Fashion Theatre & Shadowed Jewelry — Cinematic Glamour Reframed
TITLE’s May Digital Cover transforms vintage noir glamour into a futuristic meditation on performance, identity, and sculptural jewelry through the cinematic lens of Holly McCandless-Desmond and the visionary styling of Pav Nagra.
In our April Digital Cover story, the Berlin-born actress, Gizem Emre, strips back the performance to talk identity, freedom, and what it really means to live beyond labels. On and off screen.
In this exclusive interview, Paris-based photographer Charles Hemon discusses how vintage cameras, vibrant colors, street photography, and the art of reframing shape his distinctive visual storytelling, transforming everyday spaces into layered fashion narratives.
As traditional fashion media continues to collapse under the weight of algorithms, layoffs, and advertiser dependency, writers are turning to Substack in search of something increasingly rare: autonomy. What began as a newsletter platform has evolved into fashion journalism’s newest ecosystem — one where critics, stylists, and cultural commentators can build audiences on their own terms. But beneath the promise of creative freedom lies another reality entirely: the pressure of personal branding, creator burnout, and a platform willing to profit from reactionary voices in the name of “free speech.”
Five years after his last release, Juju Rogers returns with Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls — a genre-blurring record shaped by questions of identity, expectations, and staying human in increasingly chaotic times.
“When you start something like this, you’re thinking about the immediate, putting on a good night, bringing people together. But over time, you realise it becomes a public service of sorts; something people invest in emotionally and culturally.”
Loud, messy and unapologetic. Artists like Shygirl, COBRAH and Slayyyter are transforming queer nightlife aesthetics into visible pop identities, reshaping the feeling of the dancefloor along the way. Once considered too explicit, too niche, or too unconventional for mainstream visibility, these artists are now taking underground club culture to the world's biggest stages.
Is ethical porn actually possible? From the rise of AI-generated content to the “loneliness epidemic” facing Gen Z, the landscape of digital intimacy is shifting rapidly. Award-winning filmmaker Erika Lust reflects on two decades of sex-positive activism, the role of intimacy coordinators, and her mission to turn pornography into a cinematic tool for empathy and education.
Engaging with the humanities through independent, community-focused entities has increasingly become an act of resistance. A way to exercise our imagination and celebrate transformative art that speaks to us.
Merle is building a world where fashion, gaming, and real-time honesty collide. And somehow, it all feels effortless.
Fashion’s most iconic power fantasy is returning, but the world in which The Devil Wears Prada is a cultural touchstone no longer exists. In an era shaped by digital immediacy and cultural accountability, even figures like Anna Wintour no longer command the same untouchable authority.
