The publication DIPMOD_6_7 emerges in a period of large-scale global instability that is shaking the entire society to its core, causing repercussions in all its aspects, from education to global economy. The entire fashion system was not spared the trauma of lockdown either; however, due to its intrinsic ability to quickly adapt to new circumstances, it has changed dramatically by abandoning traditional patterns of fashion production and presentation. A particular kind of fashion trauma was also inflicted on the fashion education system as one of its foundational segments. Hence, the DIPMOD_6_7 edition presents a selection of fashion collections by students whose senior academic years were marked by turbulent shifts, production challenges and creating in digital environment. Although fashion is self-referential and often employs fashion elements of the past in contemporary designs, it seems that the existing fashion trauma is mirrored in conceptual patterns of fashion collections, with many designers focusing their research onto past dec- ades as a romantic reference to halcyon times. After a two-year break suddenly imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology has resumed its tradition of organizing annual fashion shows of students’ graduate col lections in the academic year 2021/2022. In this academic year, the name of the show is exceptionally identical to the title of the catalog DIPMOD_6_7, accentuating the two-year long hiatus of the DIPMOD fash- ion show and its absence from the overall fashion scene. The forthcoming edition features a visually rich overview of graduate collections and prefaces by two renowned authors in the field of contemporary arts and fashion design theory. Continuing the practice of interviewing the winner introduced in our last edition, Ana Mušćet and Lea Vene interviewed Mihaela Brajković, the winner of this year’s DIPMOD show. The interview is followed by their critical reviews of students’ collections and a comment on the status of fashion design within the framework of national designer scene.