With “THE ARCHIVE”, ZARA once again confuses attitude with silence. Between muted colors and controlled silhouettes, it reveals no new aesthetic – only the perfection of fatigue.
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The Archive of Fatigue
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The Pose of Enlightenment
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Wokeness was once an awakening; today it serves as a backdrop. The line between moral gesture and aesthetic reflex, between attitude and staging, has almost vanished. What remains when awareness...
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Between Function and Restraint
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The collaboration between ZARA and Samuel Ross is less a collection than an attempt to redefine the relationship between clothing, protection, and distance. While fashion usually seduces, Ross...
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Between Irony and Inquisition
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Today, a single ironic sentence is enough to trigger an investigation. The case of media theorist Norbert Bolz stands less for judicial arbitrariness than for a cultural symptom: we have lost...
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Gucci’s Seventh Quarter of Decline
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The myth is fading. Once a synonym for flamboyance and commercial triumph, Gucci now finds itself in a deeper crisis than any of its major rivals. The era of endless growth is over — and with it the...