Atlantis

By PAP Magazine Editorial

White branches descend over a void, their fibrous strands trailing like submerged roots against total black. Beneath them, a pleated ivory ruffle collar frames the neck, while paper petals in burnished gold wrap the torso in a sculptural bodice that suggests both decay and ceremony. Styling by Sasha Kushakov, Amelie Bachert, and Servulo Mendez Rey layers theatrical structure with the aesthetic of underwater ruin. In one frame, a voluminous black tulle gown pools across a white platform surrounded by coiled rope and metal anchors, the red accent in the hair a single flare of colour. The lighting carves every texture—skin, fabric, driftwood—into relief, casting this sunken kingdom's last sovereign in a tableau of isolation and stilled grandeur. Credits include Sophia Zhuraviel, Carolin Bachert, Adershofer Fundus, Toby Nguyen, Yumiko Alith, and Bol Ibrahim Thiaw.