VELVET PAGES ISSUE 2
READING IS HOT
Girls who read cover model @frannyrichardson
Shot by @anna__cuesta
Styled by @soldmynameformoney
In Paris
We are very happy to announce that issue 2 is now available for pre-order at @kdpresse
Official launch 18 May 2026
Printing Fashion Nº6 #Technique
This year’s theme techniques’ reflects the diffusion of a discourse on the value of technical knowledge and practice in the fashion industry and beyond. Here we explore this contemporary trend that has often put at odds a celebration of an idea of a manual, technical and industrial know-how against a digital and fast-produced form of making and consuming fashion. A clear example is the exhibition dedicated to the ‘Tisser, broder, sublimer. Les savoir-faire de la mode’ at the Palais Galliera Musée de la Mode de Paris where ancient and more contemporary techniques of making (and printing) fashion have been displayed in an attempt to unpack a multitude of discourses on fashion: from the many figures and processes involved in the creation of garments to the disappearing of know-how, ateliers and actors. While denouncing a transformation in the systems of fashion, this example may also be seen as a recurrent romanticization of labour in an industry that has too often the necessity to nostalgically evoke a past that it has contributed to destroy via industrial mechanization and de-localization of production. Therefore, the discourse about ‘techniques’ in fashion must always be accompanied by a critical evaluation on why this concept is today so fashionable, what technical knowledge/s are today celebrated and why, which technical knowledges we are overlooking and who had - and has today - the power to own, preserve and celebrate this knowledge.
#PrintingFashion #Technique #kdpresse #beautifulmagazinesfromaroundtheworld
Popeye – Issue 950: Made in the USA Catalog ’26
The founders printed this on the cover of the magazine when it debuted in 1976. What’s a “city boy”? The term doesn’t appear in the dictionary and no expert panel could define it. So we felt we should explore every aspect of what this “city boy” might be. After decades of debate, it still makes for a topic of lively discussion. It can be a style or a way of thinking. To get an idea of what makes a city boy, read POPEYE magazine.
Available at kdpresse.com
🌠 Le Grand Tour est arrivé 🌠 Retrouvez dès cette semaine notre troisième numéro consacré à la Biennale de Sydney, en librairies et centres d’art ! La revue est aussi disponible à la commande sur le site de @kdpresse 🔗 lien en bio
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🌠 Le Grand Tour is out now 🌠 Find our third issue, dedicated to the Sydney Biennale, in bookstores and art centers starting this week! The magazine is also available for order on the @kdpresse website 🔗 link in bio
@maisonmondesafricains lance leur premier numéro!
MansA Magazine est une invitation à franchir le seuil d’une demeure nouvelle, une Maison des Mondes Africains dont les fondations plongent dans l’histoire et dont les fenêtres s’ouvrent sur l’infini du futur.
Disponible dès maintenant en ligne et en boutiques.
#kdpresse #kdpresseselection #MansA #guillaumediop
PRINTING FASHION FAIR x KD PRESSE
25 - 26 APRIL 2026
UNION JEUNESSE INTERNATIONALE
2-4 Blvd Marguerite de Rochechouart, 75018 Paris.
We are thrilled to announce this year’s Printing Fashion Fair 2026 at Union Jeunesse Internationale, presented in collaboration with The New School Parsons Paris, Reading Room, and KD Presse on the occasion of KD Presse’s 25th anniversary.
The publishing fair features independent fashion magazines, resellers, and collectors that showcase and sell their publications. The fair provides a unique opportunity to meet and acquire a handpicked selection of fashion printed matter, and to connect with international publishers and magazines both inside and outside fashion-specific printed media. Alongside the fair, Printing Fashion will also host a series of public talks with publishers, journalists, editors, curators, and academics exploring the theme of “influence” in the print industry. The talks will present different ways in which influence can be understood and enacted: as participation and community-building, as aesthetic power, as a source of inspiration, and as a set of historical references and genealogies that shape contemporary publishing practices.
Fair participants include @schemamagazine@revuemagazine_@novembreglobal@cara__magazine@cose.journal@kermesse.cool@feu_magazine@otherscenesmagazine@taara.mag@duelmagazine@affect_wins@magazinemagazine.fr@arxipelag_@mental.athletic@merde_magazine@citymaginternational@s_m.magazine@viewsfrance@ephemera_precious_documents@hgkbasel_doingfashion@tide__magazine@momulibrary@cahiercentral@patrickremystudio
#BehindTheBlindsMagazine exclusive limited drop of #ConnorStorrie cover, and more !
Shipping next week 💫
🗞️ stockist inquiries: DM
Master linguist. America’s ass. Cutie patootie. There are many layers to the fascination that Storrie and his performance in THE gayest show of 2025, Heated Rivalry, has sparked in the audiences around the world. We get into all of it in the debut cover story from our latest issue.
And since we know you can’t stop looking into Storrie’s ocean eyes, we have a surprise.
Each copy of the magazine will come with a special poster inside — perfect to put above your bed.
#kdpresseselection #DiveIntoMe #HeatedRivalry
