PREORDER Autre Fall Winter 2025: The Work In Progress Issue
PREORDER Autre Fall Winter 2025: The Work In Progress Issue
Autre’s F/W 2025 WORK IN PROGRESS Issue arrives at a moment of constant upheaval—where change is relentless and nothing feels fixed. Everything is changing. Everything is a work in progress. This issue embraces that reality, exploring radical ideas and new visions, from the office to the edges of the universe. Now shipping worldwide.
This issue moves fluidly across disciplines, generations, and geographies, tracing how artists and thinkers navigate a world in flux—not with fear, but with restless ambition. MAYA HAWKE, photographed by BOE MARION, speaks with LILY RABE about carving out space for vulnerability and complexity on stage and screen (Maya wears PRADA FW25). JAMES “MUNKY” SHAFFER of Korn and composer CHRIS HUNT, as VENERA—captured by LOLITA ENO—map out new sonic cosmologies. CRYSTAL WATERS, in conversation with MYKKI BLANCO and photographed by MAT+KAT, reflects on her enduring legacy as a house music icon and the lasting resonance of Gypsy Woman. BETSY JOHNSON, portrayed by PAVEL GOLIK in an ode to Tracey Emin, speaks with MARTINA TIEFENTHALER about the future of fashion and asks a bold question: Are you materialistic?ZOE BARRY, documented by AMANDA DEMME at a racetrack in West Virginia, joins racing legend LYN ST. JAMES to discuss the power of women in motorsport (with support from CADDIS Eye Appliances). And LUCIEN PAGÈS, photographed by JESPER D. LUND, speaks with LYAS about his role as both strategist and confidant to some of fashion’s most visionary talents.
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This issue opens not with one editor’s letter, but letters from the editors with contributions from GERT JONKERS, KK OBI, LUIS VENEGAS, CARLO MAZZONI and JONATHAN WINGFIELD—an opening dispatch that frames the issue’s focus resisting the prison of digital algorithms to influence our tastes and interests. MARCELLA ZIMMERMANN, founder and CEO of Digital Counsel, old-school publicist with new-world vision, in discuss with KAITLIN PHILLIPS. A special on the occasion of PERFORMA’s 20th Anniversary—interview of DIANE NGUYEN by WHITNEY MALLETT and CAMILLE HENROT and ESTELLE HOY in conversation. MOTHER, DAUGHTER, HOLY SPIRIT—pure trans activism in a new era of fear and hate—conversations with BOBBI SALVÖR MENUEZ, CHLOË SEVIGNY, JACK HALBERSTAM, and CONNIE FLEMING; with a special intro by QWEEN JEAN. ALFONSO GONZALEZ JR.—interview by JEFFREY DEITCH, with photography by JOHANNA HVIDTVED. Orgasm Addict designer LINDER—interview by SUMMER BOWIE, photography by HAZEL GASKIN, on the the erotic and confrontational. MARTA MINUJÍN by HANS ULRICH OBRIST, photography by ADA NAVARRO, on living in art.
INVESTIGATIONS:
MICHAEL HEIZER: ROCK STAR. Text by HANNAH BHUIYA. A trip to CITY and exploration of on the land artist, reading his monumental earthworks not only as sculpture but also as performances of ego, destruction, and Americana myth.
HOW FAR CAN YOU SEE? With support from l.a.EYEWORKS. A visit to CALTECH. Astrophysicists and planetary scientists open up about exoplanets, deep time, and the act of looking into space as a form of collective imagination. Interviews with MIKE BROWN, KATHERINE DE KLEER, and CAMERON HUMMELS by SUMMER BOWIE, Photography by DAMIEN MALONEY
DIRE WOLVES: THE DE-EXTINCTION REPORT—by CLAIRE ISABEL WEBB. A speculative science dispatch on the resurrection of dire wolves, blending genetic research, ecological fantasy, and the moral hazard of bringing back the dead.
FIRST ACCOUNT OF VIBRATIONAL PLANE ELEVATION DURING BEE SONIFICATION—by MONI HAWORTH and MAGGIE DUNLAP
FASHION SPECIALS:
ALLES VERSCHWOMMEN—photography by TYLER ROSTE, styling by SOFIA AMARAL; a dedication to Gerhard Richter.
A ROUND TABLE ON SUSTAINABLE FASHION with KOSTAS MURKUDIS, LOU DE BÉTOLY, AND JULIE KEGELS—photography by TIMOTHY SCHAUMBURG, styling and interview by CAMILLE ANGE PAILLER.
ZINE:
TABULA RASA (GREG ITO, ALAKE SHILLING, LEENA SIMILU, AVERY WHELESS). A zine within the magazine, supported by CARHARTT WIP, gathering playful, intimate contributions by four Los Angeles artists on the city as an endless WORK IN PROGRESS.
272 pages plus 28 page zine. Size 9.65 x 11.85 inches. Offset Printing by KOPA (Lithuania). Ships globally.
PRINTED SUSTAINABLY in a GREEN CERTIFIED FACILITY. Certifications from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) promoting ethical management of the world’s forests, The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), and EU Ecolabel (label of environmental excellence).
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