Meet five more designers of RETROGRADE: Broken Divinity (May 30th 2025
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At Retrograde, fashion is a site of transformation — where discarded materials become sacred, and each designer carves out a language of resistance, ritual, and renewal.
LARROCHE DESIGN – Ben Larroche
@larroche.design @benjamin_larroche
Larroche Design is a Paris-based menswear label merging artistic expression, couture craftsmanship, and eco-conscious values.
Fresh from his Master’s at Duperré, Ben creates one-of-a-kind pieces that are entirely handmade — sharp, intuitive, and deeply personal. A debut that speaks with both precision and soul.
LOVRO
@lovrency @madebylovrency
From concrete to garden hose, Slovenian designer Lovro turns the unexpected into the essential.
With a sculptural instinct and a sustainable vision, he lets each unconventional material lead the process — transforming garments into tactile experiments, and runways into living installations.
L.A.M.E. –
@___lameofficial___
More than a brand, L.A.M.E. is a manifesto. Upcycling vintage and personal clothing into expressive, wearable statements, Lou mixes bold creativity with ecological urgency.
This is DIY elevated to poetic rebellion. Handmade, heartfelt, and fiercely alive.
Gardez.Vos.Yeux.Ouverts.
BOIE N BILL – Ellisha Boie
@boienbill
Ghanaian designer Ellisha Boie reclaims textile waste and secondhand garments to create bold African streetwear rooted in sustainability.
As co-founder of Boie n Bill, his vision is both futuristic and ancestral — remixing heritage with eco-conscious rebellion.
MLI BY SVENSSON
@mlibysvensson
« I’m the designer behind MLI, where raw craftsmanship meets radical sustainability. »
Discarded tech, nostalgic relics, and forgotten symbols become garments built for the future.
Blending futuristic tailoring with poetic reinvention, MLI was recently spotlighted in VOGUE Germany — and continues to push fashion toward new frontiers.
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This is the middle of something big.
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