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The designer on contradictions, sustainability, and why clothing must evolve to stay alive

04.23.2025

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Conversation

“AKIKAOKI’s focus for this season is not on a woman’s identity, but rather on her individuality.”
09.25.2025

Sandra, accessory designer of the coquettishly whimsical Singaporean brand KIKYO, chats with Le Fool about comfort jewellery, SHUSHU/TONG, old magazines, coloured tights, the iconic Blair Waldorf, and seeing friends and family as the ultimate influencers.

01.17.2025

Interview with Nana Mandl
& Herbert De Colle

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Portrait, Herbert De Colle

Nana Mandl (b. 1991) and Herbert De Colle (b. 1978) are artists based in Vienna. Nana Mandl combines digital and analog worlds through collages, embroidery and textile manipulation, offering a tactile contrast to fast-paced digital imagery. Herbert De Colle references countercultural movements flattened by pop culture into labor-intensive public installations with renewed vigor. We visited their respective studios during Vienna Art Week and continued the conversation over email.

03.02.2025

Hideaki Shikama: World of Discordance

The cult Japanese brand Children of the Discordance seeks to unify streetwear as high fashion continues to move away from the aesthetic
09.13.2024

The Gospel of MADE: A Guide for Autodidacts, Multi-Hyphenate Creatives, and the Self-MADE

Meet Jermaine Campbell a.k.a. MADE, musician and creative director of Kustom Godz: capsule one, the brainchild of basketball legend Kevin Garnett.
10.06.2024