Print Isn’t Dead

MERDE is an annual print publication and creative platform at the intersection of fashion, culture, and emotion. We collaborate with a global network of photographers, stylists, designers, and artists to create cinematic editorials and intimate stories — treating each issue like a cultural artifact. We discover talent before they break, prioritize feeling over trend, and treat editorials like short films. We value intimacy over spectacle.

We print sustainably in small batches with a recycling-certified printer in Riga, Latvia, with 10,000 copies distributed per annual issue and a readership of 40,000, reaching key creative hubs, showrooms, and boutique galleries across the globe.

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MERDE is where emerging culture becomes visible. Beyond print, our digital stories run year-round — from fashion week dispatches to artist interviews — fueling a universe as much about questioning as celebrating. Our audience are creative professionals, industry insiders, emerging tastemakers, and early adopters: people who want content that makes them stop, hold, and think.

Adjacent to the magazine, Agency M is our creative executive arm, offering brand direction, visual production, and cultural consulting rooted in the same instinct that drives our editorial work.

A self-deprecating platform laced with humor and wit, MERDE reflects on fashion's cultural landscape by exposing the creative process without a filter. Each annual issue tackles one theme with absolute seriousness — and equal irreverence — built on the belief that fashion's most vital stories live in its contradictions.

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OUR TEAM

  • A young girl with a black bob haircut sitting on a bathroom floor, holding a newspaper in front of her.

    MOLLY APPLE

    EIC + CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    @mollyroseapple

    📍 New York, USA

  • A child sitting on a woman's lap, facing the camera, wearing a bandana with a skull pattern, in a dimly lit room.

    CHRISTIAAN PEINAAR

    CULTURE EDITOR + CONTENT PRODUCER

    @christiaan_pienaar_

    📍Berlin, Germany

  • A young boy smiling, showing missing teeth, wearing a sweater with a graphic design, standing in front of a plain background.

    EDDY SOILIHI

    FASHION EDITOR

    @eddysoilihi

    📍 Marseille/Paris, France

  • A young girl in a festive outfit, wearing a Santa-themed costume with a fluffy trim, heels with socks and ruffles, and ice skates, standing with her hands on her hips and smiling.

    MALORIE SHMYR

    BEAUTY EDITOR

    @malorieshmyr

    📍 Berlin, Germany

  • A young girl sitting on a wooden bench, holding a book, in an outdoor area with wooden fencing.

    BLYTHE TOKAR

    COPY EDITOR + WRITER

    @blythetokar

    📍 Michigan, USA

  • A young girl with short, tousled hair smiling at the camera outdoors.

    AMY MAZIUS

    CONTENT PRODUCER + WRITER

    @amymazius

    📍 Los Angeles, USA

  • CHLOE ZOFIA

    Managing Editor

    @cczofia

    📍 Los Angeles, USA

  • KENNA KROGE

    Contributing Photographer

    @kennakroge

    📍 New York, USA

Ra&Olly - James Laffer

Ra&Olly - James Laffer

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KD Presse - Alexandre Baret

KD Presse - Alexandre Baret

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IPS Diffusion -Nadia Mebarek

IPS Diffusion -Nadia Mebarek

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