Tag Archive for: cinematic mood

The Art of the In-Between / Liminal Spaces

Art&Culture | Spotlight
Empty malls, silent corridors, abandoned childhood haunts – these are the liminal spaces that haunt our collective imagination, evoking a curious mix of longing and unease.

Costume & Set Design / Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers

Art&Culture | Spotlight
Often referred to as the reddest movie in the history of cinema, Cries and Whispers (1972) by Ingmar Bergman is a visceral exploration of death, pain, loneliness, and fleeting compassion, told almost entirely through color, silence, and the subtle language of gesture.

Berlin, My Love, My Paradox

Art&Culture | Words
Berlin presents itself as a hub of inclusivity in the fashion industry, but beneath the surface, much of it feels like curated aesthetics and hollow gestures. Through the raw, unfiltered lens of Tiresia—a trans model fighting for real representation and diversity in fashion—the city’s underground spirit feels like it’s fading, trading rebellion for marketable diversity and selling out what made it real in the first place.

Point Range

Photography | Exclusive
The symbols of Americana, once romanticized as emblems of freedom and limitless possibility, now feel distant, fractured by shifting realities. This narrative explores the darker undercurrents of these symbols, challenging their meaning and reclaiming them to reflect the complexity of the present. A series photographed by Toni Bakalli, with creative direction by Aily Zeltser & Karina Modyle.

Where is the fish?

Photography | Exclusive
A bond that once felt warm. Conversations became sparse, glances more distant and the laughter that once filled the spaces between them now seemed like a memory fading into silence. A cinematic story narrated by Astrid Staes.

Kashgar Beauty

Fashion | Exclusive
A surreal plunge into Kashgar’s mystique, where dark fantasy fuses with cultural truth in a dreamlike kaleidoscope of realities. Influenced by Švankmajer’s eerie Alice and AI experimentation, the images blend the tangible with the otherworldly, creating a world both haunting and enchanting. Photographed by Wenkai Wang.

C-Suite

Fashion | Exclusive
C-Suite turns office wear into a power play, from secretary to exec, exploring how fashion defines hierarchy. It’s a fierce look at ambition, status, and the struggle for dominance, all in a suit.

Baby

Fashion | Exclusive
Step into the shadows of the courtains, where drama and darkness collide in a cinematic masterpiece. This editorial captures the raw, moody essence of the theatre, where the spotlight hides as much as it reveals. A fashion story by Marta Kaczmarek, styled by Maria Duda.

The Galactic Soul

Fashion | Exclusive
Journey into the cosmos, an editorial that merges the celestial and the human. Radiating starborn energy, it’s a story of ethereal beauty and cosmic connection, where each look feels like a fragment of the universe brought to life. Otherworldly, boundless, and full of wonder—it’s a vision of a soul that belongs among the stars.

Twilight Touch

Fashion | Exclusive
Brix and Mass capture the mesmerizing Iris, a goddess submerged in dark waters. With every movement, she’s a siren—luring you deeper with her unfiltered beauty.

Aster Bloom

Fashion | Exclusive
In full bloom through the cold and wilderness, Milk Natracha poses as an aster flower with piercing eyes and a vile heart, with depths of darkness and sin. A chilling narrative by Jyothsana Selvam, seen through the lens of Federica Loria.

Residents of the Uncanny Valley

Fashion | Exclusive
Kat Easto drops us into a series of eerie, Lynchian interiors where the familiar becomes unsettling, and every corner hums with disquiet. Drawing from the surreal and the digital age’s numbing overload, this editorial unpacks how constant media consumption leaves us detached, floating between reality and the eerie void. Here, the mundane turns sinister, mirroring our fractured sense of self in a world where nothing quite feels real anymore.