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I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 9/11:
”I remember when my collaborators asked me what I was going to call the collection.”

Now live on ascendbeyond.it
Made by hand here in Milan.

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Styling .riva
Model 
Make up 
Project Manager 
Graphic Design 
Special thanks  .atelier .uno

I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 8/11:
”Didn’t know why, but I trusted the yes.
Funny how clarity shows up
After you’ve already made the choices.
Like the work was doing me
More than I was doing the work.”

Our new drop now Online.
Made by hand here in Milan.

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Styling .riva
Project Manager 
Graphic Design 
Special thanks  .atelier .uno

I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 7/11:
”It all felt easy, like it already existed.
Like I was just catching up to something
that had already been set in motion.”

Now Online.
Made by hand here in Milan.

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Styling .riva
Model 
Make up 
Project Manager 
Graphic Design 
Special thanks  .atelier .uno

I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 5/11:
”Eventually, I printed them all and pinned them to a wall.
And it was like they found their own direction.
I was just watching it happen, trying not to mess it up.
That invisible current pulling everything into place.”

Our new drop now Online.
Made by hand here in Milan.

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Styling .riva
Model
Make up
Project Manager
Graphic Design
Special thanks .atelier .uno

I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 4/11:
”After a while, I started throwing them into a doc.
And slowly, something started forming.
Not in the images themselves,
but in the weird tension between them.”

A few images that served as starting points for the design.
Now translated into the latest drop - available at ascendbeyond.it

1.⁠ ⁠Steel Water Runs Here
2.⁠ ⁠Afghan widows line up during a cash for work project by humanitarian organisation CARE International in Kabul
3.⁠ ⁠Dumb sock
4.⁠ ⁠Untitled
5.⁠ ⁠Shot by Jackie Nickerson
6.⁠ ⁠Dutch smoking satyr tile from Delft, 1630s
7.⁠ ⁠Spoons by Ascend Beyond
8.⁠ ⁠The Medium - Navy Blue, 2023
9.⁠ ⁠Transparent cassette
10.⁠ ⁠Armenian family portrait

I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 3/11:
”Strange harmony in the contrast,
 Like memories that weren’t mine
 But felt familiar.”

Now Online.
Made by hand here in Milan.

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Styling .riva 
Model  
Make up 
Project Manager  
Graphic Design  
Special thanks  .atelier .uno

I Wasn’t There (Or Was I?) - 1/11:
”I remember just saving pictures.
No reason, no plan.
Just a gut feeling: click, save, move on.”

Now Online.
Made by hand here in Milan.

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Styling .riva 
Model  
Make up 
Project Manager  
Graphic Design  
Special thanks  .atelier .uno

Some things are changing, new people, new ways of approaching what we love to do.
This week, the drop from the latest collection goes live, featuring a small update I really like. After that, new products will start rolling out, and I can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on.
This is also the first time I’m writing something in first person on this page. It feels like the right moment to start sharing a bit more about myself, we’ll see how it goes.
In the meantime, here are a few shots of Madou wearing the new Japanese denim jacket and double-knee pants, photographed by Any.
These denim two-piece and the rest of I WASN’T THERE (OR WAS I?) will finally be online at ascendbeyond.it starting this Wednesday at 10am.
Thanks for all the support.
– Emanuele

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Styling .riva
Model
Make up
Graphic Design
Special thanks .atelier .uno