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Welcome to Obscura, your hub for true fashion news and aberrant views, a step away from the industry norm.
Emerging Brand “Songs of Siren” Commands and Captivates in First Year Success
Where Hair Meets Rebellion: A Rockabilly Runway
See how these pin-up pixies brought playful (and polka dots) to the Colorado runway.
Crystallization Forming Legacy
Founder and Creative Director Alexia Hill reflects on the Zine’s first year and her own legacy as a creative.
Obsession as Art: Vanity, Authenticity, and the Cinematic Ego in Fashion
This editorial explores vanity, beauty obsession, and scrutiny through a cinematic lens — asking why we worship the fleeting in fashion imagery.
Consumerism Meets Cult Mentality
Rapid consumption is transforming traditional brand loyalty into cult-ish territory. How is this impacting younger generations, and how can they take their power back and get out of the never-ending consumption cycle?
XO, Obscura - August 2025
The first monthly letter from Obscura, this month discussing vanity, scrutiny, and our worship of beauty in a world where it never lasts.
Fashioning Ethical Art: The Sustainability of Screen Printing
A conversation with Sarah Quanci and deep dive into various print making methods.
FINE CHAOS: Designing Disorder into Meaning
The New Wave of Luxury Rebellion - Co-founder of FINE CHAOS Marc C. Møllerskov’s insight on the Copenhagen-based brand that’s disrupting luxury fashion through decay, myth, and memory.
Should a Fashion House End when the OG Creative Director Exits?
Change is part of what keeps the fashion industry interesting and dynamic - but does too much change sully the integrity and original creativity of the house?
‘Homeless Chic’ - a Trendy Dichotomy?
‘Homeless chic’ has had a resurgence in fashion. What can we derive from it’s persistence and what is it’s future?
GLAM SLAM: How Beauty and Fashion are Changing the Game for Women’s Sports
Will public interest in women’s sports be expedited by the fashion and beauty industry’s increasing involvement?
New Day, Same Waste
Is it possible to be Pro-Fashion and Anti-Consumerism?
The Queers Will Not Disappear
Obscura Zine’s June Editorial The Queers Will Not Dissappear centers trans models, shot at Stonewall Inn in West Village, Manhattan.
Puncturing the Veil: An Interview with Ibis Hospital
“I'm looking for a fragile balance between beauty and horror.”
What is Androgynous Fashion: An Interview with Maxine Britt
Androgynous fashion has a diversity problem.
OPINION: Influencers Don’t Need Fashion Brands
OPINION: Content Creators have lost the plot starting their own fast fashion companies.
When Red Carpets Become Runways for Control
Cannes’ new dress code isn’t about fashion — it’s about control, spectacle, and who’s allowed to take up space.
A Famine of Beauty? Not This Year
The 2025 Met Gala Delivered a Feast of Black Elegance and Expression
Louis Vuitton Understands Black Dandyism
OPINION: This year’s Met Gala theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, called, and Louis Vuitton answered.
Cassidy Donaho on Finding Personal Style and Flipping Fashion Norms
Describing her personal style as, “Punkish, unicorn, clown” Cassidy is a student, vintage collector, and “Wizzard Godmother.”
Sydney Wekstein Exposes Her Heart For World of my Own
Sydney Wekstein, the designer and creative director of World Of My Own (WOMO) arrived on the morning of her SS25 fashion show having just freshly bleached her eyebrows on the Uber ride over. She wore a sheer lace bodysuit and jeans so baggy they hardly stayed up, with StarFace stickers on her face and iridescent under-eye masks.
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