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Featured Highsnobiety projects
This week's top Highsnobiety projects, carefully handpicked by Visie's expert curators, showcase the best in style and innovation.
Project Highsnobiety · Nike is Guarding the Culture On and Off the Field
Highsnobiety explores the intersection of professional football apparel and contemporary streetwear in this fashion-focused editorial project. The series features various national team jerseys styled with high-fashion elements, including pointed heels and structured skirts, to reframe classic sportswear within an urban context. Photographed by Hailey Heaton with fashion styling by Marissa Baklayan, the project utilizes both candid documentary-style flash photography and natural light editorial portraits. The visuals capture subjects in outdoor settings, such as artificial turf fields and urban streetscapes, highlighting the graphic patterns and typography of the Nike kits through a grainy, analogue film aesthetic.
Project Highsnobiety · Highsnobiety x Champion
Highsnobiety and Champion collaborate for a fashion editorial that leans into an urban aesthetic, centered on streetwear staples. The series focuses on layering and cold-weather essentials, utilizing natural light to frame a candid perspective of city life. Photographer Tofjan captures the collection in a gritty, analogue-inspired style, employing a shallow depth of field that incorporates foreground silhouettes to provide depth. Model Amadou Fall leads the editorial, highlighting the utilitarian nature of the garments through a series of street-based compositions.
Highsnobiety · Highsnobiety x Meta Stories x Ray Ban – Sharing Stories (Pierce)
Highsnobiety collaborates with Meta and Ray-Ban for 'Sharing Stories,' a vertical video project highlighting the intersection of culinary craft and wearable technology. The piece follows a New York-based recipe developer, capturing his workflow in a domestic kitchen setting. Produced by Underhill, the project employs a cinematic approach to document the subject as he prepares a meal while interacting with smart glasses. The visual execution utilizes natural light and close-up framing to maintain an editorial tone throughout the live-action production.
Project Highsnobiety · Enlisted Heritage: Burberry Reimagines Time-honored Tradition
Highsnobiety explores the enduring influence of classic silhouettes in Enlisted Heritage, a fashion editorial project that captures the intersection of contemporary urban environments and traditional luxury design. Featuring layered outerwear and signature check patterns, the series leans into an editorial aesthetic defined by its use of natural light and raw, textural focus. Fashion editor and stylist Bárbara Vélez works alongside hair stylist Kazu Katahira to present a curated look at seasonal staples. The project utilizes vertical framing and analogue film techniques to highlight the structured tailoring and autumnal palette of the collection, set against a backdrop of waterfront skylines and minimalist architecture.
Project Highsnobiety · Highsnobiety FW25 lookbook
Highsnobiety’s FW25 lookbook presents a focused exploration of seasonal layers and high-street silhouettes. Through a series of vertical editorial portraits, the collection captures the interplay between tactile knitwear, sharp leather tailoring, and graphic patterns, set against clean, studio-lit backdrops. Photographer Matias Alfonzo leans into a minimalist aesthetic, often utilising monochrome palettes and subtle studio elements to frame the garments. The project balances commercial clarity with a refined approach to styling, incorporating techniques such as analogue film photography and soft natural light to highlight textural contrasts in the fabrics and accessories.
Project Highsnobiety · THE 10 BEST NEW COLLECTIONS FOR SPRING — AND HOW TO WEAR THEM
Highsnobiety presents a comprehensive fashion editorial exploring contemporary spring collections and styling techniques. The series balances clean, minimalist studio portraiture with gritty, monochrome street-style photography, creating a visual dialogue between avant-garde silhouettes and everyday streetwear. Throughout the feature, the imagery utilizes varied lighting techniques—from soft, even studio setups to dramatic, high-contrast chiaroscuro—to emphasize fabric textures and layered apparel. The project features work from photographer Phoenix Johnson and fashion stylist Sebastian Jean, who lead the editorial's aesthetic direction. The narrative is supported by hair stylist Sergio Estrada, makeup artist Nolan Eakin, and production designer Milena Gorum, with appearances by models Khalil Ghani and MJ Herrera.
Project Highsnobiety · DKNY x Highsnobiety Depop Collection
The DKNY x Highsnobiety Depop Collection editorial campaign features a series of portraits highlighting the intersection of streetwear and curated vintage. Photographed by Petros, the project leans into high-contrast studio aesthetics, utilizing vibrant, solid-color backdrops to emphasize the layered textures and graphic details of the apparel. Fashion editor and stylist Marissa Baklayan defines the collection’s aesthetic through structured layering and utility-inspired pieces. The editorial imagery, captured with natural light and analogue film techniques, maintains a clean composition while spotlighting the specific garment details, ranging from graphic-print denim to tailored outerwear. The project features models Charlotte Nolting and Jelixza Reyes, with hair styling by Ben Jones and makeup by Jezz Hill rounding out the creative direction.
Project Highsnobiety · Highsnobiety August 2026 Covers
Highsnobiety continues its tradition of defining the cultural zeitgeist with the release of its August 2026 cover series, a masterclass in editorial portraiture that captures the intersection of music and contemporary fashion. Photographer Emilio Tamez brings a distinct visual sensitivity to these frames, masterfully balancing the stark, clean lines of a minimalist studio environment with the moody, intimate atmospheres of a lived-in space. The project features entertainer Kelela, whose presence anchors the series with a steady, commanding gaze that translates beautifully through Tamez's lens. The styling, helmed by fashion editor Stephanie Perez, leans into a nuanced blend of textures—from the industrial edge of brushed-silver cuffs to the casual ease of layered, striped polo shirts—while the meticulous work of makeup artist Raisa Flowers and manicurist Sonya Meesh adds a necessary layer of polish to the skin-focused compositions. Utilizing a combination of soft natural light and moody, high-contrast color palettes, the series reads as a refined exploration of identity, perfectly punctuated by the sharp, bold serif typography that has become synonymous with the publication’s signature look. This collection serves as a definitive snapshot for Music Week, proving once again that Highsnobiety remains at the forefront of visual storytelling by merging high-fashion sensibilities with raw, authentic human connection in a way that feels both timeless and urgent.
Project Highsnobiety · Kelela's New Avatar
Highsnobiety turns its editorial lens toward the intersection of music and high-concept fashion in Kelela's New Avatar, a striking series that distills the artist's futuristic aesthetic into a sequence of deliberate, architectural portraits. Photographer Emilio Tamez masterfully orchestrates this visual narrative, leaning into the tension between soft, diffuse natural light and the rigid geometry of urban surroundings. Across the collection, the imagery balances an avant-garde approach to styling with the raw, textural quality of analogue film, grounding Kelela’s ethereal presence within stark, concrete-heavy environments. Fashion editor Stephanie Perez elevates the collaboration through a curation of structured denim and metallic accents that feel as much like sculpture as they do apparel. The integration of bold beauty choices, including bleached brows executed by makeup artist Raisa Flowers, emphasizes a crisp, minimalist fashion identity that pushes against traditional lifestyle portraiture. By utilizing clean lines and an industrial palette, the project captures Kelela as a modern icon, seamlessly merging the worlds of high-fashion and sound. Each frame functions as a study in composition, utilizing the subject's dynamic posture to turn simple urban settings into elevated, high-concept vignettes. This collaboration stands as a sophisticated exploration of visual identity, proving how careful staging and creative direction can reshape the perception of a performer in the contemporary cultural zeitgeist.
Project Highsnobiety · Brand Identity
Highsnobiety has long occupied the intersection of cultural authority and digital media, and this comprehensive brand identity project serves as a masterclass in editorial minimalism. By leaning into a stark, monochromatic palette and rigorous typographic hierarchies, the design system effectively translates the platform's influence across both physical and digital touchpoints. The visual language utilizes a bold, sans-serif typeface and clean horizontal lines to impose order on a vast, fast-paced stream of content, creating a cohesive framework that feels equally at home on a mobile interface as it does on formal corporate stationery. The work, executed with the structural precision of Bureau Borsche, prioritizes clarity and high-contrast composition to elevate every piece of collateral—from business cards to specialized sneaker editorial—into a branded asset. By stripping away extraneous noise, the identity reinforces the publication's position as a curator of taste. Through the clever use of vector-based typography and a restrained layout, the system balances utility with an unmistakable corporate aesthetic, proving that modern editorial branding thrives when it embraces such intentional restraint. Every element, whether it is a minimalist UI illustration or a structured print document, adheres to a rigorous design philosophy that emphasizes the power of simplicity in an increasingly cluttered media landscape, ultimately strengthening the Highsnobiety legacy through a timeless and highly functional visual narrative.
Project Highsnobiety · Lyn Harris, Perfumer H
Highsnobiety profiles the craft of perfumer Lyn Harris, exploring the workspace and retail environment of Perfumer H. This editorial feature documents Harris within the architectural detail of her studio and shop, leaning into a documentary-style aesthetic that highlights the intersection of fragrance design and interior craft. Photographer Linda Brownlee captures the essence of the process through an analogue film approach. The imagery utilizes natural light to emphasize the warm wood textures, custom shelving, and glass materials that define the Perfumer H brand, resulting in a clean and polished visual narrative.
Project Highsnobiety · Highsnobiety September 2024 Digital Covers
Highsnobiety presents a series of editorial portraits for their September 2024 digital covers. The project features actor Kyle MacLachlan and designer Marc Jacobs, captured through a lens that emphasizes sharp, clear compositions and bright natural daylight. Photographers Tyrell Hampton and Vince Aung lead the visual execution, with fashion styling by Sebastian Jean, hair by Rei Kawauchi, and makeup by Yumi Lee. The series utilizes vertical framing and warm, clean aesthetic cues to present its subjects in high-contrast outdoor settings.
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