Fashion
Fashion at The Cold Magazine. We follow the designers, stylists and image-makers building the next version of the industry — from graduate collections and independent labels to runway reports, studio visits and the editorials we shoot ourselves.
For Izadora Hodges, ARODAZI Is Built on People
“I try not to compare myself to anyone,” Izadora Hodges says.
PHILIPPDORNER is ‘Queering’ The Menswear Scene
Technicality and authenticity define the namesake menswear label PHILIPPDORNER We joined the German designer in his London studio to find…
YESYES!: ‘Fake Prada Is Part of Kazakh Culture’
While some people are content within the mundane familiarity of the quotidian, those who are unfulfilled have a harder time…
SAKH is Bringing Kazakhstan’s Nomadic Roots to the Runway
“Does Kazakhstan have its own designers, its own voice in the world of fashion?” The question arrived at twelve, and…
No.sugar is the Uzbek Fashion Brand Literally Building Roots
“My close friend jokingly called me no sugar”: Tashkent, the sartorial nucleus of the ancient Silk Roads, and a manifesto…
From a Tree That Bleeds to Bodies That Remember: Akbota Kapsalan’s Costumes of Continuity
According to legend, the Qara Qandyagash, a tree native to Central Asia, releases a red liquid resembling blood.
Akbota Kasymbek’s ‘Kökpar’: Style from the Kazakh Steppe at VFWA
Across central Asia, the Next Designer Award empowered by Visa, hosts an annual competition for young emerging designers.
Meerim Naizabekova at VFWA is a Beautiful Celebration of Nature, Emotion, and Chaos
Meerim Naizabekova is a fashion designer based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, whose new collection Balance will feature at the Visa Fashion…
Paul Williams is the British-Nigerian Designer Between Here and Home
There is a more mercurial distance that forms between memories and reality – between the versions of yourself that you…
The Age of the Balaclava
Berets for the Black Panthers, tams for Rastafarians. In 2026 our resistance headwear is the balaclava, and what we are…
Lavin Karakoc Finds Solace in Uncertainty
For Lavin Karakoc, beauty hides in the places between “what’s felt and said”.
Meet the Woman Behind the World’s First Clothing Swap Shop
Six years ago, Roxy Travers saw something unusual jutting out of a skip.
