What if the first step toward becoming yourself is breaking the version of you that already exists?
We are surrounded by structures designed to keep us still: expectations, identities, routines, aesthetics. We learn how to pose for them, how to fit inside them, how to make the cage look beautiful enough that we forget it is a cage at all. But beneath the polished surface, something is always moving. Continuously craving escape.
The Breaking begins inside that metaphorical cage. Here, the body becomes an image, and the image becomes a kind of confinement.
Full Look: Collini, Hat: Lorenzo Seghezzi, Necklace & Belt: Area NYC Stylist’s Archive
Dress: Antonio Marras, Bra: Haubergier, Shoes: Richmond, Headpiece: AGGLOMERATI, Headpiece: Stylist’s Archive, Earring: Efek Studio, Glove: Duecci gloves; Stylist’s Archive, Bracelet: Area NYC Stylist’s Archive
“Our story begins in a rigid, perfect world; a glass cage where everything is static, and life feels like an endless pose. Beneath this cold calm is an urgent need to escape. The turning point is represented by an egg: a symbol of the past that must be shattered. This is not a gentle hatching, but a visceral eruption. The moment the shell falls away to reveal our raw, true energy.“
Left – Full look: Dolce&Gabbana, Hat: Bonfilio Hats
Dress: Sylvio Giardina, Hat: Bonfilio Hats, Necklace: Area NYC Stylist’s Archive
Once the shell is broken, the structure dissolves into a dream. We are no longer solid figures or prisoners of design; we become light, movement, and blurring shapes. The sharp red feathers from the beginning soften into ethereal shades, and the body transforms into a trail of color and florals. This editorial is about breaking the mold to stop being a fixed image and finally becoming a dream without edges.”
— Concept written & created by Jvdas Berra, Photographer of The Breaking
Top – Dress: Lorenzo Seghezzi, Shoes: Diesel, Necklace: Area NYC Stylist’s Archive, Gloves: Duecci gloves; Stylist’s Archive, Headpiece ALCHÈTIPO
Full look: Rahul Mishra, Earring: Efek Studio
Left – Dress: Sylvio Giardina, Skirt: Sara Wong, Shoes: DAPHNE.LAB, Hat: Bonfilio Hats, Necklace: Area NYC Stylist’s Archive
Rings: Efek Studio, Gloves: Duecci gloves; Stylist’s Archive
Credits:
Photographer – Jvdas Berra
Stylist – Mirko De Propris
Set Design – Veronica Ferrari
Makeup Artist – Raffaella Fiore represented by Making Beauty
Hair Stylist – Chiara Marinosci represented by The Green Apple Italia
Model – Chol Zuorjack represented by Fabbrica Milano
Casting Director – Carlo Savoldi
Styling Assistants – Elene Tatishvili, Lorenzo Peraboni, Matteo Caccia, Federica Alisei Squitieri
Light Assistant – Mauricio Dumont
