HOUSE OF SYTH: LAST MOURNING

SøEdited Team
SøBeauty Director: Astrid Kearney
SøEditor-in-Chief: Chris Saint Sims 
​SøFashion Director: Savannah Barthorpe​​

​What is the backstory to House Of Syth?
 
House of Syth is an interdisciplinary practice working across fashion and sculpture, creating gender-neutral garments and installations that challenge convention and invite emotional response. Blending abstract silhouettes with unconventional materials, we explore fashion as a form of art—where each piece becomes part of a wider narrative. Currently developing a series of companion sculptures, we're excited to exhibit new work and loan garments that reflect our evolving commitment to inclusivity, innovation, and expression.

What was the inspiration for the spiked piece in your collection?
 
‘Last Mourning’ is a commentary on the feeling of witnessing our world be destroyed- humanity, climate, society- while still turning to art as a way process our anger, fear, and grief. The outfit represents the dress of the last person left to attend Earth’s funeral. The spikes symbolize both the battles we’ve fought and the resilience of the protesting human spirit. Yet, even in resistance, mourning remains inevitable without major governmental, global and societal change.

Shoulders spiked like warnings. Skirts that drag like smoke. Every silhouette is a study in tensionbetween softness and threat, concealment and declaration. Fabrics seem scorched, whispered over, touched by something ancient and unrelenting. Hair sculpted into helmet-like mullets. Geometric. Copper-streaked. Ready. The russet tones run deep, the colour of dried blood, singed leaves, and red earth. Across stark faces, spiked black tears cut like ritual markings. Painted grief turned power. These tears don’t fall. They strike. And the mouth, a strong matte orange lip. Bold. Unyielding. Dry as prophecy. No gloss, no shimmer. Just pigment fixed like a vow not to flinch.
House of Syth is the echo of resistance dressed in form.

Article: Astrid Kearney
Photographer @mylatvisuals
Designer @houseofsyth
Hair/Makeup Designer @astridkearneymakeup
Production: (@drawingcabaretcouture)
Location: @dcc.studios
Model: @shariwho
Illustrations @louiseboughton
Set Design & Lighting: @mgjlawrence

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