FASHION ISSUE 20

Bored Games

Photographer Lian Benoit and stylist Kimberly Nguyen explore the restless tension between craving play and the monotony of overstimulation.

Spring / summer 2025

Young woman with black hair playing dominoes, wearing a blue sweater, sitting at a table with domino tiles and a pink slime toy on her left.

PHOTOGRAPHY Lian Benoit
STYLIST Kimberly Nguyen

Two women with dark hair and dark skin posing against a plain background. One woman is sitting on the floor with her legs crossed, wearing a striped sweater, black skirt, and red shoes. The other woman is standing, holding a red telephone receiver to her ear, wearing a gray scarf, brown top, red and white patterned skirt, red socks, and white high-heeled shoes with decorative embellishments. A pink furry bag and green stool are also visible in the scene.

On Akima: SWEATER Golden Goose, SHIRT & SKIRT Tibi, BAG Blumarine, SOCKS Falke, SHOES Santoni
On Adau: TOP Blumarine, SWEATER Boss, SKIRT Tibi, TIGHTS We Love Colors, BRACELET & SHOES Bima Y Lola

A woman with blonde hair wearing a tiger print jacket and pants, sitting on the floor against a white wall, balancing a tall stack of red apples on her head and holding more apples in her arms. There is a small white dog lying on the floor in front of her.

SHIRT & PANTS Delosantos

A woman with long dark hair and bangs, wearing a blue sweater and red tights, is sitting on a beige carpeted floor. She is holding a domino in her right hand and has dominoes arranged on the floor in front of her. The background has a plain white wall with a red stripe at the bottom.

SWEATER Golden Goose, SKIRT & BRACELET Bimba Y Lola, TIGHTS We Love Colors, SHOES David Koma

Two women playing Monopoly on a table with game pieces, paper money, and a game board inside a room with beige carpeting.

On Zöe: TOP Grace Gui, SHIRT 5000, On Akima: TOP Grace Gui, PANTS Kwasi Paul

A woman with fair skin and blonde hair lying on the ground among small toy horses, wearing a patterned brown, black, and orange top, looking directly at the camera.

On Akima: JACKET Tibi, SKIRT Belle, NECKLACE Ming Yu Wang
On Zöe: SHIRT Belle, PANTS Tibi
On Adau: JACKET & PANTS 5000

Three women are kneeling on a red mat in a room with light-colored walls. The woman on the left is looking at her phone, the middle woman is looking directly at the camera with a serious expression, and the woman on the right is facing sideways with her eyes closed. They are all dressed in stylish clothing.

SHIRT & PANTS Delosantos

Three women and one girl in casual clothing, seated on the floor, against a plain light-colored wall with a decorative textile hanging featuring a horse and a red star

On Adau: SWEATER Tibi, JACKET & SKIRT MCM
On Akima: SHIRT Blumarine, SHORTS R13, BELT Tibi
On Zöe: JACKET & PANTS Kwasi Paul

A woman with dark skin and long black hair holding a peach close to her lips against a plain white background.
A person standing against a plain wall, holding an apple over their eye with one hand and touching their face with the other, wearing a layered outfit including a light blue shirt, a gray cardigan, a green skirt, black tights, and furry shoes, with a bowl of apples on a small stool nearby.

SWEATER Golden Goose, SHIRT & SKIRT Tibi, SOCKS Falke, SHOES Bimba Y Lola

Two women with long dark hair talking on red rotary phones, standing against a white wall with red wall phones mounted.

On Akima: SWEATER Golden Goose, SHIRT & SKIRT Tibi, BAG Blumarine, SOCKS Falke, SHOES Santoni
On Adau: TOP Blumarine, SWEATER Boss, SKIRT Tibi, TIGHTS We Love Colors, BRACELET & SHOES Bima Y Lola

STORY CREDITS
PHOTOGRAPHY & CREATIVE DIRECTION Lian Benoit, MODELS Adau Aguer at Supreme Models, Zoë Osmond at New York Model Management, Akima at The Industry, STYLIST Kimberly Nguyen, SET DESIGNER Bradley Armstrong, HAIR Chika Nishiyama, MAKEUP Yuui using YSL Beauty, PHOTO ASSISTANT Kathryn Huang, SET DESIGN ASSISTANT Bayard Morse, STYLING ASSISTANT Erik Brambila-Zavalza

HERO IMAGE CREDITS
SWEATER Golden Goose, BRACELET Bimba Y Lola

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A person with short, colorful hair, holding their face with both hands, against a blue background.

PROFILE ISSUE 20

Julio Torres: Meeting of the Minds
Past Tidal cover star Ziwe interviews her friend Julio Torres, mastermind behind the surrealist classics Problemista and Fantasmas.

spring / summer 2025

A woman with long dark hair, lying on an orange surface, wearing a white dress with intricate floral lace patterns, and looking directly at the camera.

FASHION ISSUE 20

Cosmos Crush
Photographer Laerke Rose and stylist Kingsley Osuji explore sculptural shapes, layered silhouettes, and balanced symmetry with a surreal edge.

spring / summer 2025

Person with a beard and styled hair, wearing a bright green sleeveless dress, standing against a pink background with large yellow flowers

PROFILE ISSUE 18

ALOK: A Way with Words
Musician Madame Gandhi chats with poet, comedian, and media personality ALOK about showing up in the fullness of themselves, in performance and everyday life.

spring / summer 2024