Daemon Concept

April 07, 2026

Where devotion meets the reality of now, Daemon Concept’s Paris presentation captures a charged moment. Where Paris community, Japanese technology, and the Ukrainian diaspora meet on the same frequency. Styled in Errolson Hugh’s Acronym and grounded by Rombaut’s sharp, futuristic footwear, the cast feels both intimate and untouchable.

Lit with stark chiaroscuro, the scene nods to Northern Renaissance painting—faces emerging from shadow, bodies held in tension. Otherworldly jewelry with futuristic cross symbols and headwear push it further, soundtracked by Kavari, opening with KYIV by Alina Pash x Apashe.

The performance blurs raw techno culture with faith and intimacy, making both feel alive—worship as something physical, immediate, and constantly shifting.

Presented by @pps.app.official
Photography @leandaheler
Creative Direction @daemon_concept
Creative Producer @erotocomatose
Soundtrack @kavarikavarikavari
DJ @rebeccacarrendina
Producer @jana.varrone
Movement Director @paulinegudet
Key Make Up @hicham_ababsa
Key Hair @hiromi_nishinaka
Samurai Armour @ladysavi_
Styling / Men @erlsn.acr
Garments / Men @acronym.gmbh
Footwear @rombautofficial
Garments Women @15_1_16_1_3
Lights Designer @lorenzo.marcolini
Models @mazzhyk @valeriemevegue @erotocomatose @pure_absence @kubor.kubor @adisxy @meatlesspies @mvbaal @15_1_16_1_3
Scenography / Location @espaceparallele
Partners @heavensake @sokolvodka
BTS @feel_twinkrew @alexandra.mavrofridi @tikkbene

Fashion

Shopping is a Feeling at Lucky Jewel

The collective's creative principals, Shay Gallagher, Olive Woodward and Lola Dement Myers, who have long been devoted to the sentimental power of objects, now have a physical setting through which to cultivate the mantra that "shopping is a feeling."

What started as a project in Chicago in 2018 grew into Lucky Jewel, a platform known for its curated pop-up shopping installations and group shows showcasing local and non-local artists and makers who share in the belief that objects carry a sentimental power.

Through the store, shopping is solidified as a practice that centers emotional exchange and collaborative experience over commerce. Shay, Olive and Lola constructed and touched everything in the 1,000 square foot space, from the hangers to the dressing rooms to the 50+ stockists on display. The physical setting has no fixed identity enabling it to evolve organically and morph into whatever the collective and its community needs, whether that be a gallery, a showroom, a place to rendezvous, or a home.

If you've been yearning for a new place to shop that transcends the ordinary retail experience, this is definitely it.

Fashion

The Best of Both Worlds: Vans x Timberland

Drawing on the idea of footwear as both multifaceted, and blossoming in its original purpose over time — the brands have built a hybrid of the Vans' Half Cab, the 20-year-old shoe that's been celebrated in capsule drops throught the year, and Timberland's Euro Hiker, a lightweight hiking boot and footwear staple since 1988.

Whether they're being worn and loved in the city, on the trails, on the half-pipe or mixed with a high fashion look, the Vans Skateboarding x Timberland Half Cab Hiker is the most stylish, sporty Swiss Army knife of shoe we've seen in a long time.

The Vans Skateboarding x Timberland collaboration will touch down on December 20 via Vans retail stores, select Vans retailers, Vans.com, and Timberland.com.

Fashion

Human Hands

December 11, 2022

Human hands bear permanent imprints of our past lives, each indent and crease a poignant reminder of the evolutionary miracles that brought us to this point. As our time inevitably dwindles, our understanding of what it means to be human has shifted.

Within the tiny microchips and code sequences that now dictate our routines, there are worlds of possibiilites are stored. Simultaneously, boundless beginnings lie latent at our fingertips. The mere existence of our hands is the result of millions of computations and numerical combinations; the human condition and our wiring are intricate and complex.

Photography Cameron Whaley
Styling Olivia Jakubik
Makeup Seiya Iibuchi
Hair Miwako Urasugi
Words Kayla Curtis-Evans
Styling Assistants Isabella Pesina, Rachel Oplinger, Autumn Woody
Models Katie Hozak (Muse Models) and Amy Diop (Elite)

AMY wears TOP by SCARLET SAGE and GLASSES by TAMARA ALON

On the sleek shelves of your corner store, beneath the glow of LED lights, magazines celebrate the latest and greatest of today. Stars of our generation grace glossy covers, and each publication’s pages are filled with aspiration. As we gaze upon this near-flawless sense of luxury, we often overlook the labor — the grit beyond the glam — that occurs behind this glorious facade.

KATIE wears DRESS by LILACH PORGES, EARRINGS by AGMES, BANGLES by ALEXIS BITTAR, SHOES by BUERLANGMA

To create anything truly raw or personal, we have to learn to lean away from perfect equations or automated templates. Though the end result of a photo shoot may be polished, behind the scenes, wires may be left strewn across the set’s backdrop or laborious hands may sneak their way into shots. But if true art is an echo chamber for life and the turbulence it can bring, then we must allow space for it to be just as flawed as the humans who create it — here we present, a striking harmony between human hands and AI.