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Editorial: Holding Breath
Team Credits:
Photographer Maria Shlykova @mashashph
Model Sonya Alexandrova @sonderdine Model agency @systemrussia
Make up & hair stylist Liudmila Smotrova @muah
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Manager Valeria Vorobyeva @flamingsparrow
Stylist Daria Tatarinova @tatarinova
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Videographer Valeria Lazareva @lazareworks

The story wanders the streets of Paris in the first warmth of summer, where a woman, her clothes and the
city stop being separate things. Shot in the lively, charismatic streets of the 18ème arrondissement, it lets
high fashion meet the ordinary city and shows how naturally the two belong together. Photographer Sasha
Zheinova and stylist Juliette Verhaeghe Lucchini dress model Chihiro Takeshita in a blend of established
Parisian houses and emerging talent, from haute-lingerie maison Paloma Casile and Rabanne-trained Naza
Efard to couturier Jérôme Blin, alongside EANNA, MONASTERIO, Maurice Jamin, MUTAGENE and
ESMOD graduate Leez by Margaux Degezelle.

Sovereign retells Juana
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s story by positioning her as the hero—reclaiming the
narrative that was constructed by the men closest to her in order to gain
access to power.
Rather than portraying madness, the editorial reframes passion and
emotional intensity as strength. The work imagines an alternative ending:
Juana not silenced, not imprisoned, but fully present authoring her own
image, body, and legacy.

A body emerges from the ocean, entering a world it does not yet recognize. For the
first time, skin accustomed to the weight of water encounters air — an invisible force that transforms
every movement into adaptation.
Along the shoreline, fragments carried by the currents begin to appear. Worn, eroded, and
transformed by time, these remnants exist between the organic and the artificial.
This editorial explores transformation as a process of survival: a body suspended between two
worlds, shaped by what it carries, what it abandons, and what the sea chooses to return.

Coral Beauty:
My fascination with the ocean began the moment I first dove beneath the surface. It was there that I witnessed not only the breathtaking
diversity of the reefs but also realized their critical role in our shared survival. This project is a tribute to that fragile elegance.
This Editorial is more than just an underwater aesthetic. It is a visual metaphor for our deep-rooted dependence on this ecosystem. We
are moving beyond the perspective of humans as mere observers of nature; instead, we aim to portray the human form as an extension
of the reef itself.
Through intricate textures, organic silhouettes, and sculptural styling, this editorial explores a symbiotic future where corals and humans
are beautiful together.

ERASED IDENTITY
Femininity has long been shaped through expectation. To be delicate, and emotionally contained to be admired and
controlled not to exist freely. For generations, women have been taught to perform within these boundaries,
adapting themselves to ideals that leave little space for contradiction and vulnerability. The constant pressure to
always appear perfect becomes a form of exhaustion. Perfection becomes restraint. The more polished the image, the
easier it is for individuality to disappear beneath it.
ERASED IDENTITY emerges from this tension: the point at which femininity stops being a form of expression and
becomes a form of erasure.