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ODDA - Issue 28, What We Found

ODDA 28, titled What We Found, explores personal memories, cultural references, and the influence of people in our lives. Featuring interviews with architect Glenn Sestig, artist Joan Agajanian Quinn, and more, this issue highlights the importance of connection, creativity, and self-expression. With six captivating covers, ODDA 28 celebrates individuality, representation, and the future of fashion in a time of change.

This issue, ODDA 28 is called What We Found. The theme came to my mind in the car while traveling between shows in Milan last year. I was thinking about how the small things can end up driving my life, and influencing those levitating around me. We all live in our own little world, and that world is nourished by the people we find as well as experiences. I truly believe if you are open minded enough, you would somehow learn and grow as well as find who you are, even if that’s a hard job.

ODDA 28 connects many of my memories, objects came my way recently, pop-‘culturish’ references as well as my love for Cato, the daughter of my friends Marjan and Sakua, or Laura’s daughter, Gabi who was recently born, who have both opened my eyes in a different way. The lovers are not here anymore, the city I was born at, Madrid, same as pizza [because I love it], little things I collected in China last December, the need to give space to those you love and need a platform to speak up and spread their word in this very dark times we are living and of course “fashion”, because this issue we push to showcase what that word mean to us.

We find Architect Glenn Sestig at his incredible studio in Belgium. Sestig, whose career spans beyond what we know and is behind the beautiful house of Pieter Mulier, the Creative Director at Maison Alaïa, drives us through his career and goals. We also spent a day with Joan Agajanian Quinn at her house in Beverly Hills. Maybe you don’t know her by name, but you have seen many of her images such as the Limited cover edition for subscribers in this issue, featuring Keith Haring and Grace Jones. 

Next, we travel to Las Vegas to finally visit the Liberace Mansion, [found in the issue] alongside Chanel and the Métier d’arts collection. A place and a name [Liberace] I found very early in my career and after 9 years of trying to find the right moment, we finally managed to make it work. 

Photographer and good friend of mine, Frederik Rüegger, takes us all to Berlin, showcasing the youth, the way they live and alongside their studios and personalities. There is Dior Fine Jewelry in between. 

Have you also seen on social media the lovely girl saying…“Exploring until it is ugly?” In my opinion, Natasha Gupta is a genius. Using Google Earth she “travels” across the world and finds a new way to communicate and appreciate cities and places. We go with her around London, until it is ugly. 

This issue has six covers. Covers with a special focus on the future and how important it is to pay attention to everything in front of our eyes and sometimes, the need to let it go. Ollie Muhl is a sensation in the ‘creators’ scene. With very cheeky videos and a bold personality, Ollie has connected with millions of people across the world. With a special interest in jumping into the fashion world, we discover a private side of his career goals, future and self-love. 

Divine is a rising star in the modelling world. With campaigns for brands like Marc Jacobs, her beauty and personality capture the need for representation in an industry where values change too fast. 

Grace Burns is the daughter of the iconic Christy Turlington. Inspired by her mother, her goal is to change the narrative in the industry and return to real connections, a different way of doing things where friendships and business collide, and you can feel there is a real meaning behind every shot. Eddie Benjamin is about to be touring with Shawn Mendes across the world. The musician whose power tool is to write what many won’t and keep pushing his career. We spent a day in LA trying to see what his vibe was exactly about.

You will also discover three amazing ladies: Maxim Magnus, Angel McQueen, and Gia Bab. These are three women I have found in fashion, women who have been caring, loved and respected me, and are always there when I have something to ask or an idea. Today, we want to give them visibility, a space to be themselves, and a platform where love, respect, and understanding are the entire conversation to create a safe environment. 

To finish, photographer Fede Delibes takes us back to what Madrid in 2005 meant to me, when I was 17 years old, photographing an intimate story between two boys discovering the world and who they are. On the cover we find model Nikita Gnetnev holding a Dior Saddle bag, echoing the same as we all hold on to our youth.

I cannot end this letter without mentioning the fantastic billboard we have in Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, celebrating freedom of speech, the importance of fighting for the rights of us all and to celebrate the launch of the new issue. 

With more than 15 days in the Sunset strip, ODDA marks a new way of “how” we see the future, as the time to launch the new issue is here, and how we collaborate and communicate where we stand. The billboard features male model Rubuen Bilan-Carroll wearing a womenswear McQueen S/S 2025 look photographed by Andrés Sanjuan.

ODDA Magazine is a fashion and culture magazine. Featuring spreads from new waves of designers and creatives in the fashion industry. ODDA Magazin is an indie magazine with 2 issues per annum.

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