Press Mentions

WE DO NOT CHASE HEADLINES.

But when the system looks up from itself and takes notice,
we document it — without celebration, without dilution.

ARCHFIEND® is not for mass validation.
We are not buzz. We are ballast.

The press mentions below are archived not as trophies,
but as cultural timestamps — instances where the system momentarily flinched,
and saw something it couldn’t categorize.

RECOGNITION ≠ CONSENT

We appear where we’re least expected:
in design journals, architectural digests, fashion theory zines, and encrypted cultural dispatches.
Never courted. Never pitched.

If they wrote about us, they had to.

ARCHFIEND® has been covered, critiqued, and decoded in publications such as:

  • System Failure Journal (Issue 44: Garment as Weapon)

  • MADE VOID Quarterly

  • Dysform—Anatomies of Anti-Fashion

  • BRUTAL/FORM Magazine

  • i-D (Subcultural Design Futures piece — redacted excerpt)

  • 032c (Capsule Theory: ARCHFIEND® and the Death of Retail)

  • POST-TEXTILE

  • The Gray Index

  • Monumental Garbage podcast interview

  • Fashion Theory (Vol. 27, Issue 3: ARCHFIEND® Case Study)

We include only press that shows critical engagement — not promotion.
No reviews. Only readings.

ARCHIVE, NOT EGO

Every press entry is accompanied by:

  • Publication title

  • Excerpt (where permitted)

  • Link or citation

  • Capsule referenced (if applicable)

  • Contextual annotation from our editorial team

We believe in full transparency — including critique.
If a publication misreads us, we preserve that too.
Documentation > distortion.

HYPE DIES. THEORY ENDURES.

Press is not the pinnacle — it’s a mirror.
Sometimes warped. Sometimes clear.
Sometimes useful in reflecting what we must resist.

ARCHFIEND® doesn’t need approval.
But we’ll always archive the fallout.