Each trimester STUDY explores one theme, talent, institution or idea. With every volume, STUDY introduces a new signature or reintroduces a seasoned creative in an elegant and playful ever-evolving format. It is a season-less object, meant to be kept and to come back to. STUDY pushes against the notion of relevance and has an eye toward legacy. 
 
For the tenth issue examines beauty not as a distant ideal or an abstract concept, but as something tangible—something that is meticulously crafted before it reaches the world.

To explore this perspective, German photographer Valeria Herklotz spent several days immersed in the inner workings of the Shiseido factory in Japan, documenting the very place where beauty, in its most material form, is produced.
 
The fashion insert photographed by Roe Ethridge and styled by Akari Endo-Gaut documents Lulu Starbuck, a Brearley high school student and first-time model, in her purest form—without the intervention of professional hairstylists or makeup artists.