ANGELOMANIA 

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This year, the world feels heavy.
Fractured, accelerated, and stripped of pause. Certainty dissolves quickly; meaning feels harder to hold.

Yet within this pressure, something persists — not perfection, but presence.

A quiet resistance. A desire to stand upright when everything insists on collapse.

ANGELOMANIA is LUMEN’s response to this moment.

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It is not a study of nostalgia or empire, but of attitude. Of Englishness not as heritage, but as posture — precise, restrained, defiant in its calm. From trench coats and tailored lines to steel details and disciplined silhouettes, clothing becomes protection rather than display. A modern armour for those who remain gentle without yielding strength.

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Throughout history, British style has drawn power from contradiction: rebellion and refinement, street and ceremony, severity and romance. From punk’s rupture to London’s sharp elegance, expression has always carried weight beyond trend. In this lineage, fashion is language and a way to claim space, identity, and intention.

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ANGELOMANIA explores how dress can become an act of self-authorship. How texture, cut, and construction rebuild the body as something steady within chaos. Layer by layer. Choice by choice.

This issue honours those who exist in between — between tradition and rupture, darkness and light, discipline and desire.

Because beneath every garment lies the same impulse:
to rise, to transform, to live consciously.

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ANGELOMANIA is not about looking upward.
It is about standing firmly on the ground — and choosing grace.

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Between intention and image, we begin with transparency. 

For the digital cover, LUMEN appears 2026 in clear glass -  given volume, not weight.

Strong yet permeable, it holds space rather than claiming it.
Light passes through. Meaning remains intact.

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Set against white, this moment opens ANGELOMANIA
and leads into White on White — where restraint sharpens form
and fragility becomes structure.

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Editor In Chief Sayuri Bloom