LIBERAL YOUTH MINISTRY × クルーネック・スウェット

Founded in 2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico by Mexican designer Antonio Zaragoza, Liberal Youth Ministry is a fashion brand characterized by distressed and oversized construction, offering a new interpretation of timeless pieces like flared pants and suits. It expresses the rebellious spirit of youth and its affinity with subculture through fashion. This has enabled Liberal Youth Ministry to establish a unique style and serve as a bridge between youth culture and fashion.

The AW25 collection, "DARKO," is poetic and introspective, capturing the moment when the radiance of youth meets its shadow. The title refers to the energy that sprouts at the boundary between sleep, dreams, twilight, and reality and the unconscious. The Mexican brand's respect for youth culture and its translation of mythical imagination crystallize in the contrast of darkness and light in its garments. Forest-inspired vocabulary, grunge textures, and subcultural icons intersect, simultaneously visualizing the loneliness and elation hidden within pop. Each piece is handcrafted in the Guadalajara atelier, maintaining an improvisational and free-flowing line while imparting a rawness that touches on urban emotions. Moving freely between street and art, "DARKO" affirms the courage to confront one's own shadows, a collection that vividly captures LYM's current state as it reweaves youth into a contemporary myth.