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The Aesthetics of Simulation

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How Algorithms Are Replacing Humans in the Fashion Industry
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Symbolic image for the change in the fashion industry: a server room as a metaphor for the replacement of real models by algorithms.

After the faces have vanished and the avatars have risen, the final step follows: fashion detaches itself from the human being. What began as a technical advance becomes a cultural turning point...

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Cosmos in Half-Light

Chanel Between Lightshow and Emptiness
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A vast dimly lit hall with glowing planets floating above a reflective runway floor – a symbolic stage between light and emptiness.

Matthieu Blazy presents a flawless collection at Chanel – yet one without its own idea. Between planets, pearls and perfection, fashion loses itself in its own radiance.

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From Mannequins to Avatars

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Symbolic image for the change in the fashion industry: a server room as a metaphor for the replacement of real models by algorithms.

From the mannequins of the 1950s to the supermodels of the 1990s: fashion constantly reinvented its icons. Today their names are Shudu, Imma, and Lil Miquela – avatars instead of humans.

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Click Instead of a Bang

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Symbolic image for the change in the fashion industry: a server room as a metaphor for the replacement of real models by algorithms.

For decades, fashion thrived on faces, bodies, and illusions. But today, a mouse click replaces what once required studios, photographers, and models. Algorithms take over – quietly, efficiently, and...

Memory as scenery

Between Fashion and Reckoning: Kilian Kerner’s GDR Collection
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Kilian Kerner’s latest collection takes on the subject of forced adoptions in the GDR – staging historical memory as an aesthetic spectacle. But what does it truly leave behind?

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