The fashion industry is no stranger to poor mental health. From the classroom to the boardroom, a relentless seasonal cycle creates a pressure cooker environment of unremitting deadlines, creative pressure and an “always on” mentality. Its reputation as a glamorous industry makes for a highly competitive workplace.

Finding and landing a job in today’s unpredictable market — culminating in mass layoffs and hiring freezes — remains a key hurdle for job seekers. But just as critical in the career journey is the precarious navigation of a new job, whether at a new company, or a promotion at your current employer.

Multimedia artist Konstantin Kakanias and shoe designer Christian Louboutin have been close friends for 35 years. The duo’s newest collaboration, the GREEKABA capsule collection, combines their mutual love of travel with the rich cultural heritage and craftsmanship of Kakanias’ native Greece and it also encapsulates the duo’s playful sense of humour, which the artist regards as an important means of expression since it provides consumers of both art and fashion with perspective.

London-based artisanal silk scarve brand HELIKON XX started as an art project that pays homage to the Greek muse. Under creative direction of textile and print designer Aneta Sebestova, classical aesthetics are extended to render all living and breathing things as muses, regardless of sex, gender or even species.

Altered States of Matter is a fashion story that combines vulnerability, softness, masculinity and physicality. The printed images were given a new form and life by affecting their shape and quality, playing with lights, shadows and natural elements.

Ronojoy Dam refers to his journey into fashion as “unorthodox.” After graduating from Cambridge University with an English degree, followed by a year of job-hunting, Dam began his career at an advertising agency. He worked on digital strategy for clients like Burberry before landing a role in Nike’s energy brand marketing function in London.

Dam went on to become the first group creative director at Dazed, working across special projects and partnerships for its digital and print publications,

The metaverse is a virtual space accessible to all, offering the opportunity to build an immersive environment beyond our analogue one. However its success is not possible without creator collaboration, and many influencers are already adapting their content to web3. YouTubers are migrating to Twitter to share their cryptocurrency finds and female-led communities of NFT artists are growing.