Interview - Julie Kegels

The Art of Contrast

For Metal Magazine
June 2025

Julie Kegels’ world is one you can’t help but want to be part of: a universe built by elegant women with a sharp wit and richly layered characters unafraid to tell their truth —and to laugh when necessary.

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This Is It: Demna’s Gucci Is Here

A Family Business

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

Attention! Demna Gvasalia’s Gucci is here — sooner than expected and without warning. “La Famiglia” is sexy, extravagant, ironic, and rooted in heritage. What else could we ask for?

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Hodakova S/S 2026

Let It Rain

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

There are brands that exist to keep fashion exciting, and Hodakova is one of them. An ethos of reinvention and possibility: creative director Ellen Hodakova Larsson reimagines discarded objects as poetic, structured garments, balancing craft and concept with a mature vision of fashion.

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Erdem S/S 2026

A Wardrobe for the Women of Many Selves

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

Contradictory, peculiarly feminine, and somewhat mystical; this is how Erdem’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection comes across. And the reason behind this is none other than the exceptional figure of Hélène Smith, a late 19th-century Swiss medium in whom the brand has found inspiration.
The brand’s latest offering channels the mystical spirit of femininity, while exploring the concepts of identity, romance and surreal elegance.

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Interview - Hengdi Wang

Emotion in a Posthuman Era

For Metal Magazine
June 2025

With just one official collection, Chinese independent designer Hengdi Wang has managed to captivate the fashion world with his unique interpretation of futuristic haute couture. Blending sculptural 3D-printed accessories that feel like wearable art with garments that pay tribute to traditional craftsmanship, Wang isn’t just creating visually striking fashion — he’s also using his work to spark deeper conversations.

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Grace Ling S/S 2026

Sharp Tailoring, Sharper Knives

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

Haven’t you ever strolled through a museum, an antique shop, or even your grandmother’s house and stopped in front of a random object that just caught your attention? These are objects that emanate a soft, intriguing energy, making you wonder who created them or who has held them in their hands. Then, you look around at your surroundings, full of contemporary objects, and realise: whatever we are creating right now will one day be seen as artefacts. Everything is both very ancient and very futuristic at the same time. This feeling serves as the inspiration for Grace Ling’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection, Future Relics, recently presented during New York Fashion Week.

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Altuzarra S/S 2026

The Second Glance

Forr Metal Magazine
September 2025

If Joseph Altuzarra, creative director of the eponymous fashion brand, can be proud of something, it is designing a beautiful collection; one that may require a second look to fully appreciate, since the first glance was not enough to register everything it has to offer. This idea also serves as the inspiration for the Spring/Summer 2026 collection: imagine catching someone in the corner of your eye, only to see a completely different image when you look again. What is real, and what is illusion?

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Proenza Schouler’s S/S2026

A Soft Undoing, or a Bold Beginning?

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

Sharp silhouettes, fun accessories, texture, and a pop of colour: Proenza Schouler’s Spring/Summer 2026 had it all. Conceived as a prelude to a new chapter, this is the brand’s first collection alongside its newly appointed creative director, Rachel Scott, announced on September 2nd following the departure of founders Jack McCollough and Lázaro Hernández.
As stated in the press release, Proenza Schouler’s new collection is a “soft undoing”: threads are loosened, motifs blurred, patterns unraveled, and interiors brought to the surface. Growth requires transformation, and sometimes that means undoing what came before.

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ModaLisboa S/S 2026

Beyond the Runway

For Metal Magazine
October 2025

Fashion appears as this incredibly alluring, captivating, and endearing industry at first glance, but we often forget that it can carry a deeper, even purposeful background. It’s not only about being on trend — like any other art form, it’s meant to express and reflect. This is what the 65th edition of ModaLisboa set as its foundation: to imagine fashion as a living ecosystem, where doing intersects with knowing, and where creative action extends into systems of connection, experimentation, and attentive listening.

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Dilara Findikoglu S/S 2026

The Cherry on Top

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

Drama, theatricality, sexiness, and a powerful message; the Turkish-born, London-based designer is definitely for the girls. Her “Cage of Innocence” proves fashion can still speak powerfully.

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Khaite S/S 2026

Chic, raw , unafraid

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

We all want to be the Khaite woman: she carries herself with enviable composure, a strong walk, and a polished presence. She is chic, elegant, and enters a room with her chin lifted, looking everyone into their eyes. Yet only she knows that beneath the surface she is not entirely confident; and it is precisely there that her power resides. “The Khaite woman is really comfortable in being uncomfortable,” said designer and creative director Catherine Holstein backstage after the show. In that sense, perhaps we are all Khaite women: a little self-conscious, a little insecure, but moving forward regardless.

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Zomer S/S 2026

Think Big, Then Bigger

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

Playful and experimental, Zomer has always asked: what if clothing were imagined through a child’s eyes? The result is unexpected proportions, daring colours, and silhouettes that sometimes break or invert conventions. Fashion, after all, should be about joy, and Zomer Collection 05 was no exception.

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Mugler S/S 2026

Goodbye Party Girl: A New Era for Mugler

For Metal Magazine
October 2025

Miguel Castro Freitas made his much-anticipated debut for Mugler with the Spring/Summer 2026 collection Aphrodite Stardust, signalling a new chapter for the house. Taking the reins after Casey Cadwallader, Freitas approached Mugler with reverence for its legacy but also with a clear intent to redefine its codes.

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Jean Paul Gaultier appoints Duran Lantink as Creative Director

The New Enfant Terrible

For Metal Magazine
April 2025

After years of collaborative collections, the new creative director is here to stay: one of the most promising emerging designers now leads the house.

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Giorgio Armani: Milano, Per Amore

Fashion as Heritage

For Metal Magazine
September 2025

Giorgio Armani is one of those names that will remain forever bound to the history of fashion, both for his persona and for having revolutionised the scene with what we now know as the minimalist style: one marked by sobriety, elegance and timelessness. Over the course of his career, the Italian designer succeeded in expanding well beyond haute couture, rightfully earning the labels of artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Now, the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan is celebrating Armani’s fifty-year creative journey by hosting, for the very first time, an exhibition devoted to his stylistic trajectory, Giorgio Armani: Milano, Per Amore.

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