The thirteenth issue of Vogue Adria has arrived

The new, thirteenth issue of Vogue Adria, available from today at newsstands and in our webshop, is an edition that celebrates strength and resilience, but also one in which we return to our roots — to the construction and silhouettes that have shaped the spirit of our region. Inspired by this year’s Met Gala theme, which honored the power, precision, and refinement of tailoring, our May issue revisits our own codes of elegance — those that once emerged from Varteks, Mura, Rašica, Nada Dimić, and Borac from Travnik. At the same time, we pay tribute to Brutalism as one of the most authentic architectural movements of our region, in which concrete — poetic in its rawness — becomes an expression of honesty, strength, and collective ideals.

But strength and resilience don’t live only in architecture and style — above all, they live in people. In those whose experiences move mountains, inspire, and transform the way we see the world. Our May cover is the ultimate testament to that. Bianca Balti, supermodel and icon, is today a symbol of triumph, vulnerability, and strength. Gracing not one but two covers of Vogue Adria, she reminds us that beauty lies in imperfection, and strength in the ability to find joy — even when it seems almost impossible.

After undergoing a preventive mastectomy and battling ovarian cancer, Bianca has embodied — in the most authentic way — the very qualities we admire: gentleness and strength, vulnerability and unwavering resolve. This is precisely what we want and need to celebrate. In an in-depth interview for Vogue Adria, she opened up to Nenad Janjatović about what courage, vulnerability, and true beauty mean to her today — sharing reflections that empower and inspire.

In the article The Women Who Built Yugoslavia, we remember architects Vera Ćirković, Svetlana Kana Radević, Mirjana Besarović Ivančić, and Smiljka Janjušević — women whose architectural visions left a lasting mark not only on the shaping of cities but also on the shaping of society. Their projects stand as powerful testaments to a time when architecture served as a tool for social regeneration and a vision of a society in which space belonged to everyone. Tena Razumović Žmara explores the story of tailoring in Yugoslavia, recalling an era when fashion and style were defined by major textile factories such as Mura, Rašica, and Varteks.

Jordan Cvetanović writes about the trend of XXL bags and why oversized totes matter so much to us; Luna Lu takes us on a journey through time and the history of the term cool, while Nives Bokor explores how new technology might help us “bring back to life” music stars who are no longer with us — and what dangers that possibility holds. Petar Trbović, alongside an accompanying editorial, examines the importance of the necktie — from regional pride to a current global trend. Tina Lončar introduces us to creatives of Balkan heritage who live and work in Copenhagen, and Selma Selman sheds light on the unconventional beginnings of Roma artist Mara Oláh OMARE and her ongoing fight for equality.

The thirteenth issue of Vogue Adria also brings the fashion story Suits, captured by photographer Filip Koludrović, and an interview by Jovana Trifuljesko with artist Marc Leschelier on architecture as a continuous process and the beauty of chaos. The issue also features beauty stories — Kristina Mikulić Gazdović writes about how time-tested beauty ingredients are transforming hair into a mirror of health and radiance, while Dr. Magdalena Ivić explores the rising beauty world favorites: microneedling, salmon sperm, and exosomes.