I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 8/11: ”Didn’t know why, but I trusted the yes.
Funny how clarity shows up After you’ve already made the choices. Like the work was doing me
More than I was doing the work.”
Our new drop now Online.
Made by hand here in Milan.
Photo @anyokolie
Styling @_sofia.riva
Project Manager @martapigna
Graphic Design @1plus1plus1plus1plus1plus1plus
Special thanks @mask3ra@cdg.atelier@unolab.uno
I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 6/11: ”Same thing with the fabrics.
Didn’t overthink it. Didn’t ask for thousands swatches.
Just felt it, this one, not that.”
Studio members at our OnePalace studio.
New drop now Online.
Made by hand here in Milan (a few things by them).
Photography @_sofia.riva
I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 5/11: ”Eventually, I printed them all and pinned them to a wall.
And it was like they found their own direction.
I was just watching it happen, trying not to mess it up.
That invisible current pulling everything into place.”
Our new drop now Online.
Made by hand here in Milan.
Photo @anyokolie
Styling @_sofia.riva
Model @st_tkshm
Make up @veronikshirokova
Project Manager @martapigna
Graphic Design @1plus1plus1plus1plus1plus1plus
Special thanks @mask3ra@cdg.atelier@unolab.uno
I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 4/11:
”After a while, I started throwing them into a doc.
And slowly, something started forming.
Not in the images themselves,
but in the weird tension between them.”
A few images that served as starting points for the design.
Now translated into the latest drop - available at ascendbeyond.it
1. Steel Water Runs Here
2. Afghan widows line up during a cash for work project by humanitarian organisation CARE International in Kabul
3. Dumb sock
4. Untitled
5. Shot by Jackie Nickerson
6. Dutch smoking satyr tile from Delft, 1630s
7. Spoons by Ascend Beyond
8. The Medium - Navy Blue, 2023
9. Transparent cassette
10. Armenian family portrait
I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 2/11: ”Didn’t know what I was looking for,
Something would catch my eye, I’d save it.
Images that didn’t belong together, But somehow made sense.”
A few BTS moments from the latest drop - now available online.
Made by hand here in Milan.
Some things are changing, new people, new ways of approaching what we love to do. This week, the drop from the latest collection goes live, featuring a small update I really like. After that, new products will start rolling out, and I can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on.
This is also the first time I’m writing something in first person on this page. It feels like the right moment to start sharing a bit more about myself, we’ll see how it goes.
In the meantime, here are a few shots of Madou wearing the new Japanese denim jacket and double-knee pants, photographed by Any. These denim two-piece and the rest of I WASN’T THERE (OR WAS I?) will finally be online at ascendbeyond.it starting this Wednesday at 10am.
Thanks for all the support. – Emanuele
Photo @anyokolie
Styling @_sofia.riva
Model @yourboymadou
Make up @veronikshirokova
Project Manager @martapigna
Graphic Design @1plus1plus1plus1plus1plus1plus
Special thanks @mask3ra@cdg.atelier@unolab.uno
