Selcouth: When Fashion Meets Sculpture

Calvin Pausania's Selcouth brings us into a world where fashion breathes freely, where clothes works with its surroundings rather than competing with them.

The editorial was shot for Numéro Netherlands, and it trades pandemonium for quiet. It isn't screaming to be seen. Instead, it keeps your stare silently. Framed by curved metal car bodies and industrial shadows, the editorial combines form and emotion. The entire scene has a weird softness to it, as if it were sculpture transformed into feeling.

Each frame delicately balances minimalism and drama. You observe the peaceful postures, the accuracy of the fabric folds, and the remaining negative space. The clothing are more than just worn; they form part of the visual framework.

There is no noise here. Just control. Only quietness. It's just power.

In a fashion world concerned with speed, Pausania's vision provides something unique: depth. Selcouth does not attempt to dazzle. It haunts. It lingers. In doing so, it reimagines what effective visual narrative feels like by 2025.

This editorial at Vetra elicits silence due to its completeness rather than its lack of content.

TEAM CREDITS:

photography: CALVIN PAUSANIA
styling: AMBER ASTE
set design: PLEUN VAN BAREN
hair: CHRISTINE MARIE KAT
makeup: IRAJ RAGHOSING
models: SOKHNA CISSE and JIAQI CHOK
nails: ELLEN VAN BERKEL
lighting: MEES TEMPELAAR
retouch: CALVIN PAUSANIA
set assistants: LARS ANSEMS and CELESTE DI NERO

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