Tag Archive for: dark

Objectophilia
Fashion | Exclusive
Desire spills into the ordinary. Chrome and porcelain become sacred, their curves studied like lovers. A performance unfolds in domestic shadows. Nothing is neutral when touched with obsession.

The Wounds of Becoming
Photography | Exclusive
A body marked by choice, not by force. Transformation becomes a deliberate act. Piercing as control and dressing as ritual. Every layer, every wound, speaks to power reclaimed. This isn’t about beauty. It’s about presence. About owning what was once taken. About becoming, fully and on your own terms. Featuring Yasmine Keong, shot by Anne Thu Pham.

Taboo on Taboo
Fashion | Exclusive
In a dimly lit space, two bodies become one conflict. Intertwined yet distinct, they mirror the duality of touch and taboo. Photographed by Anna Vosse, with creative direction by Rita Kondratova.

Self Dissolution
Fashion | Exclusive
The body as a vessel of chaos and craving; the identity fractures in the shadows of desire and distortion. Oubliette Jewels photographed by Chase Harding.

Marble
Fashion | Exclusive
Muse Ana Gulieva through Simone Proietti Marcellini’s lens, as the narrative flows through shadow and stone, between human presence and the natural monument.

Eden
Fashion | Exclusive
A dreamlike escape into an ethereal garden, unfolding within a raw concrete world. This story by Morrigan Rawson captures beauty in its purest, most untamed form.

Becoming the demon woman
Fashion | Spotlight
Through the veils of time, a forbidden legacy unfolds—one where woman does not fall but rises, draped in the shadow she was once taught to fear. Fashion by Iris Yang.

Valeriia
Fashion | Exclusive
Shaped by shadow and silence, this story follows a figure suspended in between. Draped forms and hollow light trace a quiet ritual of becoming. A vision by Cesare Fraticelli, styled and embodied by Valeriia Karaman.

Ahead of Upclose / Beste Hira
Music | Interview
Ahead of her much-anticipated appearance at Awakenings Upclose 2025, where she’ll share the booth with Georgian artist Yanamaste, she reflects on roots, catharsis, cultural resistance, and that wild, beautiful madness we call music.

Costume & Set Design / Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers
Art&Culture | Interview
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.

Between Darkness and Light / TRAITRS
Music | Interview
In this interview, members Nolan and Tucker discuss the resurgence of their genre, challenges as outsiders in Toronto's music scene, and their evolving creative process, touching on the emotional depth of their lyrics and the balance of minimalism and intricacy in their sound, particularly in Horses in the Abattoir.

No Name / Jack White
Music | Spotlight
Jack White’s show at the Troxy, in support of his latest album "No Name", showcasing his unmatched musicianship and raw energy.
