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Self-initiated

Synthetic Mirror

An industrial fashion editorial about resilience: steel and people transformed by heat, pressure, resistance, and time.

Type: Self-initiated
Year: 2026
Disciplines: Styling
Studio role: Styling

The four Synthetic Mirror talents posed together in industrial styling.

Brief

An endurance-minded fashion story set against industrial steel — scars and structure as evidence of what survives.

Creative response

Shot in Savannah, GA. Styling shared with Ari Sancho under creative direction by Connor Crankshaw and Gianna Schwartz; photography by Jack Ekker.

Synthetic Mirror talent posed beside an industrial steel hatch.

Synthetic Mirror talent styled among steel pipes and a red hose.

Synthetic Mirror talent moving through an industrial pipe room.

Synthetic Mirror talent seated against corrugated steel and red cables.

The four Synthetic Mirror talents posed together outdoors.

Synthetic Mirror portrait against stacked metal vessels.

Credits

Creative Direction: Connor Crankshaw & Gianna Schwartz
Words: Gianna Schwartz
Photography: Jack Ekker
Photo Assist: Jordan Muckey
Styling: Ari Sancho & Trey May
Beauty: Elijah Richards
BTS: Annabelle Simpson
Sourcing & Accessory Designer: Archer Lesser
Talent: Natasha Starnes, David Hudler, Shane Fitzpatrick, Nasir Harrison

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