A REFLECTION ON THE FUTURE
Despite all our modern sensibilities, our minds still play tricks on us when it comes to the darkness. Shapes begin to swirl and half-materialize, uncanny threats breathe down our necks from the murkiness – and we feel silly after we flip the light switch. But what if the entities are really there? This editorial was sparked by our fascination with Lukáš Spilka's Full Moon collection and was brought to life via the talent of photography duo Shotby.us.
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Bio
Lukáš Spilka has been studying fashion since high school and afterwards continued at the Design and Footwear Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague (UMPRUM). He is currently a student at the Royal Academy in Antwerp and runs an eponymous label. The Full Moon collection was inspired by space travel. The heroines return to the Moon, just on the day of the full moon.
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Shotby.Us is a Prague-based photographic duo, Lenka Glisníková a Karolína Matušková, living and working on the intersection of art, fashion and product photography.
Credits
Photography / Shotby.us @shotby.us
Creative Dir. / Markéta Kosinová @__maarketa__
Styling / Kateřina Hynková @khynko
Assistant / Agáta Zapotilová @agata_zapotilova
Models / @havrdovae @hllmlia @_amalieburdova_ @beatrice.brunzin from @raremodels.agency @majda.tomaskova
Fashion designer / Lukáš Spilka @lukasspilka (the collection Full Moon was created in collaboration with @razornailz and @oldrich.voyta)
Produced by Swarm Production
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