Founded as a small artist zine imprint in South LA in 2012, Total Luxury Spa is perhaps best known for their clothing collaborations with artists including Martine Syms, Cyprien Gaillard, and Lauren Halsey. In conversation with Phillip Pyle, founder Daniel DeSure talks about the importance of trust, balancing commercialization and community-based work, and how DeSure’s film background informs his approach to narrative design.

In occasion of the exhibition “blue r/evolution,” Polimoda’s director Massimiliano Giornetti speaks with Claire Koron Elat about transcending traditional fashion discourse, Loro Piana’s denim collection, and how historic archives can be used for contemporary fashion.

For casting director Ben Grimes––whose clients include 032c, Alexander McQueen, Ann Demeulemeester, and Valentino––the dynamics of the modeling industry are reminiscent of the 1998 cult drama Sliding Doors. Grimes sat down with Max Rossi to discuss how to find the right characters for a show, casting for fast-fashion vs luxury, and what makes a model stand out today.

As we further integrate AI into our personal lives, our societal definitions of what constitutes guidance, connection, intimacy, and love is shifting. In an essay, CASSIDY GEORGE explores the impact of chatbots on human behavior, emotion, and relationships during a period of transition that parallels the Sexual Revolution.

Usually, it's understood as a simulation of human intelligence by machines. The philosopher Matteo Pasquinelli argues, however, that AI is shaped by the intelligence of labor and social relations. In 032c Issue #44 (Summer 2024), he talked to Shane Anderson.

When musician Tucker Pillsbury chose the artist name ROLE MODEL, he did so ironically. However, after speaking with Cassidy George backstage at Columbiahalle about his new album Kansas, Anymore—which explores the dissolution of his relationship with one of the most famous creators on the internet––his chosen moniker began to feel like less of a joke.

On Dec 14, we hosted the launch of 032c Issue #46 at Arman Naféei’s Kiosk-O-Thèque outside of Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles hosted by Stella Maxwell and Fashion Director Ras Bartram. See evidence of the event here.

“I was drawn to how this split between the self and its image is not just emotional or psychological—it’s embedded in the way we view our surroundings, even in the technologies we use.” Claire Koron Elat speaks to Jonas Wendelin about art as a spectacle, contemporary ruins, and our attention economy.

Taking ecstasy backstage in Berlin is hardly a novel experience, but Cassidy George’s experience with this Ekkstacy in the green room at Kesselhaus did feel memorably intense. In an interview, “Gen Z’s King of Sad Punk Songs” opens up about his recent break up, his evolving self-image, and why you should never buy steak at the grocery store.

When Milan’s GR10K team was preparing their Spring/Summer 2025 collection Nine Pounds of Dead Landscape, their aim was to create a “material translation of an unrestrained desire to cypher the deadly shades of near to death flowers.” Orson Gillick Morris spoke to the brand about figurative painting and how they resolve conflicts when some members want to do shoots with dead animals.

032c Issue #46 is out for pre-order NOW.

A few days before the opening of Kiko Kostadinov’s new store in Los Angeles, Paige Silveria visited the brand’s London-based studio to catch up with the team, including Kiko, who designs the brand’s menswear, and Laura and Deanna Fanning who are behind the womenswear.

Having been described as a “general purveyor of the macabre” Charlie Fox is a self-designated feral animal. On the occasion of two exhibitions Fox curated recently, Shane Anderson interviewed him about the orgy in his mind.

In times of diminished horizons, Steve Goodman, aka Kode9, has often turned to history and to the speculative art of science fiction to think about the future. In conversation with Phillip Pyle, he discusses alternative histories, human catastrophes, and DJing in Scotland.