Féroce Magazine editorial review – “Balance of Chaos”

There is a certain kind of beauty that can only be found in the aftermath. “Balance of Chaos” moves through that terrain with a strange, deliberate sense of calm, treating the scrapyard not as a backdrop but as a living organism. The result is a portrait of a world where glamour refuses to die quietly, even as everything around it rusts and fractures.

The opening close-up arrives with the force of an omen. The face is marked with blurred indigo text, the letters sinking into the skin as if the words have been rewritten so often that they have begun to stain. Framed in heavy grey fur, the model appears neither wild nor vulnerable but something held in tension between the two. The portrait introduces the central theme with clarity. This is a body that carries its own mythology, written and overwritten across the surface.

When the camera steps back, the landscape expands into an arena of car parts and discarded machinery. The model, wrapped in a long sweep of silver fur that spills across the concrete, stands like a reluctant sovereign in a kingdom of metal. The tailoring is precise and almost ceremonial, yet the environment strips away any sense of perfection. The result is a form of survival glamour, a quiet insistence that beauty can exist even in places dedicated to dismantling. Nothing about it feels like costume. It is the poise of someone who refuses to be reduced by their surroundings.

Inside the narrow corridor of tail lights, the series leans into something darker. The red plastics glow like stained glass in a chapel built for machines. The model moves through it in black leather and gloves, shaped by light that ricochets off every reflective surface. These are some of the most striking images in the set. The frame feels tight and charged, the world pressing in as the styling pushes back. Flesh and machinery are locked in a slow conversation that neither side fully wins.

The final section turns inward. The fur returns with new meaning, now paired with a collar of crystals that looks as much like armour as ornament. The makeup streaks and melts, forming black stains around the eyes that feel ritualistic rather than careless. In the mirror shot, the model’s grip on their own hair suggests a moment suspended between collapse and transformation. The glamour becomes feverish, almost devotional, as if created in the last moments before something breaks or reforms entirely. These final images bring an emotional rawness that deepens the entire series.

Taken as a whole, “Balance of Chaos” works because it refuses tidiness. It places the body against the built world and watches the friction. Beauty emerges not through escape but through confrontation. The series understands that fashion is at its most compelling when held in tension, when softness and sharpness are forced to share space. What remains is a portrait of a figure shaped by ruin yet not consumed by it. Someone walking a thin line between breakdown and poise.

Makeup Artist: Valentino Hudson

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Fashion Showroom: Ophelia Showroom

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Fashion Designer: Gustavo Helguera

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WB: www.gustavohelguera.com

Wardrobe Stylist/Creative Director: Ulises Valdez

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Male Model: @mateopolsk @crom agency

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Photographer: Tonatiuh Díaz

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Clothing credits:

Coat: http://www.instagram.com/yollotlcacheux_brand

Pants: http://www.instagram.com/grimsonbrand

Jewelery: http://www.instagram.com/ghelguera