Set in motion through downtown Los Angeles, this story re-frames luxury as spectacle and illusion. Balloon forms become handbags, bows, and garments, finished with fine jewelry that blurs opulence and play.
There’s an intentional absurdity throughout. Something fleeting is treated as something of value. What feels indulgent is actually temporary, inflated, weightless, and meant to disappear.
A meditation on modern consumption, the story reflects a cycle of constant reinvention where desire shifts, value is fluid, and nothing stays in place for long.
Ostentatious Fashion Editorial
photographer MONICA REYES
retoucher TRACEY JORDAN
wardrobe stylist/ creative director AYUMI SHIBATA
nail artist NAOKO SAITA
model EDEN ANDERSON
model/ MUAH LIVIO ANGILERI
balloon artist ANDREA PELLICCIA