11/26/2025
ONLY THOSE WITH VISION CAN SEE THROUGH THE BLUR...
We have been holding out. Yall consume art too fast for us. Savor the content, the context, the con-
SPREAD SELECTS
Here, we let some of our youngest models in /CW history show us what their future may inspire.
In collaboration with/ [Curator, Fashion Story Teller], .anamarie [Photographer], [Project Assistant], .amil + [Set Assistants]
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Urban Afrofuturism isn’t a distant dream—it’s happening now, stitched into the fabric of today’s street culture, maximalist fashion trends, and daily infusion of “tribal” patterns. In cities across the globe [& even right here in Milwaukee], everyday garments double as tools of resistance and pride. At its most innovative, we are talking high-waisted two-toned shorts embedded with biometric encryption, crop tops laced with solar-reactive threads, and metallic coats lined with signal-jamming mesh—fashion made for a surveillance society that watches everything but still can't decode us. Or think of reflective eyewear shielding facial recognition, turning anonymity into power. Envision economically empowered femininity thriving through Black & Brown owned labels designing for the complex realities of womanhood—pieces that carry both cultural weight and Urban power. See it as self-selected wearable graphic propaganda that elevates how we view ourselves, inspired by the resurgence of a free press, maybe with QR codes stitched beneath collars and brims, linking wearers to grassroots media networks and diasporic storytelling platforms. And everywhere, African diasporic aesthetics—beads, bold tones, and futuristic metallics—these aren’t curated moments; they’re daily declarations. This isn’t speculative fiction. These are masks found in our studios [a “hand me down” fashion spread], jackets from our closets, and earrings brought back from Ghana. This is now: a living, breathing counter-narrative, unfolding on sidewalks, alleyways, and digital runways across the globe.
