Forget playing it safe — Gen Z’s rising fashion disruptors aren’t here to fit into the system. They’re here to burn the old rulebook and stitch together a new one — one that prioritizes circularity, ethical production, and cultural authenticity over hype and fast-fashion churn. With a bold mix of charisma and craftsmanship, they’re redefining what it means to be a designer in a world that demands change.

Fear not! The art of the band tee is not dead. According to Rick Moe, the industry OG and vintage sleuth behind Tyranny + Mutation, the kids are alright and the band tee is here to stay.

Denim has been around a long time… from its origin story in late 16th-century France, to the first time it appeared on the runway in NYC in 1976, from the counterculture to consumer culture and back again, the ubiquitous warp-faced textile is now officially a symbol for degrowth in fashion.

A new report by OurCommon.Market, powered by activist group Fashion Act Now, highlights the transformative potential of fashion commons — community-managed resources that prioritize shared knowledge, cultural heritage, and ecological care — positioning them as a crucial pillar for a degrowth-oriented future in the fashion industry.

In the quiet breath of morning, the artist moves with intention. Colors murmur, the unseen takes shape, and in the delicate tension of balance and form, Ikebana reveals itself. With hands both tender and precise, like a mother’s touch, each stem is placed, each angle considered, echoes passed down through time, a dialogue between discipline and instinct. Within the structure, there is freedom. Within the emptiness, meaning emerges. Shadows challenge, light offers answers. Ikebana is more than arrangement—it is creation, meditation and contemplation intertwined.

Artist and lecturer Suzy Sharpe’s work seeks to foster a dialogue around the relationships we share with objects as an essential feature of the human condition and celebrates both the familiarity and the novelty to be found in all that has been well-loved.

Designer, textile artist and founder of La Reunion, Sarah Nsikak sets a new course for her creative practice, drawing inspiration from a transformative workshop in Jaipur that reconnected her to the beauty of craft and patience. Hosted by the visionary team at Wonderful Workshops and the iconic textile company Anokhi, the experience offered not only profound lessons in traditional embroidery but also a renewed perspective on creativity, rest, and letting go—both in art and in life.

She has robes and she has monkeys

Lazy diamond studded flunkies

She has wisdom and knows what to do

She has me, and she has you 

— The Doors