On the first Monday of May, the Met Gala @metgalaofficial_ once again declared that fashion is art.
It did not resolve the debate. It staged it.
Who decides what counts as art? Whose belief makes a garment a work, and whose money keeps that belief in circulation? The “Fashion is Art” dress code was a bold and seductive statement. It promised clarity. As ever, it produced ambiguity.
In our latest essay, Kseniia Butenko @kvbutenko works through these questions with Bourdieu, Kant, Dewey, Valerie Steele, Karl Lagerfeld, and Marco Pedroni.
Bourdieu on cultural capital and the structures that produce it. Kant on autonomy, and how fashion never quite fits that definition. Dewey on art as experience rather than institutional walls. Pedroni on fashion as a site where power, memory, and aspiration are negotiated and lived.
To read our thoughts on the Met Gala, the controversies, and the looks themselves in relation to the art they symbolise or present, head to perediza.com. Link in bio.
#MetGala2026 #FashionIsArt #CostumeArt #FashionCriticism
The Bittersweet Nostalgia of AW26 Fashion Month.
The recent fashion season unfolded differently across New York, London, Milan, and Paris — yet shared a common mood. If fashion is a reflection of our society, this season revealed something clear: we all miss something.
Whether it’s intimate childhood memories or fashion’s “golden eras,” nostalgia became a way of trying to return to what we imagine as “better times.”
This season, nostalgia acted not just as an aesthetic, but as an emotional response to the present. A longing for home. For stability. For moments that feel distant, but still somehow so close.
In a time shaped by uncertainty, the past begins to feel like a place we want to return to. And fashion becomes a medium that takes us there — even if only for a moment.
Article by Kseniia Butenko (@kvbutenko )
Full piece in bio.
#fashionweek #mfw #lfw #pfw
Clothes That Belong to a Past Version of You.
When Marc Jacobs (@marcjacobs ) presented Memory. Loss. for Spring Summer 2026, he did not simply revisit his archive. He structured the present around memory. From Perry Ellis Grunge to his own late 90s and early 2000s silhouettes, the return was not nostalgic. It was recognitive. Memory as material. Hope as work.
If fashion can build forward by looking back, why should we [be forced to] detach from our own past selves?
Open your wardrobe. The jacket from another life. The dress from a different love. You are not keeping fabric. You are keeping continuity. Clothing witnesses who we were becoming.
Identity endures, even when the garment does not.
Article by Kseniia Butenko (@kvbutenko )
Full piece in bio.
#fashion #marcjacobs #aw26
the art of giving 0 fucks, ghosting people, drinking coffee, dressing up with no reason, reading books, ignoring opinions, flirting, painting, taking pics, watching classics, cooking, going to the gym, writing my thoughts down, freezing, loving and doing whatever I want. it is starting to work out;)
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