cover #2 mugler s/s 2021

“PLEASURE ISLAND”  photography by OLIVIER ZAHM interview with designer CASEY CADWALLADER style by SHEILA SINGLE location IBIZA shot at an abandoned hotel built in 1969 by the modernist catalan architect josep lluís sert in the north of ibiza, where stefan brüggemann installed his conceptual wall posters. OLIVIER ZAHM — Where are you from? CASEY CADWALLADER — I grew up in New Hampshire, near Boston. New England. Very conservative. Very white. But at a young age, I started going to New York City. I only wanted to go to there because I was gay, and I knew I needed to. That’s when I started to learn about other people and other cultures. OLIVIER ZAHM — So, Casey, at Mugler you’re inspired by the legacy of Thierry Mugler and his aesthetic, of course, but you’ve pushed it somewhere else, and you’re opening new possibilities for fashion. CASEY CADWALLADER — Yes, when I…