Masks, distorted silhouettes and a dress made from fragments come together in Don Sebastian Mario’s Shattered Identity. We speak to the Romanian designer about the collection, Alexander McQueen and finding his own way through fashion.
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Exclusive Interview: ZARS LONDON Founder Shazana Nawaz On Redefining Men’s Accessories
A childhood question about why men couldn’t have “sparkly things” became the spark behind one of Britain’s most distinctive accessories labels. Shazana Nawaz shares the story behind ZARS LONDON and her mission to change how men experience fashion.
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From Waste To Wonder: An Interview With Kha Hoang Ngo, The Mind Behind KHAAR World
Fresh from unveiling his LEGO Botanicals collection, the Vietnamese designer talks craftsmanship, recycled textiles, digital experimentation and the ideas shaping KHAAR World.
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Nina Sabina Caballero on Fashion, Mythology and the Art of Imagined Worlds
In this exclusive interview with Couture Troopers, Nina Sabina Caballero discusses fashion as a language of storytelling, the influence of mythology and cinema on her work, and why emotion remains at the centre of every image she creates.
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The Future Is Getting Dressed and Briar Prestidge Says Identity Is Becoming Something We Design
Briar Prestidge works across branding, avatar worlds and emerging technology, where self-presentation is constantly built and rebuilt in real time. In this conversation, she reflects on burnout, digital selves and what it means when identity stops staying still.
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DAMN TRUE Is Turning the Internet’s Visual Noise Into Art That Lingers
Fast food wrappers, thumbprints, distorted faces and digital residue become emotional evidence in DAMN TRUE’s unsettling visual world. The Russian artist speaks to Couture Troopers about grief, scrolling culture, intentional ugliness and disrupting the polished smoothness of the internet.
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Bhumi’s Divine Garden Reimagines Aphrodite for the Age of 3D Printing
In an exclusive interview with Couture Troopers, Bhumi founder Emma van Engelen reflects on mythology, the female form and the role of 3D printing in shaping her latest collection, Divine Garden.
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Artist Viktoria Modesta on Metabodies and Reinventing the Human Body
Viktoria Modesta speaks to Couture Troopers about Metabodies.AI, exploring embodiment through Prototype, fashion, disability and emerging technology.
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Artist Aunia Kahn on Reinvention and the Courage to Begin Again
A decade after her first Couture Troopers interview, artist and curator Aunia Kahn reflects on reinvention and a life-altering illness that led her back to painting.
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Dóra Abodi on Myth, Memory and Fashion as Artefact in The Transylvanian Chronicles
Exclusive interview with Dóra Abodi on her latest collection, The Transylvanian Chronicles, where folklore, mythology, and sculptural fashion collide in a narrative world of artefacts and ritual dress.
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How Célianne Nhat Lam Turned Vietnam’s Scrap Bicycles into Fashion
In an exclusive interview, Célianne Nhat Lam shares how Vietnam’s streets inspired her sculptural IAM collection.
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Ines Alpha on Face Architecture and the New Intimacy of Digital Couture
Exclusive Interview: Inside Ines Alpha’s experimental digital makeup and visionary Prada Beauty projects.
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