Come As You Are

Masculina’s star has been steadily rising as the Copenhagen label continues to stun audiences worldwide with its bold, unapologetic designs, exploring queer - and especially trans - identity through lived experience. For an exclusive editorial created for Container Love, we sat down with Masculina’s founder, Alectra Rothschild, to talk about the label’s rapid growth, visibility and solitude, vanity and vengeance, and creating glamour in a world that can be both hostile and overwhelmingly beautiful.

Breaking the mold of traditional masculinity with vulnerability, softness, and radical honesty, Iván Pellicer has become one of the most desired names in the Spanish film industry in recent years. As seen through the lens of photographer Daniel Riera, a free spirit, true to his Aquarius nature and ever-evolving journey of self-discovery, Iván shares his reflections on societal expectations on masculinity, and the joy of erasing stereotypes and embracing tenderness.

There is no right way to become yourself. On a sun-soaked afternoon in Hackney, photographer Julien Barbès and actor Joel Harper-Jackson explore the spaces between confidence and doubt, visibility and vulnerability. In conversation with Container Love, Joel opens up about pride, shame, breaking expectations, and why staying true to yourself is often the boldest career move of all.

Dreams can fade overnight, but resilience endures. In Los Angeles, painter Ryan Robichaux opens the doors to his home and studio, where he reflects on growing up trans in Texas, the beauty of relearning, and how letting go of certainty has shaped both his paintings and his relationships.