Closing 2025, embracing 2026

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Finding calm in the current: our pledge for the New Year


As the year comes to an end, many pause to catch their breath and prepare to step into 2026. We do too—but for us at suite123, slowing down isn’t a festive exception. It’s the rhythm we aspire to live by. A life shaped by intention. A conscious choice we make every day: to be thoughtful, to appreciate, to connect.

Some moments don’t announce themselves. They simply wait.

Embracing 2026: A minimalist, timeless interior in a moment of stillness. Soft winter light filters through a window with sheer, gently moving curtains, casting calm shadows on a classic graniglia tile floor. The scene embodies a quiet, contemplative pause.
A quiet pause between one year and the next.

This year, your choices became a quiet but powerful counter-narrative. By reading instead of scrolling. By choosing one garment instead of many. In an age of mass consumption, every time you selected a thoughtfully curated piece from our selection—or an eBook that invited reflection—you chose meaning over quantity. And in the echo chamber of digital noise, every message, comment, and shared thought felt like a genuine human exchange: proof that conversations can still build bridges, not just feed algorithms.

Thank you. For choosing depth. For valuing presence. And for being part of a community that believes a different pace is not only possible, but necessary. You are the reason we continue to create, curate, and connect with care.

2025 asked for resilience. It brought challenges, uncertainty, and unease—but it also revealed a growing hunger for what is real, lasting, and honest. As we move into 2026, fragmented power, instability, and global conflicts will remain part of our shared landscape. Learning how to navigate disruption—without losing our humanity—will be essential.

Our commitment, then, is simple and demanding: to remain a steady space within the storm. To continue curating exceptional design, meaningful garments, and thought-provoking ideas. To protect intimate, one-to-one exchanges that allow true understanding to grow. And to honour a conscious rhythm of life, where every choice becomes an act of intention.

We cannot speak of intention without speaking of responsibility. So we cannot separate our choices from the world around us.

Stop the genocide of Palestinians.
Stop the war in Ukraine.

May 2026 bring purposeful living, authentic moments, and connections that truly matter.
Thank you for building this space with us.

With gratitude,
Rosita and Cristina
The suite123 Team

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Why we keep looking back: lasting ideas in a time of endless content

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Editorial reflection — ideas worth revisiting when everyone is chasing what’s new


A year moves fast, but lasting ideas don’t. We live amid new headlines, new trends, new urgency — but not everything worth saying belongs only to the moment it’s written.

Actually, we’re flooded by new content. Yet content is a funny word. It’s mostly related to people oversharing what they buy, eat, travel, and so on—call it content. In fact, content often means: show your overconsumption habits to the world.

As we move further into 2025, we’re pausing to look back at stories that haven’t aged. Not because they were “timely,” but because they were timeless.
In a society — and a digital world — obsessed with the next thing, we’ve always valued depth over speed, understanding over reaction, and clarity over noise.

What follows is a curated return to ideas that still speak, question, and clarify. Not a retrospective, but a reaffirmation: some thoughts don’t expire.

Lasting ideas worth revisiting


Below is a curated selection of posts that continue to resonate. Each one offers insight into the mechanisms, contradictions, and possibilities in fashion and beyond.

• Breaking free from the social media trap
We explored the possibility of escaping algorithmic feeds and finding better ways to connect.

Breaking free from the social media trap: Instagram Algorithms and TikTok’s future

• Preserving the Brain at Fondazione Prada
Two posts examining how brands exist within culture, through the lens of art, neuroscience, and cognitive reserve.

The lexicon of neurodegenerative diseases

Dialogue with art – aesthetic experience, cognitive reserve, and social interaction

• Holding brands accountable
A critical look at greenwashing and the role of the sustainability critic.

Being a sustainability critic: what does it really mean?

• Microplastics on human health
A three-part series from a dedicated event.

1: Understanding the problem

2: Health risks and scientific findings

3: Impact in fashion

• Indiscriminate discounts
A deeper exploration of how perpetual sales have compromised the market’s value.

Indiscriminate discounts — A practice that has spiralled out of control

• The myth of cheap luxury
Exploring why “cheap luxury” doesn’t exist and the social media scams that promote it.

The myth of cheap luxury and why it doesn’t exist

• Stories behind the collections
An analysis of the tension between idealism and reality in contemporary fashion narratives. Exploring the idea of one piece, one story.

The stories behind SS25: Tension between idealism and reality

• The reality of manufacturing: luxury sweatshops
Investigating the supply chain and the conscious disconnect of consumers.

Luxury sweatshops: the ugly truth behind the fashion industry — and why consumers look away

Final thoughts


Looking back isn’t about nostalgia — it’s about continuity. It is how we identify lasting ideas—the narratives that carry their weight beyond the moment.

In the rush to produce, publish, and promote, we can forget that the most valuable ideas are often those that last: the ones that explain, question, and clarify again and again.
This selection is a reminder that depth has its own timeline. Some stories keep working long after they’re written.

We invite you to wander further into our archive — there’s always more to uncover — and join our newsletter (signup is in the sidebar on desktop, at the bottom of the page on mobile, or here) for reflections that move at a different pace.

A note to our readers: since February 2025, all our posts are available in both English and Italian. To switch language, click the flag icon in the site menu on desktop, or tap the menu icon (three lines on the right) on mobile to access the language selector.

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One piece, one story: The Silver Bow Tie Shirt by Ujoh

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Where precision dissolves into movement—for those who inhabit form with thought


This is The Silver Bow Tie Shirt by Ujoh. In a system that produces tonnes of disposable clothing, we curate: one piece, one story. A radical view for ethical and aesthetic resistance—meaningful garments, an expression of good design. Slow fashion—not as nostalgia, but as clarity.

The Silver Bow Tie Shirt is not an accessory-led statement; it is an architectural gesture. A study in controlled fluidity, where structure yields to motion. From the back, a sculptural bow tie emerges—unfixed, continuous, alive—transforming the shirt into a moving composition. It is restraint with a pulse.

Silver. Not a colour, but a surface. A soft, diffused luminosity that responds to light rather than reflecting it. The fabric—Bright Karl Mayer—has been specially processed to glow without glare, creating a refined, almost atmospheric presence. It does not demand attention; it rewards it.

Ujoh’s language is one of balance and disruption. The asymmetric hemline introduces tension. The open back offers breath. Softly tucked sleeves temper the geometry with ease. Every element is deliberate—nothing ornamental, nothing superfluous. Design as thought, rendered wearable.

A woman wears The Silver Bow Tie Shirt by Ujoh. The necktie flows from the back like an unresolved sentence. The shirt catches the light quietly, paired with black straight-leg trousers, against a neutral backdrop that allows the form to speak.
The Silver Bow Tie Shirt by Ujoh

The Silver Bow Tie Shirt by Ujoh — Where form follows philosophy


• The craft:
Made from Bright Karl Mayer textile, a polyester engineered for luminosity, lightness, and durability. A technically advanced fabric, produced using German-made Karl Mayer machines, chosen not for trend but for performance and precision. Comfortable, breathable, and quietly radiant.

• The detail:
The sculptural bow tie integrated into the back is the soul of the piece—fluid yet controlled. Asymmetric hemline. Open back. Softly tucked sleeves. These are not decorative flourishes, but structural decisions that challenge the conventional grammar of the shirt, redefining elegance as movement.

• The make:
Made in Japan. A culture of exactitude and respect for process. Every seam reflects a philosophy of disciplined experimentation—where innovation is never loud, and mastery is assumed rather than declared.

Luxury designer shirts: a statement of considered form


It becomes a garment of awareness. You feel its intelligence in the way it moves with you—never restricting, never fading. A rare balance of comfort and conceptual strength.

For everyday distinction: worn simply, without styling excess. The piece carries itself—proof that intelligence, not embellishment, is what truly elevates the everyday.
For modern architecture: styled with tailored trousers and minimal footwear. Let the back speak; keep the rest precise. 
• For New Year’s Eve: tucked into a fluid black maxi skirt, or worn untucked over black couture leggings and sleek heels. Add a softly structured jacket, worn open. The silver glow reveals itself slowly, catching the light as the night unfolds—marking a threshold not with noise, but with intention.

For the modern humans who curate, not consume—whose wardrobe is a library of dog-eared favourites, each piece a chapter in their story.

🌟 The Silver Bow Tie Shirt – Ujoh
Limited edition: modern design—quietly radical, intentionally worn.

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Available by appointment for shopping in Milano or worldwide—from screen to doorstep. From our hands to your story.

P.S. Ask us about Ujoh’s approach to deconstruction and balance, or about the Karl Mayer textile innovation behind this luminous surface. We are here for the conversations, not just the transactions.

Footnotes: the bow, positioned at the back, is a refusal of front-facing spectacle. It asks the observer to move, to look again. True design does not announce itself—it reveals itself over time.

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Christmas 2025: seeking light in deepening shadows

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Holding space for peace when the world is holding its breath


Seasonal greetings arrive again, wishing us a Merry Christmas 2025. They speak of joy, magic, and gratitude. Yet for many, these words echo against hunger, displacement, or the constant sound of artillery. The world feels increasingly unstable, and war has become part of our daily language.

So the question lingers: where do we look for light when the shadows stretch so long? And what does it mean to celebrate when celebration can feel fragile, even out of place?

This year, the distance between the festive image and global reality feels especially wide. Gaza continues to endure unspeakable devastation and starvation. The war in Ukraine grinds on, with renewed violence in recent days. Sudan, too, is sinking into catastrophe, forcing millions into hunger and exile. These are not distant tragedies; they are humanitarian failures unfolding in real time.

A girl wearing powder pink shorts, a red oversized wool sweater, and green elf-style long socks cuddles a white bear in a snowy background with a few trees, among which are one Palestinian and one Ukrainian flag. Santa Claus stands, sending light towards the flags. Wishing a Merry Christmas 2025.
Merry Christmas 2025


In such a landscape, the core questions of Christmas — peace, hope, goodwill — risk sounding naive. Yet perhaps they are not sentimental at all, but quietly radical.

Not as slogans. Not as forced cheer. But as choices.

Perhaps the light we seek is not found in denial or forced joy, but in attention. In the decision to pause, to stay present with what is painful, and to refuse indifference. To hold sorrow and still choose empathy. To recognise that caring, today, is an active choice.

This Christmas, holding space can be an act of resistance in itself. A pause. A listening. A willingness to remain human in the face of what dehumanises.

To support humanitarian workers, to advocate, to bear witness — these are small gestures measured against vast suffering, yet they matter. They are how peace survives not as a wish, but as a practice.

In solidarity, in sorrow, and in stubborn hope,

Merry Christmas 2025

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Editorial reflection on what still matters: against the rush of new content

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Looking back, reading forward: why some stories are still worth our attention


Since we’re approaching the end of the year, today’s post is an editorial reflection on what we’ve written so far and why it still feels relevant.

In an era dominated by mass content creation—often fast, repetitive, and empty—we have tried to remain attentive to what happens around us, making sense of events, news, and shifts rather than simply reacting to them. Over time, our work has focused on observation, context, and responsibility, choosing depth over immediacy.

Alongside this, we have consistently worked to clarify what greenwashing is, how to recognise it, and how it differs from genuine sustainability. This effort took a more structured form in our eBook, This Is Greenwashing. In reality, our critical approach to sustainability has always been part of our wider editorial lens, shaping how we read fashion, culture, and systems of production.

Because of this, many of our previous posts remain relevant. They were not written for the moment, but for understanding. Today, we circle back to some of them—pieces that still speak clearly, ask necessary questions, and deserve to be read again.

Editorial reflection: looking back, reading forward


Below is a curated selection of posts that continue to resonate. Each one offers insight into the mechanisms, contradictions, and possibilities of the contemporary fashion landscape.

• We are proud to give voice to designer Consti Gao, co-founder of JAMPROOF. This post is crucial to understanding what it means to build a brand in the contemporary landscape.

Sisyphus’ seventh season — emerging fashion brands in today’s landscape

• This post explores the logic behind labour exploitation and why it signals something deeper—a pattern that connects the fashion industry to any other field.

13 more brands under investigation in Milan for labour exploitation

• A story of slow fashion from Japan, where mud-dyeing becomes a language of time, care, and human connection to the earth.

Clay dye processing: the colour of the earth

• Greenwashing is what, most of the time, hides behind the language of sustainability. This piece helps build the tools to see more clearly.

Greenwashing: The system is designed to fail. It’s time to see clearly

 Is secondhand truly an effective solution, or is it being absorbed by the same logic of overconsumption it was meant to counter?

Secondhand fashion and overconsumption: Is thrifting the new fast fashion?

 Here, we analyse why—despite extremely expensive fashion schools—what the industry increasingly rewards is not skill, but visibility and hype.

Fashion is no longer a job for fashion designers

We invite you to read—or reread—these pieces slowly, without urgency, allowing space for reflection rather than consumption. And perhaps even discover other posts you might have missed.

Final thoughts


This editorial reflection is not about looking back with nostalgia, but about recognising continuity. It’s about understanding what endures and what can guide us forward. Some questions don’t expire, and some texts don’t either. In a digital space driven by constant output, choosing to reread is also a form of responsibility.

Take your time to explore our archive — there’s more to discover — and subscribe to our newsletter to receive reflections, stories, and insights throughout the year.

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