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But it's now now, and as the trend toward customization, personalization, and hybridization has grown, so have the myriad ways of switching up the arrangement and function the products in our lives and on our bodies. Here Visual AIDS and Australian styling team Pageant join forces to show how old style options can get new style encryptions simply by rewriting them in reverse.

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Concept/Direction Sam Hancocks

Styling Kate Reynolds and Amanda Cumming with assistance from Hugh Egan Westland
Photography Jo Duck with assistance from Kathryn Vinella
Makeup Blondie
Talent Chelsea Scanlan

Special Thanks Alice Edgeley, Magenta Burgin, Nina Ratsaphong, R-U-IN?S Network, Kane Ludic and Ashley Munns

Sculpting Panty available at After Eight. Control Body Shaper by ShapeFX. Compression Arm Sleeves by 2XU.

Sports Bra by Under Armour. Headband by Nike.

Open Bust Shaper available at After Eight. Bra by ShapeFX.

Footwear by Z-CoiL. Headband by Nike.

U-Plunge Bra and Sleek and Seamless High Waisted Thong by ShapeFX. Compression Leggings by 2XU.

Full Body Compression Body Shaper by Leonisa. FootUndeez by Capezio.

ClimaCool Shorts by Adidas. Body Shaper available at After Eight. Bra by ShapeFX.

Nike Pro Combat Shorts. Padded Compression Sleeve by Adidas. Push Up Smoother by ShapeFX. Footwear by Newton.

Wrap Around Convertible Bra by TriFil. Padded Football Pants by Rawlings.

Butt Enhancing Panty available at After Eight. ClimaCool Sports Bra by Adidas.

Padded shorts by POC. Celebrity Style Body Shaper by Leonisa. 2XU Femme Tri Top. Footwear by Z-CoiL.

Convertible Bra by TriFil. Sculpting Panty available at After Eight. Compression Shorts by Under Armour.

Silicone Panty available at After Eight. Sculpting Shapewear Capri by ShapeFX. 2XU Femme Tri Top.

Silicone Panty available at After Eight. Nike Pro Combat Hyperstrong Shorts. Body Shaper by Leonisa. Footwear by Newton Running.

Under Armour Recharge Energy Legging. Footwear by Newton Running.

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Under shoes by Vibram FiveFingers. Over shoes by Guess.

Under shoes by Marc by Marc. Over shoes by Teva.

Under shoes by Rocket Dog. Over shoes by Anne Klein.

Under shoes by Issey Miyake. Over shoes by Teva.

Under shoes by Top Shop. Over shoes vintage.

Under shoes by Vibram FiveFingers. Over shoes vintage.

Under shoes by Issey Miyake. Over shoes by YakTrax.

Under shoes by Capezio. Over shoes by Robert Clergerie.

Under shoes by Capezio. Over shoes by BCBGirls. Pants Adidas.

Under shoes by Robert Clergerie. Over shoes by C.A.M.P.

Under shoes by BCBGirls. Over shoes vintage.

Under shoes by Topshop. Over shoes model's own.

Under shoes by Skechers. Over shoes by Totes.

Under shoes by Vibram FiveFingers. Over shoes by Skechers.

Under shoes by Vibram FiveFingers. Over shoes by Z London.

Under shoes by Timberland. Over shoes by Teva.

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What kind of sheets do you have on your bed, and what do they say about you?

You locate different aspects of your identity in bed. The bed is at once a place of rest and solitude, as well as a social space. It serves as the setting for both isolation and intimacy. The bed is a designated space for desire’s conception (dreams and fantasies) as well as fulfillment (fucking). Your bedsheets are an advertisement for your entire body in a bar where you cruise yourself from your mind.

Bedding is oracular. You can read someone by how they make and maintain their bedding. Like tea leaves. Even if someone doesn’t pay attention to their bedding choices, that’s a statement, too: passivity. (Perhaps some of us have more important things to think about than where we lay our heads.) A way of signaling that they are in control of their subconscious, their sleep just occurs incidentally. Usually white or black sheets, concerned with hygiene over aesthetics—but just barely.

Alternately, some people have sacred, illustrated beds, reflecting or alluding to the activities (both physical and psychic) that occur there. On my bed I have rainbow sheets from the 70s. It’s my own thing; I connect tertiary colors with the body and want to rub them against mine (and invite you over to do it, too).

The point is: how you accouter your bed reflects your relationship to your desire. Do you acknowledge it? Portray it? Play it down? Deny it? Could your bed more accurately reflect your source of empowerment? Could you change it into both the catalyst and totem of your creative and sexual liberation?

—Max Steele

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Photography Hee Jin Kang
Editors Solomon Chase and Lauren Boyle
Nails Kris Kiss
Featuring Kaliel, Adam Radakovich, Frank Delessio and Marco Roso
Very Special Thanks to Red PR