Before I cancel my $40 glitchy Vogue app subscription, I wanted to memorialize some of my Saved images from the app.
These are from my " '25 Inspo" Board
SUCH a beautiful collection by designer Julien Dossena for Rabanne.
(minus the footwear of course, though I know, I know, it's "realistic")
Julien Dossena is a French fashion designer. He has been artistic director at Paco Rabanne since 2013.
After receiving his diploma from the Ecole de la Cambre in Brussels, Julien begins working for Chloé and Alexander McQueen. In 2008 he spent 5 years on Nicolas Ghesquière’s team at Balenciaga.
(I feel I must visit Belgium before I die as I Always like fashion either from there or taught there, and then my Only "celebrity crush" also happens to be Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts).
Ermanno Scervino is an Italian fashion house headquartered in Florence, Italy.
I just love crocheted shorts. I think I would one day like to commission a wardrobe a different coloured crocheted miniskirts / mini wrapskirts.
Sia Arnika is a Danish designer originally from the island Mors in Denmark.
She is now based in Berlin.
I love the idea of layering hosiery with strategic holes on the outer layer.
Mexican-American designer Jonathan Cohen grew up in San Diego and launched his brand in 2011.
He is based in NYC.
Tie-dyed soft knitted items, thin leather corset, boxing sneaker boots
Namilia launched in London in 2015 by Emilia Pfohl and Nan Li.
It is extremely Dolls Kill/fast fashion & the prices are similar. But they ended up on Vogue.com
I say any competitor to Dolls Kill (with their fake sales etc) is a-ok, until we start regulating or caring about the treatment of garment makers, of course.
Namilia - Shredded Mini Skirt
Sale price $160.00 USD
I would wear these miniskirts Every day.
David Koma is one of my favourite brands.
David Koma is a London-based fashion designer born in Tbilisi, Georgia. His brand launched in 2009.
From 2013-17 he worked for Mugler.
As of 2024, Koma also designs for another brand I love, Blumarine.
The previous Blumarine designer, Nicola Brognano, was also incredible.
Both of these designers' looks, akin to Namilia, can sometimes appear like "fast fashion" or "costumey." i.e. trendy with details, materials, or colours found on Shein etc. In my view, fashion/art is a free-for-all. All are welcome. Whatever inspires and makes you happy. Our generation will make the long-reigning elitism in artistic realms read dull and insecure.
Blumarine - fall 2023
By Nicola Brognano.
Speaking of "luxury fast fashion," case in point.
Dsquared is the brand of Canadian designers Dean and Dan Caten, based in Italy.
They debuted their men's collection in 1994, and in 2003, they launched a women's collection.
Not sure why these quirky ones made it into my 2025 Inspo folder.
Always loved printed tights though. And bring back the arm sleeves!
Not much info on this designer online, other than that she is British.
Her site does not list where items are made either.
In my experience, when brands do this, it is because they are made in China exactly where fast fashion is made, and then marked up 5000%.
Maybe the opposite of elitist fashion is merchandising.
We find a trendy, niche symbol, font, branding partner i.e. Playboy, and pump out a collection of it.
It's like your old favourite band getting back together and releasing merch. Who can Not love it?
I am wrapping up this post with the simplest and biggest inspiration to me right now:
the boxer brief mini skirt.
(I know he just cut the crotches out last minute, but this isn't about him)
The cut, the length, the material, the elastic waist ---it has all the details that I need
for just throwing something over top of leggings to get out the door. I don't want it to so obviously be boxers though. Obviously. And this is not something you can gather vintage (yeeeeach!)
So I will be on the hunt for Black, New, maybe Youth boxer briefs that I can cut and see who catches on. Maybe I'll stitch a meshy material over top to disguise their true use.
