Recently e.g.o.magazine sat down with the amazing Celeste Tesoriero from Sonzai Studio and Ismeen Ashiry to talk about their initiative, ‘love your mama’. Sonzai Studios is a leading sustainable fashion consultancy, founded on the ethos of making sustainability sexy and simple. Founded by designer-turned-sustainability-expert Celeste Tesoriero, Sonzai empowers brands to embrace a more sustainable future…
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Dolled Up
Featured September 28th 2023 • Jaya Prisco • Mason MacKenzie • Toby Wilkinson • Mimi • Candice Rule • Chiselled face, prettiest of them all.Dripping diamonds, sold your soul.Avaricious surgeons pump you with plastic; moulded like clay, but surgical markings and scalpel carvings won’t cut the pain away.The scars on your body are scars to your heart;…
Hes Zananai (womanhood)
Featured March 8th 2023 • Jaya Prisco • Alain Pottier •Sukha • Madina Forogh •Ahdiya • Sofia • Amidst the current regime of the Taliban, the resilience and splendor of Afghan women shines like a precious gem. Though facing arduous obstacles, they radiate a deep-rooted cultural richness that inspires and illuminates even in the darkest of times. However, their struggles cannot be overlooked….
SL(AI)VES
Featured April 27th 2023 • Jaya Prisco • Alain Pottier • Amir Rezazadeh • Gloryce Dofeel • Renata Aliu • Tea • Anita • Natsumi • Nana Honda • Calculators can replace mathematicians,But can it replace the good old parody of how many apples Johnny was left with? Emojis can replace a good night’s kiss,But can it replace the human heart pounding…
Wasted
Featured February 25th 2023 • Jaya Prisco • Suleiman Thomas •Saphire Gaskas • Anna Royals • Dress by Eudeamonnia The product pride and artistry And craftsmanship that used to be Are vanishing before our eyes As trash today’s consumer buys. Creations that are works of art In modern commerce have no part. To businesses their sole concern Is how much profit will it…
Always was, Always will be
Featured January 26th 2023 • Jaya Prisco • Alain Pottier • Joey • Violet Spencer • IIluka • • Dress & jewellery by Paul McCann We see the land, we see inside, our dreams show the light that you tried to hide. The rain has gone, trees are on fire, the Black Cockatoo is lost to the choir. Our blood runs through rivers, our…
Venomous
Featured October 27th 2022 • Jaya Prisco • Alain Pottier • Kahlii Morrison •Saphire Gaskas • Yalani Johnson • Anna Royals • Barasa Remijò • We see a person that dresses different,Not something we would wear,Their music is strange to our earsAnd they have to us weird hair! The words they use make no sense,So we think it must be wrong,They don’t conform to our attitude,So…
Fragile
Featured September 21st 2022 • Jaya Prisco • Alain Pottier • Saphire Gaskas • Bella Donovan • Ryan Chu • Like a storm raging onThundering through my heartSpiralling out of controlNo where to turnNo positive use for the stormBattering my emotions The thunder can only last for so longThen it will morph into motivationTo rise from the hate and bileLike a…
Worthy
Featured July 21st 2022 • Jaya Prisco • Mayah Lasky • Taylor Bennie-Faull • Holden Snell • Vanessa Wiesner • Brie Heath • Nickhale Rampersad • You are more than the fat on your body,you are a flower, beautiful and unique in your own way and you need to understand thatyou are more than the scars…
Solidarity
Featured May 30th 2022 • Jaya Prisco • Jaida the Creator • Saphire Gaskas • Moses • Tamasin Altmann • Benjamin Balngo • Najma Amin • Her skin is full of holes, andshe’s raped bythe dawn on adaily basis;wandering the midnightstreets of thisbroken City.Her feet arecalloused and raw.That once tough heart issoft now, looking forlove in the rabidfaces of evil.Seagulls still…