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FORCES OF TROPIC

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Photography by Fujio Emura | Fashion by Try Sutrisno

There’s a whole fashion world out there, often unnoticed or under-appreciated. We open our eyes to Indonesia’s promising fashion landscape.

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A RETURN TO INTIMACY

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by Adriana Pauly

Photography by Andres Burgos

Sex and sexuality have become almost tarnished by pornography and aggression. Artist Sam Morris aims to remind us of the beauty of intimacy.

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GLORY

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Photography by Luke Dickey | Fashion by Maleeka Moss

Revolutions often come with the steep price of war. Some things are worth fighting for.

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top and skirt PRISCAVERA. earrings JENNIFER FISHER.

BORN BEAUTIFUL: MEMPHIS MURPHY

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by James Manso

Photography by Amina Gingold | Fashion by Tyler Okuns

With rooms in the industry that still exclude black and brown trans womxn, model-turned-DJ Memphis Murphy is ready to swing the doors open.

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SURVIVING THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES

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by Genesis Santos

Photography by Oumayma Ben Tanfous | Fashion by Jennifer de la Cruz

He instilled a strict nationwide curfew, his soldiers raided the streets, his pictures were hung high and proud in everyone’s homes while his forces put tape recorders underneath the floors. These were a few of the many brutal conditions that Altagracia De Peña and millions of other Dominicans lived through under Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship from 1930-1961.

Fifty-eight years later, De Peña confidently poses for Phosphenes and shares her life story and her connection to the legendary Mirabal sisters.

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top and pants CHELLA MAN. earring vintage.

WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD

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Photography by Jack Belli | Fashion by Kendal Steensen

Is a change really coming? Sometimes it’s easy to get disillusioned.

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FROM LEFT:
LEAH WEARS
coat HYKE. sweatshirt APC. 
ADAU WEARS
jacket and jeans LEVI'S. jacket (underneath) VINTAGE GIANNI VERSACE ℅ JAMES VELORIA. t-shirt THE UPSIDE. necklace vintage.
CHLOE WEARS
sweater HYKE. earrings NINA BERENATO.

FOR THOSE WHO DO

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Photography by Johnson Lui | Fashion by Christine Nicholson

A moment to celebrate and claim their flowers. Black women don’t owe you shit. Read more

jacket ECKHAUS LATTA. skirt JOCELYN CHIKI. shoes YAYI CHEN x HAU YIN ANDREE KONG.

THE SUM OF OUR PARTS

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Photography by Jackie Kursel | Fashion by Sharifa Morris

The world is burning, and we’re becoming the products of our own waste. We need to clean up our mess; it’s already too late.

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MILES WEARS
necklace KENNETH JAY LANE.

AS YOU ARE

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Photography by Kevin Buitrago | Fashion by Roberto Johnson

Traditional notions of what’s beautiful are no more. In this realm, all identities deserve to shine.

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BORN BEAUTIFUL: JARI JONES

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by James Manso

Photography by Amina Gingold | Fashion by Tyler Okuns

This past Spring, model and actor Jari Jones made history as the first black trans womxn to produce a film at Cannes. Here’s proof that it’s only the beginning.

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