Cold Magazine

When you think about the act of putting on a corset, it’s different to the daily ritual of throwing on a t-shirt. It’s deliberate, slow and forces you to take steps. Dressing in corsetry is embodied, involving all the senses in the process. The wearer feels the tightening of the fabric, hears the tension of the lacing and watches the sculpting silhouette of their body. It’s a tale as old as time, a ritual that is centuries old.

One up-and-coming designer that embeds corsetry techniques into their work, is Gloria Jane Royer (Gloria Jane Royer). With her studio situated in the coastal town of Margate, Gloria specialises in couture and custom pieces. The overall “look” is hyper-fem but with a sprinkle of theatrics.

What stands out most about Gloria Jane Royer, is that despite the ongoing success of the brand, they continue to remain somewhat distanced from the fashion “industry”. “I love making my work but I don’t want to feel too much fashion pressure or to compare myself to others too much.” Gloria does things on her own terms because of her sheer love of craftsmanship.

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Written by Connie Jane Fletcher
Edited by penny and Henry Tuppen
Photography by Joe & Charlotte

MIDNIGHT PAINTINGS, INSPIRED BY DR SEUSS’ POSTHUMOUS COLLECTION OF DARK ARTWORKS

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Dr Seuss kept his shadow to himself, leaving the bizarre to the darkest hours. When sleep couldn’t find its way to him, his whimsical beings would turn even weirder than usual. His Midnight Paintings were made in secret, alone and at night, exploring s*xuality, drug use and his fear of death. He worried it would impact his career as a children’s illustrator and author of The Cat in the Hat – so they were only released after his death in 1991 in The Secret Art of Dr Seuss.

This Cold editorial takes this darker collection as inspiration. Through eclectic textures, vibrant designs, and zany looks, this editorial represents a vivid replica of Midnight Paintings. Latex prosthetics were hung on bodies, ping pong balls were hidden under blue tights, and fish heads were snatched from the National Theatre.

The creepiest creatures come out at night, leaving us nowhere to hide from the discomfort of looking at our own uncanniness. Fall down Alice’s rabbit hole with us.

Photography, Creative Direction, & Post Production:
Stylist & Art Direction: abi wood
Set Design: abbie
HMUA: .artistry
Nails: 𝕷𝖊𝖋𝖙 𝖇𝖞 𝕬𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖘 𝕹𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖘
Writer: Francesca Nicolodi
Photo Assistant:
Lighting Assistant: Greenwood ⚡
Styling Assistant: Rebecca Riddleston
HMUA Assistant:
Set Assistants: @​aaishah.xox Carter Tam
Models: Rafa⚡️ Mia
Fashion: National Theatre @​​evasoryn abi wood Gianvito Rossi

Sleazenation, steeped in crude irony, shaped London’s sweaty underbelly 1993–2003. The name was pinched from a buzzword splattered across the tabloids in a country rocked by corruption and obsessed with celebrity scandals. The mag was seen as Dazed’s rival and The Face’s slutty, unshowered brother – who was no less afraid to badmouth last night’s rock gig than run a competition to win s*x with Snoop Dogg’s p*rnstars.

What began as a rebellious “post-drug culture” magazine handed out for free to clubbers in the 1990s has now spun out into a world-first Museum of Youth Culture (Museum of Youth Culture).

This Saturday, co-founder Jon Swinstead will open the doors of the world’s first museum of its kind. It’s born from his own grassroots photo archive which he started almost three decades ago, then it grew into a nationally recognised collection that narrates 100 years of youth culture. Now, it has a physical space with ephemera, a sound system and a youth club.

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Words by Φοίβη
Photography courtesy of Museum of Youth Culture

Madeline Woo (madeline woo) deviates almost entirely from the traditional ballet cliché. The acclaimed principal dancer of San Francisco Ballet has amassed millions of views online documenting her daily life in the studio. See her explosive grand allegro or the mind boggling act of thwacking $150 pointe shoes against the floor. Woo is renowned for her sartorial choices too, often opting for a distressed, all-black wardrobe. Cutting up existing pieces (like the tights she fashioned into a shrug) allows for a level of self-expression only furthered by the intricate tattoos covering Woo’s upper body.

Now, the premiärdansare, principal dancer, is looking to a new stage in Stockholm Fashion Week. Enter MADDWOO (MADDWOO) the dancer’s clothing line grounded in deconstruction and identity. Underpinned by Woo’s own defiant taste, the garments often blur the line between dance and streetwear, pulling a wide audience who value movement. COLD chatted with Madeline two days before the debut runway show.

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Edited by penny

Maehem99 (Mae) is a Gucci model from heaven, twirling a silver pole in the VIP clubs of London. In their debut EP Sexual Commerce Mae sings of their fall from the high fashion stage into an “insidious” spiral towards the nightlife beneath. In a set of five club cuts, they recount scenes on the runways, back stages, and dark basements of the “image-based industry”, praying for their heart whilst selling an identity.

When I first spoke with Mae, their gentleness was almost a surprise amidst the image they lead with. They answered each question with a hand over their heart, their eyes open wide like two crystal mirrors. We talked their upcoming EP, queerness in the fashion world, and the story behind Sexual Commerce’s second track, “Burn Your Wishes”, which dropped May 28. The song dives sharp into the EP’s themes surrounding intrapersonal hope and interpersonal intimacy.

“When I make a song, it has to come from a place of deep feeling, first of all. The lyrics are important to me, because I used to write poems when I was younger. It often comes from a really deep place of pain, and then it comes out of me quickly, almost like it’s not coming from me,” they say..”

Words by luna
Edited by
Photography by Brennan Bucannan

Karina Golisova (karinagolisova) captures a Europe that is both in transition and which has been left behind. Raised in Bratislava, Slovakia, before moving to Czechia, Golisova captures the music and squatting scenes of those cities – raw and alive – with an intimacy people outside those countries aren’t often shown. Documenting those worlds from within their ranks, Golisova makes models of her friends whose personal worlds and youth become stages for the political, speaking to a generation stymied by economic decline, Internet supremacy and the latter-day existentialism of 21st-century life. As her first-ever solo exhibition runs at miļość Gallery (miłość) in London, Golisova speaks to The Cold Magazine.

The BA Fashion Class of 2026 at took to the runway last night to present their final collections, showcasing the talent emerging from their students. Across 22 graduate collections, the show had menswear, womenswear, print, knitwear and accessories.

Here are some of Cold’s favourite looks from the show. Thanks for having us.

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If you’ve seen the films of Agnès Varda, you love Varda. If you haven’t heard of her before, you’re in great luck; what joy to be at the precipice of watching masterpiece after masterpiece. Even better, you can start what will be your new, Varda-filled life from the comfort of the Rio Cinema, a serious establishment of grandeur and pomp, celebrating its 50th anniversary with a months-long curation of films.

One of such films will be Faces Places, Varda’s 2017 documentary where she and collaborator JR tour France, taking photographs of locals and creating large-scale murals on nearby buildings, an effort in friendship and community. Programmed by Rio Cinema’s Varda Film Club, it will screen this Saturday along with a Q&A with Rosalie Varda, daughter of the late filmmaker. Can’t make the afternoon screening? In luck again – it’s followed by an evening showing of The Beaches of Angès (2008), this time with an introduction from Rosalie.

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Written by Valeria Berghinz