Alice wears Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood silk dress, Maison Margiela leather shoes, Falke cotton socks

Grace wears tulle tutus from stylist’s archive

Alice wears Cécile Bousselat upcycled, hand-embroidered stuff nylon shoes

Alice wears Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood silk dress

Alice wears Laura Jasiunaite wool coat, Janina Pedan custom tights, Maison Margiela leather shoes

Grace wears Johannes Warnke dress

Grace wears MSGM taffeta dress and cotton trench

Molly wears Jil Sander embroidered linen top, Judas Companion hand-knitted mohair and silk yarn mask with embroidered glass crystals

Alice wears Balenciaga performance tailoring twill jacket, Janina Pedan custom hat

Pei Pei wears Rebecca Jeffs opihi shell eyewear

Grace wears Laura Jasiunaite organic cotton top, dress, and trousers, Nashir Mazhar for Maxmilian ostrich feather headdress

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05.25.2021

PHOTOGRAPHS BY BEN TOMS
STYLING BY ROBBIE SPENCER

Art imitates life. As we mimic the miracles of nature, we repattern our relationship to the worldwide web that connects all things, blurring the boundaries between the beautiful and biological.

Credits

MAKEUP Crystabel Riley HAIR Shiori Takahashi

TALENT Alice Cooper (Select Models), Grace Quaye (Next Models), Pei Pei Tang (Milk Management), Molly Hunloke (Anti-Agency) CASTING Gabrielle Lawrence (People-File)

PRODUCTION Mini Title SET DESIGN Janina Pedan

STYLIST ASSISTANT Met Kilinc

MAKEUP ASSISTANT Mari Kuno HAIR ASSISTANT Katsuya Kachi

LIGHTING ASSISTANTS Jack Symes, Andy Moores, Tarek Cassim

POST-PRODUCTION the Hand of God

ANIMAL HANDLER Animals Work

Shop Atmos Volume 05: Hive

In the face of the climate crisis, one thing is clear: we will only get to an ecologically just future by way of working together. If humankind is to heal its relationship to the rest of creation, it must restore harmony—which cannot exist without collaboration. And what could be more emblematic of holism and harmony than a hive?

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