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Submit to Issue One: Seven Deadly Sins
The inaugural print issue, launching January 2027.
Played Our Cards Right: Inside Obscura Zine’s First Event
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FSHN FEST: A Debut, Industrial Edge & Quiet Luxury on the Runway
Another peek into the DIY NYFW scene.
Renée’s "Blue 47" Energized Fashion Week
Renee's SS27 "Blue 47" Presentation brought color, style, and wonder to NYFW.
SHAO’S NYFW Presentation Embodied an Enigmatic Persona
“Underworld Royale: Softness in the Shadows” fosters a tactile yet quietly exhilarating show.
Becca Flood’s "Where Do All the Weird Girls Go?" Was an Ordinary Paradise
A glimpse into the esoteric inaugural runway debut for Becca Flood at NYFW, inspired by her late border collie.
Ella Mae’s “Peaceful Way” Shows That Rebel Girls Will Save the World
Described as “Where Marie Antoinette and Snooki meet,” Peaceful Way was a standout NYFW debut this Spring/Summer 2027.
Sweet Baby Rays plays “Dress Up” for NYFW
The word of Fall/Winter 2026, according to Ray Baker, is simple: C-U-N-T.
The Twink Next Door Makes us Proud to be American
To kick off NYFW, come one, come all, immerse yourself into a Dunkin-esque, world-melding, diva-filled…Camp Twink?
Echo Location: Hard Bass Slutz
The first video for, “Echo Location,” a multi-media series under Obscura Zine that focuses on spotlighting musicians and creatives who have a connection to fashion and culture –– of course, with a nonconventional twist. Featuring one of Phoenix’s finest DJ groups.
Is it Fashionable to be Chronically Online?
The gallery of your favorite Instagram meme-page is more likely to influence the fashionable trend-o-sphere than the world of the analog and the tangible. The question is no longer what to wear, but which chronically-online digital to reference.
Fighting with Fashion
America’s History of Fashion as Political Symbolism
We Are Self Through Other
How fashion extends past the body & beyond the mind.
Running on Whimsy: Giselle and Monjia Debut a Mixed Media Runway
The only proper way for a Bushwick catwalk to be done, served up a la fantasy mode. Here’s what went down and an exclusive scoop into their influences.
Glitter and Fault Lines: a Euphoria Retrospective
Euphoria constructed a language and cultural phenomenon for a generation navigating identity at the unique axis of adolescence and the internet. Now, what once felt like recognition has devolved into spectacle. Oreoluwa Ojewuyi talks us through the addictive beginning of the world of Euphoria to its ultimate demise in the conclusion of Season 3.
Liminal Safe
A “Pick Your Nurse Doll” exploratory editorial experience by Italy-based creatives Rosignoli Beatrice and Sirya Calace.
TYPING…With Vlada
The woman of many faces. Our first feature in our new social series, “TYPING…”
Reworked Runway: Where Fashion Breathes Again
Reworked Runway is a community uplifting sustainable designers and artists in New York City. Writer Tricia Patras covered the energized event at the iconic House of Yes in Bushwick.
Why Bridal Fashion Week?
On weddings and ritual: Why does bridal need its own fashion week spectacle, and how has it evolved?
Galliano for Zara and the ‘Ethical’ Curtain of Fashion
Zara created the model for the fast fashion industry. Now, it’s partnership with John Galliano will give consumers a pseudo-luxury experience for a fraction of the cost. Obscura writer Audrey Treon discusses the implications of the partnership, and if the ‘thrill’ of being apart of change justifies negative sustainable impact.
Is Fashion Week Actually Making an Effort to be Sustainable?
Sustainability initiatives seem to be working – Here’s why the US should prioritize them more.
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