Work it, lay it down, flip it and reverse it – in the countryside outside Marseille something new takes shape, with vintage and repurposed tailoring recut in a spirit of bold asymmetry. Call it bespoke squared

From leggings made from lace bandages to peel-off tattoos, German designer SIMON CARLE is all about transformation – and repurposing and upcycling are at the heart of his outlook

Mestizaje is the term in Colombia for a mixed heritage, a mingling of cultures that can be seen in microcosm wherever couples get together

Known for her trend-defining vintage wardrobe, ALEXA CHUNG loves nothing more than a good rummage through a secondhand shop. Here she raids her enviable closet and mixes in some show-stoppers from her fave vintage spots in London, while discussing her discoveries with her friend DEREK C. BLASBERG

Singer-songwriter Sophia Stel likes to keep it lo-fi – not just in her music, but in her wardrobe too. It’s a style built on expert rummaging in the goodwill stores of her native British Columbia. With her debut album released on A24 this month, we meet the musician styled here in strictly second-hand thrifted finds, as singular as she is.

Every year one of the most sensational natural phenomena occurs: the massed migration of the monarch butterflies through Mexico. Photographer and director SAM YOUKILIS captures this magical scene with a refurbished iPhone from Back Market – a photo-essay demonstrating that by extending the life of a phone we can document the environment while also having less impact on it.

Fashion is perpetually glancing backwards, but why must revivals be confined to the predictable 20-year cycle? There are centuries of styles to choose from…

In an era polluted by mass-produced fast fashion, New York-based label SMALL TALK sets its own pace, creating bespoke garments that are designed to last. More Or Less spoke with founder Nick Williams about alchemising traditional workwear into hyper-individual hand-drawn artworks

Committed, self-sufficient and defiant, Yorkshireman John Alexander Skelton is the kind of fashion designer who looks forward by revisiting – and rewriting – history. Here his timeless creations are modelled by volunteers on a vegetable growing co-op outside London.

Traditional wellness materials such as activated charcoal, clays, honey and hibiscus sit cheek by jowl with organic and eco-friendly cosmetics, as make-up artist CRYSTABEL RILEY explores the relationship between mindfulness, self-care, colour and beauty.

Much fashion now makes its greatest impact by being shared digitally. Blending age-old Taiwanese origami traditions with cutting-edge CGI manipulation, Ujin LiN’s creations exist in a virtual world, constrained only by his imagination.

The present we live in is marked by chaos. Intense warfare, elections, budget cuts – living is stressful. It’s easy to feel like the frayed end of a wire, so what can we do to help ourselves? The answer doesn’t lie in circling endlessly through the same three social-media apps, or throwing ourselves into work. It’s about finding another release, elsewhere. We asked our friends to tell us what they do to continue to keep sane; and writer and author Roisin LanIgan discovered the balm to maintain mental equilibrium was to simply do nothing. Here, she explains why, and how, it helps.