internet, Generation Alpha will not know the world where everything was for sale.
The wait and speculation are over. Almost a month after Francesco Risso’s departure, Marni now has a new Creative Director: Belgian designer Meryll Rogge.
Spanish-Nigerian designer Wekaforé Jibril has made history with the opening of his first standalone boutique in Barcelona, becoming the first Black designer to establish a flagship store in Spain.
“It’s an honour to work with Burberry,” Wu said. “The brand’s dedication to its heritage and innovation results in pieces that never fail to amaze. I look forward to discovering what we’ll create together.”
C2H4® is slowing down. Instead of chasing seasons, their R011 Collection is built to last: one carefully crafted lineup per year, designed to stay relevant long after the trends fade.
HAIKURE’s SS26 collection, Come As You Are, is for people who want to feel good without the effort, who wear clothes that fit their lives, not the other way around.
Glass Cypress’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection, The Ones Who Flee, is a meditation on movement, not just physical escape, but the deeper act of resisting what binds us.
Francisco Terra’s 15th-anniversary collection for Maldito is a midnight ride through memory, a fever dream of teenage longing stitched into lace and rhinestones.
In a time of movement and uncertainty, Estelita Mendonça’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection questions what clothing means when stability feels like a luxury.
Take a look at C.R.E.O.L.E’s Spring/Summer 2026 backstage, captured by the lens of Spencer Stovell during Paris Fashion Week, in exclusive for Fucking Young!
Glenn Martens’ Maison Margiela Artisanal collection doesn’t just borrow from history, but it fractures it, reassembles it, and wears it like a second skin.
For Spring/Summer 2026, AV Vattev’s Bohème collection takes its cues from two iconic worlds: the effortless cool of French New Wave cinema and the raw energy of British music subcultures.
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.
