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The Mimic

photography SHANNAN STEWART
28 October 2024
CHRIS wears vintage COMME DES GARÇONS harness stylist’s own, LEPING CHEN pants, GENTLE MONSTER X TEKKEN 8 sunglasses

Photographer Shannan Stewart and stylist Yuzhen Wang explore how fashion and body language can be used to mask or project a chosen identity and shape others' perceptions of the self.

CHRIS wears BALENCIAGA
CHRIS wears DIESEL
CHRIS wears RICK OWENS DRKSHDW pants from KOT-J
CHRIS wears BALENCIAGA
CHRIS wears BOTTEGA VENETA
CHRIS wears SONG FOR THE MUTE sweater and shirt, FIGURES OF SPEECH skirt, LUCA STUCC ring and boots
CHRIS wears RICK OWENS DRKSHDW pants from KOT-J
CHRIS wears DIESEL
CHRIS wears vintage COMME DES GARÇONS harness stylist’s own, LEPING CHEN pants, GENTLE MONSTER X TEKKEN 8 sunglasses

photographer and creative director SHANNAN STEWART
stylist and creative director YUZHEN WANG
make-up ALANA LUCKY
hair stylist ERIC MAROM
model CHRIS BOGAERT
agency KULT AUSTRALIA
photography assistant TOM HEARN
styling assistant JOEY WAN
special thanks KANVAS STUDIOS

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