PRESIDENT’S NOTE
Fi rst Ti m e Pri nti ng th e Magazi n e, 1 Custom isation Session, 2 Sewi ng Workshops, 2 Styli ng Eve nts, 3 Th e m e d Shoots, 4 Socials, 6 Pitch es an d Dri n ks, Countless Photoshoots, Untold Creativity an d E ffort, All of wh ich forti fi e d by Teamwork. This is what we made of our time in Yours sincerely, 2021/2022; this is the way – il modo – our society moved forward as a community.
Bernice
On the contrary, the current issue is about the breakthrough from what is considered the way. Whether it is deviation from industry Bernice Ng | President, UCL MODO Fashion norms or leaping forward from our old prac- Society tices, revolution is nothing novel to fashion. If anything, it is the one constant that brands March 2022 and designers seek in their work. Likewise, our committee and members never stopped finding new ways of doing things this year; from ‘A transparent horn extends skyward from new social events and workshops to adoptan eagle’s skull. It is the ing the online magazine platform Issuu and visible part of a unicorn, selling physical copies for the first time. I am a magical creature that confident that MODO will go on with this culcan ferry us to another ture of innovation in the new academic year. dimension. Even if, after death, only the skeleton of a being remains, its fossils, its energy continue to spread. There is always hope that we can break through reality and reach another world.’
As we head into spring, we cannot help but think of new life, growth, and rejuvenation. We attain these by being bold enough to ignore what everyone else is chasing, by breaking away from patterns that no longer serve us and recentering to what is true to our hearts. The key question here is why we are chang- Koen Vanmechelen, Breakthrough, The Uffizi, 2021 ing. Once we figure out the purpose, what Blu sodalite marble, Murano glass we need to change becomes crystal clear. As you flip through this edition and march into the new season, I trust that you will reconsider what matters to you, what matters for fashion, and what matters for our world. 6
