Ethical Fashion

Biophilia: Emulating Nature’s Artistry Through Fashion

07.17.2024

Our ability to shapeshift is one we share with many of our nonhuman kin—a reminder that the chasm between humans and the natural world is smaller than we think.

For this story, shot for Atmos Volume 9: Kinship, photographer Elizaveta Porodina and stylist Victoria Sekrier drew inspiration from the five kingdoms of life (animals, plants, fungi, protists, and monera). Porodina and Sekrier use the adaptive nature of fashion and photography to depict the magic of these different life forms, referencing species like bioluminescent plankton, the orchid mantis, the Giant Pacific octopus, and more.

Ajak wears Salvatore Vignola dress, Baclava, and sleeves

Jakub wears Victor Clavelly jacket, stylist’s tights

Peng wears Balenciaga jacket, gloves, and shoes from Pyrn Archives, stylist’s skirt

Ajak wears Lorette Colé Duprat underwear and bracelets, stylist’s cape

Jakub wears Maison Margiela vest from Pyrn Archives, Sorcha O’Raghallaigh dress, stylist’s gloves and tights, hairstylist’s hairpiece

Ajak wears Balenciaga jacket from Pyrn Archives, Rudi Gernreich bodysuit, Falke bodysuit (underneath), stylist’s glove and tights, hairstylist’s hairpiece

Ajak wears Jenny Hytönen for AZ Factory dress

Peng wears T Label black and silver tops

Peng wears Claude Montana top from Passage

Signe wears Junko Shimada dress from Passage, MM6 Maison Margiela top from Pyrn Archives

Talent Ajak Dhieu (The Face Paris), Jakub K (Le Troch), Signe (Premier), Peng Chang (Premier) Makeup Valentina Li (Bryant Artists) Hair Ali Pirzadeh (Streeters) Nails Eri Narita Set design Emilia Margulies (Concrete) Lighting Director Josef Beyer Casting Emilie Åström (CREARTVT) Photography Assistants Valentine Lacour and Max Zimmerman Styling assistants Chi Lao Loi and Andrew Gutrov Makeup assistant Anaïs Kreib Hair assistants José Domene and Brenda Ohale Set design assistants Vittorio Pessin and Sacha Gabilan Casting assistant Tanya Kalbachova Production Concrete Rep. LTD Post production INK

This story first appeared in Atmos Volume 09: Kinship with the headline “Biophilia.”

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Atmos Volume 09 explores family, biodiversity, wildlife, symbiosis, and conservation—a collection of stories that remind us that we exist in a web of not only relationship, but kinship.

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