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THE
CIRCLE

Curator (aka Founding Editor-in-Chief)
Trudy Giordano


Section Creative Director at Large:

Cyrene Renée

FWBK Fashion Editor At Large:
Rick Davy 

Contributing Writers:
Vivienne Aerts
Salma Ahmed

Business
Giorgia Caso

Roxanne Guiney
Dominik Górny
Daina Higgins
Anouk Kral

Ebrahim Kumasi

Jayquan Johnson
Lee Lanier
Chantal Maily
Didem Ozdemir
Refilwe Queen
Sixten Rebel

Cyrene Renée
John P. Ryan

Vida Sabbaghi

Ted Steinebach
Joanne Swift
Olivia Thain


Contributing Editors:
Giorgia Caso
Josephine Dlugosz

Terra Friedman King 
Roxanne Guiney
Donna Henderson
Annabelle Fern Praznik
Elizabeth Simins
Olivia Thain


Contributing Photographers:
Synara Dsouza
Trudy Giordano
Terence Li
Brianna Rohlehr
Shawn Punch
Gerko Vreekamp
Paul Walker
Van Young

Trudy Giordano

I'm a writer and founder of (the)MAGAZINE, exploring culture, creativity, and the ideas that shape them—often through fashion. My work focuses on collaboration, authorship, and the human side of creative industries.

I'm committed to transparency and responsibility in authorship, viewing creative tools as part of a broader editorial practice while maintaining ownership of ideas, perspective, and final output.

That willingness to say the hard thing plainly comes from Michael Sorkin, who told me never to hesitate voicing a real critique. It only confirmed what my father had always said.

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