In 2023, true audacity is all about embracing and cultivating awkwardness. Welcome to the cringe era, the tidal wave allowing us to be more daring while elevating discomfort to the status of performance art.
Iconic figures on the Parisian and international fashion scene, artistic directors Glenn Martens (Y/project and Diesel) and Nicolas Di Felice (Courrèges) sat down to discuss, through an exclusive and unprecedented interview for Mixte, their vision of fashion and audacity.
The transfeminine, gender non-conforming writer, activist, public speaker, and mixed-media performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon explores the themes of gender, race, trauma, and belonging through thought-provoking, powerful, and healing artistry.
Model Lauren Wasser, who's had both legs amputated after suffering from menstrual toxic shock syndrome, talks about resilience, disability and healing as she fights for change in the legislation around this issue.
The self-empowerment anthem, an emancipatory anthem designed solely to boost self-esteem, has become a staple of every self-respecting women's pop star, to the point of generating a real business not shy of contradictions...
At the head of Schiaparelli for three years, Daniel Roseberry jas skilfully spiced up the house's surrealist codes. The texan designer shares his creative vision, one that is closely linked to pop culture, whimiscal chic and the notion of women's empowerment.
Model, author, actress and lecturer, Inès Rau is however not one to let a label be slapped on her forehead without flinching. Meet a determined and enterprising woman who now likes to define herself as a “human empowerment advocate”.
Now that it has been snapped up and exploited by the biggest fashion houses, can the historically political white tank top, symbol of equality for the working class, the queer and/or th feminist, still be considered subversive and a tool of empowerment by its wearer?
The ballroom scene has undeniably become a place of empowerment for the queer community around the world. Focus on this unique (“Uniiique !”) movement, with some of the most emblematic and prominent members of the current french scene, such as Nikki Gorgeous Gucci, Mary-Jo Ladurée, Paulah Gorgeous Gucci, Eryss Comme des Garçons, Lyhnasty Ninja et Ariana Gorgeous Gucci.