Insight on The Future of Fashion

May 16, 2022

There are two big critiques of any art form: "It's not new enough" and "it's too new." There may be no form that endures this dicotomy more than fashion, a form that is both expected to innovate in design while also maintaing functionality. Imagine, then, the task entrusted to a young designer, to both reference the past, anticipate the future, and maintain form all at the same time.

This year’s FIT Future of Fashion showcase was at many points a jaw dropping and electric experience that addressed this task. The clothes and the ambition and experimentation behind them suggest a fearless future in fashion. The spectrum of what is possible and allowed in clothing making was picked apart and put back together in the form of beautiful garments by the crop of graduates. While not all garments attempted to reinvent the wheel, the energy and passion from each of the designers was evident and inspiring. The future of fashion looks bright.

Take a look at some of the looks from this year’s showcase.

Text by Saam Niami
Photos by Eric Mura

Above — Designed by Claire Greidanus

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Bluecage

April 14, 2025

I don’t know what happened. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to understand it. I don’t know if I even want to. It’s like there’s a part of me that wants to forget about it, just pretend it never happened, but then there’s another part of me that keeps thinking about it, keeps turning it over in my head, like some horrible thing that won’t go away. I feel like I’m trapped in this moment, like I’m stuck in something I can’t escape. I’m not sure who I am anymore. I don’t even know what I feel. Sometimes I think I don’t feel anything at all, like I’m just going through the motions, but then I’ll remember something, and it’ll hit me like a wave, and I’ll be back in it, stuck again, trying to make sense of it all.

— Paranoid Park, Blake Nelson, 2006

Photography by Anatole Rassu
Styling by Francesca Cavalcanti
Makeup by Charlotte Nguyen
Hair by Clément Billon
Model: Gabriel @rockmenparis
Photography Assisting by Valentin Godineau
Styling Assisting by Giusi Diella

LEFT: GABRIEL wears FULL LOOK by LOEWE.

RIGHT: GABRIEL wears FULL LOOK by MM6 MAISON MARGIELA, HOOD CAPE by LUEDER.

GABRIEL wears FULL LOOK by LOUIS VUITTON, YELLOW JACKET by BLUEMARBLE, SHOES by SANKUANZ.

LEFT: GABRIEL wears HOODIE by TRASHY CLOTHING, SWEATPANTS by NATASHA ZINKO.

RIGHT: GABRIEL wears FULL LOOK by BLUEMARBLE, SHOES by LOUIS VUITTON.

LEFT: GABRIEL wears HAT by RACER WORLDWIDE, EARRING by PANCONESI.

RIGHT: GABRIEL wears FUR SCARF and SHOES by SANKUANZ, BOTTOMS by RACER WORLDWIDE.

GABRIEL wears FULL LOOK by MAGLIANO.

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It serves as a creative commentary on the undeniable influence that popular culture has on the image of American feminine aspiration