excerpt: Enfants Riches Déprimés. Spring/Summer 2026 - Paris Fashon Week

 

"How can you not admire Henri Alexander Levy and his brand Enfants Riches Déprimés?  There is absolutely no doubt that Levy is casting his own niche in the fashion world, despite his own nostalgic overview of punk-esque aesthetics that have been on and off on the runway of the last 40 years, considering the American designer is in his mid 30s.  Levy has been able to invigorate and reinvigorate this niche with a dedication, and as mentioned, in a very admiring way.

Yet, there is an indulgence here, that Levy has been fortunate enough to encapsulate himself within, that being his own counterculture branding, without it representing any tangible counterculture externally.    As the ethos, which challenged norms aesthetically, is literally being smothered by cologomatratres, corporatism and global Fascism on the rise, the need to a counterculture to offset this is more urgent than ever, yet remains still elusive apart from Gen Z throwing down the gauntlet or vanguard against the Far Right (on the streets), without the rebellious dress sense thereafter..."

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Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/10/enfants-riches-deprimes-springsummer.html