Acne Paper Celebrates 20 Years With "Golden"

Acne Paper is basking in its own golden hour. The cult-favorite magazine, founded in 2005 by Acne Studios, celebrates two decades of boundary-blurring editorial brilliance with its milestone 20th issue—fittingly titled Golden. More than just a retrospective, this shimmering Spring/Summer 2025 edition offers a rich meditation on gold itself: as a material, a symbol, and a source of enduring inspiration.

Launched globally on June 4, Golden reflects on the warmth of hope in uncertain times. Across fashion stories, essays, interviews, and art portfolios, the issue traverses ancient mythologies and modern creativity, drawing a gilded thread through cultures and centuries. Actress and model Raya Martigny sets the tone on the cover, captured in celestial form by photographer Szilveszter Makó.

A Curated Mosaic of Golden Visions

This isn’t nostalgia—it’s alchemy. Acne Paper invited a dream team of contributors, both emerging and iconic, to explore the theme with their own lens. From the surreal to the sacred, the poetic to the personal, Golden includes collaborations that feel like treasure unearthed. Highlights include Sarah Moon and Patti Wilson’s cinematic fashion fantasy, Leslie Zhang and Audrey Hu’s painterly modernity, and Sharna Osborne’s luminous edge styled by Robbie Spencer.

Other visual standouts include Rafael Pavarotti’s technicolor transformation, Paul Kooiker’s surreal minimalism, and Vidar Logi’s elemental elegance. The issue balances reverence and rebellion, casting gold as a transformative force in art, style, and storytelling.

Details Worth Their Weight

Published by Acne Studios, the issue measures 27 x 22 cm and is priced at €50. With international distribution via KD Presse, Acne Paper: Golden lands in select stores and studios worldwide starting June 4, 2025. As with every Acne Paper release, it’s not just a magazine—it’s a collectible object, a modern artifact for readers who seek meaning with their aesthetics.

Twenty years on, Acne Paper remains resolutely itself: ambitious, artful, and unafraid to ask big questions with beautiful answers. Golden doesn’t just celebrate the past—it gleams with future promise.