A niche media platform about conceptual and avant-garde fashion that explains it as art—systematically, clearly, and without elitism.

Information and Visual Resources:Private archives of fashion houses (Maison Margiela, Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto, Rick Owens, etc.)Museum collections and their publications (Met Costume Institute, V&A, MoMu Antwerp, Kyoto Costume Institute)Journals Vogue Runway, Blueprint, Tagwalk

Marketplace and Resale:Avito and links to authentic goods, as well as offline and online vintage shopsMarket listings and pop-up announcements (Instagram)Authentication databases (Legit Check, forums)

«Avant-Garde Glossary»Machine: term extraction from texts, frequency analysis, relation to materialsHuman: definition in plain language, examples, assertion«Archive of the Week»Machine: candidate selection from the archive, fact collection (year, designer, context), timelineHuman: collection choice, history, meaning, interpretation«God in the Details»Machine: image cropping/zooming, source searchingHuman: detail selection, explanation, shooting/selection«Market»Machine: listing monitoring, price tracking, market announcements, verification checklistsHuman: authenticity verification, advisories, editorial selection«Show Analysis»Machine: article search, image recognition, descriptionHuman: critical analysis, context, evaluation, image selection

General PrinciplesHuman-in-the-loop review is mandatory for all published content. Transparency: automatically generated segments are flagged. Fact-checking: every fact requires a source and a date. Rights: images must have a verified license; an automatic flag will be applied if none is present. Tone: «systematic, clear, non-elitist”—is checked automatically based on stop words and readability. Privacy: metrics must not contain personal data.

Stage --> Role --> Rule Collection--> Machine-->Adhere to robots.txt, ToS, rate limits Collection--> Machine-->Do not publish scraped texts in full—only facts and links Prohibited Collection--> Machine-->Retain the source and timestamp of every element Required Normalization--> Machine and Human-->Accuracy > Completeness: questionable entities are queued for review Normalization--> Machine-->Use a unified controlled vocabulary (brands, designers, terms, seasons) Enrichment--> Machine and Human-->LLM drafts are not published without an editor Enrichment--> Machine-->If data is missing—flag «source needed, ” do not invent Enrichment--> Machine-->Fact-checking for hallucinations against a knowledge base Verification Machine and Human Fact discrepancies block publication until resolved by an editor Verification-->Machine-->Automated checking of dates, names, and attribution against the database and authoritative sources Editing--> Machine-->Verify terms against the „Avant-garde Glossary“ upon first mention Editing-->Machine and Human-->Automated tone assessment + editor confirmation Publishing-->Machine-->Auto-publication only from the „approved“ status Publishing-->Machine-->Rollback if an error is found within 10 hours Distribution-->Machine and Human-->Tone adaptation for social media is under human control Analytics-->Machine-->Dashboards are for editorial use only, not for the public

Pre-Publication ChecklistSources are cited and available Facts verified Media rights confirmed Terminology explained / in glossary Tone checked (no snobbery) Sectional format observed Approved by Editor