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Louise Trotter's Bottega Veneta Enjoys Big Love in China
Under Creative Director Louise Trotter [IG], Bottega Veneta continues its ascent among Chinese luxury consumers. Bottega’s Spring/Summer 2026 campaign — covered with lavish praise in China — was shot in Venice by Juergen Teller. Models include Anine Van Velzen, Bai, Libby Bennett, Liya Kebede, Saul Symon, and Sihana Shalaj. / Hair by Kei Terada; makeup by Pat McGrath
Jing Daily calls the brand ‘Kering’s Crown’. Better yet and following high praise — China calls Bottega Veneta Kering’s ‘golden child’. Venice is a deeply symbolic city for Anne — the only city where she’s slept until noon.
Trotter’s October 2025 runway debut resonated deeply in the hearts and minds of Chinese consumers, drawing over 130 million Weibo views and widespread acclaim. “Quiet luxury can be expressive” was the prime sentiment that rippled across Chinese social media platforms, where fashion critics like @Pekaboom praised Trotter’s poetic modernity, writes JD.
Brunello Cucinelli SS 2026 Campaign | Business Results 2025 Year End
The primal forces of Fire and Earth fuel the Spring 2026 Brunello Cucinelli Collection campaign. In the words of the designer, “creative passion meets timeless authenticity, and nature becomes a living expression of style.”
Models Abeny Nhial, Louise Robert and Niyo Malik are styled by Michaela Buratti with Daniel Archer [IG] taking photography honors./ Hair by Werner Amort; makeup by Fabiana Clavario
Brunello Cucinelli 2025 Results
Brunello Cucinelli closed out 2025 as a banner year, with sales up 10.1 percent to more than 1.4 billion euros. Adjusted at constant exchange rates, sales rose 11.5 percent, beating the forecast of 10 percent, reported by AOC last year.
13.7 Percent Increase in Asia
Sales in Asia rose 13.7 percent to 392.6 million euros, accounting for 27.9 percent of total turnover.
“China confirms its excellent health for us, with significant double-digit growth continuing quarter after quarter and a relevant contribution to the overall result of the entire Asian continent,” Cucinelli continued.
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Matthieu Blazy's New Girl Bhavitha Mandava Covers Vogue UK March 2026
Irony runneth over for Bhavitha Mandava, an India-born and educated architect who moved to New York City to join NYU’s program in assistive technology. One day this gorgeous young woman with a big brain and a ‘smile to die for’ was scouted on the New York subway as an exclusive in Matthieu Blazy’s Bottega Veneta Spring/Summer 2025 show.
That event was only the beginning for Mandava. When Blazy moved to Chanel shortly after, the new girl went with him. In record time, this young woman ambassador for the uber-challenging, big rewards for women winners breaking through barriers in New York City would open the Chanel Métiers d’Art 2026 Show in New York City.
Where did we find Bhavitha Mandava the night of December 2, 2025? Back in the subway.
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi 'Wuthering Heights' Countdown in Vogue Australia
Elordi was equally relaxed as an Aussie man chilling with fellow Aussie Robbie in a Bottega Veneta jacket, tank top and pants. One uses the word ‘jacket’ loosely.On Robbie, it’s a shrug or cardigan.
What’s obvious to AOC is the growing numbers of men being totally relaxed wearing femme fashion.
No intellectual edict is required by the designer. They’re just doing it — like Pharrell was doing in Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld a decade ago. No star designer is creating this look in 2026, even though one will probably claim it.
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New Humanism Sets Out on the Silk Road Which Today Includes Marrakech
Photographer Élio Nogueira [IG] taps visually into a story shaped by centuries and the lives of traders.
Beyond the movement of physical goods, Marrakech facilitated a massive exchange of knowledge and culture that spread widely in the region.
During the early Middle Ages [Europe’s "Dark Ages"], much of the Greek philosophical and scientific corpus was lost to the West, as a result of the Crusades. However, it was preserved and expanded upon in the Islamic world.
In an action of true humanism, scholars from the Arab world and the West or European world, were joined by Jewish scholars — often bilingual or multilingual — to restore and expand on all the critical knowledge destroyed in the Crusades.
Diane Lane by Gavin Bond Talks 'The Telegraph' in Flaunt Magazine #201
American actor Diane Lane takes one of many covers, wearing Fendi on her cover of Flaunt Magazine [IG] #201-2025. The issue’s theme is ‘Get in the Ring’. “We never unlive our past” Lane explains, about her late-October 2025 release political thriller ‘Anniversary’.
The ‘Anniversary’ reviews were excellent, but because the film’s distributor Lionsgate released it against other really big movies like ‘Wicked for Good’ and failed to promote the movie with any goals of success, ‘Anniversary’ is not a success at the box office. AOC never heard a word about it.
The Hollywood Reporter review sums up the movie: 'Anniversary' Review: Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler Lead a Stupendous Cast in a Family's-Eye View of Authoritarian Politics.
Diane Lane’s CBS interview is highly informative about all the twists and turns of the movie ‘The Anniversary’.
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Pooja Mor appeared in the September 2025, premier issue of Numéro New York [IG] in this Bvlgari [IG] fashion story. Lensed by Emma Louise Swanson [IG], Pooja was styled by Numéro New York fashion director Alexander Fisher, with creative direction by Olivia Windisch./ Makeup by Dotti; hair by Brent Lawler
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