There was a time when fashion meant permanence, materials that had to endure, clothes that had to outlive seasons, and textures that resisted change. But today, a quiet rebellion is underway in ateliers across the world. Designers are learning to grow what they once wove. They’re reaching into the earth and sea, searching not for perfection but for possibility, discovering new “skins” that aren’t made but born. These skins are not spun from silk or harvested from hides. They

There are gifts, and then there are gestures that live in the folds of memory. The kind that don’t wither like roses or get tucked away...